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Teams that get rid of good players because of "temper tantrums" don't do very well over the long run.  And Gatorade machines are rather cheap.  He walked out on his team, as, I remember, did Sandberg a couple of times.

I don't know what you believe are class organizations, but the old time Yankees, the St Louis Gas House Gang and the Oakland As had much more turmoil in their clubhouses, and still played at a rather high level.

Dennis Rodman created much more controversy with the Bulls than Zambrano did with the Cubs, and yet added much to the team.

I would expect a little league team to refuse to deal with this type of behavior.  A major league franchaise has to be reasonable.