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Former Tiger Albert "Joey" Belle to Miss Indians HoF Induction
Posted on 7/22/16 at 8:03 am
Posted on 7/22/16 at 8:03 am
LINK Sorry if Germans. Searched and didn't see it posted. Can't fault him for missing when he let the front office know he had prior arrangements months ahead of time.
This post was edited on 7/22/16 at 8:22 am
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 8:15 am to Jeaux Cool
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Belle, whose relationship with the organization has spun between hot and cold going back to his playing days, says his family is vacationing this month and that he can't make the ceremonies.
"I talked to Bobby DiBiasio (Indians senior vice president of public affairs) this whole offseason," said Belle. "I told him I could do it in May or June when my kids get out of school. Or I could do it in August. I said don't do it in July . . .that's like our family vacation time."
Posted on 7/22/16 at 8:24 am to TigerattheU
Article also goes on to say he is a model family man and softened rearing 4 girls with his wife living in AZ. I sure hope so. Most amazing hitter EVER at LSU, who went on to have an illustrious ML career with the Indians. Yet had some demons Man.
Posted on 7/22/16 at 8:29 am to Jeaux Cool
quote:Sounds like Albert is being a horse's arse about it. You have all of July to go on vacation. What if they had planned it for August 1? Surely 2 days doesn't make that much of a difference.
"I was willing to move it to another weekend, but they were set on July 30th,'" said Belle. "So I said I can't make it on the 30th. I told them July is the only month I couldn't do in the whole season.
Posted on 7/22/16 at 8:49 am to Jeaux Cool
Maybe take a family vacation to Cleveland?
Posted on 7/22/16 at 9:00 am to EvrybodysAllAmerican
Gross
Posted on 7/22/16 at 9:23 am to ForeverLSU02
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"I was willing to move it to another weekend, but they were set on July 30th,'" said Belle. "So I said I can't make it on the 30th. I told them July is the only month I couldn't do in the whole season.
Sounds like Albert is being a horse's arse about it. You have all of July to go on vacation. What if they had planned it for August 1? Surely 2 days doesn't make that much of a difference.
Speaking of horses asses. Join the club. What comes first, your former job or your family? It appears Belle tried to work out a mutually agreeable date and they chose one he indicated he would not be available. But you choose to label him rather than the one who refused to choose a date that accommodated Albert's schedule. Typical.
Posted on 7/22/16 at 9:25 am to justustm2
quote:his history speaks for itself
But you choose to label him
quote:It's not just any former work event. It's not like this is a company picnic or something.
What comes first, your former job or your family?
If he gave a shite, he could have planned a few days around his vacation for his Indians HOF Induction. Like I said before, he's had all month to go on vacation. He's just still bitter about Cleveland. It's all about Albert. He made that clear when he made the comment about having to be inducted together with 3 other players instead of a having a weekend devoted to himself This post was edited on 7/22/16 at 10:24 am
Posted on 7/22/16 at 9:53 am to Im4LSUnTN
"Most amazing hitter EVER at LSU"? You mite want to check out LSU's career hitting records & note how many times a certain former first baseman who just had his number retired sits atop so many records. Skip kicked him off the team when the team needed him the most, heading to Omaha. Screw him.
Posted on 7/22/16 at 9:56 am to Jeaux Cool
i remember him hitting two homers easily way over 450 feet to dead center against tulane at the box in 1987. he was unreal. That was back when we had mark guthrie and stan loewer and barry manual pitching.
Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:00 am to ForeverLSU02
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Sounds like Albert is being a horse's arse about it. You have all of July to go on vacation. What if they had planned it for August 1? Surely 2 days doesn't make that much of a difference.
Maybe just maybe he already had something planned through 7/31 that is not so easy to reschedule.
Baseball is a long season. He gave them one month when he couldn't do it. They put it in that window. I gotta cut Joey some slack on this one.
Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:01 am to Jeaux Cool
Wonder why the other three inductees didn't have scheduling conflicts .....
Well Jamieson has a good excuse for not being there ....
Well Jamieson has a good excuse for not being there ....
This post was edited on 7/22/16 at 10:12 am
Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:06 am to cartig
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Wonder why the other three inductees didn't have scheduling conflicts .....
They take family vacations in March.
Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:07 am to Keltic Tiger
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Screw him.
Still bitter over a troubled former player 20+ years later. LSU fans in a nutshell.
Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:08 am to ForeverLSU02
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If he gave a shite, he could have planned a few days around his vacation for his Indians HOF Induction.
Maybe he doesn't give a shite. Why does this bother you so?
Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:15 am to lsu2006
quote:Just pointing out that if it mattered to him, which it should, he could have made it work out. There were 3 other guys involved who also have schedules to work around and they've been in talks with Joey for over 4 years to get something set up. Just Joey being Joey.
Maybe he doesn't give a shite. Why does this bother you so?
Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:22 am to ForeverLSU02
Well Jamieson well have need of a stand in to represent him , not sure why Robinson not being there . Thome going it alone according to the article ...
This post was edited on 7/22/16 at 10:26 am
Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:26 am to cartig
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you are making a pretty big mistake assuming what Belle is saying is actually what happened. If they make it in August, he probably has to take his kids to the doctor that weekend.
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Jim Thome...already has had his own individual Tribe HOF Day [when they erected a statute to him].
The FIRST BLACK MGR is already in Cooperstown as a tremendous MLB PLayer...to not get him to Cleveland for his Tribe Induction Ceremony...what's the point?
To not have Albert in person...the Tribe Induction becomes a total non-event...love him or leave him...he was great between the lines...postpone into the future.
Charlie has no choice...in the matter...congrats to his Family for the over due acknowledgment.
So we are left with a Jim Thome Day...that we just had two years ago?
This post was edited on 7/22/16 at 10:29 am
Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:32 am to ForeverLSU02
Yep ....
Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:33 am to ForeverLSU02
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Sounds like Albert is being a horse's arse about it. You have all of July to go on vacation. What if they had planned it for August 1? Surely 2 days doesn't make that much of a difference.
LSU fans will never forgive Albert Belle, Mahmoud Abdul-Rouf or JaMarcus Russell.
This post was edited on 7/22/16 at 10:34 am
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