The days of “Charlie Hustle” seem to be a forgotten notion in today’s MLB.
There’s a countless list of players who love to “dog” groundouts and others who love to watch their deep fly ball hit the top of the outfield wall. But, what is missing in all of the smoke is the one thing in sports that is hard to teach: hustle.
And it takes no talent to hustle.
Pete Rose, David Eckstein, Martin Prado, and Derek Jeter all set a precedent of maximum effort. Whether it was a regular ground ball to the left side of the infield or being in a position for a cut-off on a play you had no business being a part of, the word hustle stretched into many definitions.