CanOfCorn Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 The end of a long and storied career...Robbie, not Bautista. Robbie's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 ::breathes a sigh of relief that KW can't trade for him again in July:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 This is pretty suprising to me, I thought he'd atleast stick around til he got hit 3,000 hit. Though what's to say that this is a permanant retirement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 How the hell does Danny Bautista not get a job. He had a solid year this past season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Robbie Alomar - Soon to be Special Assistant/Scout for Latin America for KW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 19, 2005 -> 02:18 PM) How the hell does Danny Bautista not get a job. He had a solid year this past season. He did with the devils rays. Devil Rays announced the retirement of outfielder Danny Bautista. Robby Alomar's retirement is surprising, but this is just baffling. Bautista is only 32 and the Rays were set to pay him $1.9 million to play regularly this year. We would have assumed retirement was the furthest thing from his mind. Obviously, something isn't completely right here. Maybe there's a health problem that he doesn't want revealed or perhaps this is even steroid related. The Rays may now give second looks to Joey Gathright and Jonny Gomes, both of whom were already sent to minor league camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Steroids would make sense. The guy is a 5th OFer for quite a few years of his career, and he becomes a very solid player just like that at around the age of 30? Got injured in 2002 early in the year, as a starter for Arizona...though I can't remember exactly what his injury was...and he is now guaranteed $1.9 mill by the DRays, yet retires? Put 2 and 2 together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 (edited) or it could be health issues or family issues... there are a thousand reasons to retire not involving steroids.... so its kind of hard to "put 2 to 2 together" :headshake Edited March 19, 2005 by SoxFan101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Mar 19, 2005 -> 03:05 PM) or it could be health issues or family issues... there are a thousand reasons to retire not involving steroids.... so its kind of hard to "put 2 to 2 together" :headshake Just seems kind of odd that he would suddenly retire when he is guaranteed $1.9 mill. It also seems kind of odd that he was never much of a hitter(as in the highest he'd ever hit at any point in his career prior to 1999 was perhaps the .282/.358/.412 in 170 ABs in for AAA Richmond in 97, or the .285/.340/.382 in 117 games, 424 AB's in 1993 with Detroit's AA team. And now, as a soon to be 32 year old, guaranteed $1.9 mill, coming off a good year, he just retires? If it's not for steroids, I'm sorry for this...but this screams steroids to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 (edited) This is going to be an unpleasant after-effect of the whole steroid thing. Anyone who retires "suspiciously" or gets injured "suspiciously" or whose play improves or declines "suspiciously" is going to be assumed guilty of roids until proven innocent. It's too bad, but it's also understandable. Edited March 19, 2005 by The Critic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R U Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Mar 19, 2005 -> 03:18 PM) Just seems kind of odd that he would suddenly retire when he is guaranteed $1.9 mill. It also seems kind of odd that he was never much of a hitter(as in the highest he'd ever hit at any point in his career prior to 1999 was perhaps the .282/.358/.412 in 170 ABs in for AAA Richmond in 97, or the .285/.340/.382 in 117 games, 424 AB's in 1993 with Detroit's AA team. And now, as a soon to be 32 year old, guaranteed $1.9 mill, coming off a good year, he just retires? If it's not for steroids, I'm sorry for this...but this screams steroids to me. Even if he was on steroids why would he retire? Its not like he had hall of fame potential and he didnt wanna ruin his chances.. so I dont think it would have been that big of a deal to get suspended even if he failed a test I just dont see why he would retire because of steroids, all he would be risking was suspension and a fine.. I dont think steroids would make his turn down near 2 million dollars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxman352000 Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Mar 19, 2005 -> 07:49 PM) ::breathes a sigh of relief that KW can't trade for him again in July:: That is exactly what I thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa1334 Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 atleast we dont have to worry about Bautista potentialy killing us at the cell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiff Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 When Bautista got hurt it was because he slid (in the outfield, I'm pretty sure) and tore up his knee ligaments. Nothing steroids would cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 Danny Bautista Dislocated his left shoulder in 2002 I can't remember how but he missed almost the entire season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiff Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 Oh you might be right it might have been the shoulder but I'm pretty sure it was an outfield slide/dive type deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 I hope Robbie makes the Hall of Fame, he had a solid career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 QUOTE(T R U @ Mar 19, 2005 -> 07:31 PM) Even if he was on steroids why would he retire? Its not like he had hall of fame potential and he didnt wanna ruin his chances.. so I dont think it would have been that big of a deal to get suspended even if he failed a test I just dont see why he would retire because of steroids, all he would be risking was suspension and a fine.. I dont think steroids would make his turn down near 2 million dollars Ricky Williams wasn't a potential hall of famer, and marijuana would not ruin his chances of making the hall of fame even if he were, yet he retired too. And I would guess it is much more of a hit to a person's ego and reputation to be convicted of using steroids then marijuana. Personal pride comes into play a lot, I would venture to guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 anybody else get the wierd feeling robbie alomar will be playing second base for the white sox come july Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Mar 19, 2005 -> 01:49 PM) ::breathes a sigh of relief that KW can't trade for him again in July:: Kenny, could bring him out of retirement . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Mar 19, 2005 -> 12:56 PM) Steroids would make sense. The guy is a 5th OFer for quite a few years of his career, and he becomes a very solid player just like that at around the age of 30? Got injured in 2002 early in the year, as a starter for Arizona...though I can't remember exactly what his injury was...and he is now guaranteed $1.9 mill by the DRays, yet retires? Put 2 and 2 together. But Bautista had long been talked about when he was with both Florida and Arizona. It always seemed to be health that got in his way because both teams were high on him at different points of his tenure. I don't even remember which expansion team drafted him in the expansion draft, but it was one of them and I know he's been on both teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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