EdA Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Actually, I recall Johnny Bench getting gifts at certain cities in his last season way back in '83. It wasn't every city and it wasn't a big deal. But it happened. Still, no one is putting a gun to the heads of these teams. And generally some charity gets a good chunk of change from the gifts. Now, why a city feels a need to give actual physical gifts to millionaire athletes is something I cannot answer. But charities are getting money from these things, so it's not all bad, I guess. Shrug. No idea why some people are all bent out of shape about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Sosa had the best farewell by teammates smashing the shit out of his stupid fucking boombox in the locker room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Ozzie Smith also had a farewell tour with gifts aplenty back in 1996. THAT WAS SPECIAL AND DIFFERENT BECAUES...SHUT UP THATS WY BECAUUSE 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 It's going to be weird as fuck watching Jeter get an emotional send off at Fenway Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Putting this here instead of the 30 for 30 thread...the new 30 for 30 short is about Mackey Sasser and his case of the yips. It's definitely worth your time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 The first retirement tour i remember was Kareem. Lots of rocking chairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 HAH. So, with rain in the forecast Thursday for JETER'S LAST HOME GAME~~!!!! MLB is POSSIBLY MAYBE CONSIDERING trying to talk the O's into giving up their day off before the playoffs to play the last home game Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I hope the O's tell them to fuck off. Playoffs are worth much more. I don't really have a problem with the retirement tour, but the Yanks continuing to put Jeter out there at Short in spite of him being a pretty bad fielder there now, and batting him second with a .300 OBP and like a .620 OPS is just silly to me. I don't think they have many (if any) contending years left with this team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I wonder if they will have jetes and papi hug it out. The rivalry between the teams is all but dead anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Given that Orioles fans are still pissed about the 1996 Jeter home run call, this is just adorable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I hope the O's tell them to fuck off. Playoffs are worth much more. I don't really have a problem with the retirement tour, but the Yanks continuing to put Jeter out there at Short in spite of him being a pretty bad fielder there now, and batting him second with a .300 OBP and like a .620 OPS is just silly to me. I don't think they have many (if any) contending years left with this team Given the Yankees other options, who would you have started at short? Even if Brendan Ryan didn't start the season on the DL, he is all defense and no bat. Yangervis Solarte? Should they have accepted losing a compensation pick and signed Stephen Drew in the offseason? The real answer is the Yankees should have been grooming the heir to the throne for the past few years. Eduardo Nunez was not the answer. Whereever the Yankees put him, his defense was horrid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Boy, not to continue Jeterpalooza but...THIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 All defense and no bat is slightly better than no defense and no bat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Jeter isn't the reason the Yankees aren't making the playoffs. The guys that were supposed to be the middle of the order; Teixiera, McCann, Beltran all missed time and when they were healthy, they severely underperformed. Alfonso Soriano never got on a roll, lost playing time, and was released. There was no adequate third baseman until trading for Chase Headley. The void left by Robinson Cano was not close to being filled. That all can't be pinned on Jeter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Boy, not to continue Jeterpalooza but...THIS. However, from the last paragraph of the article, this is quality trolling: "Lost in all of this is the fact that, based on his stats this season, Jeter basically put his P72s into partial retirement at the end of the 2012 season." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 I have nothing against Jeter personally, and I don't really mind the retirement tour. But if some guy had virtually the exact same 20 year career playing for, say, Cleveland... Nobody would be calling him "one of the greatest players of all-time." (Also, I'd hate him a lot more...) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipGofern Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 I still maintain Cutch is the NL MVP this season but Kershaw just hit a stand-up TRIPLE to tie the score with San Fran. Yeah, he's definitely putting together a highlight film for the ages this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 I have nothing against Jeter personally, and I don't really mind the retirement tour. But if some guy had virtually the exact same 20 year career playing for, say, Cleveland... Nobody would be calling him "one of the greatest players of all-time." (Also, I'd hate him a lot more...) If the Astros had listened to Hal Newhouser, perhaps Jeter spends his entire career in Houston. Or perhaps Derek bolts for New York once he hit free agency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 http://grantland.com/features/the-tragedy-derek-jeter-defense/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoffman Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Ozzie Smith also had a farewell tour with gifts aplenty back in 1996. THAT WAS SPECIAL AND DIFFERENT BECAUES...SHUT UP THATS WY BECAUUSE Of course it was special and different, it was before interleague play started. So it was only the National League clubs, the truest of the true, the sincerest of the sincere, that beauteous and righteous land of hard-nosed baseballery where pitchers bat for themselves, that had the opportunity to show the proper respect and support for The Wizard of Oz. Plus, my fifth-grade teacher told us she saw him shoveling his own sidewalk once after a snowstorm. Classy and majestic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 God I wish you sig was in color. Just imagine the various colors on those ties, jackets, shirts, belts. It could literally be anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBob Skeeter Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Mother Nature denies Phil Hughes $500,000 bonus: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/ 2014/ 09/ 24/ hughes- pitches- twins- past- diamondbacks- 2- 1/ MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The rain dripped off the brim of his cap as Phil Hughes walked off the mound.An hour-plus delay meant the last start of his first season for Minnesota was over. That half-million-dollar bonus stayed one out away. He still earned a nice prize: the major league record for strikeout-to-walk ratio.Hughes struck out five without a walk over eight innings, and the Twins beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 on Wednesday afternoon.“I was very aware of it, yeah, but some things just aren’t meant to be,” said Hughes, who would’ve been paid $500,000 for reaching 210 innings. He finished with 209 2-3, having already triggered a pair of $250,000 bonuses for reaching 180 and 195 innings, on top of his $8 million salary.Manager Ron Gardenhire said Hughes would’ve returned for the ninth on a dry day, but the 66-minute delay ended that. Gardenhire also said he wouldn’t try to get Hughes in any of the team’s last four games at Detroit. Hughes didn’t seem to mind.“Finishing that out today is a pretty cool way to do it,” he said.Hughes had been aware of his chance at the record, too, for the last few weeks. Every three-ball count created some anxiety.“You can’t just lay pitches down the middle,” he said.Hughes (16-10) finished his first year with the Twins with the same number of wins and walks. With 186 strikeouts, his 11.63 ratio became the best of all time for pitchers with a qualifying amount of innings. Hughes beat Bret Saberhagen, who had 143 strikeouts and 13 walks for the New York Mets in 1994 for an 11.00 ratio.Hughes allowed only a sacrifice fly by David Peralta in the sixth.--------------------------------------------------------Listened to his post-game interview, and you could tell he wasn't happy. Towed the company line? Yes. Happy? No. They had better bring him in for one more out, maybe Sunday afternoon perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Jake Arrieta continues to be a fucking baller. Thanks Orioles! O HAI piranesi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 I still maintain Cutch is the NL MVP this season but Kershaw just hit a stand-up TRIPLE to tie the score with San Fran. Yeah, he's definitely putting together a highlight film for the ages this year. I am not sure that Cutch was the MVP of this team much less than National league. I am not sure where the Pirates would be this year without Josh Harrison play on defense all over the place and his hitting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 So the Twins offered a chance for Phil Hughes to pitch out of the bullpen in one of the remaining games - and he turned them down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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