http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6611550

 

Is Samson overreacting?

 

And I can't believe this made the front page of ESPN.

yeah, ESPN as always been anti Marlins.

 

''They're going to bait you on Twitter to say something inappropriate''

 

Well He is a Fish

I am unhappy that Samson's a part of this organization.

LoMo is awesome!

Tweeting is a great way to connect with fans. Samson is an idiot for not seeing this opportunity for what it is. He should be encouraging more of this activity in my opinion. This is the computer age and this is the technology you use to build a fan base.

"I've told Logan," Samson says, "no one will care about his tweets if they're coming from New Orleans (where the Marlins' Triple-A team plays)."

 

Did he really threaten LoMo like this? What an D-bag.

Would sending a player to AAA for tweeting too much be a first? lol

Samson's a bit a douche... sounds to me like he was just trying to be funny in his horrible condescending way. I wouldn't look much into this. If Logan keeps producing, nobody in the FO or the ballclub will care about his tweets very much.

We need to ask Wes Helms what he thinks about this. After all, that's what he's here for!

Samson is unhappy with being out of the spotlight for anything more than 5 minutes.

 

Side question: About how tall is Samson? I saw him on an episode of Inside the Marlins and he looked like a troll. I'm 5-7 and if he is taller than I am I really do not feel good about myself.

ESPN probably put it on the front page because LoMo called ESPN trash recently on his Twitter page.

Samson is unhappy with being out of the spotlight for anything more than 5 minutes.

 

Side question: About how tall is Samson? I saw him on an episode of Inside the Marlins and he looked like a troll. I'm 5-7 and if he is taller than I am I really do not feel good about myself.

 

 

He is pretty short. Can't be taller than 5'8. His voice is what gets me. Such a whiny voice.

:blink:

 

"We were talking of a promotion where strippers would give lap dances and I said, 'No, it's much funnier if you have them work the foul pole.' If people think that is seriously a promotion ..."

--David Samson

 

Yeah I'm sure Logan's tweets are embarrassing to the Marlins

I don't think he was threatening LoMo. I think, especially given Lomo's age, Samson is just trying to look out for him, and the organization. The only reason it came off as threatening and condescending is because ESPN put it on the front page. I have no idea why they did that.

Samson used to annoy me with seemingly trivial stuff like this. Then I heard him speak to a group of students about the marlins, business, and his outlook on life. I left convinced he's as much a business and life genius as the fearsome foursome in the front office are baseball geniuses, and I think it's a great thing we have Samson.

 

Yes, he's annoying when he jumps in on the broadcast and does the play-by-play over Rich. And he's sarcastic, has a raspy voice, and is short. But the major reason why most don't care for him is because he is the business/dirty-job/fixer guy. Payroll issues? Samson. Firings? Samson. But. New stadium? Samson. He does what needs to be done for the organization as it's lead step-son executive. Someone in the organization should brief all of the players, especially such a young pre-arbitration team on these pitfalls, maybe even in a mini-rookie symposium type-thing, right? And it needs to be someone from management.

 

It's great to see the fish in the national headlines (slow news day, huh?) and even though it's for something silly, LoMo is getting attention, and he is probably less likely to pull a Mendenhall.

Why doesn't he shut up and release the name of the stadium? :|

Why doesn't he shut up and release the name of the stadium? :|

 

 

This

When you follow him he responds personally thanking you, which I found very nice.

I think this is the most pertinent quote

 

"It takes an entire career to build a reputation, and one tweet to lose it. As long as he understands that, it's fine."

 

 

also that one quote seems to have even more context - probably the reporter read the morrison quote and then samson responded in agreement .... but the wording is such where it just sounds bad .... maybe samson was baited........

 

"Obviously the better I do, the more followers I'm going to get," he says. "I'm sure it will be way up if I make an All-Star Game; it doesn't matter how original or funny I am on there."

 

On that point, Morrison and the Marlins brass agree.

 

"I've told Logan," Samson says, "no one will care about his tweets if they're coming from New Orleans (where the Marlins' Triple-A team plays)."

The people commenting on the ESPN Article are hilarious. Stuff like "who cares about this clown? He'll be out of the league in 2 years, tops"

 

:lol cracks me up. Keep tweeting, LoMo!

 

Hopefully he can think of a way to turn this into good publicity for the American Lung Association.

While this shouldn't be front paging... Samson does make good points.

 

It's not like the spotlight is exactly on LoMo though... so he could probably say anything he wants on Twitter and it would be overlooked lol.

Samson is protecting LoMo. I can't believe people are criticizing him for that.

Is Sampson so disliked that even when he does something sensible he gets ripped on here?

Add Samson to the list of people who are unconditionally disliked. I'd like to know what he did besides getting us a stadium.

if you read the entire article from start to finish you'll see it's a complete fluff piece in complete contrast with the headline on the front page. he's not really dismayed at his "R-Rated" tweets as it suggests, he's just warning him to be careful..nothing more. the headline insinuates that Lomo tweeted something horrific that has the Marlins FO ticked off and it's simply not true.

Is Sampson so disliked that even when he does something sensible he gets ripped on here?

 

 

You think for him to comment on this publicly is a good idea? He should have just said something to Morrison and left it at that. Internal affairs should remain internal...I'm not sure how sensible you can really call this....