it was an out-and-out swindling by Loria and the government fell for it. That's what the Marlins have always been. Disgusting franchise.
Okay?I own about 5 wearable jerseys. 2 of them are baseball. 2 of them are hockey. One is a cheap jersey given away at the DC United game.
None of them have names on the back,or anything at all. They're all blank.
If Giancarlo Stanton comes to New York this offseason the first thing I will do is order a replica (none of that fake Chinese stuff) jersey from MLBShop with the Giancarlo number. First thing. If they have names on the back like they do at the Yankee team store I would accept that too. I will dish out 200+ of my own money for this to happen.
Okay?
Player works his ass off to be good enough to warrant a NTC, then people get mad when he uses it. If he didn't want to play in St Louis/San Fran, why on earth would he waive his NTC?
He earned that NTC. - I would direct blame at the Marlins owners for gifting him that horrendous contract.
It is pretty funny seeing a post like this considering you're a Phillies fan. Remember they signed Cliff Lee on a sweetheart deal in additon to already having a rotation with Halladay, Hamels and Oswalt?
How did baseball OK an ownership group buying one of it's teams when the first thing said group has to do is gut the team of all major league talent because they can't afford the wage bill? It's bad enough that the Wilponzis were allowed to keep control of the Mets but this is even worse.
I'm at the site right now ordering a replica. I still need to know his number though. But it just feels wrong to wear a guy's name on a jersey. I have 2 Caps jerseys, one home and one away. The back is blank.
I could easily get Oshie or Ovechkin on the back but who knows these days if it's worth it!!
It was gonna be inevitable either way. Stanton this year or Harper next year. That's simply how the Evil Empire rolls.It doesn't matter. I would have kept him or said SF or StL.
Signings and trades are different. He was traded for trash, being top 5 and traded for crap. Whhoohoo.
This is exactly why I haven't been a fan consistently. **** trades for studs. It's terrible. I will not be shelling out money and I will not be watching consistently again.
I didn't like losing lee to begin with, and was even more baffled he came back. But again; it was a signing.
So much this.....Screw Manfred. We had a local guy, Jorge Mas, who desperately wanted to buy the team & would have been committed to putting a quality product on the field, but Loria wanted to sell to his BFF Jeter & some hedge fund guy. Truly disgusting that a commissioner would allow this to happen.
Basically if the middle of that order doesn’t get hurt I see no way they aren’t in the World Series at least 4 or 5 of the next 7 years. There is no way you can over the course of a 5 or 7 game series completely shut a lineup like that down. You really don’t even need decent pitching
Everything about this is a joke.
NHL: "No major sport can look more like a bush league than us."
MLB: "Hold my beer"
MLB dicking over a local potential buyer so they could install Jeter and his clown posse to do this is a travesty.
I own about 5 wearable jerseys. 2 of them are baseball. 2 of them are hockey. One is a cheap jersey given away at the DC United game.
None of them have names on the back,or anything at all. They're all blank.
If Giancarlo Stanton comes to New York this offseason the first thing I will do is order a replica (none of that fake Chinese stuff) jersey from MLBShop with the Giancarlo number. First thing. If they have names on the back like they do at the Yankee team store I would accept that too. I will dish out 200+ of my own money for this to happen.
Maybe another owner could have secured a better return than the alpo and shit sandwich they got in return.As if the local buyer wouldn't do a massive firesale.
Basically if the middle of that order doesn’t get hurt I see no way they aren’t in the World Series at least 4 or 5 of the next 7 years. There is no way you can over the course of a 5 or 7 game series completely shut a lineup like that down. You really don’t even need decent pitching
Don't ask me, I'm just the messenger