Dontrelle Willis retires

[jlw1980]

I didn't even know he was still around...

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb

SEATTLE -- Dontrelle Willis has retired, the Baltimore Orioles announced on Monday afternoon, ending an up and down Major League career for the left-handed pitcher nicknamed "D-Train."

[VanHalen5150]

Just looked through his baseballreference page. He won a Rookie of the Year Award, a World Series, went to 2 All-Star games, and made over 40 million bucks in his career. Not bad for a guy that's been pretty terrible during most of his career.

[4trainEddie]

He hit 9 homers as a pitcher justifying the $40 million dollars total.

[BronxYanks45]

Just looked through his baseballreference page. He won a Rookie of the Year Award, a World Series, went to 2 All-Star games, and made over 40 million bucks in his career. Not bad for a guy that's been pretty terrible during most of his career.

yep, no reason to feel sorry for the guy, 9 out of 10 players would love to have all that

[35Knucklecurve]

Wow - it seems like the D-Train rage wasn't that long ago. He sure was a blast to watch in his "prime", if you can call it that considering how fast he flamed out.

Is there anybody the O's won't sign to a minor league contract.....or sign period?

[Jersey Yankee]

Wow - it seems like the D-Train rage wasn't that long ago. He sure was a blast to watch in his "prime", if you can call it that considering how fast he flamed out.

Is there anybody the O's won't sign to a minor league contract.....or sign period?

I've heard that there's a fanboy out there named bobby something that they may not sign.

D-Train was good. I haven't seen a black southpaw ace since Vida Blue back in the days. He got overcompensated by the Fish before he went out to fry.

[Jersey Yankee]

He hit 9 homers as a pitcher justifying the $40 million dollars total.

Pffffffft, even SS Rey Ordonez, formerly playing out of Shea, had 12 jacks over 9 seasons.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...rdonre01.shtml

[ArodEra]

...and nobody noticed.

[ajra21]

Just looked through his baseballreference page. He won a Rookie of the Year Award, a World Series, went to 2 All-Star games, and made over 40 million bucks in his career. Not bad for a guy that's been pretty terrible during most of his career.

how many on the board would be happy with that? my guessing ... over 80%.

[sweet_lou_14]

how many on the board would be happy with that? my guessing ... over 80%.

It's strange how a career that should be extremely satisfying by any objective standard can become disappointing purely by comparison against expectations. Especially when those expectations have an enormous public audience.

Only Willis can say if he's happy, and I hope he is.