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ouch. I guess he was trying to rush back into the lineup now that they made all those moves.
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Joe mauer gained 21 pounds in the off-season after he signed his contract. He showed up so overweight and out of shape that we had no choice but to accept his demands to be moved to 1st base, because the weight was too damaging on his knees to play catcher. What could the twins do? It was all guaranteed tho, they had to try and abide by his demands. He never worked out again with the team. He eventually demanded to be a God damn pinch hitter, which he failed at since he stopped caring years before. He is the perfect example of what can go wrong once you guarantee someone a life changing amount of money.Baseball is full of con job contracts because of the guaranteed nature of them. Whatever happened to Albert Belle?
It’s a tough call which pro sports league has the worst (strongest) union. MLB or NBA. The trend is towards a mix of extremely long contracts where a guy in his early 20s signs a mega deal where he plays until he’s theoretically 40, or else a bunch of journeyman contracts where someone plays 1-2 years only before moving onto the next team.Joe mauer gained 21 pounds in the off-season after he signed his contract. He showed up so overweight and out of shape that we had no choice but to accept his demands to be moved to 1st base, because the weight was too damaging on his knees to play catcher. What could the twins do? It was all guaranteed tho, they had to try and abide by his demands. He never worked out again with the team. He eventually demanded to be a God damn pinch hitter, which he failed at since he stopped caring years before. He is the perfect example of what can go wrong once you guarantee someone a life changing amount of money.
well that and trying to cure ringwormThe point of taking PEDs is to be better at your job, dumb dumbs.
But by all means don’t let that stop you from bitching.
Yeah I just think if there is any truth to the ringworm medication thing they could maybe investigate it and possibly reduce it if they found it to be true. Like if it was prescribed by a reputable doctor and he just was too dumb to ask the doctor all the ingredients or something. I'm not sure if going full zero tolerance on these guys is the best thing.yes, and then a full season for the 2nd offense.
This fucking sucks.
That's interesting. I never realized that's how it went down with him. It seemed like his hitting took a dive when he went to 1b/dh. I guess that could have been the weight gain.Joe mauer gained 21 pounds in the off-season after he signed his contract. He showed up so overweight and out of shape that we had no choice but to accept his demands to be moved to 1st base, because the weight was too damaging on his knees to play catcher. What could the twins do? It was all guaranteed tho, they had to try and abide by his demands. He never worked out again with the team. He eventually demanded to be a God damn pinch hitter, which he failed at since he stopped caring years before. He is the perfect example of what can go wrong once you guarantee someone a life changing amount of money.
Ringworm???well that and trying to cure ringworm
He wouldn't even work out with the team. Several of his teammates were questioning him on his commitment (most notably Justin morneau) to the team and he just took his ball and went home. One of the bigger bitches in sports history.That's interesting. I never realized that's how it went down with him. It seemed like his hitting took a dive when he went to 1b/dh. I guess that could have been the weight gain.
that's his story, not mine. I'm not even sure what ringworm is but you're right it sounds like something your dog would get.Ringworm???
What is he ...a 4 month old Puppy?
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