faba Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 BALTIMORE -- Jay Gibbons was released Sunday by the Baltimore Orioles, who lost patience waiting for the oft-injured outfielder to regain the form that enabled him to hit 26 home runs in 2005. Gibbons Gibbons batted .189 with no homers and four RBIs in 16 games this spring training after playing in only 84 games last season. Baltimore owes him $11.9 million for the next two seasons as part of a $21.1 million, four-year contract he agreed to in January 2006. Gibbons, 31, was suspended for 15 days on Dec. 6 by commissioner Bud Selig following a media report that he received a shipment of the human growth hormone after January 2005, when it was banned by baseball. Kansas City outfielder Jose Guillen also was suspended for 15 days. On Friday, the commissioner's office and players association put the penalties on hold for 10 days to allow for further negotiations over their drug agreement. If a deal is struck, the suspensions likely would be dropped. That, however, appeared to have nothing to do with the Orioles' decision to cut Gibbons. The team didn't see him getting much time as a reserve outfielder and left-handed designated hitter, and keeping the more versatile Scott Moore as a utility player made far more sense. "The decision was essentially down to two players, and we made a baseball decision," said club president Andy MacPhail, who delivered the news to Gibbons. "We laid it out pretty clearly," MacPhail said. "For you to be a productive player you need to play, and that opportunity just doesn't exist here absent some horrific injury. His words were, 'I agree completely.'" Gibbons also did not fit int Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 BALTIMORE -- Jay Gibbons was released Sunday by the Baltimore Orioles, who lost patience waiting for the oft-injured outfielder to regain the form that enabled him to hit 26 home runs in 2005. Gibbons Gibbons batted .189 with no homers and four RBIs in 16 games this spring training after playing in only 84 games last season. Baltimore owes him $11.9 million for the next two seasons as part of a $21.1 million, four-year contract he agreed to in January 2006. Gibbons, 31, was suspended for 15 days on Dec. 6 by commissioner Bud Selig following a media report that he received a shipment of the human growth hormone after January 2005, when it was banned by baseball. Kansas City outfielder Jose Guillen also was suspended for 15 days. On Friday, the commissioner's office and players association put the penalties on hold for 10 days to allow for further negotiations over their drug agreement. If a deal is struck, the suspensions likely would be dropped. That, however, appeared to have nothing to do with the Orioles' decision to cut Gibbons. The team didn't see him getting much time as a reserve outfielder and left-handed designated hitter, and keeping the more versatile Scott Moore as a utility player made far more sense. "The decision was essentially down to two players, and we made a baseball decision," said club president Andy MacPhail, who delivered the news to Gibbons. "We laid it out pretty clearly," MacPhail said. "For you to be a productive player you need to play, and that opportunity just doesn't exist here absent some horrific injury. His words were, 'I agree completely.'" Gibbons also did not fit int The O's will make up the $12 million on their home games against the Yankees & Red Sox. Not only do Yankees & Red Sox fans fill that place, Angelos raises the prices when those teams are in town. Angelos is a horrible owner. If I'm not mistaken I think the O's have finished under .500 for the last 9 or 10 seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Good. Gibbons was a Yankee killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 You are right Gainzo the Oriole franchise has become a joke the last 10 or so years=far from the glory days of Palmer and Cuellar, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 You are right Gainzo the Oriole franchise has become a joke the last 10 or so years=far from the glory days of Palmer and Cuellar, etc. Its sad as Baltimore was a huge baseball town. It's no coincidence that their downfall started when Angelos bought the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidhuman Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Baltimore is a joke. They traded their best damn pitcher in years. Morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Its sad as Baltimore was a huge baseball town. It's no coincidence that their downfall started when Angelos bought the team. Absolutely correct Gainzo. Baltimore was also the birth place of Babe Ruth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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