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Yes, counting is advanced mathematics.
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Shame on people who can't count.
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Bells, you are right. I have acknowledged that there are circumstances where this would make sense. Money can't buy you time if you or a loved one is dying. If we don't know enough to call it a dumb decision, we don't know enough to conclude that it isn't stupid. People do make dumb financial decisions every day. Do we know enough to conclude that this isn't foolishness? I don't think so. If it is foolishness, I can't get to the point of calling it classy. Like you said, we don't know enough to come to a conclusion either way.
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I think you are jumping to some conclusions, but if he is depressed, he may not be thinking clearly. If he couldn't function due to depression, the team would DL him and he would get paid.
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I have no problem with it. I am glad that I don't have to watch him pitch again for the Sox. Just because I am happy that he is gone doesn't lead me to the conclusion that this is not a dumb decision. Good for the Sox. Dumb by Dempster. That's just my opinion.
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As an athlete, he has a very limited window of high earning years. If one of us takes some time off from work, it is no big deal, because we can come back and get a similar job and we will be working to age 65. No one is going to offer Dempster similar money and after a year off, he will find it very difficult at his age to catch on with any team. Professional athletes are different, but people are blinded by the dollars thinking that he has enough for the rest of his life. Maybe he does. Maybe he doesn't. We don't know how his money has been invested. His ex is going to get a big chunk of what he has earned. Caring for his special needs daughter will be increasingly expensive as time goes on. He is young and could have another failed marriage further depleting his funds. He is squandering the biggest financial asset that he will ever have in his life-- a year of a high earning athletic career. To me that is dumb. That is my opinion. I believe in maximizing assets at all time. This is the opposite of maximizing an asset. He is squandering it. I hope that neither he nor a family member is ill or dying. I hope he is just dumb.
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Hey, it is just my opinion. I am not trying to convince anyone, but many seem very upset that I think the guy is a jackass. We don't know his circumstances, and if one of his loved ones is sick and dying, money can't buy you time. Maybe he has an offer to be a broadcaster or other business opportunity. Almost anything other than those situations can be worked around to fulfill his contract and earn the $12 million. From a business perspective, it is my opinion that this is a stupid move. Caveat emptor. The Red Sox made a bad deal. No one held a gun to their heads. Dempster's agent would have got him a bigger contract for 2013 if the deal was going to be a on year contract. As the years go up, the yearly amount goes down to mitigate factors like under performance due to age and injury. IMO this guy is not a very smart businessman. I am sorry that bothers you, but I stand by that. IMO, he pretty much showed that he wasn't too smart when he took it upon himself to make a pointless point by throwing at ARod last season.
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I read about that. The child will need special care and attention her entire life which will probably quite expensive. $12 million could have helped his daughters cause and that of others who suffer from the syndrome.
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Still trying to convince me? Not too many walk away during the biggest paying years of their career --- just the jackasses or all time greats that don't want to ruin their legacies. No one is going to confuse Dumbster with an all time great.
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The FO will no doubt be sharing a nice meal with top shelf liquor and rare vintage wines to celebrate this decision.
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Dempster has cracked my list of dumbest baseball players/coaches. In no special order: Ryan Dempster, Ryan Sandberg, Buck Showalter, and Ricky Henderson (who allegedly framed an uncashed $1 million bonus check).
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I got that...that's why I winked.
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That's right so why do you keep trying? IMO, he is an idiot unless he or a loved one is dying. Period. That's my opinion. I am not the one here trying to change anyone's opinion.
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It is more likely that it will go toward profits for the owners. I am okay with that. They are entitled to enjoy the spoils of their success.
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No need to use Dumpster anymore since he will not be pitching for us. It is much more appropriate to refer to him as "Dumbster".
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I don't have an issue with him quitting at all. I am happy about that. We can all agree on that being a good thing. I do call into question his mental faculties, and I do disagree that financial foolishness is classy. That's my opinion.
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He's had a mediocre career.
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It is not like he has a legacy to preserve that could be compromised by a fall off in his performance. He has always been a mediocre pitcher who will be forgotten almost immediately.
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I do applaud him for that.
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This doesn't take into account lots of factors. How much did his house cost? What was the upkeep and maintenance. How much did he pay his agent and other representatives? What about vacations? Tuitions? and on and on. We have no idea what his cash flow in and out is. Maybe he has $10 million left, maybe less. That sounds like easy street to most people. A college education at a top university can cost $200,000 + for each kid. Inflation will eat away at the money over decades. He should be fine unless he is a complete idiot or his advisors cheat him or are just plain incompetent, but hey, it has been known to happen. Kareem had to play into his 40's because his agent squandered over $42 million on him. He was stone cold broke. I hate to think what that $42 million is worth in today's dollars. I am not sure what he is getting out of this quitting unless he or a family member is extremely ill. Other than that, IMO it is stupidity or laziness that he can't suck it up to suit up for 1 more season for $13million.
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I could see that as a possibility, but there are lots of former MLB windbags on line in front of him. If he has an offer to announce, I could make sense of this decision. I think Tony Kubek retired from the Yankees in the 1960's because he had an offer from NBC.
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I don't know if the spouse would be entitled to amounts earned post divorce if the contract was entered into prior to the divorce. If the contract was valued at the time of the divorce, it would have been taken into account in either the property settlement or the alimony. If it was part of the property settlement, it is a done deal, and his quitting would have no effect. If it was part of the Alimony award, he can petition the court to lower the alimony if he has a change in income. The court might reduce it, but there is no certainty with that. If the court reduces the alimony and then he signs a new contract, the ex could sue to reinstate the original alimony award. Also, good luck to him getting a mid season contract worth $6 million guaranteed. I don't see it.
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I don't make $12 million/yr., but I do pretty well. Maybe it is my background as any attorney, but this is stupid, because he is giving it back to a profit driven organization, not a charity. If Dempster had discoverd a new pitch and won 20 games last year and had a career year winning the CY Young, the Red Sox would not have given him a penny more than the $13.25 million in 2014 owed him under his contract. There would be nothing dishonorable or classless about that. We would be complimenting the FO on making a good deal for having an undervalued guy on the roster. So, why should he let the Sox off the hook when they would not reciprocate? As for not needing the money, people tend to live up to their means. He is 36 years old and probably has another 30 -40 years left. He may need that money somewhere down the road. All of these guys are looking for cash flow after they are out of the game for a few years. His name is not one that will generate a lot of cash flow.
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If under-performing is the barometer for walking away from money, he owe refunds for his last several seasons. What a jackass! If he couldn't pitch due to injury-- physically unable to perform, i might think that there is some honor in that, but then again, risks to his health were taken into consideration in valuing this guaranteed contract. I am not a union guy, but I think that this guy is a huge sucker. He just compromised his family's financial future for no good reason. As a Red Sox fan, I love that he walked away. If I was his agent, I think that I would blow him up in his car. Playing out his contract and giving the money to reputable charities would be honorable and admirable. Letting the other party to an arm's length contract out of their obligations is not admirable. It's stupid.
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How is this a classy move?
