Ryu: “Angels didn’t want two Asian players on the team”

[Lou]

1 minute ago, RBM said:

I'm not so sure. Here is the original source.

https://sports.news.naver.com/news.nhn?oid=380&aid=0000001346

I'll have the sashimi, please.

[Lou]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

Because we need to know if Eppler is TRYING

of course he's not, it's Christmas week.

[Claude]

[Second Base]

5 minutes ago, RBM said:

Yes, Ryu is a superstar in Korea just like Ohtani is a superstar in Japan. Neither one of them are superstars in America.

I think this winter might be the last time you'll be able to say Shohei Ohtani isn't a superstar.

[greginpsca]

12 minutes ago, RBM said:

I'm not so sure. Here is the original source.

https://sports.news.naver.com/news.nhn?oid=380&aid=0000001346

Hyroglyphics?

[failos]

Sounds like we dodged a bullet

[failos]

Fat piece of shit

[beatlesrule]

7 minutes ago, RendZone said:

[UndertheHalo]

Not too hard to find a Japanese girl quite a bit cuter then that one.  I declare that picture unjust and bias against the people of Japan.  Outrage !

[Lou]

13 minutes ago, RBM said:

Yes, Ryu is a superstar in Korea just like Ohtani is a superstar in Japan. Neither one of them are superstars in America.

oh, so they meant the Angels didn't want two players who are superstars in other countries. 

 

 

 

[Stradling]

So who will be the first to speak of this as a truth?  CH or Vladdy?  

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, RBM said:

Yes, specifically Japan vs. Korea. This is what is being reported. It was also reported the Angels never offered Ryu a contract. 

and Boras denied it's authenticity.

and who cares if we offered him a contract. that doesn't mean it's race-related? that's just stupid. 

[Stradling]

4 minutes ago, RBM said:

So you think Ryu was misquoted about both of those things? 

And I don't know where the "race related" comments are coming from. I didn't see that in the article.

Well isn’t the story that the Angels didn’t want two Asians?

[Tank]

46 minutes ago, Lou said:

wait, so Ryu is now a superstar? 

He went an entire season without getting injured, so yes. 

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Well isn’t the story that the Angels didn’t want two Asians?

it appears that someone deleted their post.

ror

[tdawg87]

Why derete post?

[Stradling]

Just now, RBM said:

I don't think it's a race thing for the Angels.

The story, as it relates to the Angels, is the Angels never made Ryu an offer. So, Why didn't Eppler make an offer?

And then it goes on to address separating their marketing efforts? Is this why Eppler didn't make Ryu an offer?

"As for the Angels, a formal offer was never put on the table. According to Ryu’s camp, the Angels didn’t want two Asian players on the same team. Rather than separating their marketing efforts between the Korean and Japanese markets (the Angels already have Shohei Ohtani, a Japanese player), they instead wanted to focus on Japan."

Yes that makes it a race issue.  He is basically saying that maybe if he wasn’t Asian they would have offered him a contract.  I’d like to hear whether or not he was offered a contract.  

[Claude]

2.32 ERA

Ho Lee Fuk do we even have a SP that speaks that language.

[Stradling]

4 minutes ago, RendZone said:

2.32 ERA

Ho Lee Fuk do we even have a SP that speaks that language.

Stick to the self ban or someone will help you with that.  

[Lou]

I'm sure Eppler will come out and say: " we didn't offer Ryu a contract because being Korean, fat and injury prone, he's not worth the money .... oh, and he's fat."

[Tank]

Just now, Lou said:

I'm sure Eppler will come out and say: " we didn't offer Ryu a contract because being Korean, fat and injury prone, he's not worth the money .... oh, and he's fat."

That’s how any professional would handle it. 

[Angel Dog and Beer]

If true, I'm fine with the Angels not making an offer. Maybe, internally, he was someone the team didn't want to commit to. 

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Plus, he's fat and injury prone.

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, Angel Dog and Beer said:

Plus, he's fat and injury prone.

and Korean

[tdawg87]

6 minutes ago, Lou said:

I'm sure Eppler will come out and say: " we didn't offer Ryu a contract because being Korean, fat and injury prone, he's not worth the money .... oh, and he's fat."

Well he also would have squinted his eyes and did a terrible Asian accent.

As is tradition.