What a Meche!

What's eating Gil Meche? Or better yet, what's eating those who naysay against the stand up move that this guy done did for the KC Royals and the MLB as a whole?

For those who are unfamiliar with what I am referring to, a lot of hoopla has been stirring around the notion of pitcher Gil Meche, formally employed by the Kansas City Royals, turning down the final year of his deal, which would have given him a pretty penny, a guaranteed $12 mil.

In the days of athletes holding out (see Darelle Revis) for larger contacts that they and their agents believe they deserve, how can we criticize a guy who understands his own worth? Organizations, especially the MLB, are quick to throw lengthy contracts at guys who have had one or two good years.

Gil Meche had a few good seasons with the Mariners back in the day, but none good enough to warrant the mega contract that the Royals threw his way. His reaction;

“When I signed my contract, my main goal was to earn it,” Meche told the paper from his temporary home in Lafayette, La. “Once I started to realize I wasn’t earning my money, I felt bad. I was making a crazy amount of money for not even pitching. Honestly, I didn’t feel like I deserved it. I didn’t want to have those feelings again.”

Ho-li-smokes. A guy who actually knows he sucks? Where was this type of honor in the days of Hideki Irabu and Carl Pavano?

This is another pathetic story about naysayin'. If the guy doesn't want to try to live up to the $12 million hype, let him go home with his kids! Better that than suck for the season and blow all of your money on booze....