K-Rod's arrest

[Drip]

I just want to know what was the beatdown all about.

 

[outofplace]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/13782878/mlbpa-challenges-mets-actions-in-krod-case

MLBPA doing it's job. No sarcasm. They really are. But to say the Mets have "no basis" for what they are doing is ridiculous.

 

[BYH]

Apparently, spnited got the sarcasm post, BYH, because you sure as hell didn't get it since you were going ape**** over "what does that have to do" bit.

He chose to go to NYC for the paycheck and the media. What the dumbass didn't expect is to get have the NYC media on his ass every time he takes the mound, and outside of the family room in Citi Field.

If he was in Anaheim, what are the odds that clocking his GF's old man was going to be headline news in La-La Land?

Not much.

That's why I said The lights and glamour of playing in New York City has claimed another good player. K-Rod, the grass is not always greener in Flushing Meadows.

Next time, I'll hold your hand BYH and walk you through every word and sentence anyone types, so that you can understand what's sarcastic and what's not.

I didn't go ape**** but you sure did with this six-graph screed. And I'm pretty sure spnited was laughing at you, not with you.

I have news for you: Assault charges levied at ballplayers tend to become headline news regardless of locale. I'd go all sarcastic and condescending on you, but you've already done a fine job of making yourself look like an ass, so I'll let your little rant stand on its own "merits."

 

[cranberry]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/13782878/mlbpa-challenges-mets-actions-in-krod-case

MLBPA doing it's job. No sarcasm. They really are. But to say the Mets have "no basis" for what they are doing is ridiculous.

These things tend to be oversimplified. I think the union is saying there's no basis in contractual or historical precedent to support the specific punitive actions taken by the Mets in this case, not that the club doesn't have the right to address a transgression.

 

[heyabbott]

Anyway they will try to and/or be able to get out of paying him what he's due for the rest of the season?

Appears as though they're looking into at least voiding the remaining two full seasons of the deal: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/08/16/mets.rodriguez/index.html?eref=sihp

This being the Mets, though, they'll end up signing him to a six-year, $130 million extension.

Breaking News, Isiah Thomas named GM of the Mets

 

[outofplace]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/13782878/mlbpa-challenges-mets-actions-in-krod-case

MLBPA doing it's job. No sarcasm. They really are. But to say the Mets have "no basis" for what they are doing is ridiculous.

These things tend to be oversimplified. I think the union is saying there's no basis in contractual or historical precedent to support the specific punitive actions taken by the Mets in this case, not that the club doesn't have the right to address a transgression.

How much of a precedent is there for MLB players causing themselves season-ending injuries while assaulting their own family members?

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Mets would be happy to keep him if he made only a million bucks.

 

[outofplace]

Mets would be happy to keep him if he made only a million bucks.

More likely, if he was the type of player to make only $1 million, he wouldn't be worth putting up with any **** for.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Mets would be happy to keep him if he made only a million bucks.

More likely, if he was the type of player to make only $1 million, he wouldn't be worth putting up with any **** for.

Dumb.

Kendry Morales makes $1.2 mil. Shaun Marcum make $850K. Evan Longoria makes $950K. Jason Heyward makes $400K. Etc, etc.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

The Mets would be fine with keeping K-Rod if he made a million dollars instead of 12 millions of them or whatever it is.

Try again. Even the Mets would outright release him if he were costing them a mere million.

 

[outofplace]

Mets would be happy to keep him if he made only a million bucks.

More likely, if he was the type of player to make only $1 million, he wouldn't be worth putting up with any **** for.

Dumb.

Kendry Morales makes $1.2 mil. Shaun Marcum make $850K. Evan Longoria makes $950K. Jason Heyward makes $400K. Etc, etc.

He is much farther into his career than those guys. But hey, don't let reality keep you from making stuff up.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

The Mets would be fine with keeping K-Rod if he made a million dollars instead of 12 millions of them or whatever it is.

Try again. Even the Mets would outright release him if he were costing them a mere million.

No need to try again. It's all about the salary.

Jerry Manuel when K-Rod returned to the team following his two-day suspension:

Manuel said he would "not at all" hesitate to use Rodriguez if a save situation arose Saturday night.

"He was very apologetic as to the position that he put us in," Manuel said. "He felt the best way to repay us was to go out and try to do his job.

"From what I know of him and the experiences that I have with him, I take it to be a very sincere apology."

K-Rod was on the mound the moment he came back from that suspension. Mets sure weren't worried about getting rid of him til it turned out he had hurt his thumb.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Mets would be happy to keep him if he made only a million bucks.

More likely, if he was the type of player to make only $1 million, he wouldn't be worth putting up with any **** for.

Dumb.

Kendry Morales makes $1.2 mil. Shaun Marcum make $850K. Evan Longoria makes $950K. Jason Heyward makes $400K. Etc, etc.

He is much farther into his career than those guys. But hey, don't let reality keep you from making stuff up.

Those salaries aren't made up.

 

[outofplace]

The Mets would be fine with keeping K-Rod if he made a million dollars instead of 12 millions of them or whatever it is.

Try again. Even the Mets would outright release him if he were costing them a mere million.

No need to try again. It's all about the salary.

Jerry Manuel when K-Rod returned to the team following his two-day suspension:

Manuel said he would "not at all" hesitate to use Rodriguez if a save situation arose Saturday night.

"He was very apologetic as to the position that he put us in," Manuel said. "He felt the best way to repay us was to go out and try to do his job.

"From what I know of him and the experiences that I have with him, I take it to be a very sincere apology."

K-Rod was on the mound the moment he came back from that suspension. Mets sure weren't worried about getting rid of him til it turned out he had hurt his thumb.

Because hurting himself during the incident is part of the reason they are getting rid of him. So is the incident itself. Is the salary a factor? Maybe. But if he was healthy and pitching well, they wouldn't care about the money.

The salaries aren't the part that you made up. Your "insight" into the Mets' thought process, however, was.

 

[BYH]

Mets would be happy to keep him if he made only a million bucks.

More likely, if he was the type of player to make only $1 million, he wouldn't be worth putting up with any **** for.

Dumb.

Kendry Morales makes $1.2 mil. Shaun Marcum make $850K. Evan Longoria makes $950K. Jason Heyward makes $400K. Etc, etc.

None of those players signed their current deals after playing six years and reaching free agency.

If Rodriguez had this much MLB tenure, and was making $1 mil as a fungible middle reliever, you can bet every cent you have and then some that the Mets would have dumped his ass.

 

[YankeeFan]

Could you be more dumb than this guy?

Met star Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriguez sent increasingly aggressive messages to his estranged girlfriend -- even accusing her of treason -- despite a court order barring him from contacting her, prosecutors revealed yesterday as they slapped the embattled pitcher with new charges.

Already facing assault charges for pummeling his girlfriend's father in August, K-Rod was hit with seven new counts of criminal contempt for allegedly sending his estranged baby mama, Daian Peña, 56 text messages in violation of an order of protection.

"Remember, greed is the first step toward treason," he warned Peña as he ramped up the tone of the texts.

"These are not exactly loving texts," Queens Assistant DA Scott Kessler said.

Kessler said Rodriguez knew he wasn't supposed to contact Peña. The hurler had previously been the subject of a 2005 restraining order in Venezuela "in connection with an assault that ended in the hospitalization of the victim."

"He's not naive or loving. He's manipulative and controlling," Kessler said.

Rodriguez's season came to a sudden end when he tore a ligament in the thumb of his throwing -- and texting -- hand while allegedly beating Daian's father, Carlos Peña. The Mets are trying to get out of the remaining year on his three-year, $37 million contract.

K-Rod began bombarding Daian with messages on Aug. 19, a week after the restraining order was issued, according to the criminal complaint.

"I know this message could get me in trouble again," he wrote.

Two days later, he sent another four messages.

On Aug. 23, he texted Daian another 17 times, authorities said.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/rod_is_hit_hard_57KTbTAsVTRKiNKvZLBMGK

 

[Sea Bass]

Wait. Treason? Tell me he was texting in Spanish and something got lost in translation.

 

[TigerVols]

KRod always struck me as a tea-partier.

 

[SoCalScribe]

Frankie has always been on the edge of a blowup/breakdown. The guy is on "simmer" even on a good day.