Holding a team's record against a player who plays once every 5 days makes sense.
It makes sense when that player chose to stay with a franchise full of loosers.
Yeah I never understood that. The funny thing is, when most stars bail on a franchise the city hates them for it. If Felix wouldn't have signed the extension a couple years ago, most Seattle fans would pretty much say "good for you" because of how shitty the franchise has been. Now most Seattle fans wouldn't feel the same because they're FS and so eager to buy into the franchise's bullshit that they really believed the M's were going to the world series. What this told me about Felix is he's not really an elite competitor. Elite pitcher? Absofuckinglutely. But what most great players have in them is a desire to be the best and win championships (or so I'm told. I just want to collect a paycheck so ma' doesn't kick me out). Felix would rather stay in Seattle. More power to him, I love seeing him pitch. But he'd given the franchise every opportunity to put out a winner and they've given him shit. If he would have left, I would have rooted like hell for him to get a ring.
This is complete bullshit.
It's easy to make fun of Seattle sports, the Mariners in particular, but to assume he isn't an elite competitor because he didn't bolt to the Yankees is FS. For the guy that actually goes out there and does his job like he's supposed to, he has to have faith in his franchise at some point.
Remember how emotional he was when he got the contract? He fucking loves Seattle for taking him from dirt poor to filthy rich. He is showing gratitude and loyalty and COMPETING every day to give the team that took a chance on him a chance at a ring.
Like Busta Rhymes once said, "If I ain't gonna be part of the greatest, i gotta be the greatest myself".
CHRIST. He would have gone from dirt poor to filthy rich playing for any team in the league.
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Loyalty to a loser franchise makes you a loser.
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