Soriano’s Way Of Thinking Is Simply Stupid
I’ve been a baseball fan since before Alfonso Soriano was born, so he should listen to his elders when they try to help him understand something like this.
You ain’t in control of jack-squat !
That’s in response to his quote in regards to his trade to the Washington Nationals from the Texas Rangers, which was :
” Obviously, I have the control. Of course I’m not going to play the outfield. “
Newsflash to Alfonso, if you want the Nats to pay you, like the Rangers did last year, you’ll play wherever they say. It’s part of the Golden rule, which is, ” Those with the gold make the rules. ”
This is just another case of the inmates wanting to run the asylum. Kinda like when they sign a 7 year deal and want a raise after year 3 when they finally played like they were paid to.
Lsiten to me, son, and I’ll help you understand a small part of this equation that you’re missing.
The Rangers, in their infinite wisdom think you’re not good enough to keep at your price so they got rid of you.
The Nats, in their less than infinite wisdom, feel like you might help them, so they are willing to overpay you to see if you might just do so.
For $7.5 million a year, I’d be willing to play catcher and sell popcorn between innnings AND sign autographs after the game. Even in visiting parks !
If some team is gonna pay you $7.5 million to play, son, you’ll play where they say to play or they won’t pay you.
Ask Terrell Owens who runs the team. Him or the owner. I’ll give you 2 guesses.
Do you not watch ESPN ? Have you not seen the fallout of an athelete thinking he was bigger than the team ?
Son, you batted a whopping .268 last year. That’s .015 below your career numbers which ain’t all that grand to begin with. My God son, .268 for $7.5 million ? What the hell would we have to pay Ted Williams today for batting over .400 ? $100 million ? Do you sneak to the bank to cash a game check when you go 0-fer-5 ?
Think about this - there’s 30 MLB teams, so there’s basically 30 second basemen. You were ranked 14th among the 2-baggers for batting average. Even behind Ronnie Belliard, who’s as big as the Michelin Man.
You were about average. Wanna know what average means ? It’s just as close to the bottom as it is to the top.
Jorge Cantu of the Devil Rays was ahead of you in most categories. Wanna trade for his $316,000 salary?
Chase Utley of the Phillies was ahead of you. Want his $345,000 salary ?
No ? Then I guess you better be gald that they paid you 21 times as much as Chase got, just to be around his totals.
Better be glad they paid you almost 24 times as much as Jorge got, just to have him better your totals in several categories.
No, Mr. Soriano, you’re not in charge. And if I was the GM of the Nats, I’d be holding a news conference right now to prove that to you as I was cutting you and your already too big ego and your salary.
Want to read the whole article over at ESPN ? Click HERE.
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