Farewells 2020-21

[Edgy MD]

I doubly resented him. Not only was he a borderline player who nonetheless killed us, but he make a perfectly good comeback from the surgery that Wright couldn't return from. I think he also returned from getting his hand smashed by C.C. Sabathia.



Petty bitterness aside, he was hard not to like. He was, like, everything you want in a sub-All Star home team player and capable of growing a beard in about four hours. Apart from the two devastating injuries, he was never not in the lineup, whether with Baltimore or Atlanta.

[MFS62]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: good. I mean I liked him as an O, seemed to murder us as a Brave, at least as I remember it

Yep. Liked him as an O, didn't as a Brave. (Come to think of it, I haven't liked any Brave that didn't play for them in Milwaukee.)

Later

[G-Fafif]

Gio Gonzalez is gonzo, announcing his retirement today.



I saw him one-hit the Mets in September 2013, when it felt as if the Mets would never climb out of their hole. Gio had a way of shoveling dirt on them.



http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2013/09/10/one-is-the-metsiest-number/http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2013/09/10/one-is-the-metsiest-number/

[G-Fafif]

Jordan Zimmermann says good night, baseball.



https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2021/05/11/jordan-zimmermann-announces-retirement-after-brief-stay-brewers/5034977001/https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2021/05/11/jordan-zimmermann-announces-retirement-after-brief-stay-brewers/5034977001/

[Edgy MD]

Man, did that read like he was just disengaged or what?



"I mean, I dunno. It's cool and all to pitch for the Brewers. But I'm sitting there in the bullpen, and the phone rings, and it's 9:30. And I've been waiting all week for the new episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and I'm a half hour in, and they're telling me to get loose. At 9:30. So I've got to Tivo that episode, and mentally put aside all that stuff about Walker and Sam and who the real shieldbearer is — just put it out of my head — and go out there and pitch. And I don't know, man."

[G-Fafif]

Tyler Flowers and Madame have retired.

[Edgy MD]

Looks like the Braves are going to have to take at least one more dip into the catcher marketplace.

[MFS62]

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Tyler Flowers and Madame have retired.

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: Looks like the Braves are going to have to take at least one more dip into the catcher marketplace.

And shocking nobody, the Braves sign Jonathan LuCroy.