Sunday, May 19, 2013
Hochman: Dallas Green still tells it like it is
(www.philly.com)
New Green book looks to be a diamond Dallas page turner.
Read More...It is a good, lively book and it mirrors Green’s good, lively 6 decades in the game. He rips only three people, Bobby Valentine, Art Mahaffey and Gene Mauch.
“Valentine is a phony and that’s what I call him in the book,” Green grumbles, choosing to skip details of the possible backstabbing while Dallas managed the Mets.
He reveals that in the minors Mahaffey cared only about his numbers. “He didn’t root for other guys to win, because ...
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1. RickG posted on September 02, 2012 at 07:52 PM # hit 0 | hit 0In Sammy Sosa's 20HR month he hit a mere .298 with a piddling .842 SLG and 25 runs scored.
there's rumors that the phillies will be calling ruf up now that it's september and give him a look in LF.
Yeah, Bob Gibson sure sucked at baseball.
They better. He is 26 and has had a monster AA year. Even if he isn't a real prospect he deserves a MLB callup as a reward for his year (or, rather, a reward for his last month). It's the right thing to do.
This shtick was annoying when Larry M. was doing it.
What if McCoy offers you Soriano for Ruf?
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