Marlins President Rips Ichiro Contract Extension

by Dylan on Jul 11, 2007 8:14 PM PDT

Apologies in the beginning that I can't find the actual transcript, but you should hear what the Marlins president had to say about the Ichiro contract extension. He was on the Dan LeBetard radio show and essentially said that the extension was outrageous and that he couldn't possibly believe that it was true. He went on to say that this contract "will bring down the sport." It was easily one of the most condescending interviews I've ever heard, essentially mirroring all the Ichiro haters out there. If anyone has a good way of finding something like this, pleas post the actual transcript. It was appalling, and he deserves a good cock punch.

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This will bring down the sport...

Not Mike Hampton, Kevin Brown, or Darren Dreiford making more a while ago (which would be even more translated out over the years). Not the $30 mill+ A-Rod will get at the end of the year.

Anybody else think the Marlins president is just bitter because he's not allowed to spend money? I mean this is the Marlins we're talking about here.

by SethGrandpa on Jul 11, 2007 8:18 PM PDT 0 recs

I heard this

If you can bare watching Sportscenter then you can catch it when they lead off the show with it.

by Robert on Jul 11, 2007 8:23 PM PDT 0 recs

Did you happen to TiVo it?

I have DVR but room mate changed the channel before I could fly into a violent rage and destroy his beautiful TV.

by Dylan on Jul 11, 2007 8:23 PM PDT up 0 recs

As LL offical DVR man...

I'll see what I can do when I get home.

by Robert on Jul 11, 2007 8:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

If they don't like us

maybe they won't trade us Willis.

Or maybe they'll think we're exceedingly dumb and we can get away with a bargain of a deal.

Or maybe they'll ask for Jones.

...

Or maybe I'm just pulling this all out of my ass.

by tworsandtwols on Jul 11, 2007 8:26 PM PDT 0 recs

They played the clip on ESPN

Holy crap. Dude sounded like he wanted to hang himself if (when) this deal actually goes down.

Of course we may be seeing a lot of idiots saying that this contract is not worth it because Ichiro doesn't hit home runs.

by ThundaPC on Jul 11, 2007 8:26 PM PDT 0 recs

I wonder how he reacted to Barry Zito

by Graham on Jul 11, 2007 8:39 PM PDT 0 recs

Marlins president:

These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Jul 11, 2007 8:43 PM PDT 0 recs

The Marlins hate center fielders.

I can't think of any other reason for this and for Alfredo Amezaga leading that team in CF innings.

by Jeff on Jul 11, 2007 8:44 PM PDT 0 recs

List of Marlins CF

Juan Pierre (483 G)
Preston Wilson (535 G)
Chuck Carr (346 G)
Devon White (211 G)
Todd Dunwood (188 G)
Reggie Abercrobie (102 G)
Alfredo Amezaga (134 G)

While not a great group, Pierre and Wilson weren't horrible. The rest of the guys are horrible.

by Edgar for Pres on Jul 11, 2007 8:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

different sport but...

If the marlins were in the basketball biz the guy probably would have had an heartattack quickly followed by a stroke at the sight of the rashard lewis deal. he got 6 year 126 mil and he isnt even the best player on the orlando team.

by wadswerth on Jul 11, 2007 8:59 PM PDT 0 recs

HOLY. FUCK.

Thats 21 million a year. People wonder why the NBA can't stop losing money.

by Robert on Jul 11, 2007 9:02 PM PDT up 0 recs

Srsly

It's ridiculous how much money they spend on high end players. Their salary cap and structure is an absolute joke.

by Gomez on Jul 11, 2007 11:14 PM PDT up 0 recs

in what world is Rashard Lewis a high-level player

by Matthew on Jul 11, 2007 11:44 PM PDT up 0 recs

Anybody read Bill Simmons chat today?

About 1/3 of it was making fun of how bad the Lewis deal is.

by SethGrandpa on Jul 11, 2007 11:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

The Orlando Magic's world, apparently

by Gomez on Jul 12, 2007 12:06 AM PDT up 0 recs

Is it wrong

that when I hear "Orlando Magic" I still can only think of Penny Hardaway, Shaq, and some great Chicago Bulls games?

by I'm NOT Corco on Jul 12, 2007 12:08 AM PDT up 0 recs

Absolutely not

because the team's done nothing significant since.

by Gomez on Jul 12, 2007 12:23 AM PDT up 0 recs

with a simple formula

If you use the transative propery formula a=b and b=c then a=c and it goes as:

rashards salary = kobes salary
kobes salary = kobes performace
therefor rashards salary will equal kobes perforamce.

Now you can see why he is worth that money you pay him like kobe he will play like kobe. im sure this has to be the logic behind orlandos thought process behind this contract

by wadswerth on Jul 12, 2007 12:44 AM PDT up 0 recs

So then if they signed ME to that contract...

I'd be as good as Kobe...sweet. I'll remember you all when I'm sitting in my mansion. By the way I'm demanding a trade to Indiana. GO PACERS!!!

by SethGrandpa on Jul 12, 2007 1:56 AM PDT up 0 recs

You must hate the Pacers

by Susheel Ramasahayam on Jul 12, 2007 2:15 AM PDT up 0 recs

yup

ive been waiting for an nba gm to call me as well

by wadswerth on Jul 12, 2007 10:09 AM PDT up 0 recs

Another blessing for the Sonics

by Matthew on Jul 11, 2007 9:23 PM PDT up 0 recs

wow

and the sonics get a 2nd round pick out of that.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Jul 11, 2007 11:13 PM PDT up 0 recs

and a $9 mill trade exception

No, sir, they're saying Boo-vasi.

by Mariner John on Jul 11, 2007 11:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yeah

Because pressing the red button and gutting your team is SOOOOOOOO much better....

by Gomez on Jul 11, 2007 11:08 PM PDT 0 recs

Jeffrey Loria

is the biggest douchebag in major league baseball.

That's a fact.

by I'm NOT Corco on Jul 11, 2007 11:20 PM PDT 0 recs

Did Player A die?

No, sir, they're saying Boo-vasi.

by Mariner John on Jul 11, 2007 11:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

Jeffrey Loria

is the biggest douchebag in Major League Baseball.

That's a fact.

by I'm NOT Corco on Jul 11, 2007 11:57 PM PDT up 0 recs

Player A is a close second, though

by I'm NOT Corco on Jul 11, 2007 11:58 PM PDT up 0 recs

Here your go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOCeIiMhQ8s

by Robert on Jul 11, 2007 11:54 PM PDT 0 recs

"Everybody gets what they deserve."

That's right Dan. So enjoy your 5 games under .500, go nowhere team. Nobody cares about you or your franchise. Your fans are the most pathetic in the entire sport. And your superstar is going to leave in a few years while ours is staying for 5 more. Good luck with that.

These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Jul 12, 2007 12:01 AM PDT up 0 recs

ICHIRO HURTS BASEBALL

BY NOT HITTING hOMERUNS AND MAKEING MONEY

IICCCCHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRROOOOOOOOO!!!!1

by JI on Jul 12, 2007 12:04 AM PDT up 0 recs

He's so ridiculously against the deal

that it is hard to be insulted. It's pretty funny.

Maybe he's ticked because now the writing is on the wall for Miggy Cabrera's impending deal.

by jtopps on Jul 12, 2007 12:19 AM PDT up 0 recs

It's Ee-chee-ro damn it

not i-cheero

No, sir, they're saying Boo-vasi.

by Mariner John on Jul 12, 2007 12:23 AM PDT up 0 recs

Wow...

just wow.

Fuck you Dan. I hope you get SARS.

by Matthew on Jul 12, 2007 12:33 AM PDT up 0 recs

Heh

I thought it said that you hoped he caught SABRS. From his comments I find it unlikely that will happen anytime soon.

by Robert on Jul 12, 2007 12:35 AM PDT up 0 recs

Geesh, what's his beef?

ok let's not even count the infinite amount of on-field worth he brings to the Mariners, or any team for that matter. The marketing revenue, season ticket sales, and other asian players seeing the Mariners as a mega-pro asian team is worth it's weight in gold.

He really needs to take the panties out of his uptight ass crack, and stop worrying what another team 3000 miles away are doing and start worrying about his own pile of crap team.

Douchebag of the week candidate!

by TheMarinator on Jul 12, 2007 12:43 AM PDT up 0 recs

HAHAHA

what a douche, whatever David - your team sucks and no one gives a flying fuck about them. Enjoy Reggie Abercrombie, and I hope you and Miguel Olivo are very happy together.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Jul 12, 2007 12:48 AM PDT up 0 recs

AN E-CHURRO

by Eldukey on Jul 12, 2007 2:32 AM PDT up 0 recs

I mean ya ichiro is 33

but he is a completely different type of baseball player than anyone else. He could probably play effectively till he was 45

I wonder what he thinks of the michael Young contract

Shop smart......Shop s-mart...... YOU GOT THAT!!!!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jul 12, 2007 7:47 AM PDT up 0 recs

Hmmmm.

As much crap as we give Howard Lincoln and Chuck Armstrong, Samson deserves 1000-fold more.

Of course, his comments sound all too familiar from back in the Smulyan and definitely the Argyros era. I remember being dang elated that the M's actually finally kept one of their stars around, when they didn't do anything w/Alvin Davis. Tartabull -- gone. Langston -- gone (not that I regret that trade, really). When players were due real contracts, the M's tried their best to dump them. And not in a Billy Beane way, either.

They flubbed the RJ thing, but at least they gave their best effort with Griffey, A-Rod, and now Ichiro. They may still be mental midgets w/r/t HOW they spend the money, but I will not call our current execs cheap.

Fry ME, Blow!!!

by PositivePaul on Jul 12, 2007 9:12 AM PDT up 0 recs

I want to hear what he has to say

when AROD signs for 30,000,000 a year? Is that going to bring down baseball?
I can't believe this guy actual runs a pro ball club. Man, what a clueless fuck, both on Ichiro, and the market value.

Look at all the people who don't have the value of Ichiro and make over 20m/per.

Seriously dude, get another vocation.

by mark s on Jul 12, 2007 2:20 AM PDT 0 recs

even marlin's fans see through this whiny rant

http://www.sportech.info/

"This coming from our idiot President says this to me. Cabrera, be prepared to move your family out of South Florida because your not staying here. Look, it's pretty obvious by now that the Marlins management is preparing the fans for the inevitable with these comments. There is no way Cabrera, who is likely to command upwards of 20 million a year, is going to resign with the Marlins while A) Jeffrey Loria still owns this team or B) We do not land a new stadium deal. The Marlins will continue to reap the benefits of revenue sharing and laugh in the faces of teams like the Mariners who lock up key players and superstars to longterm contracts.

The funny thing is I can picture Presidents and owners across the land sitting back and laughing at the audio below."

by Eldukey on Jul 12, 2007 2:43 AM PDT 0 recs

also a link to the original rant

where he says "it's the end of the world as we know it" LMAO

by Eldukey on Jul 12, 2007 2:45 AM PDT up 0 recs

I think that pretty much said it all

Posturing in preperation for the offseason. No more, no less.

I will not make jokes in my sig. I will not make jokes in my sig. I will not...

by TIF on Jul 12, 2007 3:55 AM PDT up 0 recs

yeah

wonder how cabrera would look in an m's jersey, he has played some left and right field for the marlins, a jones, ichiro, cabrera outfield... yeah take that marlins president

by wadswerth on Jul 12, 2007 10:14 AM PDT up 0 recs

well

If the baseball gods actually made such a never-gonna happen thing happen, I'd stick him at first and give sexson the boot.

by chrisisasavage on Jul 12, 2007 11:55 AM PDT up 0 recs

I'd stick him on a treadmill

for 3 months and then put him out in RF.

by Matthew on Jul 12, 2007 2:01 PM PDT up 0 recs

He looks like guy

who'll end up at 1B anyway.

IICCCCHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRROOOOOOOOO!!!!1

by JI on Jul 12, 2007 2:20 PM PDT up 0 recs

Plus

at the same age

Miguel Cabrera's #s > Man-Ram's #s
Miggy's D >Man-Ram's D

IICCCCHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRROOOOOOOOO!!!!1

by JI on Jul 12, 2007 2:23 PM PDT up 0 recs

ehh

his days in the outfield are so 100 pounds ago

by CKel on Jul 12, 2007 10:23 AM PDT 0 recs

But

it just so happens that we are in dire need of a first baseman. Hmmmmm...Miggy....

"You guys should be in every major city. This is some heavy shit. This is, like, Lone Ranger heavy, man."

by AZSEAfan on Jul 12, 2007 10:47 AM PDT up 0 recs

this will bring the sport down like...

steroids before this, curt flood/free agency before that, and including players of all races before that.

Seems like baseball owners/commish/gms claim that baseball is teetering over the edge all the time, and yet, opening day is still one of the greatest days in this country.

Maybe this guy (florida gm) should think, or at least look at historical trends, and then speak. Just an idea.

"Jobu needs a refill"

by MarinerintheDistrict on Jul 12, 2007 11:10 AM PDT 0 recs

florida president, not gm

excuse me

"Jobu needs a refill"

by MarinerintheDistrict on Jul 12, 2007 11:11 AM PDT up 0 recs

Seriously, guys

This is just a retard talking like a retard, and it shows in the product his org puts on the field. I'm not too worked up about it.

In the end, we have an iconic centerfielder on our team for the next 5.5 years... and he has Joe Borchard, Miguel Olivo, Reggie Abercrombie, a half empty football stadium 60 miles from Downtown in a market that doesn't really give a crap about the ballclub. Who wins?

by Gomez on Jul 12, 2007 1:08 PM PDT 0 recs

Wow

All he needs is a "Won't somebody please think of the children" to finish up that hysterical rant.

Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.

by JAH on Jul 12, 2007 1:35 PM PDT 0 recs

Fish stripes(Marlins SB site) has a post up.

About the whole thing.

Basically just saying what we've all been saying, that this guy is a dumbass.

These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Jul 12, 2007 1:40 PM PDT 0 recs

Baseball in Florida should

cease to exist in the major leagues. It just doesn't work over there, if you look at the attendance figures. Tampa Bay and Florida combined would barely be over Seattle's attendance numbers. Even when the Marlins won the whole thing, they were 5th to last in attendance. Florida is a football state first and a basketball state second.

And, I'm glad that Ichiro has a good chance of staying in Seattle for the rest of his career. You don't get too many of those. Props to Bavasi for pulling off this deal.

Another Visiting A's Fan

by Plunkage on Jul 12, 2007 1:50 PM PDT 0 recs

as an angels fan...

it's hard for me to say this, but it is great for baseball that the m's resigned ichiro. One of the greatest pure hitters since ted williams deserves that extension, plus he is an icon who deserves the privelege to play his entire career in one market. If it hasn't happened already, at the end of his career there will be streets named after him. A-Rod can't say that. I say good for the mariners, (but I still think he'd look better in red).

by justvisiting on Jul 12, 2007 9:59 PM PDT 0 recs