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Date: 15 Sep 2006 02:04:56
From: Da Ringer.
Subject: OT - Marino retires a 49er?
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Former Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino has come out of
retirement to sign a one-day contract with the San Francisco 49ers, allowing
him to officially retire a member of a franchise that won 4 Super Bowls
during his storied career. Marino, in an emotional ceremony, said he was
happy to finally be able to retire a winner.
"This is a special day for me and my family," Marino told the attendees. "We
have always respected the 49ers organization and the 49ers way of playing
football. To be able to retire a member of the team that won 4 Super Bowls
during my pro career is an honor. I feel like a true champion now, even
though I never technically played on any of the teams. Whatever. The
strength and conditioning coach didn't play either, and they gave him a
Super Bowl ring."
The signing brings closure for Marino to a career spent admiring the 49ers
from afar.
"I guess it's just one of those things where I felt like I was a member of
the organization even though I wasn't playing for them," he said. "To have
to retire a Dolphin was rather heartbreaking. It felt wrong. It felt
incomplete. Now I've finally come full circle, from a player who could never
win a Super Bowl to a player signing a one-day contract with a team that's
won several. Move over, Joe Montana and Jerry Rice. You're going to have
some company in the Ring of Valor or the Circle of Awesomeness or whatever
the hell you call it here."
Standing next to Marino was 49ers owner John York, who congratulated the
Hall of Famer for finally "coming home."
"After many years, Dan Marino has finally come home," York said. "Dan, we
welcome you to the San Francisco 49ers organization. You truly are one of
the greatest quarterbacks in the history of the game. This is where you
belong. Don't worry about the fact that you're 20 years too late and had
nothing at all to do with the organization's rise to prominence. If we all
worried about that shit, half of us would even be here." "
Marino will be honored in a special halftime ceremony during the 49ers' home
opener on September 17th. He expects the day to be an emotional roller
coaster ride.
"Oh gosh I'm going to be a basket case that day," said Marino. "Anytime you
get in front of the home crowd like that and get an ovation it's pretty
overwhelming. I've had a great career and been very blessed and I do feel
like I've earned the opportunity to do one of these one-day contract stunts.
I know you're supposed to do it with a team you actually played for, but I
don't think it really matters. Either way, it's pretty much pointless."
In Miami, the news of Marino's decision to retire with the 49ers was greeted
with shock and resentment. Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga ordered Marino's
number un-retired and awarded to long snapper John Denney. He also ordered
Marino expelled from the Dolphins Honor Roll.
"This is a stab in the back to everybody in this city and organization who
supported Dan," said Huizenga. "I really hope he rethinks what he's doing.
As of right now his number is no longer and retired and he is no longer in
our Honor Roll. He's a traitor. And to think he once represented this
organization so proudly in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective."
Marino is the second player in the past month to sign a one-day contract
with the 49ers. The other was Jerry Rice, who actually played for the Niners
for most of his career. Rice claimed to have mixed feelings about Marino's
second retirement.
"Well I think it's nice for Dan because he was always a champion to me
regardless of whether or not he won a Super Bowl," Rice said Tuesday on his
radio show. "It's just strange because he never actually played for the
49ers, and that's kind of disrespectful to the players who gave years of
their life to this organization. Plus him being here, even for one day,
means we're probably not going to win the Super Bowl this year. He should go
play golf instead"
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 11:49:22
From: 3putt
Subject: Re: OT - Marino retires a 49er?
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Isn't he that guy that is in those diet food TV ads for Jenny Craig or
something like that. Met his spoiled brat of a son at the Hooty's
Blowfish/HOB tourney here last year. That kid could hit a golf ball.......
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 05:43:38
From: spring
Subject: Re: OT - Marino retires a 49er?
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I am so happy for him, he was a useless tit as a quarterback here!
miami fan
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 17:05:33
From:
Subject: Re: OT - Marino retires a 49er?
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dirt...@msn.com wrote:
> http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/scorecard/09/06/brushback.marino/index.html
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> bogus as suspected
you actually "suspected" the article was bogus? Then had to poke around
online to confirm your suspicions? Wow...
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 17:02:24
From:
Subject: Re: OT - Marino retires a 49er?
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/scorecard/09/06/brushback.marino/index.html
bogus as suspected
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 20:05:41
From: Da Ringer.
Subject: Re: OT - Marino retires a 49er?
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Only an idiot would have thought the story was real.
Grow a sense of humor?
Da Ringer
<dirtymm@msn.com > wrote in message
news:1158364944.400104.46450@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
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> http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/scorecard/09/06/brushback.marino/index.html
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> bogus as suspected
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 13:24:16
From: dugjustdug
Subject: Re: OT - Marino retires a 49er?
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dirtymm@msn.com wrote:
> your full of shit! Where did this bogus report come from. I can't find
> any referance to it anywhere on the web.
The deep, dark fishing pond of Da Ringer's mind? ;-)
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 13:16:14
From:
Subject: Re: OT - Marino retires a 49er?
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your full of shit! Where did this bogus report come from. I can't find
any referance to it anywhere on the web.
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 18:55:51
From: Da Ringer.
Subject: Re: OT - Marino retires a 49er?
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www.cnn.com
<dirtymm@msn.com > wrote in message
news:1158351374.489511.296890@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> your full of shit! Where did this bogus report come from. I can't find
> any referance to it anywhere on the web.
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 18:22:12
From: Brian Foster
Subject: Re: OT - Marino retires a 49er?
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Been reading The Onion again I see....
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