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    posted 1 week ago by Mike Emeigh to draft, minor leagues, prospects  |  140 comment(s)

    Post ‘em as you got ‘em

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    1. Bruce Markusen posted on September 19, 2012 at 02:42 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Twenty years in the minor leagues. Yeesh.
    2. JoMo the master pitch framer posted on September 19, 2012 at 02:51 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Did Clemens get black and yellow shoes just for a few starts? What a dweeb.
    3. vortex of dissipation posted on September 19, 2012 at 02:51 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Twenty years in the minor leagues.


    Twenty years catching in the minor leagues.
    4. Dangerous Dean posted on September 19, 2012 at 03:30 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Twenty years catching in the minor leagues.
    Ouch.

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1084975/index.htm

    This guy didn't catch for 20 years. But his story is one of the reasons I grew up liking SI so much. This type of feature was what SI did so well in its day.
    5. The Chronicles of Reddick posted on September 19, 2012 at 03:47 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    That was a fun story to read and one of the reasons why baseball is my favorite sport.
    6. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) posted on September 19, 2012 at 04:00 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    That was a fun story to read and one of the reasons why baseball is my favorite sport.

    Except the part where his wife told him to pick his family, or baseball, and he picked baseball.
    7. The Chronicles of Reddick posted on September 19, 2012 at 06:12 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Except the part where his wife told him to pick his family, or baseball, and he picked baseball.


    Depends on what his wife looked like.
    8. squatto posted on September 20, 2012 at 10:11 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I posted this article not simply because I enjoyed the hell out of the anecdotes - because I did - but because I was impressed by how much he loves his job. He's clearly one of those athletes who feels that playing a game he loves is a privilege, and wants to keep doing it as long as possible. Plus, he seems not at all bitter about never having had a chance for a MLB at bat.

    I liked the Clemens anecdote, too.
    9. dave h posted on September 20, 2012 at 11:12 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    He smiled when he recalls catching Pedro Martinez at his peak: "He says to me that first day: 'I'm working on fastballs in and fastballs away. My curveball is my best pitch. My changeup is my other best pitch.'"


    We miss you Pedro!
    10. puck posted on September 20, 2012 at 11:46 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    This guy didn't catch for 20 years. But his story is one of the reasons I grew up liking SI so much. This type of feature was what SI did so well in its day.

    It doesn't still do it well?

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