Alex Rios Montage and Words...

Someone once said to me that you can have all the talent in the world but if you don't have the drive or the passion you'll never be the best you can be. I never heard anyone say that Rios had the most drive of anyone out there. They just said he had talent, and in the words of Bob McCown: "Rios is just not the brighest apple out there".

I know everyone believed that Rios was a bum, especially after that online YouTube video where he failed to sign an autograph for a little kid, and some dudes kept calling him a bum while Rios blatantly responded with f-bombs. The unfortunate incident along with his diminished play really cost Rios his reputation in Toronto and he had also developed the reputation of a slacker- or at least this was seen by the fan base.

I guess the latter was the beginning of the end for Rios, who really didn't live up to his contract or the expectations of Toronto management considering his poor play despite his talent. I can't say I wish him the best in Chicago because if a new scenery leads to a better player in Rios, that's not cool. He will have not served Toronto fans justice.

Rios only hit 81 homeruns in six seasons as a Blue Jay, and he certainly could have had twice that if perhaps he heard the words that I heard to open up this blog post...