Marlins President Calls Ichiro Contract "a joke"

Who is this loser? Well he is David Samson, the President of the Florida Marlins. By loser, I strictly mean because his team is one of the worst in baseball and consistently trades away young talent. Well, he is actually a loser in life as well as in baseball as he has verbally attacked the Mariners and Ichiro Suzuki regarding Ichiro's impending contract with the Mariners reported to be 5 years and upwards of $100 million. Yesterday on Dan Le Batard's radio talk show, Samson referred to the impending Ichiro contract as "the end of the world as we know it." In his radio rant, Sampson went on to say "It'll take the sport down, that contract", "Right back to the ridiculous contracts. It can't be", and called the contract "a joke" and "inexcusable". To cap off his interview, he then took a direct shot at the Mariners organization, accusing them of "mismanagement".

Of course I guess this is the type of thing you would expect from a guy who annually puts the Marlins through a "firesale", often resulting in the loss of tremendous young talent. Not only this, but his Florida Minnows only draw an average of 17,821 fans to home games, second worst only to the Devil Rays. It seems to me like Mr. Samson just doesn't realize that the market is getting more competitive every year, and that's precisely why he is fielding a losing team. His very own Miguel Cabrera will soon be leaving the Marlins, and will probably be signing the same type of monster deal that Samson is complaining about. If I were the owner of the Marlins, Jeffrey Loria, I would relieve Samson of his duties on the spot. What message does that tell the fans who actually come to the games, and to players that they may want to pursue somewhere on down the line? With this type of attitude, you can bet that the Florida Marlins will probably never have a winning team any time soon, or ever, since franchise relocation plans have been in the works for some time now.