JEREMY AFFELDT RUMORS
In brief: Former Red Affeldt overcomes homophobia
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Mike Leake, fresh off the worries of being demoted to the minors for some up-start rookie, dominated the New York Mets last night, shutting them out for 7 innings, while allowing only 3 hits. The offense used a game plan that I think should be repeated in the future and scored all the runs the team needed in the first. Sure some of it was due to the Mets pretending to be...
Affeldt has grown to love open-minded Bay Area
(Eds: APNewsNow. Will be updated. AP Photo Planned.) By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer When Jeremy Affeldt came to the Bay Area as an opposing player, he wouldn't even leave his hotel room. He was admittedly homophobic.
When he joined the San Francisco Giants five years ago, he was determined to get rid of his negative feelings toward the gay population. The transformation...
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Jeremy Affeldt returned $500K to SF Giants after noticing an error in his contract
It's seems pretty tough to find a role model in sports these days but, if you look in the dictionary under honesty, Jeremy Affeldt may just fit the description.
In 2010, the relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants says he was overpaid by $500,000 thanks to a contract error that wrongly awarded him more than the $10 million previously agreed upon. The mistake was signed...
Honest Affeldt returns $500K
What would you do if you got your paycheck and realized that you'd been spotted an extra $500,000? What if someone told you that you were within your legal rights to keep it?
Would you give it back?
Because that's exactly what San Francisco Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt did in 2010 after he realized that a potentially expensive clerical error had awarded him a massive...
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Jeremy Affeldt Gives Back $500k To The Giants After Noticing Contract Error
Jeremy Affeldt did a really noble thing back in 2010 when faced with a typographical error on a contract he signed with the San Francisco Giants.
In his book ‘To Stir a Moment’ Affeldt revealed how he and the Giants agreed on a $4 million contract, but once written up the amount on the contract was $4.5 million. Both sides agreed to the terms without noticing the error, after...
Jeremy Affeldt Shows Admirable Honesty, Turns Down $500,000 He Was Mistakenly Paid
Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt is an all-around good guy — or dumb, depending on who you ask.
Affeldt was set to earn $4 million in 2010 as part of a two-year, $10 million contract, but someone made a $500,000 mistake. When Affeldt’s 2010 salary was rewritten into his new contract with the Giants, someone put $4.5 million instead of the $4 million he was supposed to be paid....
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Affeldt gave back $500K to Giants
In 2010, due to an accounting error, the Giants accidentally overpaid reliever Jeremy Affeldt $500K, and even though he legally could have kept it, the lefty decided to give the money back.
Jeremy Affeldt returned $500,000 to Giants after noticing contract error
Are you as honest as Jeremy Affeldt? In his new book, the San Francisco Giants relief pitcher says he returned $500,000 to the team after noticing a clerical error in his contract. The San Francisco Chronicle’s Henry Schulman shares what happened. According to Schulman, Affeldt writes that he was set to earn $4 million in 2010 from the team. They negotiated a two-year contract...
Jeremy Affeldt suffers a knee injury by lifting his 4-year-old son
Some players just can’t seem to stay healthy, and Jeremy Affeldt admits he is one of those players. What makes his injury history so fascinating is the way in which he hurts himself. Last September, the Giants reliever had to shut it down for the season after he injured his hand trying to separate frozen hamburgers. Affeldt suffered another injury in his home this past weekend...
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Giants P hurt in weird way
Giants pitcher Jeremy Affeldt is one of the kings of bizarre injuries. His latest one will make you laugh and scratch your head.
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