Nomar to play for Mexico

KurtBevacqua · 01-15-2006, 03:49 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2292315

Funny, I didn't even think he spoke Spanish.

Jonzard · 01-15-2006, 03:50 AM

This would be controversial like the A-Rod situation, except Nomar isn't that good anymore.

Jonzard · 01-15-2006, 03:51 AM

Dola,

Whats the over/under on the amount of games he plays before getting hurt?

KurtBevacqua · 01-15-2006, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonzard

This would be controversial like the A-Rod situation, except Nomar isn't that good anymore.

Which brings us to the reason why he decided to play for Mexico rather than the US. Too bad Ken Griffey Sr wasn't born in Panama. Then Junior could have been assured a spot on somebody's team.

Skipaway · 01-15-2006, 09:59 AM

He decided to play for Mexico because the president of Mexico baseball lobbied hard for both him and Horacio Ramirez.

The Dodgers also showed no reluctance over this issue, so it was not that hard a decision for him.

Spielman · 01-15-2006, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by KurtBevacqua

Which brings us to the reason why he decided to play for Mexico rather than the US. Too bad Ken Griffey Sr wasn't born in Panama. Then Junior could have been assured a spot on somebody's team.

And it would assure the tournament of having a major injury.

01-15-2006, 03:49 AM	#1
KurtBevacqua Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,968	Nomar to play for Mexico http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2292315 Funny, I didn't even think he spoke Spanish. __________________ "The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes, from a sociological point of view, is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character, and interests, as well as the ultimate effects on society through C's interests, are entirely overlooked. I call C the Forgotten Man" - William Graham Sumner

01-15-2006, 03:50 AM	#2
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	This would be controversial like the A-Rod situation, except Nomar isn't that good anymore. __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

01-15-2006, 03:51 AM	#3
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	Dola, Whats the over/under on the amount of games he plays before getting hurt? __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

01-15-2006, 09:59 AM	#5
Skipaway Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Where you live Posts: 11,017	He decided to play for Mexico because the president of Mexico baseball lobbied hard for both him and Horacio Ramirez. The Dodgers also showed no reluctance over this issue, so it was not that hard a decision for him. __________________ Jonathan Haidt: Moral reasoning is really just a servant masquerading as a high priest.