...How about the ignorant pack and the resulting knee-jerk mentality?...

 

...Every financially illiterate "sportswriter" seems to consider Loria to be an easy target at whom they may take unlimited cheap shots. The equally financially illiterate general public (and some here)...

 

Nothing like insulting people to lend credibility to your argument.

Don't believe Loria. Sounds a lot like "you should buy a house down here, Jose."

 

Really? Why not?

 

Because you and others who drip anti-Loria vitriol say so?

 

Because you and others believe that everything burped up by the sports "media" based on unnamed sources is fact?

 

At best, Reyes, a guy without a no-trade clause misinterpreted Loria's enthusiasm for him when he was initially signed. And I'm sure Loria had no intention of trading him when he was signed -- we were supposed to win and Reyes would be a key piece -- not lose too many games and lose 47 mill in the process.

 

At worst, Reyes is an outright liar.

 

I think he's just fudging a bit to protect his apparently frail ego or perhaps his unrealistic expectations.

 

 

Shortly before the trade with Toronto, Miami president of baseball operations Admin Beinfest gave Loria a briefing, saying the deal was close.

 

Loria then called up Reyes' agent, Peter Greenberg, to fill him in.

 

"Let me set the record straight," Loria said. "What you've been told is inaccurate. It was inaccurate. I never told him to buy a house. He was looking for a house. He came to an ALS dinner that I invited him to. He sat two people away from me.

 

"Admin came to me with the trade that he wanted to do. I immediately called Jose's agent, out of respect, and said, 'Jose is going to be traded.' I want you to call him before he reads about it. He hasn't bought a house, has he? No, he's contemplating. So, I said, just call him and let him know."

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130225&content_id=41997614&notebook_id=41997742&vkey=notebook_mia&c_id=mia

 

When pressed again Tuesday on the subject, Loria dismissed Reyes' accusations by saying that the shortstop was on a plane to Dubai four days before the trade was done and the two did not speak since then. The only contact was during that dinner function, and Loria said it was brief.

 

"I had no idea we were putting together any trade that was going to happen while he was away," Loria said. "First of all, he sat two people away from me, so I had very little opportunity to speak with him. My wife sat between us.

 

"I asked if he'd been to Miami, he said he'd been looking at houses, and his wife was down there. Three or four days later, [general manager] Admin [beinfest] called me with what he wanted to do."

 

That's when Loria said he got in touch with Reyes' agent to stop his house-hunting expedition.

 

http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/homeowner-dispute-marlins-jeffrey-loria-counters-jose-reyes-claim-1.4714768

 

This is just another of the myriad examples here of unjustified Loria-bashing. Buy a damned (heavily discounted) ticket, that'll have a bigger effect on Loria than making ridiculous arguments based on no facts.

 

 

 

 

 

Why is it that at best Reyes misinterpreted Loria and at worst Reyes is an outright liar? Why is the Loria being an outright liar option completely off the table for you?

 

You even concoct motives for why Reyes would lie but ignore Loria's motives for lying.

Lmao @ the Miami Mets idea

In that situation Loria had no motive to lie.

 

Other situations...he did.

 

 

How does he have no motive to lie?

 

His motive would be to save a little face with the public and gain a small amount of credibility with future free agents.

 

What would Reyes' motive to lie be?

 

Why is every former employee who speaks out against the team a liar but the employer is always 100% honest?