Tuesday, February 27, 2018

#148 Moises Alou


CRUCIAL : adjective  cru·cial  \ ˈkrü-shəl \
: important or essential as resolving a crisis


Says right on his card, "Good clutch hitter."

From the famous Alou family, often a crossword puzzle answer.

Rather than using batting gloves, he urinated on his hands to make them tougher.
When exactly did he do this?

Bartman stole the ball he was about to catch in the 2003 NLCS.

6× All-Star (1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005)
World Series champion (1997)
2× Silver Slugger Award (1994, 1998)

Pittsburgh Pirates (1990)
Montreal Expos (1990, 1992–1996)
Florida Marlins (1997)
Houston Astros (1998, 2000–2001)
Chicago Cubs (2002–2004)
San Francisco Giants (2005–2006)
New York Mets (2007–2008)

Saturday, February 24, 2018

#147 Todd Worrell


PONDERING : transitive verb  pon·der  \ˈpän-d(ə-)riŋ\
: to think about


Worrell is clearly pondering something in that photo on his card, or, he's looking for the dog guy in the stands.

First relief pitcher to save at least 30 games in each of his first three full seasons.

Dodgers Career Saves Leader when he retired in 1997.

3X All-Star (1988, 1995, 1996)
NL Rookie of the Year (1986)
NL Rolaids Relief Man Award (1986)
2X NL saves leader (1986, 1996) 

St. Louis Cardinals (1985–1989, 1992)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1993–1997)


Sunday, February 18, 2018

#146 Ismael Valdes


STRIDING : verb  \ ˈstrī-diŋ \
: to run or walk with long even steps


Nicknamed "The Rocket" in Mexico

Signed by the Dodgers when he was 17.

Got in a clubhouse brou-ha-ha with Eric Karros once, after Karros criticized his pitching performance.

Los Angeles Dodgers (1994–1999)
Chicago Cubs (2000)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2000)
Anaheim Angels (2001)
Texas Rangers (2002)
Seattle Mariners (2002)
Texas Rangers (2003)
San Diego Padres (2004)
Florida Marlins (2004–2005)

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

#145 Mike Piazza


PRACTICED : adjective  prac·ticed  \ ˈprak-təst \
good at doing something because you have done it many times


See the ball, catch the ball.

Tommy Lasorda is the godfather of Piazza's youngest brother, Tommy.

Ted Williams personally instructed Piazza at his home when Piazza was 12.

12× All-Star (1993–2002, 2004, 2005)
NL Rookie of the Year (1993)
10× Silver Slugger Award (1993–2002)
New York Mets #31 retired
New York Mets Hall of Fame

Los Angeles Dodgers (1992–1998)
Florida Marlins (1998)
New York Mets (1998–2005)
San Diego Padres (2006)
Oakland Athletics (2007)

Friday, February 9, 2018

Emotion Recap - Page 16

#136 Craig Biggio - VERSATILE
#137 Jim Dougherty - FUN
#138 John Hudek - DEADEYE
#139 Orlando Miller - SCRAMBLIN'
#140 Phil Plantier - BALANCE
#141 Eric Karros - DEEP
#142 Ramon Martinez - SHINING
#143 Raul Mondesi - ATTENTIVE
#144 Hideo Nomo - TWISTING