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Jim Leyland, Detroit Radio (Re: Neifi)

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YearofDaCubs

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It still astounds me that Hendry found a taker for Neifi. He was a plainly awful player in the midst of a terrible season. How could professional baseball men not understand what casual fans could?

We're lucky that Hendry found a taker but what does that say about Hendry when that fool signed him to that contract in the first place? What a dimwit.

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It still astounds me that Hendry found a taker for Neifi. He was a plainly awful player in the midst of a terrible season. How could professional baseball men not understand what casual fans could?

 

not only a taker, but one that was willing to give the cubs their best catching prospect for nefi. here is mlb.com's scounting report on chris robinson before he was drafted by the tigers:

 

"Sturdy, durable catcher's body. Stocky, broad shoulders. Barrell chest, strong lower half. Great opposite field power. Line drive stroke. Excellent, vocal leader that takes charge of the pitching staff. Exceptional make-up."

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It still astounds me that Hendry found a taker for Neifi. He was a plainly awful player in the midst of a terrible season. How could professional baseball men not understand what casual fans could?

We're lucky that Hendry found a taker but what does that say about Hendry when that fool signed him to that contract in the first place? What a dimwit.

 

Not only is Neifi terrible, but he never gets hurt. Why, dear Lord, is is always the terrible players who never get hurt?!?

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I wonder if the Tigers are just going to release Perez then if that's the way they feel.

 

Plus, if Baker is such a winner, why hasn't he been hired?

At least partially because he signed a two-year deal with ESPN.

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I wonder if the Tigers are just going to release Perez then if that's the way they feel.

 

Plus, if Baker is such a winner, why hasn't he been hired?

At least partially because he signed a two-year deal with ESPN.

 

I'm sure ESPN would release him from the contract if he had an offer to manage and he wanted to accept it.

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It has to be pointed out that Neifi (career .675 ops and .609 for the Cubs in 2006) had an .450 ops for the Tigers, and went 0-10 in the playoffs. Even for Neifi, that was horrendous.

Neifi was reduced to being Ramon Santiago's backup. That's only slightly less embarrassing than getting released.

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CuseCubFan69

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I'm still finding it hard to believe that this story is true.

 

Me too. I just can not imagine a manager saying this about a player and a player that may be playing for him this year.

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I'm still finding it hard to believe that this story is true.

 

Me too. I just can not imagine a manager saying this about a player and a player that may be playing for him this year.

 

What's so hard to believe? Did you listen to the audio provided by the radio station? The exchange in Amazing_Grace's sig actually happened.

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I'm still finding it hard to believe that this story is true.

 

Me too. I just can not imagine a manager saying this about a player and a player that may be playing for him this year.

I'm thinking there's a good chance Neifi will be released. I don't see him playing for the Tigers next year. I just hope Hendry doesn't pick him up.

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I'm still finding it hard to believe that this story is true.

 

Me too. I just can not imagine a manager saying this about a player and a player that may be playing for him this year.

I'm thinking there's a good chance Neifi will be released. I don't see him playing for the Tigers next year. I just hope Hendry doesn't pick him up.

 

Evidently if this is what Leyland is willing to say to the public. I just think it's kind of unprofessional of him to say this stuff though.

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goonys evil twin

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I'm still finding it hard to believe that this story is true.

 

Me too. I just can not imagine a manager saying this about a player and a player that may be playing for him this year.

 

What's so hard to believe? Did you listen to the audio provided by the radio station? The exchange in Amazing_Grace's sig actually happened.

 

No I didn't. But what is so hard to believe is that a manager actually had the balls to say the truth about a bad player. I spent the past 3 years just hoping the Cubs would stop praising, playing and employing players like Neifi, never even thinking anybody would actually admit the guy sucked.

 

I'm a huge walk/OBP proponent, and want the Cubs to do better with regards to the walk, but I'm not asking for them to lead the league or anything. To me, a manager actually saying Neifi sucked is akin to Hendry going out and finding the most patient lineup he could find. It's the exact opposite of what I'd expect.

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http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070119/SPORTS02/701190437/1050/

 

A little more detail into the interview

 

 

I'm still finding it hard to believe that this story is true.

 

Me too. I just can not imagine a manager saying this about a player and a player that may be playing for him this year.

 

What's so hard to believe? Did you listen to the audio provided by the radio station? The exchange in Amazing_Grace's sig actually happened.

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I'm still finding it hard to believe that this story is true.

 

Me too. I just can not imagine a manager saying this about a player and a player that may be playing for him this year.

 

What's so hard to believe? Did you listen to the audio provided by the radio station? The exchange in Amazing_Grace's sig actually happened.

 

I transcribed that verbatim from the audio link. He says some other stuff where I put the ... but I had to leave some out because my sig is too long. Root for me to get a full-time job so I can buy premium :-P I guess it's possible the interview was a fake, but if it is, they did a very solid job of it.

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