Monday, July 19, 2004
High Cheese
Just the Usual Old Cameron
Cameron steals Phils' hope:
When the ball left Doug Glanville's bat, Al Leiter and the New York Mets thought it was big trouble.After a dreadful May, when Cameron hit .169 / .258 / .313, Cameron hit .245 / .324 / .426 in June and .313 / .463 / .844 so far in July. His season averages are now .226 / .330 / .446.
Suddenly, Mike Cameron swooped in and made a play that both teams were still buzzing about after the Mets' 6-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.
A Telling Slip of the Tongue
Comments from Melvin in today's Tacoma News-Tribune:
"He's Paul Bunyan-esque, Casey at the Bat," marveled Melvin. "We're kind of known as a team, well, I don't know if passive is the right word. But we don't have a figure like him."A bit Freudian there, don't you think? What's the difficulty admitting it - up till now, the Mariners 2004 offense has been as fearsome as a seedless watermelon.
Melvin checked himself, volunteering the possibility that Edgar Martinez, Bret Boone and Ichiro Suzuki occasionally strike fear in opposing pitchers.
Remember the Grays
The Washington Grays were one of the premier teams in the old Negro Leagues that flourished before Major League Baseball integrated. Remember the Grays is a website devoted to the preserving the memories of the Grays, and the creators of that website have launched an on-line petition to Major League Baseball requesting that any team that locates in the Washington, D.C. area be renamed the Grays.
I think that is a fine idea. And thanks to Rob McMillin at 6-4-2 for publicizing the link on this.
He Already Has His Favorite Charity
How often do you hear what a player's favorite charity will be his third day in the Big Leagues? Thanks to Jim Moore, the Seattle P-I's Go 2 Guy and Mariners Wheelhouse officially endorsed supplier of helium, we know that Bucky has selected the National Cancer Society. His mother is a breast cancer survivor. Congratulations to her. May she continue in good health.
Mario Guerrero vs. Raul Mondesi, Round 57
My Spanish vocabulary is quite limited, but if I read this correctly, Mario Guerrero is trying to prevent the Anaheim Angels from paying any salary to Mondesi until Guerrero's judgment against Mondesi is satisfied. For those not familiar, Guerrero claims that he entered into an agreement with Mondesi when Mondesi was younger to provide coaching and training services in exchange for 1% of Mondesi earnings as a baseball player.
Mondesi disputed Guerrero's claim, and Guerrero won a judgment against Mondesi in Dominican courts. Earlier this year, Pittsburgh retained Mondesi's salary as a result of this dispute.
Thanks to Raul Tavares at Dominican Players for the link on this. If I've misinterpreted this please correct me using either the comments link below or by sending me an e-mail.
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