I was thinking of how dead-on the Rock would've been in his promo had he mentioned Scott Rolen instead of Mike Schmidt.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't know of a time when the city turned on Schmidt.
On the other hand, Rolen was their best player and got booed every game during the last year. He had a dispute with a hard-ass manager and the fans all sided with the manager. I can't think of anyone at Rolen's level so cruelly run out of town. I don't even think they got much in trade for Rolen when they unloaded him.
Originally posted by skorpio17I was thinking of how dead-on the Rock would've been in his promo had he mentioned Scott Rolen instead of Mike Schmidt.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't know of a time when the city turned on Schmidt.
On the other hand, Rolen was their best player and got booed every game during the last year. He had a dispute with a hard-ass manager and the fans all sided with the manager. I can't think of anyone at Rolen's level so cruelly run out of town. I don't even think they got much in trade for Rolen when they unloaded him.
Let's see: Philly Thirdbaseman, best player on team, booed every game, cruelly run out of town...turn back the clock to the 1960's and we could be talking about Dick Allen.
http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/11789246/alex-rodriguez-eligible-new-york-yankees-season-long-suspension-ends Pretty brief but decent article about A-rod and the Yanks.