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I need a catcher named Dave who
Topic Started: Jan 18 2014, 01:36 AM (140 Views)
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I need a catcher named Dave who can play for the Toronto Blue Jays. Why? Let me explain. While eagerly anticipating the start of spring training and the World Baseball Classic the other day, this tune popped into my head and I just couldnt shake it. You mght know it, you might not. It was a little ditty by the great Canadian comedy troup "Kids in the Hall" and it was a video bit in their TV show called "These are the Daves I know". The premise was everybody knows someone named Dave and these Daves pop up in every facet of your everyday life. It was especially funny in my family because we have two brothers-in-law named Dave, though one goes as much by David. The catchy chorus of the tune, is "These are the Daves I know, I know, these are the Daves I know". What does this have to do with baseball? Well, I took it as a quest to put together an entire Blue Jays team of players from the organizations past and present made up entirely of players named Dave or David. So here are the Daves I know. At first base, you can choose between Dave Revering and David Segui. I loved Segui because of his resemblance, particular in manner to the Wrestler and actor, "The Rock". At second base, you could play Dave Berg, known more for his time with the Marlins, or for Canadian content, Dave McKay. At shortstop another All-time Blue Jays favourite, the "Little Big Man" David Eckstein, whom then manager Carlos Tosca said played the game the way he wished everyone would. At third base, you have David Hollins. A couple of obscure names to be sure, but fairly easy so far. The outfield features one Hall of Famer, another who deserves more consideration than he received and an up-and-coming manager. Id put Dave Winfield in left and Dave Parker in right. Winfield drove in the ultimate winnning run in in Game 6 of the 1992 World Series against Atlanta. And for a brief period of time in Pittsburgh, "the Cobra" was the best player in baseball. In centrefield, youd go with Dave Martinez, now a coach with the Tampa Bay Rays, who should be managing in the not too distant future. At designated hitter, Id go with current Blue Jay David Cooper. Pitching is where this team of Daves really shines. For starters you have Dave Stieb, David Cone, Dave Stewart, David Wells and Dave Lemanczyk. Heading up the bullpen as closer would be Dave Righetti while rounding out the pen, you have the likes of David Bush, David Carpenter, Dave Freisleben, Dave Geisel, David Purcey and David Pauley. The interesting thing about these pitchers is that five threw no-hitters over their careers, though all not with the Jays: Cone, Stewart, Wells, Stieb and Righetti. The no-hitters by Cone and Wells were actually perfect games. Now back to my original statement about the catcher. Thats the only position I couldnt fill with a Dave. If I went by family ties, I could stretch it a bit though. Dave McKays son Cody caught briefly in the Majors with Oakland and St. Louis. But thats as close as I could get. Feel free to play this name game with any other team and see if you can come up with a more imposing group. If all these guys were in their prime at the same time, this bunch of Daves might actually contend for a World Series. The name David be the way is of Hebrew origin and means "Beloved", as these players certainly were by Blue Jays fans. World Class Talent The Blue Jays will have at least six, maybe seven players involved in the World Baseball Classic. Brett Lawrie will be with Team Canada, R.A. Dickey and J.P. Arencibia with the U.S. and Edwin Encarnacion, Melky Cabrera and Jose Reyes with the Dominican Republic. Jose Bautista would have loved to play for the Dominican with his three Blue Jays teammates, but coming off serious wrist surgery, the organization did the right thing to keep him out of the event. Jovan Belcher Jerseyfree shipping . 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Customized James Ihedigbo Jersey . LOUIS -- The San Francisco Giants have placed right-hander Shane Loux on the 15-day disabled list with a recurring neck strain and added newly acquired lefty Jose Mijares to the roster.I dont care how the Toronto Blue Jays replace manager John Farrell, just dont have anything to do with anyone who ever worked or played for Boston. This is my own little curse of the Red Sox. When I was growing up, I was an avid follower of the old Maple Leafs of the International League. In 1966, the Leafs won the Governors Cup Championship. The following season, manager Dick Williams moved up to the parent Red Sox and guided them to the World Series in the Miracle season. In 1968, the Red Sox moved their affiliate to Louisville, Kentucky and Toronto was without pro ball until the Blue Jays returned in 1977. Granted, the Leafs attendance was horrible, but try explaining that to a kid who loved baseball in this town. Fast forward to 1985, Bobby Cox leads the Blue Jays to their first division title and American League Championship. After that gut-wrenching seven-game loss to the K.C. Royals, Cox announced that, for family reasons, he wanted to move back to Atlanta, where he took the job as the Braves general manager before utlimately becoming a manager again and leading the Braves to an incredible run of post-season appearances. What does this have to do with Boston? Well, the Braves originally played in Beantown. Even the good goes bad when you deal with Boston. In 1997, the Blue Jays signed Roger Clemens as a free agent after the Red Sox had essentially given up on him. The Rocket Man won back-to-back Cy Young awards and was heralded as the best pitcher in baseball. On the final week of the 1997 season, the Jays fired skipper Cito Gaston and Clemens relationship with Gaston reportedly played into the managers dismisal. There was even talk Clemens was openly campaigning for Tim Johnson, a former coach of his in Boston, to come to Toronto. Lo and behold, Johnson became the new manager after what was described by the Jays as an exhaustive search. Johnson jokingly described himself as a dirtbag, a utlity player who would get down and dirty and do whatever it took to win. Johnson had a successful season by Jays recent standards with 88 victories, their high-water mark since the second World Series victory in 1993. But by the end of that season, many of Johnsons players and staff were calling him dirtbag for an entirely different reason, after all the tales he spun about serving in Vietnam which proved to be false. That wasnt the endd of it, though.dddddddddddd Clemens then asked for a trade out of town. In the spring of 1999, Johnson was fired and Clemens was dealt to the Yankees. After the Terry Francona firing a year ago, the Red Sox tried to pry Farrell loose but the Jays and BoSox couldnt agree on compensation with Jays general manager Alex Anthopolous later saying the club had a policy blocking all staff from making lateral moves to other organizations. Now a year later, Farrell is gone. How good a manager he could have been in Toronto or will be in Boston we dont know and wont know until he straps it on with the Red Sox next spring. Perception, though, is everything and it looks as though the Big Bad Red Sox bullied the Jays into getting their man. The Jays are made to look small time and it creates a situation where next spring, they will have their sixth manager in 13 years. Getting Mike Aviles as compensation may fill a hole at second base (with Kelly Johnson a free agent) or at short if Yunel Escobar is traded. Aviles might even end up being a utilty replacement for Omar Vizquel but getting him doesnt even halfway make up for the havoc the Red Sox caused over the last year. The last two times the Blue Jays did an exhaustive search for a manager, they came up with Johnson and Farrell. This time, I think theyll stick to a simple plan and have the new manager in place in a week to two weeks. Sandy Alomar Jr. would be the logical pick, and just to stick it to Boston, I would go after free agent David Ortiz and at the very least force Boston to overpay to keep him. As we mentioned last time, Bostons first visit to Rogers Centre is Friday, April 5th and it should be quite the party. Maybe Ill spring for the beer and chicken. Curse of the Red Sox, indeed. Horrible Trifecta The Yankees must be sweating bullets. Derek Jeter is down four-to-five months with a fractured ankle, theyre on the hook for Alex Rodriguez for another five years and $114 million and now C.C Sabathia is getting his left elbow checked out by Dr. James Andrews in the next week or so. Thats a horrible trifecta for any sports organization, let alone the Yankees. A long-time member of the baseball beat, Scott Ferguson covers the Blue Jays for TSN Radio 1050 in Toronto. His baseball blog appears on TSN.ca during the season.
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