smizzy Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Im a Yankee fan and i just want to say you guys robbed us with that boone deal....ALCS HR or not....The guy is trash....no power...boots everthing...George has lost his mind.Now signing Sheffield over Guerrero is just the topping on the cake...Its all down hill from here... You think Griffey makes through the whole season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsfan2 Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Im a Yankee fan and i just want to say you guys robbed us with that boone deal....ALCS HR or not....The guy is trash....no power...boots everthing...George has lost his mind.Now signing Sheffield over Guerrero is just the topping on the cake...Its all down hill from here... You think Griffey makes through the whole season?I haven't heard any complaints from you guys about getting Paul O'Neil for Roberto Kelly. The homerun you got out of Boone is more than we ever got out of Kelly ......... and Claussen looks to be coming around, but he's still a question mark. He hasn't done anything yet. By the way, Boones old man is available as a manager too ....... thought maybe you could send us Torre and replace him with Boone the elder. Steinbrenner has been crazy for the last 20 years thea I know of, and prbably a lot longer than that. It was bound to catch up with him sooner or later.Grifffey hasn't played a whole season since he got here. It's now at the point where the odds are in his favor. He's got to sooner or later. If he does return to form, knowing our ownership, you guys will have him in time for the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 If he does return to form, knowing our ownership, you guys will have him in time for the playoffs. Oh soooo sadly true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkendall Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 I love Aaron Boone and I was genuinely upset when we traded him. I still wish he'd come back, but that's not looking possible now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsfan2 Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 I love Aaron Boone and I was genuinely upset when we traded him. I still wish he'd come back, but that's not looking possible now. I liked Boone well enough. I couldn't stand his Dad as a manger, but I think Aaron was a productive member of hte club and would do most anything that was asked of him. As of last season, he had a .271 batting average which while not great, isn't anything to sneeze at either. Aaron left becasue he asked to be traded. He did not want to stay in Cincinnati after what had happened with his Dad and ( I think ) all the other turmoil that was going on at the same time. I can't say I blame him to tell the truth. I don't know that I'd have wanted to stay either. The whole thing ...... whether he wanted to be traded or not was most likely beside the point though due to the fire sale that was about to happen. At 3.7 mil a year, there was no way he was staying here whetehr he wanted to or not. That's the part that gets me. It wasn't that he wasn't any good or even that he wanted to be traded. He made more money than what they wanted to spend. Notice I didn't say that he was overpaid or not worth it . Even that didn't figure into it. He was jsut making more money than the ownership wanted to put into players salaries. So I have to agree that it's not looking possible to bring Boone back. Not that he'd come back anyway. He just won't play for the league minimum that Lindner wants to end up paying everyone on the team. Imagine ! A team full of league minimum players representing the first professional baseball team in the world. That shaking you feel underfoot is the Wright brothers spinning in their graves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkendall Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 I liked Boone b/c we was the heart of the team. Maybe not the offensive monster most desire in todays baseball, but when you watch Boone play, you knew what the Reds were about. Gritty and ruggid players doing what they can to win. He was awesome at making the tough plays -- though he did make errors on easy plays -- and he came in the clutch more than any other Red during the past 2 seasons. The stats don't back up his ability to play, but as you have RedsFan, watching him play was awesome. He had the energy, the enthusiasm and desire to play and play hard, day in and day out. He always did what was needed. If more teams had an Aaron Boone, the product of the game overall, would go up 10 fold. BUT, you are absolutely right. Linder would not pay him the money that he was getting and with the Reds dropping 11-14 million on payroll, I don't see this team being anything more than upset specialists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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