Comments on: Two-time All-Star Mike Hampton retires

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:46:04 +0000

Carlos Beltran?

By: BC

BC — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:17:37 +0000

Aw bleep!!!!!!
Now my “When Will Mike Hampton Be Ruled Out For The Year” Pool is defunct.
I need to start a new one. Anyone have any suggestions?

By: henryd3rd

henryd3rd — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:09:02 +0000

The one time the Mets got a break. Too bad they didn’t get another one when it came to owners. Where are the Doubledays and the Paysons when you need them?

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:02:59 +0000

And players who over-perform their contracts, they should also have the right to demand an upward renegotiation, right? No?

Funny, nobody ever seems to think that bargains should be a two-way street. Either we have guaranteed contracts, and there’s a chance that one side or the other will draw vastly more value from it than they provide, or we go with the Charley Finley plan, and only have one-year contracts.

By: micker716

micker716 — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 01:10:07 +0000

12 runs on 18 hits and 11 walks over 9 2/3 innings for the Diamondbacks? Shouldn’t he be their closer?

By: Professor Longnose

Professor Longnose — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 22:46:18 +0000

Retiring in spring training is sad.

By: rapmusicmademedoit

rapmusicmademedoit — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:53:49 +0000

I hope they have good schools wherever his retirement state is.

By: florida76

florida76 — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:38:00 +0000

Hampton is a poster child for the flaws in the MLB economic system, where the players union has too much power. Guaranteed contracts are a joke, which often hamper clubs when that player gets injured. Hampton deserved to be cut loose when he proved he couldn’t fulfill his contract. Unbelievable.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:32:45 +0000

Well, that restores some of my hope in humanity.

Mike Hampton, if you’re reading this in your newfound free time, I wholeheartedly apologize.

I usually read the links provided in cases where I am flabbergasted about what a guy may have done or said, but I neglected to do that this time.

By: D.J. Short

D.J. Short — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:25:22 +0000

The original article had it flip-flopped. Hampton isn’t a money-hungry jerk. He’s just a rich guy that got injured a lot.

By: aramji55

aramji55 — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:21:08 +0000

The source article has it the opposite way. Hampton actually says he’d rather be underpaid.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:37:34 +0000

Upon re-reading the quote, I guess he actually did say that he would rather be overpaid—which I guess is human nature, though I would never admit to that. So, essentially he is saying that it’s not his fault that he inked his name on a contract and failed to live up to it. Now that’s class.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:24:18 +0000

Wait…so, signing for $121 million, he wanted to be OVERpaid as opposed to UNDERpaid? Does that mean he had no intention of living up to the contract? Or was that a mistype? I hope to hell it was.