Figueroa

[Guest sharpie]

I know there was another article posted at some point about Figueroa's t-shirt sideline but here's a nice piece about him from the NY Observer:

http://www.observer.com/2008/now-starting-mets-nelson-figueroa-king-quadruple

[nymr83]

He sounds like one of those guys who could have gone to Japan and been good but was just a slice below the cut here.

[RealityChuck]

I was just checking out his stats on Baseball reference and spotted an interesting name (to me) on the most similarity by age score: Hal Goldsmith.

I knew Hal Goldsmith: he taught for many years in my school; everyone knew him as "Goldie." Never had a class wit him -- he retired before I got to high school (our school was K-12). He used to talk about facing Babe Ruth, though it would have had to have been in spring training, since he pitched in the NL.

Interesting connection.

[Guest themetfairy]

Is Figueroa the first Brandeis graduate to pitch in the majors?

[Guest *62]

yes
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/teams/alumni/20080.shtml

[metirish]

Thanks for posting this, good article on what seems like a very decent guy , and I'm sure after last night he will have more magazines profiling him.

[Guest themetfairy]

*62 wrote: yes http://www.thebaseballcube.com/teams/alumni/20080.shtml

Thanks 62!

I just bookmarked The Baseball Cube - what a great resource!