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Posted By: davidcycleback

As a Seattle resident and Mariners fan, I don't believe people malign Alex for taking the big money to go the Texas Rangers. I believe people maligning him for saying money wasn't the reason he went to the Rangers. It also didn't help when he later complained about the Rangers losing so much, when the losing was caused by lopsided amount of the team budget earmarked to a single player.

When he played in Seattle, he was popular with the locals and had a likable personality. He tends to speak in glossy platitudes to the press, which to many makes him come across as insincere, and sometimes an Eddie Haskel-type ("My, you keep a lovely kitchen, Mrs. Cleaver").