Fans need to see the players care. Otherwise, fans will stop supporting the team. It's a catch-22.I do not understand this post at all. Lifeless? No fire? No willingness to win? What do those terms even mean?
What I see is a team THAT IS NOT HITTING. Nothing more, nothing less. When you are not hitting, you can't steal bases. You can't go first to third. You can't stretch singles into doubles. In other words, you can't do all the things that show fire and life.
What exactly do you want the players to do? Throw helmets? Break bats over their knee? Overturn buffet tables? I really don't think any of that helps. What do you suggest?