Comments on: That was quick: Marlins release Adam Greenberg

By: Chris K

Chris K — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:49:45 +0000

Sorry for being an ignorant troll for not knowing about a 9th round draft pick who got hit in the head during his only at bat 7 years ago. I’m pretty much the worst person ever.

By: mazblast

mazblast — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:33:31 +0000

Chris, you’re either a troll, completely ignorant, or both.

By: poreef

poreef — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:45:56 +0000

But did the 1-day contract have a reserve clause?

By: Chris K

Chris K — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:35:28 +0000

Who’s Adam Greenberg and why is this a story?

By: paperlions

paperlions — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:24:34 +0000

How many members of Greenberg’s family went? That’s probably about it.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:21:02 +0000

Are you saying they released Greenberg because of climate change? If so, that if BS, man….BS, I tell ya!

By: dcfan4life

dcfan4life — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:52:08 +0000

Is there even such a thing as a 2 day contract haha?

By: dcfan4life

dcfan4life — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:51:24 +0000

You will be able to get his baseball card though. Topps will add him to their set.

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:48:27 +0000

It was a one-day contract.

By: bigleagues

bigleagues — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:44:23 +0000

Publicity #FAIL.

I’m happy for Adam Greenberg and certainly he attracted all sort of national media attention, but what does it really do for the Marlins brand? 90% of the people who heard about Greenberg in the past 48 hours will have forgotten who he is by Spring Training, and virtually none of those people (outside of SoFla) will have remembered that it was the Marlins who gave Greenberg his return At Bat.

The only way this would have worked was if they had signed him for the final week of the season and gave him a guaranteed Spring Training invite.

And guess what . . . if they had done that, they would have had NOTHING TO LOSE and everything to gain.

Because the way they did do it, left folks like me viewing Loria and his front office operation even more negatively then I had before.

By: bigleagues

bigleagues — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:44:21 +0000

Publicity #FAIL.

The only way this would have worked was if they had signed him for the final week of the season and gave him a guaranteed Spring Training invite.

And guess what . . . if they had done that, they would have had NOTHING TO LOSE and everything to gain.

Because they way they did do it, left folks like me viewing Loria and his front office operation even more negatively then I had before.

By: tcostant

tcostant — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:28:58 +0000

Sometime you need to pull that bandade off quick. They didn’t want to deal with this all offseason.

By: bennoj

bennoj — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:28:25 +0000

I thought he’d only signed a one-day contract: From Drew Silva’s post last night – “He signed a one-day contract with the Marlins this past weekend.” So yeah, they released him because his contract was up.

By: dwrek5

dwrek5 — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:12:02 +0000

Right, let him stay on the roster 1 more game then release him next week when everyone is enthralled with the playoffs.

By: alexo0

alexo0 — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:11:41 +0000

Exploitation complete. Hopefully Loria got the bump in attendance and merchandise sales that he anticipated.

By: unlost1

unlost1 — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:10:22 +0000

where can i buy the jersey? i guess it’s the only one in history that went straight from retail to goodwill.

By: poreef

poreef — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:09:34 +0000

I recall the previous HBT items on Greenberg saying that the Marlins got some kind of special dispensation from the MLB to have Greenberg on the roster for precisely 1-day, while deactivating someone else without affecting eligibility, pay, CBA kind-of-stuff.

By: brewcrewfan54

brewcrewfan54 — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:55:37 +0000

It seems the marlins screw things up even when they’re doing something good. That being said Greenberg knew what this was so he shouldn’t be surprised.

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:53:08 +0000

What an anti-climatic story.