tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909071955833632416.post5888771203527701420..comments2023-09-18T08:39:42.167-04:00Comments on Pirates WFC Blog: Pirates Preparing To Replace IwamuraUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909071955833632416.post-31256071550932209062010-05-21T02:57:53.005-04:002010-05-21T02:57:53.005-04:00Nice to finally get some conversation going! Anon...Nice to finally get some conversation going! Anon, I agree with you wholeheartedly. Everyone should play hard. My trade-for-Hanley comment was tongue in cheek anyway.<br /><br />Just sayin', people are making a big deal out of one play. I can remember in 2004 a time when Omar Vizquel - veteran of veterans! - didn't run out a double play. Reprehensible of course, but here we're talking about young guys. I should have had a 3.9 college GPA and I had a 3.3. Such is life.Brian Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05190227880016929596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909071955833632416.post-29730537506797634592010-05-19T17:58:33.507-04:002010-05-19T17:58:33.507-04:00B.S.
Your attitude is the problem.
A team gives ...B.S.<br /><br />Your attitude is the problem. <br />A team gives a freaking player 70 million freaking dollars...he signs that contract. Now he is too freaking good to run after a freaking ball and now you want that player on your team. You love that player untill he gives up on your team in the middle of a season.have you ever seen the truly great players give up on a team or a play? Pujols or Jeter or whoever?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909071955833632416.post-46628470907760559022010-05-19T16:11:35.484-04:002010-05-19T16:11:35.484-04:009:09 Anon, it is refreshing to hear one of our pla...9:09 Anon, it is refreshing to hear one of our players mentioned in the same sentence as Hanley Ramirez. Killing two teams' problems with one move, I would trade Aki straight up for Hanley right now.Brian Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05190227880016929596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909071955833632416.post-12300111998544338482010-05-19T10:11:56.350-04:002010-05-19T10:11:56.350-04:00i dont think Aki is tanking it at all. hes just st...i dont think Aki is tanking it at all. hes just struggling badly right now and hes out of shape; hes at least 25 lbs heavier than last season. he doesnt have a history of being a malcontent so i'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909071955833632416.post-62980717710008942292010-05-19T09:09:20.228-04:002010-05-19T09:09:20.228-04:00What it looks like after watching and listening to...What it looks like after watching and listening to Hanley Ramirez is these guys who decide that they don't like the team they are playing for just go into the "shut down mode". I'll bet if Aki goes to another team that he likes his play will mysteriously pick up. These guaranteed contracts are killers. The players know , no matter what, they will get every penny of that contract and the teams have no recourse,guys like Manny,Hinske,Hanley and Aki can just quit on a team 'till they get what they want.It is just too bad that other teams will see this behavior and still line up to sign these players.Maybe taking these players to court for not fulfilling their contracts might be the way to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com