TheHurl

TRM does the hottest Jays, BTS does the Around Baseball new year post. I don't like change...things are getting f***ed around here and there will be bans, could be the next to post on this thread, could be random or could be the next to post on this thread.

Steve Phillips talking out of his ass. If Sanchez pitched the way he did last year for 4 more years, he'd be getting a huge contract no matter who he has as an agent. I'd rather TSN have Burlington Bandit investigate why he left his previous agent in a non arbitration/non contract year, than have Steve Phillips speculate about value 4 years in the future.

I can't have many years left in me. But of course I've left my my team to certain people in my will. I'll have to check and see if AG made my will list.

Futile tasks will make King stronger...and put some hair on his balls.

King doesn't save them when there are shirts

for fantasy research of course. Can't have your staff ace depressed about a lost bromance. i just prefer my staff ace to drive into rocks on a boat.

See Pickoff's post below. Pretty sure that is the one I was thinking of.

I just meant it as a shot about how bad Bourn Suxxxxx

Lozano and if toughest means sleaziest (and they might mean the same thing) yes he is. Made his name by providing hookers for his clients and then in turn used it against the clients after he took pics of them. His black book filled with comments and pics on all the escorts who he tested out for his clients first. He'd never tell the kid it's a professional of course. Just a big fan! I'll try and find some of the articles on Lozano's history.

Boras isn't even close to the hardest agent on GM's anymore. For the record the last Shatkins dealing with Boras was a $48M Michael Bourn contract (unless you count Dom Brown's minor league deal), so maybe their relationship isn't so good. Really this is a non story though.

Pitching in almost half the Jays games for 6 straight seasons had nothing to do with it.

List of things King might be doing instead of the completing the list. College applications Getting laid Got a job Speaking series In Mississippi rebuilding the Alford Family home Searching for Todd Charged with possession of half-naked pics of baseball prospects. Kidnapped by the recently banned Dogg So which of us are calling the Manitoba police?

It is Sam. Pedroia's knees were pretty bad last year and baserunning in Fenway is really tough...especially when you have a RHH behind you.

Cool. I had a chance to show a guy from up your way to my Alma Mater. Did you coach Hunter Cunningham? Good kid

I don't think it's an issue of blame (we have no idea if the Jays FO even would have known about this before the GFM post). I think it's just well meaning people not thinking of potential perceptions of it.

Someone put down $5 USD, to put a smile on all our faces. Now that's the spirit of giving.

That is what I mean by keeping it in house. All these things are taught to the Jays in their social media training (which is why I call it PR, everything in public for an athlete is PR). Best intentions all the way around, I don't doubt that. However, they opened up negativity into the situation, which isn't needed. They brought *******s like me into the situation.

I don't disagree with you at all, and I'm glad that people reached out and helped you out in a time of need. When my Mom's hometown Church and a local farmhouse burned down, I dropped what I was doing and drove 10 hours to help out. The community got together for that family and financial support poured in too. It helped out the entire community which lost it's place of faith to hatred (it was arson). I do believe there were offers on the old board to help out the board member who was effected by the wildfires in Alberta. This is a community which I know will help. What I'm saying is that this is a professional athlete which has the connections to financial needs. He was Mr. Baseball and Mr. Football representing that community, which carries a f*** of a lot of weight. I don't doubt his community would rally. Kevin Pillar has now approached the "Blue Jays Nation" for support, and the "you guys are millionaires" responses have poured in. This is the response I thought would eventually come in. People have questioned how much they donated. This takes away from the actual need which is the Alford Family's house. Take care of this in house financially and use your "fame" to thank those that helped. 80% of the money which has come in through Go Fund Me is from the Baseball Community anyway. As I said before, opening this up and asking fans to help turns this into a PR issue.

I think he got married in 2013.

I'd start a gofundme to keep you from procreating. You are correct that I don't know the circumstances, nor do I claim to. I found out about this through a friend who is a club promoter that often represents the Jays players, and immediately this started a debate among a group of friends...I enjoy debate and thought I'd bring it to the board. For Alford it's an interesting position as he is a public figure. If I saw Alford this spring dropping $5,000 at a club, I'd probably judge him. Same way if I saw his wife at the Jays Care events I'd likely think back to this and say to myself "at least they are giving back". BB is correct and Alford will likely be judged by how he gives back, but he is setting himself up for some bad PR as well.

Never claimed he did. And it's very possible his entire bonus was spent on his legal troubles. But his agent is a Multi Millionaire who could drop $20K without any issue. I'm really not sure what side I land on here. I know I reacted when I saw Alford retweet it himself.

American's in Mississippi is my likely answer here. I know of one person that had insurance and it didn't cover a lot of the contents they were claiming. Just furniture and items listed when they purchased the insurance.

American's in Mississippi is my likely answer here. I know of one person that had insurance and it didn't cover a lot of the contents they were claiming. Just furniture and items listed when they purchased the insurance.

his makeup has been a question from the start. He got ripped by Ole Miss for walking out the week of the Alabama game. Was called the most selfish player in Ole Miss history and that's a program that had Eli Manning.

We haven't had a good debate in a while. So lets talk about this. Anthony Alford's house burned down. His family is raising money with a goal of $20K. https://www.gofundme.com/rf-rising-from-the-ashes?rcid=c305369af4724ae396dd1fff0289c136 Some teammates have donated. Gibby gave $1500, Tinnish donated, Marc Hulet...JB Woodman too. His agent gave $1000. I have no issue with Go Fund Me's as a rule. But this is a professional athlete that received a nice bonus (which might be gone through legal) and his agent alone instead of giving 1/20th of the amount could easily raise this $20K. It could be done internally within baseball without fans giving their $10 and $20 amounts. Or on the other hand this makes fans and friends feel better about doing their part. I feel bad about anyone that goes through a fire. Glad to hear everyone was safe. But is it right or wrong for a professional athlete to partake in this sort of fundraising? My initial thought was wrong for the reasons I gave above but if this was a non prospect who got a smaller bonus I'd probably give myself.