Saturday, May 14, 2005
NO VILLONE!
This is what ESPN.com's Jayson Stark had to say in his "Positive Trends" piece yesterday. One of the positive trends this season that Stark has seen is the Milwaukee Brewers bullpen:
"We're not sure how many average American baseball fans could identify Derrick Turnbow, Matt Wise, Mike Adams and Jorge de la Rosa – even if they all sat next to them in the box seats. But those four gentlemen happen to be four of the most prominent relievers in the most surprising bullpen on our planet.
The four of them make less money combined ($1.315 million) than Ron Villone. And three of them were acquired by the Brewers as either minor-league free agents (Turnbow and Wise) or (in Adams' case) signed as an undrafted college player."
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The four of them make less money combined ($1.315 million) than Ron Villone
Let that thought sink in your head while reading the following line from Villone tonight:
0.1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER
Bellhorn double
Damon ground out
Renteria single
Ortiz hit by pitch
Those 3 earned runs were Villone's when Trot Nixon hit a grand slam off of J.J. Putz in the top of the 7th inning.
I've never been a Ron Villone fan in the first place. There isn't a reason in the world why the Mariners decided to give Villone a 2-year deal. Too bad that the M's are stuck with him for the forseeable future.
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