So if you clicked the link to the article about Derek Lowe and you continued reading, you read Jay Payton saying:
“When I talked to my agent recently, Boston was the first team I mentioned. I don’t know if it’s in the cards or if I squished my chances of ever returning there. I know the circumstances of my departure from there a few years back were blown out of proportion. I’ve talked to Tito [Terry Francona] several times since then and we’re OK. I’d love the chance to go back there because that’s a winning organization and they’re committed to winning. They do things the right way.”
Jay Payton drops acid, doesn’t he? Funny how, at the time, he never claimed that the story about his getting into a fight with Tito in the dugout after weeks of being a general pain in the ass because he wasn’t a everyday player was untrue or “blown out of proportion”. Only when he wants a job does he suddenly laugh it all off. He also was quoted as saying he and Kevin Millar had a chance to get back at Boston when he joined the Orioles. He was such a horse’s ass that he is the only player I’ve ever booed in his own home park. (This year, in Baltimore. I even surprised myself.)
But now he loves Boston. Being a bench player is exactly what he wants. He’ll be a good boy.
This guy makes my brain hurt.
If we’re going to recycle fourth outfielders, I’d like to put my vote in for Gabe Kapler, thanks. Guy appreciated every moment he was here and could be just as productive (if not more so) than Payton.
Just say “no” to the guy who antagonized Tito in order to get off the team, Theo.
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