As a Seattle Fan, I feel he sometimes gets undo heat for leaving Seattle the way he did. Granted he was pretty narrow-minded when it came to what teams (team really) that he wanted to play for.
You have to remember though, he gave up money on his contracts and even offered to restructure his contract one year so that the M's could find pitching help...instead they bought up a bunch of mid-level power hitter types. Can't blame him for being frustrated. Plus, a lot of the mdeia was coming down on him saying that he wasn't playing hard enough...then saying he was pressing too much...etc.
It's a shame about his injuries, but it leaves me scratching my head when people even question him for the Hall of Fame...he was the face of baseball for like 10 years! He has the numbers right now....
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