October 22, 200817 yr Author Sure, he's a nice guy... just don't try and steal his hat THE GREATEST BACKUP CATCHERS IN WHITE SOX HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mike LaValliere! Ron Karkovice! Chris Widger! Tom Egan!
October 22, 200817 yr QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 22, 2008 -> 02:19 AM) Ha! Joel Skinner Marc Hill Mark Salas Mike Squires Own all. Don't forget Don Slaught
October 22, 200817 yr QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Oct 22, 2008 -> 10:50 AM) Don't forget Don Slaught Oh yeah. And... Don Wakamatsu.
October 22, 200817 yr I concur with statman. I would be nice to have somebody who could throw out my grandma stealing third.
October 22, 200817 yr QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 22, 2008 -> 07:57 AM) Oh yeah. And... Don Wakamatsu. Bill "Na-Ha" Nahorodny, Milt May?
October 22, 200817 yr Here is my Wonder Years moment --- cue dramatic music My dad doesn't know many baseball players... but he knows Don Slaught. I must have been pretty young, because we were watching a game where Slaught was catching for the Pirates, and he t took a foul tip directly off of his wiener. My dad started to bawl laughing, and on that day I realized that watching a man suffer an injury to his groin was absolutely the funniest thing possible.
October 22, 200817 yr QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Oct 22, 2008 -> 11:27 AM) Here is my Wonder Years moment --- cue dramatic music My dad doesn't know many baseball players... but he knows Don Slaught. I must have been pretty young, because we were watching a game where Slaught was catching for the Pirates, and he t took a foul tip directly off of his wiener. My dad started to bawl laughing, and on that day I realized that watching a man suffer an injury to his groin was absolutely the funniest thing possible. "The ball, his groin, it works on so many levels!"
October 22, 200817 yr Author Oh yeah. And... Don Wakamatsu. Grama was fleet in her prime. Anyway ... this name just came to my head ... CHRIS STEWART. He was a strong-armed catcher the Sox drafted in 2001 and brought the system and he made it to the bigs for a sip of the java in 2006. Unfortunately, the Sox dealt him to Texas in a minor league deal because they brought on Toby Hall. When Hall got injured, the Sox were left with Gustavo Molina. When Hall healed the Sox were left with ... well Toby Hall. This Stewart, whose minor league numbers are competent, is with the Yankee system. Maybe he could be brought back for a look-see.
November 3, 200817 yr Miguel Olivo re-signed with the Royals today. It's a 1 year, $2.7M deal and includes a team option for 2010. He'll act as the team's primary catcher.
November 4, 200817 yr QUOTE (Markbilliards @ Oct 21, 2008 -> 10:48 AM) Here's a real slugger we could use as a backup! You'd like Gustavo even more when you see what he does for a warm up swing. He steps out of the box, hocks a loogie, and swats it with his bat.
November 4, 200817 yr Rangers don't want Laird anymore. Great arm, decent bat, why not. He'd just have to be the back-up. Edited November 4, 200817 yr by Buehrle>Wood
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