Kang to miss the start of spring training

dogknot17@yahoo.co · Post by **dogknot17@yahoo.co** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 2:25 pm

Players are under program in the states in the off season. Why wouldn't Kang be under the same program in Korea?

It's not that much to pay a trainer/chef for the Pirates or Kang.

SammyKhalifa · Post by **SammyKhalifa** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 2:31 pm

Heh, just joking around Dogknot.

Though now that I think about it one of "invisible fences" might not be a bad idea either.

BenM · Post by **BenM** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 2:48 pm

Kang's appeal is scheduled for May 25th.

Add on a couple of weeks for a visa application (with no guarantee of success) with however many weeks of training and he probably won't be back before July.

dogknot17@yahoo.co · Post by **dogknot17@yahoo.co** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 2:52 pm

05373B3B2F1D3E373A3F3037560 wrote: Heh, just joking around Dogknot.

Though now that I think about it one of "invisible fences" might not be a bad idea either.

I get it. This whole thing makes me mad. The Pirates either don't know what is going on or are not sharing information. I just feel the Pirates should have been more on top of things. They had to know a work visa issue might happen. They should know (or should have known) more than us, as fans.

IABucFan · Post by **IABucFan** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 3:01 pm

I'm only half joking when I say this...I wonder if Nutting contributed to the Clinton campaign? Seriously...PA was one of the states that swung the election for Trump. You'd think he could throw us a bone here or something! ;D

dogknot17@yahoo.co · Post by **dogknot17@yahoo.co** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 3:48 pm

4F47447365406768060 wrote: I'm only half joking when I say this...I wonder if Nutting contributed to the Clinton campaign? Seriously...PA was one of the states that swung the election for Trump. You'd think he could throw us a bone here or something! ;D

Did you mean Trump? Clinton lost, remember...

I couldn't find anything on Nutting and his political party association when others were joking. Probably smart not to say anything so you don't isolate half the fan base.

It has nothing to do with Trump's ban. Korea isn't on the list. I just don't know how his other DUIs were missed or if a third is the "who is this guy" limit?

SammyKhalifa · Post by **SammyKhalifa** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 5:11 pm

While this doesn't mean anything for sure, I don't know that the Ogden newspapers are known for being particularly liberal.

DemDog · Post by **DemDog** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 5:19 pm

4E636E7F78697E3E3D0C0 wrote: Ha, you make it sound like the Pirates got him a dogsitter
Maybe if he was walked more (instead of driving), he wouldn't be in this mess.

Or spent some of his millions on a cab once in awhile he also wouldn't be in this mess too.

DemDog · Post by **DemDog** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 5:23 pm

An Update on Kang from MLBTR

Don't count on Kang any time soon or maybe even before the ASB

SCBucco · Post by **SCBucco** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 5:40 pm

49424A464342591C1A6D544C454242034E422D0 wrote: Heh, just joking around Dogknot.

Though now that I think about it one of "invisible fences" might not be a bad idea either.

I get it. This whole thing makes me mad. The Pirates either don't know what is going on or are not sharing information. I just feel the Pirates should have been more on top of things. They had to know a work visa issue might happen. They should know (or should have known) more than us, as fans.

Hey, we agree.

I don't think we see Kang anytime soon either. So, his absence lessens the bench even more because Freese has to start.