Last ember in the hot stove

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July 20, 2009

One scans the wire reports in this line of work, and sometimes the wire reports contain strange things. Like this list of remaining free agents:

BOSTON (5) – Paul Byrd, rhp; Sean Casey, 1b; Curt Schilling, rhp; Mike Timlin, rhp.

CLEVELAND (1) – Scott Elarton, rhp.

DETROIT (2) – Todd Jones, rhp; Kenny Rogers, lhp.

NEW YORK (1) – Mike Mussina, rhp.

OAKLAND (2) – Keith Foulke, rhp; Frank Thomas, dh.

I mean, I suppose that’s useful on some “I’m the 17th sub-assistant to the Assistant GM and I read everything” level, but I can’t exactly feature some major daily newspaper picking this up off the wire and running it.


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Pete Toms
14 years ago

Not too arcane for me…I went to the link and read the whole list.  Why isn’t Odalis Perez there?  (or did I miss his name?)  I’ve been waiting all year for him to sign!

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morineko
14 years ago

Byrd isn’t officially retired and IIRC Foulke is pitching in the Atlantic League.

What was the deal with Elarton anyway?

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YankeesfanLen
14 years ago

Whitey Ford and Mel Stottlemeyer were at the Old Timers game too.

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archilochusColubris
14 years ago

5? Sean Casey finally broke down and ate someone, didn’t he?

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