I heard him telling the story at Soxfest. He said he was out jumping hills on his dirtbike and thought he was jumping a hill, then he looked down and realized it was a cliff, but it was too late!
According to the Trib said he is the only person who has been scheduled for an interview so far. It sounds like Jim Stack is the only other person besides BJ Armstong that is going to get an interview.
But if I remember the deal well enough Marte wouldn't have slipped down the waiver wire far enough for us to get him. So if we really wanted him, we had to deal for him.
Are probably off to the two worst starts on the pitching staff so far. Does anyone think it is coincidence that they are the two sinker/ curveball pitchers? Could the cold be a big part of the problem?
Baseball America lists him as 21, he broke camp with the High A team of Winston Salem. I have got to imagine if this guy can hit .270 and field for anything, he has got to be able to find a home somewhere. I don't know his scouting report though.
I believe I'm correct in saying we also got Ruddy(Edwin) Yan in the deal as well and didn't he steal a record like 88 bases in Single A.
Yes we did get him...
God I hope it is Olivo. I think Josh is only here because we didn't want to lose him as an insurance policy. It looks like he will get about a start a week, plus pinchhitting and pinchrunning duties.
http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/
There were so many hits on it that they have had to move it to a bigger bandwidth, but I can't wait for it to come back!
http://espn.go.com/mlb/columns/kurkjian_ti...im/1537033.html
But the thing that jumped off of the page at me is that we are tied with the Yankees for the fewest amount of innings pitched by the bullpen.