Mike Marshall signing

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by dgo71

I don't think Marshall cares about the value of his signature either, but what he used the money for doesn't change the fact that he did indeed sell out on his core values. His stance was always that signing autographs (or any fan interaction for that matter) perpetuated what he saw as social "shortcomings."

Marshall relented on his self-imposed policy for a price, and to imply that it's OK because the money went to a good cause negates the hypocrisy of his actions. At the end of the day, he had a price and that price was enough to get him to do something that he clearly looked at as trivial and wrong.

I'm not claiming to even begin to know what goes on in the mind of someone as cerebral as Marshall, but I see his actions as hypocritical and at the end of the day it's just my opinion of what he did. IMO, if he wanted money to pour into his facility, I'm sure there are other ways that a man of his obvious intelligence could have gone about getting it.

EDIT:
All that said, I LOL'd a few times reading this. You have to kinda smile at his blatant deflection of questions he had no interest in.

http://twinstrivia.com/interview-arc...mike-marshall/

THAT is one awesome interview!! Dr. Mike is a trip...

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

THAT is one awesome interview!! Dr. Mike is a trip...

Could be the best baseball interview I've ever read.

You think I could get him to inscribe a ball, "I trust me the most." ?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

Could be the best baseball interview I've ever read.

You think I could get him to inscribe a ball, "I trust me the most." ?

Absolutely! What a classic line!! Mike is Mike's biggest fan.