Mitch Garver, fighting back emotions, on trying get out of his struggles:
"It's probably the hardest I've ever had to grind. This is by far the worst I've ever played in my career. Tough on myself and my family with the death threats, the 'retire' and 'you suck' and 'fucking kill yourself' and all that shit. It's getting old. The only way I change it is if I play better, but it's like continuing right now. So the worse, I play more here. And rightfully so. I'm not playing well."
I generally disregard arguments about "real" or fake fans, but I will make an exception that the realest fans are diehards for dogshit baseball teams. It's 2pm on a Tuesday and they're like "fuck Tonglebush needs to be optioned." They're watching 162 Colorado Rockies games.
It’s probably my “hottest take” but A-Rod should be in the Mariners hall of fame. The pettiness some fans hold onto 25 years later is absurd. Dude left for $170 million more than Seattle offered and you all would’ve too