 |
View Old Forum Thread
Old Forum Index » Other Stuff » Sports Talk » Pat Burrell Retires
thatrogue
Plus, there's this:
Burrell's career earnings = approximately $71 million
Drew's career earnings = approximately $108 million
Ryan Howard's career earnings = approximately $65 million
Ryan Howard's still owed approximately $125 million
Ryan Howard's minimum career earnings = approximately $190 million...or more than Burrell & Drew combined.
Plus, all three wound up getting WS rings. It's funny how things work out sometimes...
[Edited on 1-30-2012 by thatrogue]
Pat Burrell Retires
January 30, 2012 at 11:54PM View BBCode
It is kind of interesting that both Pat Burrell and J.D. Drew retired in the same offseason. Neither one quite lived up to the expectations set when coming out of college, and both definitely earned the ire of Phillies fans (for entirely different reasons).Plus, there's this:
Burrell's career earnings = approximately $71 million
Drew's career earnings = approximately $108 million
Ryan Howard's career earnings = approximately $65 million
Ryan Howard's still owed approximately $125 million
Ryan Howard's minimum career earnings = approximately $190 million...or more than Burrell & Drew combined.
Plus, all three wound up getting WS rings. It's funny how things work out sometimes...
[Edited on 1-30-2012 by thatrogue]
tm4559
(pat burell sucked. wow. did he ever.......suck.)
January 31, 2012 at 04:30PM View BBCode
JD languished on the DL last season until september i believe it was, then the Sox decided to activate him and they expected him to, you know. just show up and help the team. it was pretty giggle worthy.(pat burell sucked. wow. did he ever.......suck.)
tworoosters
You know where he didn't suck ?
At the bank, that's where.
Rogue's just using the data on Baseball Reference which doesn't include his 1998-2000 salaries and his $3.15M signing bonus after going #1 overall in the 1998 amateur draft.
January 31, 2012 at 04:51PM View BBCode
Originally posted by tm4559
(pat burell sucked. wow. did he ever.......suck.)
You know where he didn't suck ?
At the bank, that's where.
Rogue's just using the data on Baseball Reference which doesn't include his 1998-2000 salaries and his $3.15M signing bonus after going #1 overall in the 1998 amateur draft.
tm4559
the thing that amazed me about him was how cleanly he could miss the fastball. i mean, i ran it so many times on my dvr, trying to figure out he could do it.
i didn't expect burell to be tony gywnn and hit the curveball. but he could just take a big old cut at the fastball when he knew it was coming, not be late, not be early, just miss it, high or low, by six inches. it is quite an accomplishment, truly.
January 31, 2012 at 05:13PM View formatted
You are viewing the raw post code; this allows you to copy a message with BBCode formatting intact.
burell did have his uses at points in this career.
the thing that amazed me about him was how cleanly he could miss the fastball. i mean, i ran it so many times on my dvr, trying to figure out he could do it.
i didn't expect burell to be tony gywnn and hit the curveball. but he could just take a big old cut at the fastball when he knew it was coming, not be late, not be early, just miss it, high or low, by six inches. it is quite an accomplishment, truly.
barterer2002
January 31, 2012 at 05:38PM View BBCode
The more frustrating thing about him was the "Burrell Curl" where he would take a third strike right down the middle while sticking his ass out as if trying to dodge the ball.
folifan19
January 31, 2012 at 06:57PM View BBCode
Originally posted by tm4559
burell did have his uses at points in this career.
I saw him several years ago on This Week in Baseball, or some similar show. NO ONE can flick a bottle cap with better accuracy OR velocity than Pat. For that, he is the awesomes.
barterer2002
January 31, 2012 at 10:15PM View BBCode
You clearly didn't watch Kato in The Green Hornet
dirtdevil
January 31, 2012 at 11:14PM View BBCode
i think you'll find that getting people to admit having seen the green hornet will be a bit of a challenge.
barterer2002
January 31, 2012 at 11:57PM View BBCode
I watched it this weekend with the 7 year old. Right after Cowboys and Aliens.
khazim
February 01, 2012 at 05:57PM View BBCode
I accidentally caught 45 seconds of that waste of celluloid until I realized it was The Green Hornet. I switched it immediately to Lifetime, because even Lifetime TV is better than that movie.
folifan19
February 02, 2012 at 06:43PM View BBCode
Since we gave up cable TV, Lifetime and Hallmark are the two things I miss most....Pages: 1