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Ian Kinsler was drafted by the Texas Rangers in 2003 and played the first
eight years of his big league career in Texas before being traded to the
Detroit Tigers this offseason.
Apparently the wounds from the November deal that sent Prince Fielder to the
Rangers are still raw for the 31-year-old second baseman.
"To be honest with you, I hope they (the Rangers) go 0-162," Kinsler tells
ESPN The Magazine. "I got friends, and I love my friends, but I hope they
lose their ass."
Well, then.
In a lengthy profile in the magazine, Kinsler makes it clear he is not happy
with the Rangers organization, which went to the World Series in 2010 and
2011 but failed to capture the American League West in 2012 and didn't make
the playoffs in 2013.
"There was no remorse from the Rangers," Kinsler says of the trade. "They did
not care."
"The team had changed," he says. "It was not the same personalities, not the
same players, not the same chemistry. To be traded, it was refreshing to
start new."
Kinsler's bad feelings about the Rangers date back to the December 2012 trade
that sent veteran Michael Young, Kinsler's close friend, to the Philadelphia
Phillies. "It hurt us. He held everything together."
On top of that, Kinsler was miffed when the Rangers asked him to move from
second base to first base to make room for super prospect Jurickson Profar,
then 19. Kinsler, a three-time All-Star, did not agree, and the team backed
off.
"These guys gotta earn it; that's what I did," he says. "I was a 17th-round
pick, so there was zero coddling. I had to put myself on the prospect map."
Kinsler has a career .804 OPS, though his production has tailed off since he
joined the 30-30 club in 2009 and 2011. Last year, Kinsler had 13 home runs
and 15 steals while posting a .344 on-base percentage and .413 slugging
percentage.
”說實話，我希望他們全敗”
Kinsler怒了