Posted by wylie715 on 10/26/2016 1:01:00 PM (view original):
biggest mistake he ever made was signing with the Red Sox. He was loved in SF and still would be even if he I a fat, useless, piece of crap ballplayer.
Not so sure about this. IF he had kept his weight and conditioning under control, he would still have been useful and therefore loved. One of the reasons he bolted for Boston is that he didn't like the way the Giants insisted on little things, like keeping his weight below 300, like jogging and staying in condition, like fielding his position effectively.
He wanted out from the "controls", so he went to a team with fewer restrictions... and ate and slept and lazed his way out of baseball.