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yankees500
Whenever I hear his name, I think of Jake Brigance from John Grishams A Time to Kill.
bastros88
that was a really good movie
thegreatcerealfamine
Good book..terrible movie!
mack22 2
Yep
barjerni50
My favorite movie, spent a lot of time in Canton Miss., everything u see in the movie is real, round courthouse, law firm etc.
bsteady7
I’ve worked at a restaurant on the Canton square. I live in Madison. It’s a small town south of Canton and north of Jackson. The square is still small and has the “old time” feel.
crazysull
You have been traded to Korea, hopefully you can speak Korean and like Korean food. I would just retire from the sport and avoid having to move across the country
thegreatcerealfamine
Have you ever even been to Korea?
aff10
The player agrees to this stuff. Korean news article said he’ll get an annual salary of $450,000, which is a lot more than he’d get riding buses in AA. It’s a good deal for him
BravesBoi
Yeah, they would have to agree to it prior. Otherwise no team would buy the players contract with the chance that they might just retire
Steve Adams
He wasn’t traded to Korea. He was effectively granted his release so he can go earn considerably more in the KBO than he’d earn playing Minor League ball here.
sufferforsnakes
Yeeeaaa…….scary time to be in Korea, with the loose cannon up north.
lesterdnightfly
Scary time to be in Mexico for the same reason.
thegreatcerealfamine
Get educated!
ReverieDays
Its been the same way since the 1950s. All talk and everyone knows it, if you’re scared of that, you’re an easily frightened wuss.
thegreatcerealfamine
Probably a Cubs Bandwagoner with no sense of history!
sufferforsnakes
Insults? That’s mature.
taimak38
Thames did it and look what happen to him.
bravesfan88
Thames’ case and experience overseas is definitely an aberration, rather than what should be expected. If a player carries those expectations, with them overseas, then they will be sadly disappointed more often than not!!
TheMichigan
There are a lot of fringe MLB players who go overseas and resurrect a form of their careers, it’s like Indy ball for Kazmir and Hill.
While of course, not everyone finds success, there are still a few who make it back to the MLB ala Ryan Vogelsong, Anthony Swarzak and Jim Adduci style.
Besides, most of the time players don’t go overseas for the chance at a major league contract, they go over there so they can get paid more. Basically Brigham had the choice of making maybe a base line minor league salary that would be under 100k per year. Or he could go over to Korea and make 450k a season and have a shot at resurrecting his career as a pitcher in the hitter friendly KBO. So yea, you’re right, but almost 99% of time, players doing it for a different reason.
thegreatcerealfamine
Base salary for his minor league stint would be way lower..and MLB won the case against player minors salary rates!