Appears that my tracking activity will be easier than once thought. Only watching 23 players. Man that is disappointing.
Minnesota Twins - Jamey Carroll
Chicago Cubs - no players from the Nixon era
Cincinnati Reds - no players from the Nixon era
New York Yankees - Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Ichiro Suzuki
New York Mets - no players from the Nixon era. Tim Brydak & LaTroy Hawkins non-roster invitees
Boston Red Sox - no players from the Nixon era
Philadelphia Phillies - no players from the Nixon era
Baltimore Orioles - no players from the Nixon era. Mark Hendrickson non-roster invitee
Washington Nationals - no players from the Nixon era
Miami Marlins - no players from the Nixon era
Tampa Bay Rays - no players from the Nixon era Jamey Wright non-roster invitee
Atlanta Braves - no players from the Nixon era
Cleveland Indians - no players from the Nixon era but Jason Giambi non-roster invitee
Chicago White Sox - no players from the Nixon era
Milwaukee Brewers - no players from the Nixon era
St. Louis Cardinals - no players from the Nixon era
Kansas City Royals - no players from the Nixon era but Miguel Tejada non-roster invitee
Houston Astros - no players from the Nixon era
Texas Rangers - Joe Nathan. Derek Lowe non-roster invitee
Colorado Rockies Todd Helton. Miguel Batista non-roster invitee
Arizona Diamondbacks John McDonald. Nelson Figueroa non-roster invitee
Detroit Tigers Octavio Dotel
Seattle Mariners Raul Ibanez
Los Angeles Dodgers - no players from the Nixon era
Los Angeles Angels - no players from the Nixon era
San Diego Padres - no players from the Nixon era
Pittsburgh Pirates - Jose Contreas non-roster invitee
Oakland As Bartolo Colon
San Francisco Giants - no players from Nixon era
Toronto Bluejays - R.A. Dickey, Darren Oliver, Henry Blanco
What are the chances of developing a knuckleball? They are the grand old men of pitchers.They seem to last a long time, as pitchers go. I think R.A. Dickey is the only one that makes your list but Tim Wakefield just retired in 2011.
ReplyDeleteI'm a Red Sox fan so could also point out Jason Varitek, catcher and captain, spent his 14 year MLB career with the Red Sox and also retired in 2011. Catching is hard on the knees so you might not want to take it up as a come-back maneuver and that might also explain why the longevity of Tek's single club career doesn't approach Mariano Rivera's. He's been with the Yankees for eighteen years and will be retiring this year. Arguably, he's the best closer ever. They talk about a closer's performance seeming to require the intense pressure of the risky final inning. Rivera's temperament is incomparable. (He is the only Yankee I am willing to talk about.)
It's hard to believe that Bartolo Colon is still playing. Every year there are questions about what shape he is going to be in come spring training and he always looks like he has gone to seed but he can still pitch!
I'll look at some of the other guys as spring training continues. Tonight I will watch the Dominicans and Puerto Ricans in the World Baseball Classic championship game. This series has included some wonderful games and I expect another tonight.
As you can see, I really like your new blog and hope you keep it up.
I mentioned your new blog in a comment on April 1 at this blog: http://www.toeingtherubber.com/2013/04/leave-comment-maybe-win-dvd/
ReplyDeletewhen I was entering the contest for a copy of the dvd Knuckleball. Today, I got an e-mail
from Cyn Donnelly that I was one of the winners! I had added in my comment that I would share the dvd with you if I won it so, if you are interested in seeing this film, I'll let you know when it arrives and I'll pass it on. I just thought this was a fun example of internet ripples.
More internet ripples, do you know of the Church of St. John Coltrane? Every Tuesday they play four hours of his music on a midday broadcast from San Francisco: http://www.coltranechurch.org/#!outreach/c1tsl