The racial slur was not ok by the fans, but he isn't the only person who hears things like that. Why is it that the others don't flip the bird at the fans? The guy broke the rules, and was released due to that.

In terms of trading, the Reds have been trying to trade him since the allstar break last year, with no takers. They wanted to dump his salary then, yet nobody was offering anything decent. This year, with his terrible start, nobody was interested in offering anybody worth anything again, so they just let him go. He was a stiff signed to a dumb contract by Jim Bowden. I've love for them to find a way to trade Casey and his $8M salary this year. If they can clear up that much money, the Reds will be sitting well for doing some offseason signings (maybe a true no. 1 pitcher).

mlbUC Wrote:The racial slur was not ok by the fans, but he isn't the only person who hears things like that. Why is it that the others don't flip the bird at the fans? The guy broke the rules, and was released due to that.

In terms of trading, the Reds have been trying to trade him since the allstar break last year, with no takers. They wanted to dump his salary then, yet nobody was offering anything decent. This year, with his terrible start, nobody was interested in offering anybody worth anything again, so they just let him go. He was a stiff signed to a dumb contract by Jim Bowden. I've love for them to find a way to trade Casey and his $8M salary this year. If they can clear up that much money, the Reds will be sitting well for doing some offseason signings (maybe a true no. 1 pitcher).

If the guy was perfect in save oppurtunities and had a 2.00 era, would they have released him for doing something like that?

They are just using the gesture as an excuse, I think. I know they wouldn't have been booing him if that were the case, but anyways...

jrhessey Wrote:They are just using the gesture as an excuse, I think. I know they wouldn't have been booing him if that were the case, but anyways...

i agree.

I'd tend to agree on that... but when it comes down to it, when your ERA is over 7, the opponents batting average is over .300, you haven't had a 1,2,3 inning all year, and you are calling fans out in the media, you can't go and start embarrassing the team on the field.

I wish him luck in the future, but I am quite happy that he is not a Red any longer. He complained too much, and was way too inconsistent to be a closer and make over $6M per year.

So Danny Graves signed with the Mets finally. He's supposedly getting a one-year extension for like $5mil as well :eek: Well, if anything the Mets are the only NL team with money to waste, go luck Danny surviving the NY media and fans.

yipg Wrote:So Danny Graves signed with the Mets finally. He's supposedly getting a one-year extension for like $5mil as well :eek: Well, if anything the Mets are the only NL team with money to waste, go luck Danny surviving the NY media and fans.

:bang: :bang:

What is he thinking?? Better hope he doesn't start off on the wrong foot with them. They're already butchering Matsui for his bat!

jrhessey Wrote:

yipg Wrote:So Danny Graves signed with the Mets finally. He's supposedly getting a one-year extension for like $5mil as well  :eek:  Well, if anything the Mets are the only NL team with money to waste, go luck Danny surviving the NY media and fans.

:bang: :bang:

What is he thinking?? Better hope he doesn't start off on the wrong foot with them. They're already butchering Matsui for his bat!

whaddya mean already? he's been awful ever since he got there.