Memories of Scott Atchison

[Guest sharpie]

Now a minor Injun

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10252955/scott-atchison-agrees-deal-cleveland-indians

[G-Fafif]

If he hadn't appeared older than dirt, I'm not sure he'd have made a major impression.

Didn't really seem to suck, which is always one of the nicest things one can say about a Mets middle reliever.

[Guest themetfairy]

I missed seeing him in a rehab appearance as a B-Met in Trenton - I was distracted and didn't pay attention to the pitching change.

Easy to miss and forgettable (aside from G-Fafif's notation that he appeared to be older than any of us who post here).

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Wore No. 50, even though his teammate Frank-Frank (No. 48) was theoretically in line to inherit it; and Atchy was a former 48 himself.

(50 was "retired for the fans" in 2012 preventing Double F from his customary uni).

He seemed to me to a reliable, Ricky Bottalico sort. Worth something at least until they get injured.

[Edgy MD]

And boy, you knew he was going to get injured, didn't you? Strained a groin during pre-game warmups, if I'm recalling rightly.

Was re-activated (the second time) on the same day Wheeler got promoted. Must've looked like father and son on that plane.

Old looking Mets who were nonetheless under 40:
Scott Atchison
Roy McMillan
Tom Paciorek
George Stone
Harry Parker
Kelly Shoppach
Ed Kranepool, frankly, by the end

[ashie62]

old

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

And boy, you knew he was going to get injured, didn't you? Strained a groin during pre-game warmups, if I'm recalling rightly.

Didn't he, like, reinjure himself warming up in-game?

OE: Yes, yes he did. (On the day he returned from the first DL stint, no less.)

[Edgy MD]

Funny note in that report that Wheeler was sent down when Atchy was re-disabled. Who knew their fates were so linked?

[MFS62]

My best memory of him was the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe comment when he was signed.
(IIRC Edgy gets the credit for that one.)

Later

[seawolf17]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: (50 was "retired for the fans" in 2012 preventing Double F from his customary uni).

Really? I don't remember that at all. For the 50th anniversary year, I'm assuming.

Atchison was mostly forgettable, unfortunately, except that he looked like one of us. Middle relief is a tough gig.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I think Atchison looks like Tom Seaver: Today.