http://motorcitybengals.com/2009/07/03/time-to-move-on-without-magglio/ A Detroit Tigers blog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:29:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://motorcitybengals.com/2009/07/03/time-to-move-on-without-magglio/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Anonymous Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:26:26 +0000 http://tigerstracks.com/2009/07/time-to-move-on-without-magglio/#comment-308 I really wish this option did not exist. It is depressing that the Tigers may have to kick him when he is down for purely financial reasons. It reminds me of all the cap casualties in the NFL. I really wish this option did not exist. It is depressing that the Tigers may have to kick him when he is down for purely financial reasons. It reminds me of all the cap casualties in the NFL.

]]> http://motorcitybengals.com/2009/07/03/time-to-move-on-without-magglio/comment-page-1/#comment-307 OldEnglish Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:47:49 +0000 http://tigerstracks.com/2009/07/time-to-move-on-without-magglio/#comment-307 It's a very tough situation. I'm a well-known Magglio supporter, but no one can blame the Tigers for preventing the $18 million option from vesting. Magglio knows it, too. I don't even think he'll be bitter (inside). He may allow Boras to file a grievance, but deep down, he knows its a ridiculous amount of money for how he's been performing. It's just sad to me that his career with us will end this way. I'll always savor my memories of his time here. It's a very tough situation. I'm a well-known Magglio supporter, but no one can blame the Tigers for preventing the $18 million option from vesting. Magglio knows it, too. I don't even think he'll be bitter (inside). He may allow Boras to file a grievance, but deep down, he knows its a ridiculous amount of money for how he's been performing. It's just sad to me that his career with us will end this way. I'll always savor my memories of his time here.

]]> http://motorcitybengals.com/2009/07/03/time-to-move-on-without-magglio/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Kurt Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:10:55 +0000 http://tigerstracks.com/2009/07/time-to-move-on-without-magglio/#comment-306 Boras can argue what he wants, but since he gave his angry speech, his client has only gotten worse. June is his worst month yet with a .572 OPS. Ordonez is 4-for-30 with 2 RBIs and 1 extra-base hit since the benching. It's hard for him to argue Ordonez continues to keep playing with numbers like that while a baseball team is in a tight pennant race. and that ignores the fact he will saunter in and let a ball bounce on the ground in front of him before fielding it, while pretty much all the other Tigers outfielders would have run under it and made the catch. You can and should be loyal to Maggs, but you have to be loyal to the other 24 guys on the team and all the fans who want to see a division title for the first time in 22 years, too. Boras can argue what he wants, but since he gave his angry speech, his client has only gotten worse. June is his worst month yet with a .572 OPS. Ordonez is 4-for-30 with 2 RBIs and 1 extra-base hit since the benching. It's hard for him to argue Ordonez continues to keep playing with numbers like that while a baseball team is in a tight pennant race. and that ignores the fact he will saunter in and let a ball bounce on the ground in front of him before fielding it, while pretty much all the other Tigers outfielders would have run under it and made the catch. You can and should be loyal to Maggs, but you have to be loyal to the other 24 guys on the team and all the fans who want to see a division title for the first time in 22 years, too.

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