Sunday, June 04, 2006 |
Pickoff Moves
Today's Birthdays
Darin Erstad ANA,LAA,CAL b. 1974, played 1996-2005, All-Star: 1998, 2000. I've never been a fan, but that's because I only saw him briefly before he started to stink it up at far too many dollars per year. In his prime, the best centerfielder in baseball and a lethal bat. Then, the best defensive centerfielder in baseball — when he could stay on the field. Then, the best defensive first baseman in baseball. Then, Mr. DL. Almost certainly gone after this year, in my mind he remains the poster boy for Bill Stoneman's apparent willingness to do deals based on auld lang syne while not accounting for age-related decline.
Doug Griffin CAL b. 1947, played 1970
Lee Magee BRO b. 1889, played 1919, d. 1966-03-14
Kurt Stillwell CAL b. 1965, played 1993, All-Star: 1988. Stillwell came up with Barry Larkin in the Reds system, and was actually a year younger, believe it or not; the Reds made the right choice in keeping Larkin and trading Stillwell to the Royals, though neither of the players they did get for him, starter Danny Jackson and Angel Salazar, lasted very long or were good; Jackson was with the team for three years, and Salazar was released before the season started. By the time the Angels got Stillwell, his career was almost over (he had a two-year gap following his Angels stint that I can't explain); he retired after his 1996 season with the Rangers.
George Watkins BRO b. 1900, played 1936, d. 1970-06-01
Rick Wilkins LAN b. 1967, played 1999
Roster Notes
- Word on the street is that Kendry Morales can't handle offspeed pitches and has been getting a steady diet of changeups this week.
- J.C. Romero was nibbling on Saturday, but doesn't trust his stuff and isn't pitching aggressively.
- Darin Erstad will return to centerfield, not first base.
- Of course I didn't mention this at the time, but Jae Seo has lost his rotation spot. Odalis Perez will take his spot.
- Tim Hamulack has been optioned to Las Vegas, with the team recalling Hong-Chih Kuo.
- St. Louis will probably lose Albert Pujols to the DL for an unknown amount of time. Cubs fans rejoice.
- Via BTF, the Rockies are using their iPods for video to remind players of what they were doing right when they were going well.
- Padres starter Shawn Estes is done for the season; he will have Tommy John surgery later this week.
- Could be interesting: Tom Glavine will start Wednesday's game against the Dodgers on three days rest.
- The Mets, who play the Dodgers starting Monday at home, appear to be further weakened by a day-to-day Carlos Beltran, who's having knee trouble right now.
Mentos+Coke = Fun!
This is pretty silly.
And he was a key contributor to the Reds' 1990 World Series title.
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