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For Brogna, Road Back to Majors Runs Through Football

Brogna, once a major-college football recruit, has been driving toward that goal since 2001, when his playing days ended at age 31. He expects the next step to be his first minor league managerial job. After talking with the Arizona Diamondbacks, who used him as a pro scout and minor league field coordinator this season, he said he was expecting to be named manager of their Class AA affiliate in Mobile, Ala., for next season.

That team would be getting a leader so fluent in and enamored of football that he plans to carry some of its preparation principles over to baseball.

Is that even legal?

philphan Posted: September 25, 2009 at 05:59 PM | 19 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. flournoy Posted: September 25, 2009 at 07:12 PM (#3332511)

Rico Brogna sucked.

2. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: September 25, 2009 at 07:17 PM (#3332524)

That team would be getting a leader so fluent in and enamored of football that he plans to carry some of its preparation principles over to baseball.

Insert steroid jokes here.

3. Tom Nawrocki Posted: September 25, 2009 at 07:20 PM (#3332528)

During Rico's glory days with the Mets, a friend of mine called an Italian restaurant in the city and tried to order the Chicken Ricobrogna. They said they were out.

4. RB in NYC (Now with New iPhone!) Posted: September 25, 2009 at 07:21 PM (#3332531)

I thought they meant he was trying to come back as a player. This baffled because (a) he is like 200 years old (b) I'm pretty sure he retired due to back issues, which football would not help.

5. RB in NYC (Now with New iPhone!) Posted: September 25, 2009 at 07:22 PM (#3332534)

Also, looking at 24 year-old Rico Brogna's line, I can't help but think of Daniel Murphy

6. HowardMegdal

Posted: September 25, 2009 at 07:40 PM (#3332568)

Also, looking at 24 year-old Rico Brogna's line, I can't help but think of Daniel Murphy

If the Mets could get a guaranteed 119 OPS+ out of Murphy in 2010, I'd sign up for that in a heartbeat.

7. Dock Ellis on Acid

Posted: September 25, 2009 at 07:43 PM (#3332575)

He sucks worse than I remember him sucking.

8. Jose Can You Seabiscuit Posted: September 25, 2009 at 08:23 PM (#3332648)

One of my favorite games of the 2000 season. Of course, looking at the people who played in that game sort of sums of the Dan Duquette era. Dan did some good things but he couldn't fill out a roster to save his life.

9. Tim Stauffer, Trot Nixon's Coming (Dan Lee) Posted: September 25, 2009 at 08:25 PM (#3332652)

I have a good friend who was a Toledo Mud Hens batboy in the early 90s. He's told me a bunch of stories about what a nice guy Rico Brogna is.

Scott Livingstone and Kevin Ritz, too...those three are, I'm told, the pantheon of good guys in the Hens' clubhouse from that era.

10. ChadBradfordWannabe Posted: September 25, 2009 at 08:32 PM (#3332665)

I have a good friend who was a Toledo Mud Hens batboy in the early 90s. He's told me a bunch of stories about what a nice guy Rico Brogna is.

I could tell you a whole bunch of stories that would back up the batboy's stories. Rico is an A+ individual (or an 80, as we'd term it)

11. boomdog363 Posted: November 13, 2009 at 02:42 AM (#3386577)

Please get off Brogna, he has his flaws but played hurt and played a lot; he played with professionalism and determination ... not too forget that defense was an 80 grade for him, an often ill-forgotten 1B quality (see Tex).

12. boomdog363 Posted: November 13, 2009 at 02:43 AM (#3386580)

I think brogna will be a better manager than player as well, even though the playing was not that bad ... he loves to coach and gets it! He'll be in the bigs managing somebody soon.

13. PreservedFish Posted: November 13, 2009 at 02:51 AM (#3386583)

Damn Good fielder. Interesting progression the Mets had there ... Keith Hernandez > Dave Magadan > Rico Brogna

14. Freeballin' (Tales of Met Power) Posted: November 13, 2009 at 02:53 AM (#3386584)

No love for Eddie Murray and David Segui???

15. The District Attorney Posted: November 13, 2009 at 03:01 AM (#3386587)

I'm curious to know that poster's opinion of Vada Pinson.

16. Dock Ellis on Acid

Posted: November 13, 2009 at 03:24 AM (#3386597)

It's funny that someone would create an account to comment on a thread that's nearly two months old.

17. PreservedFish Posted: November 13, 2009 at 03:35 AM (#3386600)

Oh jeeze, I didn't realize the antiquity of the thread. Is it Brogna's biggest fan?

an often ill-forgotten 1B quality

What is an ill-forgotten quality? Not only is it forgot, but it is forgot in a poor manner?

18. Dock Ellis on Acid

Posted: November 13, 2009 at 03:53 AM (#3386608)

Oh jeeze, I didn't realize the antiquity of the thread.

Actually, what tipped me off was that I laughed at #3 and then remembered that I had heard it before.

19. Sweatpants Posted: March 22, 2011 at 11:53 AM (#3775581)

Wrong thread! Sorry. I was reading the thred to which flournoy linked.

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