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I hate when a player says he's retiring, get's gifts, cries, all this hoopla and than he comes back. So I sat through his final meaningless game, watching him and his wife cry, listened to his farewell speech, watched him drive around the stadium in the car the team bought him, and now he's just coming back to play terrible on a shitty team. It ruins the whole thing for me. Anybody else?
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Mark Martin and Brett Favre come to mind -
Magic, MJ, Sugar Ray Leonard
A lot of the greats do it.
And then you have the Barry Sanders types. Quietly, and way earlyYou can't always get what you want, but if you try some time, you might find, you get what you need.Comment
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I Guess They Don't Want To Let Go You See It AlotComment
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If there's any question that they might not retire, why don't they just leave it open?Originally posted by tinman666Comment
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After a long season and your body hurts it was probably easy to say you don't want to feel like that agin.Now his body has healed and that fire is burning and I hope he comes back.Think about half the guys in the NFL thats had problems off the field and the worst Farve has done was change his mind about retireing a couple of times.I would take him back any day of the week.Originally posted by BigWeinerComment
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Some of the issues with all of these athletes is that:
1. They are bored kicking it around the house with the wife
2. They miss the attention from the press, public etc
3. They have tremendous desire to compete
I agree these "fake retirement announcements" are getting old.
Unfortunately in this age of marketing, this is the path that most have chosen.
P.S. They also miss the Big Pay Check as well...let's be honest here.Comment
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I cannot believe the way the Pack is handling this. They went 14-2 and were a FG away from going to the Super bowl last year. Does Aaron Rodgers give them their best chance to win?
Really?You can't always get what you want, but if you try some time, you might find, you get what you need.Comment
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That SOB will fumble the first snap and throw a duck on his first pass if he goes out there and starts with Farve sitting on the sideline.Originally posted by GrandPaComment
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Great way to put it.Originally posted by BigWeiner
Classly guys like Yaz and Carl Ripken announced their retirements, got the well deserved accolades and cheers when they played their final game in each city including their own(I can still remember the tears that streamed down my cheeks with the wonderful ceremony thet gave Yaz during his last game at Fenway).
However, that was it, everyone and most importantly the players themselves knew that it was over;they had had wonderful careers, but they knew it was time to move on;there was none of this second guessing themselves or seeking more attention after the announcements we see with other athletes such as is the currently the case with Favre.Last edited by savage1; 07-14-2008, 02:33 PM.Comment
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Clemens belongs at the op of the list...the doffing of the cap and patting of his eart towards the Marlins bench in the '03 WS, the tour around the big leagues, the hummer.....Three Jack's Record http://www.bettorschat.com/forums/sh...10#post1323910Comment
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Maybe some day we will see the opposite;
Hows this?
Say a good veteran baseball player(until recently) has given no inkling he will retire.
Lets say things of late have not been going well.
One day he comes to the park, strikes out late in the game with bases loaded with the game on the line.
He then throws his bat into the dugout and says "that's it-I am done" and then storms into clubhouse, changes into his steet clothes and walks off-end of career with no more commentary.Comment
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Originally posted by Three Jack
I was thinking the same thing. His favorite thing to say was that it was a 99.99% done deal. I think 50-50, or 40-60 would have been more accurate odds. He used it to get the best possible deals for himself, both in terms of money, perks, and start dates, and at the same time hamstrung the Astros, who couldn't make any financial commitments to other needs in the offseason with his status unknown.
I guess this offseason the decision was a little easier. LMAOYou can't always get what you want, but if you try some time, you might find, you get what you need.Comment
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