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Baseball Musings
March 05, 2009
Mr. Roberts

In an effort to get younger and healthier, the Giants eat the last year of Dave Robert's contract:

We just talked to GM Brian Sabean, who said he tried to shop Roberts all winter and spring. The Giants placed him on unconditional release waivers because they want to give younger players such as Eugenio Velez and John Bowker long looks at the fifth outfield spot, and that Velez's chances of making the team as a two-way utility man are enhanced by this move.

It did not help Roberts that he continued to experience knee soreness this spring.

It's a lot of money for nothing, but I'm glad the Giants are going for youth rather than keeping an aging player on the roster just to pay him.


Posted by David Pinto at 03:34 PM | Transactions | TrackBack (0)
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"Brandon Duckworth picked off Carlos Gomez in the second inning, recorded as a caught stealing. The Royals starter faked him out with the fake to third throw to first play. So yes, it does work. The teams are tied at two in the bottom of the sixth."

When I try to respond to this blog in the proper place, your website errors out.

I looked at the box score and not only was Gomez NOT caught stealing in this game, but no Twins were at all, and Gomez had never been on base that entire game.

Posted by: gippah at March 5, 2009 03:42 PM

That's weird. That quote is from a post last September
http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/028929.php

Posted by: David G. at March 5, 2009 04:03 PM

Even weirder...

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN200809110.shtml

Gomez was indeed picked off in the bottom of the second...

Maybe gippah is part of some alternate timeline that is 6 months behind ours and has somehow managed to configure his internet to access our timeline.

Posted by: scaught at March 5, 2009 06:17 PM

gippah is Darren Daulton! He has successfully traveled from the past to the present!

Wait... what?

Posted by: MH at March 5, 2009 06:31 PM
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