Comments on: Mariano Rivera, seemingly leaning toward retirement, may reveal post-2012 plans at midseason http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:53:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: brian32556 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269608 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:52:03 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269608 losangelasbasketball – Mar 7, 2012 at 12:35 PM
When Trever Hoffman retired in San Diego, the Padres gave him a key to the city, named a street after him, and slaughtered 3 little goats in honor of him… Mo will be lucky if he gets a phone call from the yankee’s bat boy…

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Yeah, you’re right. The Yankees never honor their stars. That’s why every visiting major league ballplayer goes out to monument park during their first time at the stadium to wonder where the memorials are. You’re an idiot!

]]> By: phukyouk http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269479 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:19:42 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269479 :-)

]]> By: randygnyc http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269477 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:15:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269477 I wasn’t talking about YOU, Ari. Obviously, you knew what Cashman was saying before he even said it. I was referring to all the analysts. The guys paid for their opinions who don’t have the common sense to consider alternate perspectives.

]]> By: whatthehellisansky http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269475 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:14:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269475 11 (playoff wins) in a row**

]]> By: whatthehellisansky http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269473 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:13:14 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269473 11 wins in a row. I like the way you think.

]]> By: Ari Collins http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269460 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:50:38 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269460 Wow, how perceptive you are! How foolish of us all to add up the salaries of everyone except the bullpen when we were figuring out the payroll!

And it was instant? Tell me more about the speed of your thoughts!

]]> By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269459 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:49:39 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269459 When I hear that song, I think of Rivera. I don’t care what other guys are doing: Rivera owns it like I own my pickup truck.

]]> By: stex52 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269456 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:47:02 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269456 They would have to rip it away from (seems like) half the closers in the league. And I have to say I would miss it.

]]> By: phukyouk http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269450 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:40:10 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269450 yea… cause they meant the same to their respective teams. i mean Hoffman DID help the padres win 5 rings.

]]> By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269449 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:39:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269449 If 2012 is it, then MLB should retire the use of Enter Sandman along with him. I know he doesn’t like the song, and it may not be the walk on song that closer wants, but its the walk on song that closer needs…so no Mo then no Sandman.

]]> By: losangelasbasketball http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269448 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:35:53 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269448 When Trever Hoffman retired in San Diego, the Padres gave him a key to the city, named a street after him, and slaughtered 3 little goats in honor of him… Mo will be lucky if he gets a phone call from the yankee’s bat boy…

]]> By: randygnyc http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269447 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:34:34 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269447 Soriano? He won’t even get the chance to close for the Yankees, let alone have leverage, regardless of when Mo retires. It’s Robertson’s job to lose with a much lower salary. Everyone thought Cashman was speaking about starters (betances and banuelos) when talking about the $189 salary “cap”. I instantly knew he was talking about having a bullpen of young and inexpensive players, as well.

]]> By: sleepyirv http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269438 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:25:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269438 Demigods don’t retire, they just ascend to higher planes of existence.

]]> By: Ari Collins http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269435 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:03:20 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269435 There is no way Soriano opts out. Very unlikely he’d get more than $13MM on a one-year deal, and he doesn’t really gain additional leverage by being a FA when Mo is gone. The Yankees have a pretty good bullpen and a dominant reliever to take over for Mo in Robertson.

]]> By: phukyouk http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269429 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:58:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269429 “but he sure sounds like someone 162 games from retirement.”

your math is waaaaaaaaaaaay off. 162 + playoffs = 173

]]> By: aceshigh11 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269411 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:23:59 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269411 I’m sure whatever and whenever he decides, he’ll do it with class.

]]> By: buffalomafia http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269399 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:13:58 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269399 Mo will go after Yanks win World Series!

]]> By: El Bravo http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269398 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:12:10 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269398 MO NEVER GO!

]]> By: El Bravo http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269397 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:10:53 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269397 Soriano? Leverage? He’s not even their second best reliever right now. If he wants another payday, he’ll have to perform and stay healthy, two things he hasn’t done well as a Yankee.

]]> By: screename529 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269394 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:07:28 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269394 It should be interesting to see how the Yankees react when Soriano tells them he is opting out of a contract that has already expired after 2013.

]]> By: lardin http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269389 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:00:06 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269389 It actually would be more, because the minute MO announces his retirement is the minute Soriano decides hes got leverage over the Yankees and opts out of the final year of his contract. That s about 25 million dollars between the two

]]> By: yankeesfanlen http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/07/mariano-rivera-seemingly-leaning-toward-retirement-may-reveal-post-2012-plans-at-midseason/comment-page-1/#comment-269384 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:55:55 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=119249#comment-269384 I think Mo is playing with our heads and will retire after the ’13 season, bringing down the payroll for ’14 to $189,999,999.

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