Domonic Brown Goes to Play Winter Ball; Doesn’t

Justin Klugh — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:35:24 +0000

Tadahito Iguchi was one of the many Phillies players to have an long U sound in his last name. Therefore, he required a minimal amount of clutch hits or defensive plays to have the crowd sound like its chanting “OOOOOOOOOOOO” and give him the “It sounds like we’re booing but we’re not ha ha” treatment that would one day be commonplace for Raul Ibanez and Carlos Ruiz.

He joined up in 2007 when Chase Utley was hand-broken, did marginally well, and was sent on his way. He was an adequate temporary replacement and bench player who held our hands through some tough times. Well, mainly his appeal was that the White Sox handed him over and all it really cost the Phillies was some magic beans.

All it cost Rich Dubee was his son.

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Career-Ending Injury May or May Not End Jamie Moyer’s Career

Justin Klugh — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:29:00 +0000

“Retiring” is what Jamie Moyer does at the end of another long day of chucking baseballs, telling people to shove it, and casually mentioning that A-Rod had no right in Cooperstown. “Retiring,” despite being a word next to his name a lot since he becoming the oldest man in baseball, isn’t really anything besides much deserved rest.

We, outside of the truth and accuracy of beat reporters and inside scoops, are forced to rely on our own assumptions, and, as I’ve stated previously, I have chosen to believe that Jamie Moyer’s secret is that he is unkillable.

At least, it would be if he was at all secretive about it.

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Domonic Brown Goes to Play Winter Ball; Doesn’t

Career-Ending Injury May or May Not End Jamie Moyer’s Career