04-14-2010, 08:09 AM
<!--quoteo(post=88624:date=Apr 13 2010, 02:50 PM:name=Fella)-->QUOTE (Fella @ Apr 13 2010, 02:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=88594:date=Apr 13 2010, 01:46 PM:name=funkster)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (funkster @ Apr 13 2010, 01:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Wasnt Dye also refusing to sign with anyone that was going to make him strictly a DH?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yep. Thats been both Dye and O-Dog's problem. They both think they are better than they are. Dye wanted a high salary, every day starter, in the outfield job. There just wasn't one for him. He could have taken 3.3 mil from us and gotten his 300 ABs, or maybe even more, but he didn't. He probably would have got even more ABs from the Nats, but that wasn't good enough either. The A's approached him to DH and he didn't want to do that either.
Hudson, two years in a row also turned down offers all off-season, wanting more money. Last year he got benched down the stretch and in the playoffs for poor performance, and he still wanted 8 million and held out for it. The free agent market collapsed two years in a row, and he ended up having to take whatever was left.
They both could have good jobs making solid salaries if they weren't dumbasses.
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Dye should have taken the Cubs' money (and I think he'd probably do it in hindsight). O-Dog is way off base on this one, and race has little to do with it. Look at Hank Blaylock, a white dude who hit over 20HR a season for years, ending up signing a minor-league deal with the Rays. That's not racism, that's something else. Russell Branyan, coming off of 30+ HR, signing for a pay cutin Cleveland (a rebuilding team). No racism on that one. While I'll agree with Jacque Jones, LaTroy Hawkins, and even MadMan Milton about racism in the Bleachers of Wrigley (NEVER a reason to use the "N" word when booing a player), I can't say I saw a shred of truth in Hudson's views. Ask David Eckstein (and his 2 WS rings) how well he gets paid to play second base for the Padres... Not much to Hudson's views at all.
Yep. Thats been both Dye and O-Dog's problem. They both think they are better than they are. Dye wanted a high salary, every day starter, in the outfield job. There just wasn't one for him. He could have taken 3.3 mil from us and gotten his 300 ABs, or maybe even more, but he didn't. He probably would have got even more ABs from the Nats, but that wasn't good enough either. The A's approached him to DH and he didn't want to do that either.
Hudson, two years in a row also turned down offers all off-season, wanting more money. Last year he got benched down the stretch and in the playoffs for poor performance, and he still wanted 8 million and held out for it. The free agent market collapsed two years in a row, and he ended up having to take whatever was left.
They both could have good jobs making solid salaries if they weren't dumbasses.
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Dye should have taken the Cubs' money (and I think he'd probably do it in hindsight). O-Dog is way off base on this one, and race has little to do with it. Look at Hank Blaylock, a white dude who hit over 20HR a season for years, ending up signing a minor-league deal with the Rays. That's not racism, that's something else. Russell Branyan, coming off of 30+ HR, signing for a pay cutin Cleveland (a rebuilding team). No racism on that one. While I'll agree with Jacque Jones, LaTroy Hawkins, and even MadMan Milton about racism in the Bleachers of Wrigley (NEVER a reason to use the "N" word when booing a player), I can't say I saw a shred of truth in Hudson's views. Ask David Eckstein (and his 2 WS rings) how well he gets paid to play second base for the Padres... Not much to Hudson's views at all.
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