Gil Meche Retiring

[tyton75]

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/01/18...tirement.html#


kinda sucks.. I liked him

[tyton75]

Royals' Meche announces retirement
The Kansas City Star

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Gil Meche on the mound in 2009.
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Meche signed a five-year deal with the Royals in December 2006 and had a 29-39 record with a 4.27 ERA in 111 games. He has struggled with shoulder injuries in the past two seasons, making just 43 appearances.

Meche explained his decision in a statement, citing his health issues.

"After a lot of thinking and prioritizing of issues in my life, I have decided to retire from baseball. As a competitor my entire life this is the hardest decision that I’ve ever faced, but it’s not fair to me, my family or the Kansas City Royals that I attempt to pitch anymore.

"I came into this game as a starting pitcher and unfortunately my health, more accurately, my shoulder, has deteriorated to the point where surgery would be the only option and at this stage of my life I would prefer to call it a career rather than to attempt to pitch in relief for the final year of my contract.

"I can’t thank the Kansas City Royals and their fans enough for my four seasons there, and if I have any regret, it’s that we weren’t able to accomplish on the field what the goal was when I signed there.”



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[Mr. Laz]

mixed feelings ... he would of helped us even in a relief role but he would of been a dam expensive relief pitcher for 11 million or whatever.

[cmh6476]

i thought he was going to be the missing link

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Laz

mixed feelings ... he would of helped us even in a relief role but he would of been a dam expensive relief pitcher for 11 million or whatever.

12.4 million


I think we can all agree that this lies squarely on the shoulders of the Manager-Who-We-Will-Not-Name, since he pitched Gil's arm straight into oblivion.

[Bowser]

And the comments begin! -

What is really happening here is that the Royals are going to be at about 37 or 38 million this year, and when all the wonderkids hit next year they will be getting the minimum and our payroll will be about 28 million. The Royals are selling this bill of goods that all these kids are going to make us great and for at least a year everyone will flock out to see them and for one glorious year, the Glass family will rake in a clean 40 million or so free and clear. By the time any of us wake up to the idea that it is fools gold, he will have already pocketed our money in an Arkansas bank. Who says they don't have a plan?

[FringeNC]

One of these days an agent is going to convince a pitcher to sue an organization for destroying his arm...

[WebGem]

Damn remember that Seattle rotation with like Meche Sele and whats his name

[BillSelfsTrophycase]

Trey Hillman should send him a little something for killing his arm.

[gblowfish]

I was in Springdale, AR on Sunday traveling back to KC. I wanted to get off the road for a bit to stretch, so I went to the ARVEST Ballpark, the new home for the "Naturals," the KC Royals AA farm club that moved there from Wichita. The stadium is nice and new, looks a lot like the T-Bones stadium. It's out in the middle of a cow pasture. There's no development around it at all. The stadium store was closed (Sunday off season) so I asked around where the nearest Sports Store was. They gave me a place a couple exits up the road, and I went to Academy Sports (it's a lot like Dick's or Nill Bros). They had St. Louis Cardinal Stuff, Dallas Cowboy Stuff, a couple Chiefs items but not much, a couple Texas Rangers things, and a buttload of Arkansas Razorback stuff, but NO Arkansas Naturals stuff. I asked a kid who worked there why they didn't have hats, or T-shirts or bumper stickers or whatever, and he said, "Nobody cares about the Naturals. They're a farm team for the Royals and they SUCK. Everybody here are Cardinal fans, anyway." So, there you go. David Glass can't even make people in his own home town give a crap about KC. Very sad.

[Deberg_1990]

Thanks for nothing Meche!

[tyton75]

all I know is that when these new kids come up... if any of them are good.. for Gods sake we better start PAYING them... or I'm gonna be on the Glass can SUCK IT bandwagon too!

[MIAdragon]

[alpha_omega]

Nice...the Meche era is over....oh, wait...was there ever a Meche era to begin with?

[CoMoChief]

Best god damn $50million contract ever given I tell ya.