Let Rickey Play

[Guest Edgy DC]

The article.

The website.

[Guest iramets]

Q: When you say "Rickey still wants to play ball, Rickey ain't retired yet" but baseball tells you (you're Rickey, of course) "No, you're retired," are you really retired?

A: You're retired.

The idea that this is peculiar is ridiculous. He talks as if these circumstances (washed-up player with marginal skills and more diva characteristics than Roger Clemens, A-Rod and Madonna being rejected by MLB) have never existed before.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Always good theater though.

Until something's at stake for you team.

[Guest attgig]

it's silly that ricky has been written off for the last 3-4 years, while franco got a 2 year contract.....
franco who's only good position is 1b, and can do 3b in a pinch (please don't ever put him in 3b again willie).
Ricky who can run and play all OF positions.

i guess there's more young kids in the OF than 1b?
either that or ricky has to prove himself a pinch hitter....

[Guest Edgy DC]

What's Ricky's good position?

[soupcan]

I would wager that Rickey could play first base and be more productive off the bench than Franco.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'll take that one.

[soupcan]

Well you gotta figure Rickey's an able enough athlete to learn how to play first adequately. I assume he'd be faster than Franco, be able to finagle more walks and be, if not a 'threat' on the bases, then at least give a team more speed once there, no?

You don't think he could hit as well as Julio has?

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's hard to judge, but I think he could hit as well by walking more, probably with less extra base power. I think he could certainly run better --- twice as well --- but he'd be lost at first, and that's what I'd be betting on.

[Willets Point]

Time to activate Rickey.

[Guest holychicken]

When the rosters expand, could they technically include Rickey or does he have to be in the system?

[Guest Kid Carsey]

And what's the point here, guys? Thread's been dead for almost 90 days.

[Willets Point]

The point is that rosters expand in a few days.