Comments on: Dailies bleed ink on Inge http://www.mackavenuetigers.com/2008/01/05/dailies-bleed-ink-on-inge/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:29:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: josh http://www.mackavenuetigers.com/2008/01/05/dailies-bleed-ink-on-inge/#comment-22667 josh Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:48:17 +0000 http://www.mackavenuetigers.com/2008/01/05/dailies-bleed-ink-on-inge/#comment-22667 Try as I might, I just don't have a lot of sympathy for the guy leaving what he thought would be his hometown. Look, the guy put his signature on a contract that paid him quite a few million dollars, more than he probably deserved but a lot of people liked him so there it is. If he was a true Detroit guy, Tiger at heart, maybe paying that much for a poor hitting 3rd baseman wasn't in the best interest of the organization. Even in his "breakout" year he only hit .253 and a sub.800 OPS. He got overpaid, he tried to max out his dollars on his contract, he doesn't want to be a sub...You know what? Bye bye. This "love" for Inge I have been reading about on a lot of websites and media outlets just makes no sense to me. I just don't see the angle. "He tries real, real hard". He tried real hard to get overpaid for his production as far as I'm concerned. Not - an - Inge - lover. Try as I might, I just don’t have a lot of sympathy for the guy leaving what he thought would be his hometown. Look, the guy put his signature on a contract that paid him quite a few million dollars, more than he probably deserved but a lot of people liked him so there it is. If he was a true Detroit guy, Tiger at heart, maybe paying that much for a poor hitting 3rd baseman wasn’t in the best interest of the organization. Even in his “breakout” year he only hit .253 and a sub.800 OPS. He got overpaid, he tried to max out his dollars on his contract, he doesn’t want to be a sub…You know what? Bye bye. This “love” for Inge I have been reading about on a lot of websites and media outlets just makes no sense to me. I just don’t see the angle. “He tries real, real hard”. He tried real hard to get overpaid for his production as far as I’m concerned. Not - an - Inge - lover.

]]> By: Blake http://www.mackavenuetigers.com/2008/01/05/dailies-bleed-ink-on-inge/#comment-22651 Blake Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:57:59 +0000 http://www.mackavenuetigers.com/2008/01/05/dailies-bleed-ink-on-inge/#comment-22651 I'm with you again on this. Inge has been through it all with the Tigers. He was drafted by the Tigers. Put up some awful seasons with some awful teams but just kept working and kept getting better. As a fan, he's always frustrated me to no end. He strikes out way too much. Never really seems to come through in the clutch. Whatever the beef is though, it will be kind of sad to see him go considering his history with the team. However, if he's not traded I hope he doesn't tarnish his image in Detroit by complaining, I cannot see that happening, but it'd be quite sad if it did happen. It will be interesting to see how this plays out as we approach March 31st. I’m with you again on this. Inge has been through it all with the Tigers. He was drafted by the Tigers. Put up some awful seasons with some awful teams but just kept working and kept getting better. As a fan, he’s always frustrated me to no end. He strikes out way too much. Never really seems to come through in the clutch. Whatever the beef is though, it will be kind of sad to see him go considering his history with the team.

However, if he’s not traded I hope he doesn’t tarnish his image in Detroit by complaining, I cannot see that happening, but it’d be quite sad if it did happen. It will be interesting to see how this plays out as we approach March 31st.

]]> By: Geoff Young http://www.mackavenuetigers.com/2008/01/05/dailies-bleed-ink-on-inge/#comment-22603 Geoff Young Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:06:05 +0000 http://www.mackavenuetigers.com/2008/01/05/dailies-bleed-ink-on-inge/#comment-22603 It's cool to see this side of players. I like how the Viper blew his cover. It’s cool to see this side of players. I like how the Viper blew his cover.

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