We Should Probably Send Eric Hinske a Thank You Card
by R.J. Anderson on Mar 15, 2009 5:50 PM EDT
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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 $50 million for nine years if club options are picked up.
Maybe a box of chocolates as well. Assuming Longoria isn't blowing smoke here, Hinske helped the Rays pull off one of the best contracts in baseball, and all because he told Longoria, in no certain terms, to get rich.
Andrew Friedman should name his first born after Hinske.
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Thought you guys hated him?
Along with:
Rocco
Huff
Young
Every other former Ray that isn’t on this years team
Your troll-fu is weak, old man.
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This is random but
Hinske’s brother is a teacher at my high school, their family is from right in my area. Awesome guy. I’m still somewhat angry we signed Mike freaking Lamb to compete to platoon with Bill Hall when Hinske was available.
The artist formerly known as jihad.
Hinske=2x$(Ensberg)
Why yes, I am this big of an asshole in person.
by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 15, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
you can't even by 1 foot of submarine sandwich
Why yes, I am this big of an asshole in person.
by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 15, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
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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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
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….
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