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Discussion in 'GatorGrowl's Diamond Gators' started by WESGATORS, Apr 17, 2013.

  1. gatorjjh

    gatorjjh A Gator with a Glass half full attitude VIP Member

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    I still have most of mine from 56- 60
    my mother (aren't they sweet) got rid of my signed Mickey Mantle '57 Topps card
    my Dad heard he was playing at a Golf Course at Sorento and drone me up to get the Autograph got a post card signed by Birdie Tebbets Mick's playing partner that day
     
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  2. KidProQuo

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    Rule number 17: Don’t ever read comments. Ever.
     
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  3. gtj31

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  4. paidinfull

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    Damn, after all the success he’s had as a met for pennies, a one year deal is the best they could do for him? I mean 7mil is a lot of money I guess, but he’s been a lot more productive than a lot of players making way more, and they haven’t paid him shit for the last two years.
     
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  5. gtj31

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    Rookie contracts and arbitration…
     
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  6. paidinfull

    paidinfull GC Hall of Fame

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    I dislike your post, but I won’t click the button. :p:D
     
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  7. GatorLurker

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    If Steinbrenner was still around he wouldn't have to move after the next season.
     
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  8. gatorjjh

    gatorjjh A Gator with a Glass half full attitude VIP Member

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  9. gatorjjh

    gatorjjh A Gator with a Glass half full attitude VIP Member

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  10. gtj31

    gtj31 GC Hall of Fame

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    This is interesting actually. He was a Mets fan growing up. Dad is from Queens or something. I thought he was born there and moved to Tampa later but apparently not.

    I think the Mets will pay him big time next year. They aren’t this year because they don’t have to.

    NOTE: I just read an article from 2018 where he is quoted as not having a favorite team growing up. So never mind on the Mets fan thing. I swear there is a tie somehow but I can’t seem to find whichever article it was which made me think he grew up a Mets fan. He also isn’t eligible for Free Agency until 2025 per baseball-reference.com. He is eligible for arbitration again next year…
     
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  11. gtj31

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    Richie Martin 8/15 in spring, w/ 5 extra base hits. Making a case for Os big boy roster.. Ramon Urias, projected SS starter having good spring also though.
     
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  13. GatorLurker

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    I want to go back to the baseball card aspect.

    My grandmother worked/owned a bar on the near Southside of Chicago that was one where lots of professional teams drank.

    The story about the Babe Ruth picture is probably true. I don't have it and I wish that I did. My mon thought that I had it. I wish that I did. I am sure that Babe got a free drink for signing a picture..

    She also told me about a chest full of woolen Black Hawks jerseys from the 1930's. At the end of the season they were traded for drinks. I would love to know where they went.
     
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  14. 74nole

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    Just read where Darren O’Day has made the opening day roster with the Braves. Atta boy DOD!
     
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  16. gatorjjh

    gatorjjh A Gator with a Glass half full attitude VIP Member

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  17. gatorjjh

    gatorjjh A Gator with a Glass half full attitude VIP Member

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    A Tad of the article in the Tampa Bay Times
    Zunino, 31, immediately started making a good impression on the Rays when he joined them after a November 2018 trade from Seattle, which in 2012 drafted him No. 3 overall out of Florida.

    “That first spring, he was like, ‘I just want to see as many guys as I can. Hitting is important, but I want to absorb as much information on the pitching side as possible,’ ‘’ said Yarbrough, who had been previously acquired from Seattle. “I thought that was really cool. Especially for a guy to come over and just put us first, it was incredible. And I feel like it’s been that way ever since.’’

    Wouldn’t that be standard operating procedure for a catcher joining a new team?

    “You’d be surprised,’’ said Rays manager Kevin Cash, a former catcher himself. ‘‘More veteran catchers take the nod of ‘I’ve been here, done this. I don’t need to sit there and talk, just follow my lead.’ ‘’
     
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    Alonso, India, and Bader all with a multi-hit day.
     
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