View Full Version : Edgar Martinez RETIRING!
MorbidAngel4Life
08-09-2004, 05:46 PM
wow another blow to the Seattle Mariners. as if they werent bad enough this year....
tyecko
08-09-2004, 05:48 PM
not that big a deal. he is over 40 and playing for the worst team in the AL, I'd retire while I still had some credibility left if I were him too.
FriskyTanuki
08-09-2004, 05:51 PM
It's not that big of a deal, he didn't play that much and he's a DH that can't play any positions. He's one of my favorite players and it's nice to see he's going out now instead of dragging it out.
thingsfallnapart
08-09-2004, 05:54 PM
the team will be in las vegas in three years, whats it matter.
PsyClerk
08-09-2004, 06:04 PM
Who?
tyecko
08-09-2004, 06:05 PM
the team will be in las vegas in three years, whats it matter.
And why would that be? Seattle has a big fan base, a great field thats only about 5 years old, and a competitive team. They may not be competitive this year but usually for the most part they are, and they were never a team considered for contration in the 1st place. If you want a team in Las Vegas I'd look for the Devil Rays or the Marlins.
thingsfallnapart
08-09-2004, 06:05 PM
the mariners. The ownership appears to be taking the team on purpose to sell them. The refused to help them win, and as soon as the attendence starts falling below a profitable level (its all they give a shaq fu about) theyll get up and sell the the team to some investment banker who will move the team to vegas prolly in the next 3 years.
Graystone
08-09-2004, 06:06 PM
so baseball has the most players of any sport he is just another one out of the way. He was a very good player though.
MorbidAngel4Life
08-09-2004, 06:08 PM
the mariners. The ownership appears to be taking the team on purpose to sell them. The refused to help them win, and as soon as the attendence starts falling below a profitable level (its all they give a shaq fu about) theyll get up and sell the the team to some investment banker who will move the team to vegas prolly in the next 3 years.
wow does that sound like Major League the movie or what?
i thought the expos were thinking about moving the team to las vegas
tyecko
08-09-2004, 06:26 PM
no they're moving to D.C.
captainfrizo
08-09-2004, 06:34 PM
Being a lifelong Mariner fan (I'm originally from Seattle), it's sad to see Edgar finally calling it quits. He had many great years there.
As for the Mariners moving to Vegas, yeah right. It's true they have a worthless owner who only cares about making money, but he will continue to do so. Seattle loves their baseball team and even now when they are stinking they are still drawing a lot of attendance. As long as fans come the Mariners will remain in Seattle, and Seattle has supported some pretty lousy Mariners teams in the past.
OiBoy
08-09-2004, 06:37 PM
Seems unlikely that the Mariners will move, at least in the short term.
They were a losing prospect back in 92-93 when Yamauchi (former head of Nintendo) formed the ownership group that took them over.
The ton of money they've spent on players and building Safeco Field I think shows that they're still committed to the Puget Sound area. Not to mention Yama's legendary bull-headedness.
OiBoy
08-09-2004, 06:39 PM
Wait, did I miss the M's being sold??
Guess I've been on the East Coast too long now. All I ever end up hearing about are the damned Red Sox vs. Yankees.
And cheers to Edgar for retiring when he can. Can't play the game forever, even as much as I know some people want too.
thingsfallnapart
08-09-2004, 07:15 PM
the point im trying to make is, with current ownership, id seriously expect the attedence to take a decline and cause the team to be sold in the future. and in these days in baseball, every owner who buys a team either wants to move the team, or change its name.
could be 3 years, could be 5 years, could be 10.
as for commitment, ask the state of minnesota about building new hockey arenas and abandoning them after a year.
tyecko
08-09-2004, 08:50 PM
the point im trying to make is, with current ownership, id seriously expect the attedence to take a decline and cause the team to be sold in the future. and in these days in baseball, every owner who buys a team either wants to move the team, or change its name.
could be 3 years, could be 5 years, could be 10.
as for commitment, ask the state of minnesota about building new hockey arenas and abandoning them after a year.
Huh? All of the hockey arenas here have been used as far as I know. I'm pretty sure the North Stars used theirs for like 30 years or something until they moved, Xcel has not been abandonded, and Mariucchi as well as not been abandonded. Either way tht was a totally random post
thingsfallnapart
08-09-2004, 08:58 PM
st paul built a 15.000 seat arena and the next season they opened one up for the wild didnt they?
tyecko
08-09-2004, 09:32 PM
no...
Moxio
08-09-2004, 09:38 PM
Wow, sucks for the Mariners. It's hard to swallow the fact they went from tying the major league record in wins and going to one of the worst in just a few seasons.
SupremeNumNuts
08-10-2004, 12:22 AM
Seattle was my favorite team back in the day when Edgar, Griffey, A Rod, and the Big Unit played there. Now that was a baseball team.
Moxio
08-10-2004, 05:47 PM
Seattle was my favorite team back in the day when Edgar, Griffey, A Rod, and the Big Unit played there. Now that was a baseball team.
Even with all them, they weren't too great, having their seasons hug the .500 percentile. It was only after Griffey, Rodriguez, and Johnson were traded when they started getting good. Sort of hard to believe.