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We Should Probably Send Eric Hinske a Thank You Card


Longoria also credits Hinske for helping him become a rich man.

“He told me don’t pass up the chance to make your first fortune,” Longoria recalled with a smile. “I trust everything he says and I definitely took that advice.”

Thus, Longoria agreed to a six-year, $17.5-million contract last April despite having less than a month of service time in the major leagues. The deal could be worth up to $50 million for nine years if club options are picked up.

The Tribune Democrat

Maybe a box of chocolates as well. Assuming Longoria isn't blowing smoke here, Hinske helped the Rays pull off one of the best contracts in baseball, and all because he told Longoria, in no certain terms, to get rich.

Andrew Friedman should name his first born after Hinske.

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Thought you guys hated him?

Along with:
Rocco
Huff
Young
Every other former Ray that isn’t on this years team

by Sylar on Mar 15, 2009 7:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Your troll-fu is weak, old man.

Check out my blog on (mostly ColdFusion, but some PHP) web development at kericr.wordpress.com

by kericr on Mar 15, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Eric Friedman or Hinske Friedman?

The artist formerly known as jihad.

by Jordan M on Mar 15, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This is random but

Hinske’s brother is a teacher at my high school, their family is from right in my area. Awesome guy. I’m still somewhat angry we signed Mike freaking Lamb to compete to platoon with Bill Hall when Hinske was available.

The artist formerly known as jihad.

by Jordan M on Mar 15, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Chastain beat the tribune democrat on a very similiar quote 10 days ago

“He told me, ‘Never pass up your first fortune,’” Longoria said. “So that was one of the biggest things for me. Because when he was with Toronto, he signed three [years] for $15 [million] right away. And so that was kind of a thing where I looked at it and said that was very true. Anything can happen in this game. And that was one of the important things for me to be set for life.”
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1-for obnoxious writer 0-west central Penn. newspaper

Kaz/Shields/Garza/Sonny/Price/Davis/Hellickson-necessitate a drool cup or a 7 man rotation

by CubFanRaysaddict on Mar 16, 2009 12:24 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Longoria is a smart guy.

Guaranteed 17.4 mil= lifetime financial security and at the age of 22, that money has plenty of time to grow. If his baseball career continues as planned, that 17.4 mil in all likeliness becomes ~50mil.

Now to get Hinske to talk to BJ….

by twenty5psi on Mar 16, 2009 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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