Memories of Schwinnie

[Edgy MD]

Claimed by the Jays of Blue. It's a big fuck you for signing Francisco and Rauch in one day, I hear.

[Guest themetfairy]

He didn't leave us with much positive to remember or to miss -

[Benjamin Grimm]

Was he the first Met to wear number 63 in a regulation game?

[metirish]

Didn't throw a no hitter, honestly couldn't pick him out of a line up.

Edited June 2, 2012 by Guest

[Fman99]

Sucked.

[ashie62]

My memory is Ceetar posting after a Schwinden outing "one start closer to Harvey."

[MFS62]

When I saw him pitch, he reminded me of "Longball" Tom Parsons and Mark "Boom Boom" Bomback.
But those guys were better.
Later

[smg58]

Honestly, I'm surprised anybody thought he was worth a claim. The Jays must be very short on AAA depth.

[Ceetar]

Ashie62 wrote: My memory is Ceetar posting after a Schwinden outing "one start closer to Harvey."

Wish they'd been a wee bit more quality starts closer to Harvey *or whoever*.

Seems like he could've contributed a bit once maybe he settled down, but ultimately not even worth the 40 man spot and won't likely be missed.

[Lefty Specialist]

Could have become a ginger Mel Rojas if only they'd given him a chance.

[G-Fafif]

Biggest damn white flag I ever saw.

[Guest themetfairy]

smg58 wrote: Honestly, I'm surprised anybody thought he was worth a claim. The Jays must be very short on AAA depth.

Howie was commenting about this on the radio today. He said he wasn't trying to be mean, but that he couldn't figure out what the Blue Jays could have scene in Schwinden in his Major League appearances to make them want to claim him.

[Ceetar]

themetfairy wrote: smg58 wrote: Honestly, I'm surprised anybody thought he was worth a claim. The Jays must be very short on AAA depth. Howie was commenting about this on the radio today. He said he wasn't trying to be mean, but that he couldn't figure out what the Blue Jays could have scene in Schwinden in his Major League appearances to make them want to claim him.

do they have 40man space? it's not like he's 35. sometimes all it takes is a different set of advice from a different set people to make that next jump.

[Edgy MD]

Plenty of people not getting it done in the bigs who get claimed because mebbe they might, or mebbe the AAA team needs the depth. They're all dice rolls. Plenty of people out there, I bet, wish they had claimed R.A. Dickey one of the half dozen times he was passing through the waiver wire.

Schwinnie: He and Turner gave us a surfeit of redheads.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

He just wasn't successful here. Yes, only 63 ever.

Mets are crazy about the 60s these days.

[G-Fafif]

The last pitcher to finish a game for the Mets under the onus of "they've never had a no-hitter." I was saying to a friend with whom I watched his final Met appearance from the Promenade Wednesday night after Johan did what he did Friday, "Chris Schwinden died for our sins."

Or something like that.

[Benjamin Grimm]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Mets are crazy about the 60s these days.

Probably because of Mad Men.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Could have become a ginger Mel Rojas if only they'd given him a chance.

Or maybe he could have become the next Ginger Rogers.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I like that he's given me a more modern frame of suckage-reference than, say, Rojas or Rodrigues.

[Edgy MD]

He was the musical retort to , "Oh just release Acosta --- it's not like we can do worse."

[Edgy MD]

Schwinnie really popular, claimed off waivers today by the Indians.

Slowly drifting westward.

[seawolf17]

Schwinden apparently waived by the MFYs while nobody was watching, re-claimed by Mets, as per an official tweet. Back to Buffalo.

Weird.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

The Prodigal Schwin.

[Edgy MD]

Scwinderang!

"Hey, Chris! Welcome back, ma... UGH! Yankee cooties!"

[Lefty Specialist]

Well, if you're not careful, sometimes the boomerang can hit you in the head.

[Edgy MD]

Pitched this season for Buffalo (us), Las Vegas (Tor), Columbus (Cle), and Scranton-Wilkes Barre (NYY).

Mets are his only Major League team, though.

[Edgy MD]

Chris Schwinden via the Twitbox wrote: Glad to be back. Thank you everyone. It's good to be a met again.

Or a Bison. Or whatev.

[metirish]

Edgy DC wrote: Chris Schwinden via the Twitbox wrote: Glad to be back. Thank you everyone. It's good to be a met again. Or a Bison. Or whatev.

Did he actually get anywhere near Jeter?

[TransMonk]

No, but I think he was breifly a teammate of John Maine who gave up a homer to Ryan Howard a couple of days ago.

[seawolf17]

TransMonk wrote: No, but I think he was breifly a teammate of John Maine who gave up a homer to Ryan Howard a couple of days ago.

I'm pretty sure John Maine's given up homers to just about everyone.

[Guest themetfairy]

Like a bad penny, he keeps turning up....