Re: Player Loyalty
Most players today don't have loyalty to the team they started out but then again management has never been super loyal to the players. The only organizations I can think of that have been loyal to employees are the Dodgers and Blue Jays. (maybe Yankees but that's more to do with having the money to keep their stars)
BTW Glavine left because he wanted a big contract when he saw that Maddux got a nice contract he was hurt. He then quickly signed with the Mets but there were reports afterwards that Atlanta was going to offer Glavine a fair contract. Glavine probably doesn't like pitching in NY either so....I think he's loyal just he made an emotional choice.
I can think of 2 players from the Jays that were loyal to the club. One kinda went from team to team but he always came back to his roots. That was Tony Fernandez. He had 3 tours of duties with the Jays and ended his career in a Jays uniform. The interesting thing is, he never played up to his potential with the other teams he played for.
The other guy was traded after having lots of arm problems and eventually retired the season after the trade. That guy was Dave Stieb. A few years ago he expressed interest in finishing his career and putting closure to it. He chose the Blue Jays to finish out his career.
So there's some loyalty but you don't see it often. I think that if a player were to leave his first team and then come back at the end of his career then it would be loyalty.
Most players today don't have loyalty to the team they started out but then again management has never been super loyal to the players. The only organizations I can think of that have been loyal to employees are the Dodgers and Blue Jays. (maybe Yankees but that's more to do with having the money to keep their stars)
BTW Glavine left because he wanted a big contract when he saw that Maddux got a nice contract he was hurt. He then quickly signed with the Mets but there were reports afterwards that Atlanta was going to offer Glavine a fair contract. Glavine probably doesn't like pitching in NY either so....I think he's loyal just he made an emotional choice.
I can think of 2 players from the Jays that were loyal to the club. One kinda went from team to team but he always came back to his roots. That was Tony Fernandez. He had 3 tours of duties with the Jays and ended his career in a Jays uniform. The interesting thing is, he never played up to his potential with the other teams he played for.
The other guy was traded after having lots of arm problems and eventually retired the season after the trade. That guy was Dave Stieb. A few years ago he expressed interest in finishing his career and putting closure to it. He chose the Blue Jays to finish out his career.
So there's some loyalty but you don't see it often. I think that if a player were to leave his first team and then come back at the end of his career then it would be loyalty.
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