Mirabelli back to the Sox

by jbox on May 1, 2006 9:19 AM PDT in News

I'm glad Mirabelli is gone. After his bitching about Petco Park the other day, I felt an intense hatred for him that only the likes of Nevin and Klesko have known. I bet KT saw that quote in the UT and was like "Oh no you don't, you SOB!" Let's be honest he didn't want to be here anyway. He wanted to catch full time OR be a Boston Red Sock. Go home Mirabelli, jbox hates you. We have a catcher here that can hit into double plays with the best of them. Maybe this way Bochy can just stick with a line up with out having to protect Mirabelli's delicate feelings by letting him play every few days.

We are supposed to get Josh Bard, who I hear has been real solid in the minors. I don't know much about Clay Meredith (Baseball reference doesn't have a "Y" at the end of his name?). What I do know is that girls love pitchers named "Clay" though.

Update [2006-5-1 12:32:26 by jbox]:

Uh oh, see what Mirabelli did! Now he's got Khalil complaining about Petco:

Greene isn't unhappy about leaving Petco Park. Referring to Saturday's game, he said, ?If that game is in 80 percent of the stadiums, we get three or four home runs. I always look at that. Those are no-doubt home runs, and they change the whole feel of the game.?

Update [2006-5-1 12:39:43 by jbox]: Josh Bard has 10 passed balls this season. With 4 yesterday. Where did I hear he was solid?

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10 passed ball

b/c he was catching the knuckler; meredith is triple A reliever who flew thru farm system, went to big league team a year ago, struggled mightily and hasnt been the same since

by gwynntown on May 1, 2006 11:01 AM PDT reply actions

Shouldn't the sox have checked

to see if anybody else could catch a knuckler before they traded Mirabelli?

by jbox on May 1, 2006 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions

Bitching about Petco

Drives me nuts too! Opposing batters do NOT seem to cry about it. They just hit the ball. Why do these guys let it get into their heads?

Too funny about Mirabelli - I agree he had to go. Is it irony that he was the LAST Padre who I snapped on photo day with my son?

Christina

by Christina on May 1, 2006 11:21 AM PDT reply actions

Yeah they know they won't be here for long

but opposing teams have hit plenty of home runs and generated offense just like any other field. Look at the Rockies and their 33 runs in their series.

by jbox on May 1, 2006 11:25 AM PDT reply actions

Petco's got it's problems

but if the players are going to be bitching about it all the time, then they really should just bring in the fences, cuz I can't take the bitching anymore.

by jbox on May 1, 2006 11:37 AM PDT reply actions

Push them further back!

by Jonny Dub on May 1, 2006 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Is Bard

going to be on the roster? Or down in triple A?

by gwynntown on May 1, 2006 12:22 PM PDT reply actions

The public whining is what I dont like

Stop whining in the papers! Just like at any job, go to your supervisor directly with issues, don't stand up at a general meeting and complain in front of everyone. It's not that I don't think they have a point. It's that they are making excuses. If anyone should have adjusted to the dimensions and the way the ball carries it should be the Home Team!!

After two full years, management must have agreed with players complaints at least somewhat since they did adjust the fence in front of the beach. If that was not enough (apparently), then keep pushing the issue with Alderson et al.

Christina

by Christina on May 1, 2006 12:28 PM PDT reply actions

Meredith

His name is "Cla". His real first name is Olise, which is apparently Danish.

by Dex on May 1, 2006 4:53 PM PDT reply actions

I love it.

"If that game is in 80 percent of the stadiums, we get three or four home runs. I always look at that. Those are no-doubt home runs, and they change the whole feel of the game."

So we get 3 or 4 home runs and the Dodgers would have had 20. Maybe he should feel better losing by 5 and not 15. By the way, you don't have to hit home runs to win. Petco is too big??? which leads me to what my dad told me in Little League: "Hit em where they ain't."

1 9th inning rally doesn't make up for the last 2 weeks of suck we have had to endure.

by fairweather on May 1, 2006 5:27 PM PDT reply actions