Just because you pee outside of your black Bentley at 4 a.m. in Miami and get charged with drunk driving does not mean your fans will turn on you. Why, just ask Dontrelle Willis. Marlins fans - that rarest baseball breed - seem ready to forgive. They swarmed around Willis at a team promotional event shortly before spring training, alarmed by persistent speculation Willis might be on the trading block because his $6.45 million salary saps the team's modest budget.This, I think is a good thing. D-Train seems like a pretty good guy, he's goofy and well, baseball needs players like him around, to fill in the cracks for those less desirable. I mean, I know Marlin fans don't have all too much to rally behind these days, but either way, at least Willis is getting better treatment than a certain Yankee.
"The fans said, 'We want you to stay,"' Willis said. "With the trade talk, that's how passionate our fans are. That was pretty much the tone."
And hey, who out there hasn't drunkenly peed in public at 4 a.m.? Come on, be honest.
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2-26-2007 @ 4:41PM
Jahni Boi said...
It's just a matter of time before Dontrelle Willis is wearing a NY Mets Jersey. Omar knows it, too, and it's the main reason the Mets didn't make a more serious run at Zito.
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2-26-2007 @ 4:46PM
Mr. Winston said...
Maybe they should change his nickname to the P-Train
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2-26-2007 @ 6:41PM
Jason said...
It's no surprise that he still has fans, he is a great young pitcher and he seems to be a fun guy and a good teammate. Sure, pissing on the side of the road is not the greatest thing that someone can do to boost their image, but, when you look at the kind of trouble that athletes in other sports are getting into this was nothing. After all, he didn't kill anyone, he just took a piss.
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2-27-2007 @ 12:49PM
ac sportsbooks said...
I'm drunk and peeing in public right now!
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2-27-2007 @ 1:25PM
nestea said...
Hey ac, maybe you and Dontrelle can have a sword fight!
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2-27-2007 @ 1:30PM
John Hughes said...
Dontrelle Willis will be A Philadelphia Phille Before June 1 St. You heard it here.
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5-04-2007 @ 1:06PM
taylor Baker said...
i think that he should tell his personal stuff oout in the open and i really think he is a good baseball player.LOVEYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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5-04-2007 @ 1:09PM
taylor Baker said...
u are the greatist baseball person in the world
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