Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 17, 2006
Taco Hell

The trade of Sisco for Gload between Royals and White Sox didn't seem like a good deal from the Royals point of view. Royals Authority explains why Sisco had to go:

Which leads us to this interesting tidbit, as reported by Rany Jazayerli:
A little over two weeks ago, I got an email forwarded to me by Paul Swydan, one of our BP interns, from a gentleman named Bruce Baskin, who apparently writes a newsletter on Mexican baseball. Here's a copy of that email:

"Check this out: Andy Sisco, the 6′9″ kid from Eastern Washington who pitches for the Royals, was just cut by Mazatlan. He was pitching well enough, however the team director saw Sisco munching on a couple of tacos in the stadium concourse...during the first inning of a game. Apparently, he showed up in the dugout sometime in the second, but his fate was sealed.

"What a bonehead! Hadn't he been down there long enough to figure they take the game a whole lot more seriously in Mazatlan than they do in Omaha? Hope he got his tacos to go."

Maybe the White Sox can talk some sense into him.


Posted by David Pinto at 06:17 PM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Zack Greinke is at the Taco Bell drive through as we speak.

Posted by: Jason at December 17, 2006 11:29 PM

Sisco doesn't have the ganas to succeed there. KC needs guys dedicated to the team, anybody negative in that clubhouse doesn't help at all. They're going through tough times and trying to stay positive. Good for KC, making personality an important trait.

Posted by: sammy at December 18, 2006 07:49 AM

There's a ... let's even say that there's a 1-in-100 chance, though it's better than that, of Sisco becoming an 18-game winner for 3 or 4 years once he gets his control straightened out.

At which point, Royals fans will console themselves with the thought that he ate tacos during a game in the Mexican League?

Posted by: Crank at December 18, 2006 09:50 AM

If that happens I will be too drunk on margaritas to even care.

Posted by: CB at December 18, 2006 10:34 AM

I saw Granderson accept a BBQ sandwich during BP @ OAK (traded for a ball, of course). He was very slick and kept it in his glove while he devoured it in a couple bites. Lesson learned: if you're gonna do that, don't get caught.

Posted by: Nate at December 18, 2006 12:53 PM

Bummer - Sisco blew his golden opportunity to mooch taco money from Gil Meche.

Posted by: Mark at December 18, 2006 02:34 PM
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