STUFF: - Oliver Perez, Luis Hernandez, Citizen Cain, Buckner a BoSock

1. Its interesting watching from afar the progress of P Oliver Perez.  Yes, that’s right, progress. OP is pitching for the Tomateros (did I just call him a tomato?) de Culiacan team in the Mexican Fall League and he’s only being used in very limited roles. Most of his appearances have been as a one batter LOOGY and the results are interesting:  10-G, 7.1-IP, 2-H, 0-R, 2-BB, 7-K, 0.00. Ya know, I bet he’d… nah.

2. Rangers signed INF Luis Hernandez to a minor league contract. - Hernandez posted a .612 OPS in 435 plate appearances this season at the Triple-A level for the Mets and never made it up with the big club. He could conceivably compete for a utility job with the Rangers but will likely represent depth at Triple-A Round Rock.

I never started a “Keepers” file on Hernandez and I don’t know why. I guess I always looked upon him as an AAAA player and there simply were too many other middle infielders in the Mets system that would prevent him from ever getting a shot.

3. So, Herman Cain has decided to pull out…he he. All this happens in front of his Atlanta campaign headquarters that opened…. TODAY.  You can’t make this shit up. This was the guy that was going to put barbed wire on the top of a wall in front of Mexico and, as he put it, “electrified them”. He’s also the guy with the smoking campaign manager. And by the way… can’t a brother find a black woman to cheat on his wife with? Did all of this really happen?

5. The most intriguing part of Bobby Valentine's first news conference as Boston Red Sox manager: the possibility of making Bill Buckner his hitting coach. Valentine and Buckner were college roommates who also played together in the minors. The new Boston skipper said he would consider the former Red Sox first baseman for his staff. Despite a 21-year career in which he amassed 2,715 hits, Buckner was best remembered in Boston for his ninth-inning error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series that helped the New York Mets come from behind and win. The sting of that loss wasn't diminished until the Red Sox ended their 86-year championship drought in 2004. - http://www.statesman.com/sports/major-league-baseball-notes-bill-buckner-back-to-2007639.html

I’m thinking Mookie Wilson as the first base coach.