Want Jays to sign Fielder? Here's how

tempests_dawn · Post #1 » by **tempests_dawn** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 3:10 am

I just created a website called www.jaysfanswantfielder.com

It's a website which collects "signatures" to form a petition where Jays fans, who are also Rogers customers, pledge to cancel Rogers accounts if the Jays do not sign Prince Fielder. In return, if they do, we will be among the many who'll snap up Blue Jay tickets for next season.

We know that this likely won't affect the outcome, but as fans, we want to be heard, and we'll let Rogers hear it through the wallets.

This doesn't mean we'll stop being baseball or Blue Jay fans if Fielder isn't coming to Toronto. We just want to watch some meaningful September games, and maybe, games in October too.

torontoaces04 · Post #2 » by **torontoaces04** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 3:23 am

I'm doing my best to get this going on twitter. If anyone else is on there, please help!! @peteyharrison Let's get this going!!

tempests_dawn · Post #3 » by **tempests_dawn** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 3:31 am

Thanks to those who are retweeted the #fieldertojays hashtag. And thanks for those who contributed with ideas and feedback during the planning phase.

Let's see where this will take us

UN-Owen · Post #4 » by **UN-Owen** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 3:36 am

Fight the power!

torontoaces04 · Post #5 » by **torontoaces04** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 3:37 am

tempests_dawn wrote:Thanks to those who are retweeted the #fieldertojays hashtag. And thanks for those who contributed with ideas and feedback during the planning phase.

Let's see where this will take us

are you on twitter?

Anatomize · Post #6 » by **Anatomize** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 3:41 am

I suggest you take this to the Raptors board.. it will have some real power if they allow you to keep it 'OT' for a few days until locking it.. you'll get ten times the support you will over on this forum

torontoaces04 · Post #7 » by **torontoaces04** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 3:44 am

Anatomize wrote:I suggest you take this to the Raptors board.. it will have some real power if they allow you to keep it 'OT' for a few days until locking it.. you'll get ten times the support you will over on this forum

done

CapeCrusader · Post #8 » by **CapeCrusader** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 3:51 am

Just put it on my facebook. Hopefully we get some type of reaction.

s e n s i · Post #9 » by **s e n s i** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 6:06 am

**** stupidly awesome. even prince fielder signed it (151) hahaha.

this thing is picking up some steam!

thanks again tempests

-MetA4- · Post #10 » by **-MetA4-** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 6:14 am

This is **** stupid. Did you ever stop and think that maybe Alex Antopoulos doesn't want to sign Fielder? Yeah; lets alienate the GM and threaten to make his decisions for him, and/or force his hand into changing the direction he wants to take the team.

wbbfan · Post #11 » by **wbbfan** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 6:20 am

How about we get out of the bottom 5 in attendance in the MLB and THEN start demanding all start signings. Under AA this has been one of the best run teams in the MLB, and is clearly on the right track to great things. Leave it to him to manage, and if you want to see more money spent on the team, get more butts in the seats.
butts in the seats is what gets more money into the team. Butts not in the seats demanding things like this before they go to games gets your team moved to another city. *this is also a big reason why toronto does not have an nfl franchise. With all the money in play in the nfl, any owner would be damn scared to go broke in a fair weather market.

Mattd97 · Post #12 » by **Mattd97** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 6:21 am

yeah god forbid we make him take it in a winning direction

Mattd97 · Post #13 » by **Mattd97** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 6:24 am

wbbfan wrote:How about we get out of the bottom 5 in attendance in the MLB and THEN start demanding all start signings. Under AA this has been one of the best run teams in the MLB, and is clearly on the right track to great things. Leave it to him to manage, and if you want to see more money spent on the team, get more butts in the seats.
butts in the seats is what gets more money into the team. Butts not in the seats demanding things like this before they go to games gets your team moved to another city. *this is also a big reason why toronto does not have an nfl franchise. With all the money in play in the nfl, any owner would be damn scared to go broke in a fair weather market.

were a team that hasnt played meaningful baseball in september in 2 decades. you give a product people want to spend money on, you dont expect people to spend money and then give them a product. dont be dumb.

SharoneWright · Post #14 » by **SharoneWright** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 6:24 am

-MetA4- wrote:This is **** stupid. Did you ever stop and think that maybe Alex Antopoulos doesn't want to sign Fielder? Yeah; lets alienate the GM and threaten to make his decisions for him, and/or force his hand into changing the direction he wants to take the team.

A couple dozen internet posts don't have that kind of pull.

I trust AA either way on this one. Any contract Fielder gets is an overpayment. And there's more than a 50% chance the overpayment to Fielder would be so crippling as to be a net detriment to what kind of team management can afford to put on the field.

Mattd97 · Post #15 » by **Mattd97** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 6:27 am

SharoneWright wrote:
-MetA4- wrote:This is **** stupid. Did you ever stop and think that maybe Alex Antopoulos doesn't want to sign Fielder? Yeah; lets alienate the GM and threaten to make his decisions for him, and/or force his hand into changing the direction he wants to take the team.

A couple dozen internet posts don't have that kind of pull.

I trust AA either way on this one. Any contract Fielder gets is an overpayment. And there's more than a 50% chance the overpayment to Fielder would be so crippling as to be a net detriment to what kind of team management can afford to put on the field.

we signed vernon wells to a 100 million contract and continued to spend. you guys make such a big deal about albatross contracts. even with his contract wed be in the middle of payrolls. there are lots of overpaid players in the league, i dont see any holding their team back in any real way. when you combine the salaries of fielder and bautista, youre more than getting value

-MetA4- · Post #16 » by **-MetA4-** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 6:28 am

Mattd97 wrote:yeah god forbid we make him take it in a winning direction

Yeah, and you and a bunch of fairweather fans know how to take a team in a winning direction. Get the **** out of here.

s e n s i · Post #17 » by **s e n s i** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 6:28 am

don't get your panties in a bunch now. i think we all realize that this won't actually alter anthopoulous' route to building a contender, but at least as disgruntled rogers customers and passionate jays fans we can at least make them aware of our growing impatience year after year, and that we are not oblivious to the billions of dollars they turn in profit yearly.

and it's not even just exclusive to fielder...i mean sure the petition is, but sources would indicate that AA really liked jose reyes, but why were we not even a player for him? $$$ which this owner pretty much bleeds. if he doesn't like fielder why don't we go after pujols then.

sign the damn petition man

s e n s i · Post #18 » by **s e n s i** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 6:30 am

-MetA4- wrote:
Mattd97 wrote:yeah god forbid we make him take it in a winning direction

Yeah, and you and a bunch of fairweather fans know how to take a team in a winning direction. Get the **** out of here.

what the **** is wrong you. fairweather fans. get the **** off your high horse dude. you would love to see fielder protect bautista in the line-up. not that this petition would change anything either way, so i don't see why you have to come in here and piss all over something someone worked hard to do. it's a fair movement for any disgruntled rogers customer who happens to be a jays fan.

Mattd97 · Post #19 » by **Mattd97** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 6:34 am

-MetA4- wrote:
Mattd97 wrote:yeah god forbid we make him take it in a winning direction

Yeah, and you and a bunch of fairweather fans know how to take a team in a winning direction. Get the **** out of here.

let me know the last time we sniffed playoffs. id say doubting their winning was not an unfair characterization. but no youre right, adding mvp level talent usually hurts the winning cause.

wbbfan · Post #20 » by **wbbfan** » Thu Dec 8, 2011 6:40 am

Mattd97 wrote:
wbbfan wrote:How about we get out of the bottom 5 in attendance in the MLB and THEN start demanding all start signings. Under AA this has been one of the best run teams in the MLB, and is clearly on the right track to great things. Leave it to him to manage, and if you want to see more money spent on the team, get more butts in the seats.
butts in the seats is what gets more money into the team. Butts not in the seats demanding things like this before they go to games gets your team moved to another city. *this is also a big reason why toronto does not have an nfl franchise. With all the money in play in the nfl, any owner would be damn scared to go broke in a fair weather market.

were a team that hasnt played meaningful baseball in september in 2 decades. you give a product people want to spend money on, you dont expect people to spend money and then give them a product. dont be dumb.

And the fans turned coat on the team just as quick. The product is MLB baseball, one of the best run teams in the mlb, that has done a great job of turning around the horrid JP richardi era which did JUST what these fair weather fans wanted in spending money like mad and running the franchise into the ground. Prince fielder doesnt make this team a play off team by him self, not unless he can do a reverse babe ruth and become one of the best pitchers ever.