Starting a new movement

[Guest Giant Squidlike Creature]

This appears to be the original "Let Jacobs catch" thread.

[Guest Edgy DC]

How did it turn into a Manny-for-Milledge thread?

[MFS62]

Edgy DC wrote: I don't want them to refuse to sign Roger Breshanan because of the presence of Mike Jacobs.

If for no other reason, the mention of Roger Bresnahan makes this thread worthy of archival status.

Edgy, you remember him? I didn't think you were that old?

Later

[smg58]

I forgot about this thread. So the organization has at least some interest in seeing how Jacobs cuts it as a catcher. Good. Keep the options open.

[Guest Edgy DC]

]Edgy, you remember him?

I read.

[MFS62]

Edgy DC wrote: ]Edgy, you remember him? I read.

And I was joking. But I couldn't let a Roger Bresnahan reference just hang out there without comment. Impressive.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

Roger Bresnahan

Roger Philip Bresnahan
Born: June 11, 1879, Toledo, Ohio
Died: December 4, 1944, Toledo, Ohio
Bats: right
Throws: right
Played for: Washington Senators (NL), Chicago Orphans, Baltimore Orioles, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals , Chicago Cubs
Elected to Hall of Fame by Committee on Baseball Veterans: 1945

[Guest Edgy DC]

Of course, you were joking.

Interesting that, with all the Irish-born players of that era, the guy nicknamed "The Duke of Tralee" was born and died in Toledo, Ohio. He probably never saw Ireland, much less Trallee.

He died in 1944 and was added to the Hall of Fame roster by the Veterans Committee the next year. Dying as a career move is a risky venture. It's a good publicity stunt, but it's your last one. If it doesn't get you in the Hall the next year, you'll never get in.

Pear-shaped chest protectors make you look fat.