Lip Man 1 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 February 7, 2005 - After one of the more acrimonious disputes in team history, four-time All-Star Magglio Ordonez signed a free agent deal with Detroit. Ordonez engaged Sox management in a war of words over how he was treated, the contract offered to him and his health status. Magglio’s agent, Scott Boras, refused to turn over medical information, which infuriated G.M. Kenny Williams and basically sealed Ordonez’s fate. Then manager Ozzie Guillen publicly called out Ordonez in no uncertain terms as well over the contract situation. Considering the severity of his knee injury, which required a secret trip to Austria for experimental surgery, it was hard to blame the Sox for their stance. Ordonez, who was almost traded to the Red Sox at the winter meetings in 2003 for Nomar Garciaparra, played with the team for six full seasons and parts of two others with 187 home runs and 702 RBI’s. In his full seasons he never hit less than .282 and in five of those years he was over .300. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grinder Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Did you mean Feb or Jan 7 Lip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 hour ago, The Grinder said: Did you mean Feb or Jan 7 Lip? My bad February 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 I believe I recall Ozzie referring to Magglio as a Venezuelan POS at one point. I do remember those OO EE OO MAGLIO chants being quite fun for the crowds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcq Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said: February 7, 2005 - After one of the more acrimonious disputes in team history, four-time All-Star Magglio Ordonez signed a free agent deal with Detroit. Ordonez engaged Sox management in a war of words over how he was treated, the contract offered to him and his health status. Magglio’s agent, Scott Boras, refused to turn over medical information, which infuriated G.M. Kenny Williams and basically sealed Ordonez’s fate. Then manager Ozzie Guillen publicly called out Ordonez in no uncertain terms as well over the contract situation. Considering the severity of his knee injury, which required a secret trip to Austria for experimental surgery, it was hard to blame the Sox for their stance. Ordonez, who was almost traded to the Red Sox at the winter meetings in 2003 for Nomar Garciaparra, played with the team for six full seasons and parts of two others with 187 home runs and 702 RBI’s. In his full seasons he never hit less than .282 and in five of those years he was over .300. I think he busted his knee on Willie Harris' head ouch. Ozzie called him a bleeping bleep in the headlines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 hour ago, pcq said: I think he busted his knee on Willie Harris' head ouch. Ozzie called him a bleeping bleep in the headlines. It was the collision with Harris in Cleveland on a short pop fly to right field that caused the initial injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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