Monday, December 29, 2003
DIAMOND TIDBITS
...because they're NOT diamond notes.
-- surely opposing teams will fear playing the Angels in Anaheim because they will now be playing at Angel Stadium of Anaheim now that Edison International has exercised the opt-out clause in their naming rights deal with the Angels.
-- the Blue Jays have picked up pitchers Valerio De Los Santos, Jayson Durocher, and outfielder Chad Hermansen. No big whoop here.
-- Cory Lidle is taking one year and $2.75M to attempt to right the ship in Cincinnati. Good luck with that. I'd say those guys are probably at least two years away from sniffing .500. Moderate whoop here.
-- Brook Fordyce will be putting the pressure on Toby Hall next year in Tampa Bay. Fordyce will give Piniella a viable option when he gets ticked off at Hall. Semi-moderate whoop.
Finally, I've been a little sparse lately in the posting department, but that's because my nephews, niece, sister, and brother-in-law have overrun the house and taken over the room that has the computer in it. That said, I missed one story that saddened me.
-- people have touched on this in the blogosphere, but I have to mention the unfortunate death of former Mariner (and White Sock) Ivan Calderon, who died violently at the age of 41. I'll remember him as the guy that showed up on many of my baseball cards with those brutal red-white-and-blue horizontal SOX bands across the front of his uniform with his number on his right leg. Those uniforms were brutal. The other thing I'll remember him for was his baseball glove -- a glove that pushed the envelope in terms of length. Big glove. Not that he had sure hands or anything, but he certainly had a huge glove.
-- surely opposing teams will fear playing the Angels in Anaheim because they will now be playing at Angel Stadium of Anaheim now that Edison International has exercised the opt-out clause in their naming rights deal with the Angels.
-- the Blue Jays have picked up pitchers Valerio De Los Santos, Jayson Durocher, and outfielder Chad Hermansen. No big whoop here.
-- Cory Lidle is taking one year and $2.75M to attempt to right the ship in Cincinnati. Good luck with that. I'd say those guys are probably at least two years away from sniffing .500. Moderate whoop here.
-- Brook Fordyce will be putting the pressure on Toby Hall next year in Tampa Bay. Fordyce will give Piniella a viable option when he gets ticked off at Hall. Semi-moderate whoop.
Finally, I've been a little sparse lately in the posting department, but that's because my nephews, niece, sister, and brother-in-law have overrun the house and taken over the room that has the computer in it. That said, I missed one story that saddened me.
-- people have touched on this in the blogosphere, but I have to mention the unfortunate death of former Mariner (and White Sock) Ivan Calderon, who died violently at the age of 41. I'll remember him as the guy that showed up on many of my baseball cards with those brutal red-white-and-blue horizontal SOX bands across the front of his uniform with his number on his right leg. Those uniforms were brutal. The other thing I'll remember him for was his baseball glove -- a glove that pushed the envelope in terms of length. Big glove. Not that he had sure hands or anything, but he certainly had a huge glove.
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