December 18, 200322 yr Its at the Sports Authority on South Dixie highway ( they one that shares the 4 story building with Bestbuy, Target etc.) he'll be there from 7-9 doing free Photo Opps. and You can get any merchandise purchased from the Sports Authority signed for free. Sorry For the Late notice....I'll be leaving right now...
December 19, 200322 yr Its at the Sports Authority on South Dixie highway ( they one that shares the 4 story building with Bestbuy, Target etc.) he'll be there from 7-9 doing free Photo Opps. and You can get any merchandise purchased from the Sports Authority signed for free. Sorry For the Late notice....I'll leaving right now... I don't say this to be disrespectful of the kid, I think he's great but the Marlins need to give him a god d*mn raise so he'll stop doing a thousand and one of these events and burns himself out. We all saw the effect they had on him last summer. He clearly needs the dough, instead of kickin' back and relaxing for a few months with his family here's this kid, a week before Christmas, three thousand miles from home, doing one promotion after another. The Marlins had better give him a raise, I suggest doubling his salary for 2004 to $750k (more or less) and tell him to stop what he's doing and concentrate on baseball. Otherwise by spring training he's going to be worthless. And by June he'll be in Albuquerque. I hope the FO brings him in and does right thing, and soon!
December 19, 200322 yr Its at the Sports Authority on South Dixie highway ( they one that shares the 4 story building with Bestbuy, Target etc.) he'll be there from 7-9 doing free Photo Opps. and You can get any merchandise purchased from the Sports Authority signed for free. Sorry For the Late notice....I'll leaving right now... I don't say this to be disrespectful of the kid, I think he's great but the Marlins need to give him a god d*mn raise so he'll stop doing a thousand and one of these events and burns himself out. We all saw the effect they had on him last summer. He clearly needs the dough, instead of kickin' back and relaxing for a few months with his family here's this kid, a week before Christmas, three thousand miles from home, doing one promotion after another. The Marlins had better give him a raise, I suggest doubling his salary for 2004 to $750k (more or less) and tell him to stop what he's doing and concentrate on baseball. Otherwise by spring training he's going to be worthless. And by June he'll be in Albuquerque. I hope the FO brings him in and does right thing, and soon! Thats a little harsh but.... This is the first one he has done in a while... He is too valuable to send down to AAA :banghead
December 19, 200322 yr He is too valuable to send down to AAA :banghead I was being facetious. I was suggesting if he does what he did last year (burn himself out on signings and photo shoots) he's going to not be the success he can be in the bigs. I wasn't really suggesting he'd wind up in Albuquerque. I think it's up to the Marlins to help this kid out. At his pay scale its chump change.
December 19, 200322 yr He is too valuable to send down to AAA :banghead I was being facetious. I was suggesting if he does what he did last year (burn himself out on signings and photo shoots) he's going to not be the success he can be in the bigs. I wasn't really suggesting he'd wind up in Albuquerque. I think it's up to the Marlins to help this kid out. At his pay scale its chump change. I know but still, thats going overboard. I agree that he should stop doing these and head home for it is really there break from work...
December 19, 200322 yr Author Its at the Sports Authority on South Dixie highway ( they one that shares the 4 story building with Bestbuy, Target etc.) he'll be there from 7-9 doing free Photo Opps. and You can get any merchandise purchased from the Sports Authority signed for free. Sorry For the Late notice....I'll leaving right now... I don't say this to be disrespectful of the kid, I think he's great but the Marlins need to give him a god d*mn raise so he'll stop doing a thousand and one of these events and burns himself out. We all saw the effect they had on him last summer. He clearly needs the dough, instead of kickin' back and relaxing for a few months with his family here's this kid, a week before Christmas, three thousand miles from home, doing one promotion after another. The Marlins had better give him a raise, I suggest doubling his salary for 2004 to $750k (more or less) and tell him to stop what he's doing and concentrate on baseball. Otherwise by spring training he's going to be worthless. And by June he'll be in Albuquerque. I hope the FO brings him in and does right thing, and soon! It's the offseason, you dont have to worry about his "fingers" getting tired for a couple hours each week. Plus fan interaction is a necessity it brings players closer to the fans, and fans closer to the players. Maybe it'll give someone a reason to attend a ballgame if they have a good experience. It's a chain reaction, and it can't hurt. He didnt wear himself out from signing autographs and doing appearances last year...He wore himself out from being over used and not used to pitching as much as he did plus with all the pressure on his shoulders in the 2nd half.
December 19, 200322 yr Finally, a free autograph signing. Everytime a player of ours goes out and signs Auto's you got to pay like $40.
December 19, 200322 yr i'm not convinced he's just doing this for money. if there's one thing we know about d-train, he really likes to have a good time and have fun with his fans... he's a very very humble kind of baseball player who i'm sure would do this sort of thing to please his fans. to my knowledge, he really doesn't do a whole lot of these kinds of signings anyway. i think he's doing this because he's a humble, likeable guy who wants to make his fans happy. i'm tempted to drive on over there.... this is at dadeland station, right?
December 19, 200322 yr Finally, a free autograph signing. Everytime a player of ours goes out and signs Auto's you got to pay like $40. :lol
December 19, 200322 yr i'm not convinced he's just doing this for money. if there's one thing we know about d-train, he really likes to have a good time and have fun with his fans... he's a very very humble kind of baseball player who i'm sure would do this sort of thing to please his fans. to my knowledge, he really doesn't do a whole lot of these kinds of signings anyway. i think he's doing this because he's a humble, likeable guy who wants to make his fans happy. i'm tempted to drive on over there.... this is at dadeland station, right? yes, yes...
December 19, 200322 yr Author Just got back... He really is a great guy, very humble, pretty shy but all in all he's a quality person.
December 19, 200322 yr Yea, i met him a couple of times and he was nice. he also sounds like a great guy on TV. I couldnt make it tonight, i live to far from there.
December 19, 200322 yr Just got back... He really is a great guy, very humble, pretty shy but all in all he's a quality person. Hey was cool... Thanks for the heads up, never would of known.
December 19, 200322 yr Would have gone if I didn't have an hour to drive. Must be nice living around the corner. I'm looking forward to seeing him during spring training.
December 19, 200322 yr I visit this site so much it is amazing I didn't know about this. My mother and brother invited me to Christmas shopping at Target. I went along for the ride and went to Sports Authority and was shocked. I got him to sign 2 baseballs and a hat. He seemed to be a pretty nice guy and there were so many people he had to sign too. But he wasn't grumpy or anything. The Marlins should really double his salary. This kid is working too hard and needs to sit back and relax. What a great job for a 21 year old!
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