All New York Yankees can check their attitudes at the door—along with any other excessive outward emotions or opinions.
Following the trend of encouraging progressively more prescribed athlete reactions, the renowned baseball organization aimed to instill within its players the makings of a proper postgame interview.
Their subjects of study? Quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Cam Newton.
According to ESPN New York's Andrew Marchand, the session went something like this:
During the Yankees' media training, the Super Bowl is being used to portray the right and wrong way to act. Part of a video shown to pitchers and catchers compares how Cam Newton handled his Super Bowl loss to the way Russell Wilson dealt with his defeat the previous year.
Sports fans are already well aware of the dichotomy between Wilson's polite bow and Newton's abrupt exit, but as many have pointed out, passion is a difficult thing to quell.
Wilson's teammate Richard Sherman was mightily criticized for his own postgame outburst. Recently, fellow Seahawks defensive back Earl Thomas took to Twitter to criticize the NFL's restrictions on individual expression.
The various personalities seem to suit Seattle, but don't expect the Yanks to be embracing the assortment of commentary. If tight-lipped is what they're aiming for, however, perhaps Marshawn Lynch would have been the best example of all.
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