NJTank Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Apparently he was ripping the team all day demanded a trade and refused to sit in the dugout so the Jays just designated him for assignement. Story www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 well all I can say is Yankees sign Shea Hillenbrand to a 4 year deal today . But whoever does sign him will pick up a pretty decent player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Apparently he was ripping the team all day demanded a trade and refused to sit in the dugout so the Jays just designated him for assignement. Story Well he didn't demand a trade, he said he expects to be traded.Apparently he was mad about not getting played after leaving the team for 3 days, and because noone in the front office congratulated him about adopting a baby the other day. --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon_Matrix Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Apparently he was ripping the team all day demanded a trade and refused to sit in the dugout so the Jays just designated him for assignement. Story Well he didn't demand a trade, he said he expects to be traded.Apparently he was mad about not getting played after leaving the team for 3 days, and because noone in the front office congratulated him about adopting a baby the other day. I hope we can flip him for a decent pitcher or a good SS. As long as we keep Hinskie, we'll be fine...but I'll miss Shea and I'm sad to see this happened. Because Korbyn Is Colour Blind, My Signature Is Now Idiot Proof - Thanks Again Braden!!Go Leafs Go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazz013 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Apparently he was ripping the team all day demanded a trade and refused to sit in the dugout so the Jays just designated him for assignement. Story Well he didn't demand a trade, he said he expects to be traded.Apparently he was mad about not getting played after leaving the team for 3 days, and because noone in the front office congratulated him about adopting a baby the other day. You're forgetting the fact that the GM went into a players meeting and started calling out players, including Shea. Save the slugalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMU Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Rumor for a while has been a trade to the Halos for Adam Kennedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGivens87 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 If my baseball knowledge is correct, when a player gets DFA'd, the team has 10 days to trade him or send him to the minors. If he gets sent to the minors, he can refuse the assignment, and thus becomes a free agent. So you can believe that the Jays will try and make a trade to get someone for this guy. As a Sox fan, I wouldn't mind seeing him back in Beantown. A large cheese pizza, just for me.New England's source for soccer newsAnd hey, I made it to ESPN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Apparently he was ripping the team all day demanded a trade and refused to sit in the dugout so the Jays just designated him for assignement. Story Well he didn't demand a trade, he said he expects to be traded.Apparently he was mad about not getting played after leaving the team for 3 days, and because noone in the front office congratulated him about adopting a baby the other day. You're forgetting the fact that the GM went into a players meeting and started calling out players, including Shea. That happened after the tirade (and t'was the manager not GM) --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 If my baseball knowledge is correct, when a player gets DFA'd, the team has 10 days to trade him or send him to the minors. If he gets sent to the minors, he can refuse the assignment, and thus becomes a free agent. I think you need 10 years of service to refuse an assignment. Does he have that? ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Some more details coming out about the events...According to an unnamed player, after finding out he was not going to be in the lineup that night Shea wrote "THIS IS A SINKING SHIP" on the clubhouse chalkboard... this was after he had complained to the media and what led to manager John Gibbons screaming "You're gone! I'll be gone before you ever play another game in this organization" at Hillenbrand during a team meeting.Another player said of Shea, ""He was a cancer in this clubhouse... Shea's day went the way the lineup card went. If he was in the lineup, everything was fine. If he wasn't he'd sulk. Sometimes he wouldn't even come out to hit."Apparently he also angered some players when he ripped the Canadian flag off of his cap after being replaced during the July 1st game"I got along with him, but his sense of humour rubbed some people the wrong way," said Vernon Wells. --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Shea has had a history of an unusual sense of humor and possible anger-control issues. When he was traded by the Red Sox to the Diamondbacks, he called out Sox GM Theo Epstein on the radio and called him a " :censored:ing ", because Epstein had told him he was going to stay on the team, that Boston had no intention of trading him. But once he was in Arizona, he was happy because he was a lot closer to his home.Other reports over the years have said that Hillenbrand is less than "classy" when it comes to dealing with people, especially those in managament.That said, I have followed his career since he played for the Lowell Spinners. I have known him to be a very hard working player who makes his teams better when he's in the lineup. He's a consistent 290 player with above average OBP and SLG.I doubt that the lack of a reaction from the front office to his adopted child was the main catalyst for his tirade, but it's pretty low from the organization to ignore it if it is true.I still have my Red Sox Hillenbrand jersey, I have no intention of getting rid of it. I think it would be great if the Red Sox signed him back, but they have no need for him with Lowell and Youkilis. Maybe the Yankees will sign him to take the place of the overpriced void that is A-Rod. Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I think it would be great if the Red Sox signed him back, but they have no need for him with Lowell and Youkilis. Maybe the Yankees will sign him to take the place of the overpriced void that is A-Rod. I would like to think that the Jays would trade him for a bag of peanuts to an NL team before letting him walk to a divisional rival. --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 for some reason when he was in Arizona he never once bitched or complained, maybe it's an AL East thing, but he was perfectly content here, but of course he lives here so that may be the reason why. But i've been hearing rumors that Arizona may bring in Hillenbrand possibly for 1st or second base if he does become a free agent. Hillenbrand has said that he would like to play for Arizona once more in the future, Arizona has the money and a need for an experienced first baseman, it would be perfect imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGivens87 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 If my baseball knowledge is correct, when a player gets DFA'd, the team has 10 days to trade him or send him to the minors. If he gets sent to the minors, he can refuse the assignment, and thus becomes a free agent. I think you need 10 years of service to refuse an assignment. Does he have that? No, I believe you can refuse assignment once you've run out of options. As rookies and lower-experienced players go, they have more options in order for them to be sent down and called up without the risk of the organization losing that player. Once a player is out of options (or has accrued enough service time) though, he can refuse any assignment. A large cheese pizza, just for me.New England's source for soccer newsAnd hey, I made it to ESPN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 for some reason when he was in Arizona he never once bitched or complained, maybe it's an AL East thing, but he was perfectly content here, but of course he lives here so that may be the reason why. But i've been hearing rumors that Arizona may bring in Hillenbrand possibly for 1st or second base if he does become a free agent. Hillenbrand has said that he would like to play for Arizona once more in the future, Arizona has the money and a need for an experienced first baseman, it would be perfect imo. Give us back Hudson and we'll give ya Hillenbrand --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakwood Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 for some reason when he was in Arizona he never once bitched or complained, maybe it's an AL East thing, but he was perfectly content here, but of course he lives here so that may be the reason why. But i've been hearing rumors that Arizona may bring in Hillenbrand possibly for 1st or second base if he does become a free agent. Hillenbrand has said that he would like to play for Arizona once more in the future, Arizona has the money and a need for an experienced first baseman, it would be perfect imo. Give us back Hudson and we'll give ya Hillenbrand Amen to that. We want O-Dawg!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fonz Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Its embarrassing how immature professional athletes are sometimes and the fantasy world they live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted July 21, 2006 Author Share Posted July 21, 2006 What a joke too bad the Jays cant give him the TO Treatemnt and bench him the rest of the year without pay. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleujayone Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I think it would be great if the Red Sox signed him back, but they have no need for him with Lowell and Youkilis. Maybe the Yankees will sign him to take the place of the overpriced void that is A-Rod. I would like to think that the Jays would trade him for a bag of peanuts to an NL team before letting him walk to a divisional rival. Dear Pittburgh,How would you like to take a player off of our hands. He's pretty consistent but he can be a pain in the...neck. One bratwurst and a bottle of ketchup ought to cover it, otherwise we're gonna try to trade him to Milwaukee for a case of Pabst Blue Ribbon.Thanks,-Toronto We all have our little faults. Mine's in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0dotcom Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Hopfully we'll get SOMETHING out of this...my fear is teams won't deal knowing he'll just be availible in a few days. The Jays are forced to trade him or lose him, so they lose alot of clout in terms of barganing. Some thing is better than nothing though, so i had JP can pull something off here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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