TLAK Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 The oldest player going to camp is 47 year old Met Julio Franco, born 8/23/1958. The youngest is Justin Upton from the Dbacks, he’s 18, born 8/25/1987. The player with the longest name in MLB camp is Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Catcher for the Braves. The shortest names are both pitchers, Jae Seo of the Dodgers and Joe Roa of the Pirates. There are 238 left handed pitchers scheduled, 625 righties. The lightest guy is Luis Figueroa a 140 lb infielder with the Jays. The heaviest is Walter Young of the Padres, a whopping 320 lb infielder. ... and a few more seconds until camps open are now behind us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rventura23 Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 a 320 lb infielder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 QUOTE(rventura23 @ Feb 6, 2006 -> 10:45 PM) a 320 lb infielder? First base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RME JICO Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 (edited) QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Feb 7, 2006 -> 12:54 AM) First base. First and a half base! Edited February 7, 2006 by RME JICO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSH2005 Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 He fat... Reminds me of Mo Vaughn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Feb 7, 2006 -> 02:58 AM) He fat... Reminds me of Mo Vaughn. Reminds me of Ted Washington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Feb 7, 2006 -> 01:06 PM) Reminds me of Ted Washington Reminds me of the best United Way ad EVER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Lopez's Ghost Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 QUOTE(TLAK @ Feb 6, 2006 -> 08:52 PM) The oldest player going to camp is 47 year old Met Julio Franco, born 8/23/1958. I thought Contreras was 75 or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 The Fridge had a kid with a woman in the 80s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLAK Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 (edited) 19 different countries were represented in the big leagues in 2005. Edited February 8, 2006 by TLAK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Um...Tlak...West Germany? South Vietnam? Um...yeah...it's been a while since those were countries... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLAK Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 7, 2006 -> 07:02 PM) Um...Tlak...West Germany? South Vietnam? Um...yeah...it's been a while since those were countries... When Will Ohman, Edwin Jackson and Jeff Baker were born it was West Germany. And in 1973 when Danny Graves was born there were still two Viet Nams. I don't know their individual stories, but I would expect their Dad's were soldiers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaus kinski Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Feb 7, 2006 -> 02:06 PM) Reminds me of Ted Washington There's just Mo of him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redandwhite Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 thanks for sharing, thats cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayitaintso Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Very interesting info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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