R.A. Dickey @RADickey43
heading south tomorrow morning, excited for what lies ahead
for the Jays nation.
From the ‘How Sad’ section of the rag, The Cleveland Indians
signed Jason Giambi to a minor league contract. Giambi
will play 2013 as a 42-year old, an age where you’re supposed to be teaching
sports not playing it.
I have the McAfee virus program on my computer and when I
type in the words “Cleveland Indians” on my search page, a warning page comes
up saying “Whoa… are you sure you want to go there??
Giambi makes the number of non-roster invitees grow to 23.
This is a team with a $65mil payroll, 94 losses last season, and a fan base
going nowhere. There’s only one lengthy contract on this team and that’s the
$15mil/yr that is being paid to RF Nick Swisher through
2016.
This team needs everything, especially young pitchers… a
possible trade target could be LHH Michael Brantley (.288,
6-hr, 60-RBI)who is in the last year of his contract.
MILB
- In fact, five black players appeared in the Minor Leagues in 1946, all as
part of Dodger president Branch Rickey's "great
experiment." In New Hampshire, future stars Don
Newcombe and Roy Campanella made their
debuts with the Nashua Pride of the Class B New England League. Both men
reported that there was virtually no racial prejudice in the small town of
35,000 people, and both were instrumental in leading their club to the league
championship. Campanella made his Major League debut in 1948, and Newcombe followed
one year later. And while their initial foray into white organized baseball may
have been overlooked, the duo is lodged in the public consciousness as
first-rate ballplayers and commendable social pioneers.
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