May 30, 1957 Dodgers/Pirates at Forbes Field - This first game of a Memorial Day doubleheader, recorded by Pat, was a 4-3 Dodger victory. The Dodgers won behind the pitching of Sal Maglie. Brooklyn scored its runs in the middle innings against Pirate starter Vern Law. In the fourth, Duke Snider singled in Gino Cimoli; in the fifth, Don Zimmer hit a sacrifice fly that scored Roy Campanella; and in the sixth, Duke Snider hit a two-run homerun. Clem Labine preserved the Dodger victory with 1 1/3 innings of shutout relief. - link
The Rockies reassigned RHP Tim Redding to minor league camp.Redding allowed 21 runs in 12 1/3 innings this spring for an 8.76 Cactus League ERA. He'll be recalled rather quickly if there's an injury on the Rockies' staff, but his fantasy value is certainly limited.
Felix Heredia:
One other lefty began and ended his Met career in the same April, though I’m not sure how to characterize him. Make no mistake: nobody except Willie Randolph wanted Felix Heredia on the 2005 Mets. King Felix I was what we had to take from the Yankees so we could get rid of crusty Mike Stanton…sort of a scaled-down unwanted lefty-for-unwanted lefty version of Mel Rojas for Bobby Bonilla. Heredia had had his moments as a Marlin, particularly on the ‘97 champs, but was Bomber non grata by 2004. This didn’t make him the least bit attractive as a Met proposition in the spring of ‘05, but Randolph put him on the team to start the season. The Metsosphere, then encompassing far fewer blogs, collectively groaned. WFAN grew staticky with calls to GET RID OF HEREDIA! After three appearances, he was shut down with an aneurysm in his left shoulder. Nobody except maybe the feral felines at Shea missed Felix Heredia. - FaFiF
1994 Cliff Floyd - A gruesome injury suffered in a first base collision with Todd Hundley nearly ended Floyd’s career before it got started. Six of the eight bones in his hand were either broken or dislocated. But Floyd rebounded to play 14 more seasons in the majors. Injuries prevented Floyd from becoming the star he seemed destined to be back in 1994 but he had a long and productive career. At the end of his tenure in the majors, Floyd was credited with being a clubhouse leader and was instrumental in taking the Mets (2006), Cubs (2007) and Rays (2008) to the playoffs in consecutive seasons. - link
The York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League has signed catcher John Pachot. Pachot has officially signed his contract with the Revs, after his rights were acquired from Long Island by trade. The 18th-year-pro and four-year Atlantic League veteran gives the Revs one of the best behind the dish. Leading the league by throwing out 39 base stealers last season (nine more than anyone else) with a .364 success-rate, Pachot also brings a capable bat to the position, as a career .263 hitter in the Atlantic League. Revs catchers by comparison batted a combined .194 as a group last season. Pachot has also spent parts of five years at Triple-A with the Expos, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Mets, and Marlins organizations.
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