Don't get me wrong, I don't refer to Drew as female genitalia due to his frequent injury issues, but for the BULLSHIT he pulled when the Phillies took his sorry ass with the second pick in the 1997 amateur (immature) draft.
Drew threw what would become the first of many hissy fits, refusing to sign for less than $10M and ended up going back into the draft the following year, only to be taken by the Cardinals 5th overall.
The fans in Philadelphia like Mr. Drew so much that upon his debut with the Cards at Philly, fans showered him with Boo's and D-Cell Batteries. It got so bad that umpires had to stop the game for 10 minutes in the eighth inning to have the debris surrounding Drew in the outfield picked up.
Possibly the best part of this story: When all of this went down, Curt Shilling was on the Phillies and was very vocal about his thoughts of young Mr. Drew. The two will be reunited in Bean Town.
Taking all of that into consideration, I’m puzzled why Theo Epstein would hand this prick a 5 year $70,000,000 deal. Not to mention the fact that the BoSox bid $51M just to earn the rights to enter contract negotiations with Daisuke Matsuzaka, and are reportedly close to signing shortstop Julio Lugo to a 4 year $36,000,000 deal.
Does money grow on trees for Mr. Epstein? Where is all of this cash coming from? Could it be the hunger for another World Series Championship this century?
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