May 18, 200422 yr And Miri, please stop defending him. He's cute and all but that's besides the point he ditched the Champs and his hometown fans to go to one of the country's worst cities, to play for a awful team just for a couple extra million dollars. I don't like him because he's cute. I like him because he is an amazing person. You have your opinion and I have mine. I am not going to stop defending him, sorry. Seriously though, quit beating a dead horse. Pudge is gone. We're doing fine. He's doing fine. Let it be. an amazing person who follows the benjamins more than anything else. you would think that staying at home would be worth the few million he would sacrifice.
May 18, 200422 yr See, the difference between my opinion and yours is that I don't look at his faults and I look at the positive things he does. But why are you guys arguing over this when it's been over and done months ago?
May 18, 200422 yr Back on topic.... I for one miss them both. Pudge's defense is irreplaceable and his clutch hitting has not been matched up to by neither of our catchers. Although Choi is younger and was hitting better, I prefer D. Lee. His defense is the best at the 1B position in the whole MLB in my opinion. He can also hit the ball deep. He can also do more than just hit singles and HRs as well.
May 18, 200422 yr D. Lee's first year as a Marlin. http://baseball.espn.go.com/mlb/players/st...context=batting Choi WILL be fine.
May 19, 200422 yr See, the difference between my opinion and yours is that I don't look at his faults and I look at the positive things he does. But why are you guys arguing over this when it's been over and done months ago? You brought it up by saying some of us wanted to see him leave, so we said only for the right amount of $$ do we want him to stay and here we are.
May 19, 200422 yr Can we please stop this? We all know why the club had to get rid of them. Stop your dreaming, build a time machine and have $40 million ready to hand over to Loria because that's how much it would have cost to resign Pudge to a three-year deal and Lee.
May 19, 200422 yr Can we please stop this? We all know why the club had to get rid of them. Stop your dreaming, build a time machine and have $40 million ready to hand over to Loria because that's how much it would have cost to resign Pudge to a three-year deal and Lee. Thank you, rferry.
May 19, 200422 yr If money weren't an obstacle, I would rather have Pudge over Redmond/Castro, and Lee over Choi. But that world doesn't exit.
May 19, 200422 yr Can we please stop this? We all know why the club had to get rid of them. Stop your dreaming, build a time machine and have $40 million ready to hand over to Loria because that's how much it would have cost to resign Pudge to a three-year deal and Lee. Thank you, rferry. :lol didnt you start this whole thing?
May 19, 200422 yr All I said that it was funny that some people are actually missing him after dissing him left and right. You guys are the ones who blew it out of proportion.
May 19, 200422 yr You Pudge haters are out of line. How could you not want him? He's a vet and a leader. He made your whole team better. And now look at you all hating on him just because he turned down a contract. It's his decision and you shouldn't hate him for it.
May 19, 200422 yr You Pudge haters are out of line. How could you not want him? He's a vet and a leader. He made your whole team better. And now look at you all hating on him just because he turned down a contract. It's his decision and you shouldn't hate him for it. he ripped the front office dood thats why most hate on him
May 19, 200422 yr How did he rip them? By saying he wanted more cash? Please someone want to help me out with a link? and no, it had nothing to do with asking for money
May 19, 200422 yr "I would like to thank the Florida Marlins' fans," Rodriguez said in statement issued late Sunday night by Boras. "We had a great championship season together. "I tried my best to remain a Marlin by not requesting a salary increase. To my knowledge, I'm the only major leaguer in recent times who won the World Series and received a postseason MVP award, and yet his club did not offer a higher salary." "It was a privilege to be a part of this world championship team, and it is unfortunate the ownership chose not to keep the club together, as I felt we had the players to repeat as world champions," Rodriguez said. there is no need to throw jabs at the front office.....
May 19, 200422 yr I'm sorry, did I miss the last 30 years of free agency or something? News flash..... Athletes take the money 99.9999 percent of the time. It may be a good thing, it may be a bad thing, but it is what it is. No one hated Pudge when he held out on everyone before signing with the Fish last year for.......you guessed it......MORE MONEY. So why is this different?
May 19, 200422 yr He didn't take any jabs at the FO. He is just saying he thinks he should have gotten an increase in salary so he could play again, he was obviously upset and he is correct in saying, If the Marlins would have offered a little more they could have kept an important bat in the lineup and could have had even more chance of repeating.
May 19, 200422 yr Telling a Marlin front office that they are tearing down the club and not keeping it together is telling the city they are committing a mortal sin AGAIN. Especially when it isn't happening. He's gone, good riddance, I'd rather his name never be spoken again.
May 19, 200422 yr ^^^ What he said. And Pudge wasn't a very good ballplayer anyway. His arm isn't what it once was and his reputation keeps people from testing it. His 'clutch' ability last year were what normally would have been routine ground balls if JP and Luiy did not move defenders out of position. And reports are that Mike Redmond handled the pitcher/catcher meetings with Pudge his usual amount of interest.
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