George Brett, Logan Morrison, and the Marlins: RR-Related News

From Al Yellon at Bleed Cubbie Blue (go to BCB for links that verify what follows):

"What was supposed to be a nice story about Logan Morrison honoring his father has turned into a big of PR black eye for the Miami Marlins. The outfielder, who sports number 20, requested that he be permitted to wear number 5 in honor of his deceased father (who was a big George Brett fan). The number had previously been retired by the Marlins, as a way of memorializing the team's first president, Carl Barger, who served in that post from July 8, 1991 until his death in December of the following year. The Marlins apparently thought Barger's family was on board with the number un-retirement, but the family says no one ever contacted them about the change. Inadvertently failing to cross all of your T's and dot all of your I's rarely looks quite that ugly. (The Marlins finally reached out yesterday.)"

3 months ago timlacy 6 comments 0 recs |

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Don't care.

It’s a freaking owner. He didn’t have a number, yet the number 5 is retired. I don’t give a crap. Logan wants to honor his deceased father. I say good for him; screw the former owner’s family.

by hawkinscm87 on Feb 15, 2012 9:23 PM EST reply actions

He wasn't the owner

First team president in history, died at the winter meetings in his first year on the job. It is kinda weird they retired his “number” though, but once you retire it, its a bad idea to “unretire” it.

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by RoyalsRetro on Feb 15, 2012 10:13 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs

Wouldn't playing for the Royals be honoring his father, too?

How about a Francoeur and Chen for Morrison trade?

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by Old Man Duggan on Feb 16, 2012 3:35 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

The problem is...

…that we already have an “okay” left fielder. ;)

"Sir,--It has been wittily remarked that there are three kinds of falsehood: the first is a 'fib,' the second is a downright lie, and the third and most aggravated is statistics." *The National Observer* (June 13, 1891): p. 93-94.

by timlacy on Feb 16, 2012 5:16 AM EST up reply actions

But seriously, ...

…hopefully 2011 was just a case of the good old “sophomore slump.” How is his defense? You wouldn’t want a subpar defender in RF.

by timlacy on Feb 16, 2012 5:17 AM EST up reply actions

I feel like Gordon's arm would play just fine in RF.

Obviously the reads off the bat are very different in RF than LF, but why shouldn’t we believe that Gordon could play RF?

It’s all a joke, of course, because I’d be shocked if the Marlins were looking to ship off Morrison for someone like Francoeur, but in a perfect world, I’d rather take a chance on Morrison than Francoeur.

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by Old Man Duggan on Feb 16, 2012 6:14 AM EST up reply actions