NSMaster56 wrote:
I get the Lebron hate, but lets be honest here:
We as Pirate fans would totally take seven years of one of the best players in the game playing in black and gold and leading our team to prominence (and falling short), even if it meant he stabbed us in the back in the end.
We would totally take that deal.
We would hate that player's guts after he left, but we'd cherish and remember fondly (as best as we could) those seven years.
Isn't that right, Barry Bonds?
Barry Bonds made no pretense of having desire to continue playing in Pittsburgh. Barry Bonds did not have a hour-long narcissistic TV show dedicated to his free agency choice. Barry Bonds was not a "home town" hero. Big difference between Bonds and LBJ.
You'd see the same anger in Minneapolis/St. Paul if Joe Mauer pulled that manuever up there and left to play for the Yankees.
