Princess Dye Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...,2199874.column Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Dye Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) Is his wife from here originally? Or St Louis area? That 1-yr deal he mentions, i'm sure he'd want it with STL. Edited February 16, 2009 by Princess Dye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
266344 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Feb 15, 2009 -> 10:59 PM) Is his wife from here originally? Or St Louis area? That 1-yr deal he mentions, i'm sure he'd want it with STL. She is from here and due to have her 3rd child in 3 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I wouldn't hate him. Fatherhood > baseball. Although he'd be pissing away another relatively easy few million, but to each his own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 QUOTE (lostfan @ Feb 15, 2009 -> 11:29 PM) I wouldn't hate him. Fatherhood > baseball. Although he'd be pissing away another relatively easy few million, but to each his own. Buehrle isn't quite the average major leaguer when it comes to money. Sure he got a lot and I am sure he enjoys having it, but he seems pretty frugal. I can just picture him on a big ass farm hunting quail or something with Crede. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilmot825 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 There are some players you just admire what they do. And when you find guys like Mark Buehrle who play for the game more than the money, you appreciate them more. It seems like baseball is about fun and passion more than the dollar signs staring you in the face for Mark. I think if he walked away in 2011, he could become one of my All-Time favorite White Sox players. He has been stand-up guy his whole career, acting like a fan when it's time to trash talk (via. Twins 2008 calling them "s*** heads"), and never complaining about things. Sometimes a career stands out not by the number of years you play, but the way you conducted yourself while doing it. One last thing, who can forget those rain delays of entertaining Slip-n-Slides? Classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scenario Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Feb 15, 2009 -> 11:36 PM) Good for Buehrle. Granted, I don't believe it, but if he held true to his word, good for him. By the time his contract is done in 2011, he will have made over 60 million in baseball, and thats just from base salary. He is already a World Champion, and wants to be a responsible father. Could anyone fault him? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If that's what Mark wants... more power to him. But let's win one more World Series first so he could go out in style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) Yawn. I wouldn't fault any player for retiring on their own terms. But I for one couldn't give a damn that you "might" want to retire in 2011 when it's 2009. Pointless article. Edited February 16, 2009 by Jordan4life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Feb 16, 2009 -> 12:32 AM) Buehrle isn't quite the average major leaguer when it comes to money. Sure he got a lot and I am sure he enjoys having it, but he seems pretty frugal. I can just picture him on a big ass farm hunting quail or something with Crede. Yeah I could see that too. He really doesn't seem like the kind of guy that changes by money at all, he's still basically a regular guy. I remember an article about him and another player I forget (Crede I think, someone from MO) that dropped him off somewhere in some gas station or something so his wife can pick him up for the all star break. The player wanted to drive him further but Mark insisted on staying there like he was nobody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCangelosi Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I can see us signing him to a very similar deal we did a few years ago in 2011, assuming he performs at the same level. He'll only be 33 when this contract is up, correct? I don't see him retiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLAK Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 QUOTE (Sec101Row1 @ Feb 15, 2009 -> 11:27 PM) She is from here and due to have her 3rd child in 3 weeks. Thats a mighty busy 3 weeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 QUOTE (TLAK @ Feb 16, 2009 -> 07:05 AM) Thats a mighty busy 3 weeks! DAMMIT YOU BEAT ME TO IT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Good for Mark. Its too bad that we don't really focus on the guys like this in baseball instead of the low lifes like Bonds and Arod. A guy who can make his money, stay normal, and still be a good family man should be the guy we celebrate. Chicago is lucky to have a Mark Buehrle on the Sox for all of that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Eh, its too early for us to care. If he's pitching as well as I expect him to be in 2011, he'll obviously still be in the majors and on the South Side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeFabregas Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Feb 15, 2009 -> 11:32 PM) he seems pretty frugal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 QUOTE (lostfan @ Feb 16, 2009 -> 06:51 AM) Yeah I could see that too. He really doesn't seem like the kind of guy that changes by money at all, he's still basically a regular guy. I remember an article about him and another player I forget (Crede I think, someone from MO) that dropped him off somewhere in some gas station or something so his wife can pick him up for the all star break. The player wanted to drive him further but Mark insisted on staying there like he was nobody. Cotts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthsideDon48 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I'll be honest with everyone, Mark Buehrle will probably go down as one of my all-time favorite White Sox players. He's just awesome with how he used to slide on those tarps, how he came in and closed a World Series game in late innings after starting the previous game, and for being like a normal everyman. I know for a fact that I'm gonna try and get a Buehrle jersey someday, but it'll probably be just a replica so I can get replica jerseys of other players, lol. Also... I have a question... Is it possible that if we resign Buehrle to a contract in 2011 that we might give him an easier schedule? I don't see anything wrong with letting him go home on days he's not pitching like the Astros did for Clemens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 16, 2009 -> 10:28 AM) Cotts. Yeah I figured it was a reliever but I couldn't remember who. That was before I registered on this site I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 16, 2009 -> 07:37 AM) Good for Mark. Its too bad that we don't really focus on the guys like this in baseball instead of the low lifes like Bonds and Arod. A guy who can make his money, stay normal, and still be a good family man should be the guy we celebrate. Chicago is lucky to have a Mark Buehrle on the Sox for all of that time. Agreed. It is also a shame that when it is time for the HoF voting, stuff like this isn't figured into the voting. (I am not suggesting Buerhle is HoF material, I have someone else in mind) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 QUOTE (lostfan @ Feb 16, 2009 -> 09:39 AM) Yeah I figured it was a reliever but I couldn't remember who. That was before I registered on this site I think. No glitter: Drive showed Cotts essence of Buehrle April 20, 2007 ATLANTA -- Watching the highlights and talking about White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle's no-hitter brought back Neal Cotts' favorite story about his old friend and teammate. The Cubs reliever was in his rookie year with the Sox in 2004, heading home to southern Illinois for the All-Star break, and Buehrle, who lives near St. Louis, rode most of the way with him. Buehrle's fiancee was supposed to meet them where the highways diverged in the directions of their homes, but she wasn't there when they got to the meeting point. ''I was like, 'I'll drive you,''' Cotts said Thursday. ''He was like, 'No, no. I'll just stay here.' ''I'm like, 'Dude, we're in the middle of nowhere.' There's nothing. A gas station and nothing around it. Nothing else -- no city, nothing.'' But Buehrle, already a former All-Star who would win 16 games that year, insisted. He handed Cotts a couple of beers off his freshly purchased six-pack and said, ''Go.'' ''So I'm pulling out of there,'' Cotts said, ''and there he goes with his White Sox gear and everything that he had from the ballpark. And he's sitting there on the corner, just sitting on the curb, right in the middle of nowhere, with a beer.'' That might make Buehrle the most regular-guy All-Star ever to pitch a no-hitter. ''I got home and told my buddies, 'I just left a guy that's worth millions and millions of dollars, an ace on a major-league baseball staff, sitting on a curb waiting for his fiancee,''' Cotts said. ''And he made me leave. He wouldn't let me stay. It just kind of describes him.'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeFabregas Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Yeah, I love that story as well as the fact that MacDougal reportedly took the El to home games. I don't love that truck or the fact that MacDougal sucks, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 QUOTE (Texsox @ Feb 16, 2009 -> 10:04 AM) Agreed. It is also a shame that when it is time for the HoF voting, stuff like this isn't figured into the voting. (I am not suggesting Buerhle is HoF material, I have someone else in mind) Who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 QUOTE (Gregory Pratt @ Feb 16, 2009 -> 11:35 AM) Who? I'm almost certain he's talking about Harold Baines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Maybe by the time his contract expires, we all will be glad he's retiring. 3 seasons is a long time for a pitcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Feb 16, 2009 -> 11:29 AM) Yeah, I love that story as well as the fact that MacDougal reportedly took the El to home games. I don't love that truck or the fact that MacDougal sucks, though. I never heard that story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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