data.3news-bydate.test.rec.sport.baseball.104605 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Sherri Nichols)
Subject: Re: Why Spanky?
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Jon Boone) writes:
> Spanky is too slow! If he were quicker, he would still be here.
>But with Slaught and Tom Prince, they didn't want to lose Prince in order
>to bring up that 11th pitcher. Slaught is about as good as Spanky and
>Prince is coming along nicely!
Tom Prince is a 28 year old no-hit catcher. Think of him as a young Dann
Bilardello. I can't begin to fathom why the Pirates have been so afraid of
losing this guy, who's been in AAA most of the last 5 seasons. The Pirates
released Kirk Gibson last year because Prince was out of options, then
eventually sent Prince down anyway, and he cleared waivers without a peep.
He's another year older, and still can't hit; why do they think he wouldn't
clear waivers now? Why would they care?
Sherri Nichols
[email protected]