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GAVol said:
Apparently it will buy you something to ***** about constantly. :p
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I know it gets old, but it's a damn joke that he literally cannot play three games in a row. I used to think it was a (sports) tragedy the way Murphy went out, crashing and burning right before the team got good, but at least he didn't hang on too long and cripple the team's budget because he didn't have the sack to know when he was done.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
I know it gets old, but it's a damn joke that he literally cannot play three games in a row. I used to think it was a (sports) tragedy the way Murphy went out, crashing and burning right before the team got good, but at least he didn't hang on too long and cripple the team's budget because he didn't have the sack to know when he was done.
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How can you blame Chipper for signing the deal though? I've heard him freely admit that he was somewhat shocked by the Braves willingness to extend his contract for as many years as they did. Everybody knows the deal was a lifetime achievement award and in some ways paying him back for the hometown discount in 2000.

Heck, if he truly was hanging on for the sake of hanging on, it seems like he'd come back next year to finish out the contract and get paid.
 
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GAVol said:
How can you blame Chipper for signing the deal though? I've heard him freely admit that he was somewhat shocked by the Braves willingness to extend his contract for as many years as they did. Everybody knows the deal was a lifetime achievement award and in some ways paying him back for the hometown discount in 2000.

Heck, if he truly was hanging on for the sake of hanging on, it seems like he'd come back next year to finish out the contract and get paid.
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His contract doesn't vest next year unless he plays X number of games this year, where X is something like 120-130. He knows damn well there's no way he's getting there. So in a stunning coincidence, this happened to be the year he decided to retire. I guess it would be too embarrassing to have to retire because the team didn't offer him another year.

I don't blame him for signing the contract three years ago. I have a certain amount of contempt for his apparently complete lack of embarrassment for playing it out as far as he possibly could when he can't do the job. He can't get off the payroll and into the past fast enough so the team can finally move on.
 
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slh1089 said:
That's the leader of the team and has had a few of the most important hits this young season.
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I know he can still hit. The problem is that you have to evaluate his contract by taking 50 percent Chipper and 50 percent 25th stiff off the bench, because that's how the playing time works. And $14 million a year for that for a team that's only got $80 million a year to work with is a disaster.

A city with a real sports media would have at least one columnist calling him out and telling him to get his ass in the lineup. Here we get the three-year-long fellative hagiography of Ole Battleaxe. And the fans just suck it up. It's pathetic.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
I know he can still hit. The problem is that you have to evaluate his contract by taking 50 percent Chipper and 50 percent 25th stiff off the bench, because that's how the playing time works. And $14 million a year for that for a team that's only got $80 million a year to work with is a disaster.
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Right now as its working we could get right around 2/3 of games with a good chance of a pinch hit on the off day. Then couple that with what he means to the team in the dugout and and club house then I am ok with the contract for now. But i definitely see where you're coming from.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
I know he can still hit. The problem is that you have to evaluate his contract by taking 50 percent Chipper and 50 percent 25th stiff off the bench, because that's how the playing time works. And $14 million a year for that for a team that's only got $80 million a year to work with is a disaster.
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Your logic is completely sound. You also know that horse left the barn about 3 years ago. I don't know why they did it either . . . but just be glad he's getting out after this year instead of playing out the deal.
 
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