Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 20, 2005
Darth Diamondback

Jose Cruz Jr. is in the dog house in the club house due to his poor defense.

After a tough day in the outfield, when he misjudged and misplayed a few fly balls hit his way during Arizona's 3-2 loss to the Cleveland Indians at Jacobs Field, Cruz found an image of Darth Vader taped above his locker.

Blue highlighter was smeared on Vader's cheeks, a not-so-subtle reminder by someone on the team that Cruz could have used eye black - or something - to more deftly play his position.

Yes, Jose's misplays led to runs that cost the Diamondbacks the game. But he also hit a home run. Where was the rest of the Diamondbacks offense? They weren't exactly storm troopers out there yesterday. That's two days in a row where the opposition scored three runs and the DBacks lost. There is plenty of blame to go around.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:30 AM | Defense | TrackBack (0)
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well, you gotta blame SOMEbody...

and the media just jumped all over that one - publishing it, too.

gonna be a REAL happy clubhouse - that was a little more than a practical joke...

Posted by: lisa gray at June 20, 2005 06:05 PM
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