by Ice Cream Jonsey » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:46 pm
In researching the above post, I went to the Wikipedia page for Sandy Koufax. I'd like to explain to you all, what my brother - a Seattle Mariner fan - has had to go through.
Before the 1966 season began, Koufax and Drysdale met separately with Dodger GM Buzzie Bavasi to negotiate their contracts for the upcoming year. After Koufax's meeting, he met Drysdale for dinner and complained that Bavasi was using Drysdale against him in the negotiations, asking, "How come you want that much when Drysdale only wants this much?"[52] Drysdale responded that Bavasi did the same thing with him, using Koufax against him. Drysdale's first wife, Ginger Drysdale, suggested that they negotiate together to get what they wanted. They demanded $1 million, divided equally over the next three years, or $167,000 each for the next three seasons. Both players were represented by an entertainment lawyer, J. William Hayes, which was unusual during an era when players were not represented by agents.[53][54] At the time, Willie Mays was Major League Baseball's highest paid player at $125,000 per year and multi-year contracts were very unusual.[55]
Koufax and Drysdale didn't report to spring training in February. Instead, they both signed to appear in the movie Warning Shot, starring David Janssen. Drysdale was going to play a TV commentator and Koufax was going to play a detective. Meanwhile, the Dodgers waged a public relations battle against them. After four weeks, Koufax gave Drysdale the go-ahead to negotiate new deals for the both of them. Koufax ended up getting $125,000 and Drysdale $110,000. They rejoined the team in the last week of spring training.[56]
My brother's team was recently run by Bill Bavasi. Bavasi is one of the worst general managers in the world, and was fired last season. He is miserably incompetent and showed absolutely no ability to put together a quality baseball team. He signed a second baseman to play DH for the Mariners, for the fuck of Christ.
Bavasi's father tried FUCKING AROUND WITH SANDY KOUFAX, who is the GREATEST LEFT-HANDED PITCHER of all-time. (Anyone saying otherwise is talking about longevity.)
KOUFAX. Fucking SANY KOUFAX was not playing well enough for fucking Bill Bavasi's GODDAMN FATHER.
Unfuckingreal.
Sorry, brother. I know the Mariners will rebound with their new general manager. They can't not.
In researching the above post, I went to the Wikipedia page for Sandy Koufax. I'd like to explain to you all, what my brother - a Seattle Mariner fan - has had to go through.
[quote]Before the 1966 season began, Koufax and Drysdale met separately with Dodger GM Buzzie Bavasi to negotiate their contracts for the upcoming year. After Koufax's meeting, he met Drysdale for dinner and complained that Bavasi was using Drysdale against him in the negotiations, asking, "How come you want that much when Drysdale only wants this much?"[52] Drysdale responded that Bavasi did the same thing with him, using Koufax against him. Drysdale's first wife, Ginger Drysdale, suggested that they negotiate together to get what they wanted. They demanded $1 million, divided equally over the next three years, or $167,000 each for the next three seasons. Both players were represented by an entertainment lawyer, J. William Hayes, which was unusual during an era when players were not represented by agents.[53][54] At the time, Willie Mays was Major League Baseball's highest paid player at $125,000 per year and multi-year contracts were very unusual.[55]
Koufax and Drysdale didn't report to spring training in February. Instead, they both signed to appear in the movie Warning Shot, starring David Janssen. Drysdale was going to play a TV commentator and Koufax was going to play a detective. Meanwhile, the Dodgers waged a public relations battle against them. After four weeks, Koufax gave Drysdale the go-ahead to negotiate new deals for the both of them. Koufax ended up getting $125,000 and Drysdale $110,000. They rejoined the team in the last week of spring training.[56][/quote]
My brother's team was recently run by Bill Bavasi. Bavasi is one of the worst general managers in the world, and was fired last season. He is miserably incompetent and showed absolutely no ability to put together a quality baseball team. He signed a second baseman to play DH for the Mariners, for the fuck of Christ.
Bavasi's father tried FUCKING AROUND WITH SANDY KOUFAX, who is the GREATEST LEFT-HANDED PITCHER of all-time. (Anyone saying otherwise is talking about longevity.)
KOUFAX. Fucking SANY KOUFAX was not playing well enough for fucking Bill Bavasi's GODDAMN FATHER.
Unfuckingreal.
Sorry, brother. I know the Mariners will rebound with their new general manager. They can't not.