Ty Kelly

[Ceetar]

Welcome. Invite to Major League camp.

Switch-hitting 2b/3b light hitting 27 year old minor league guy.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Good ballplayer name, that's something.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Has his own Youtube channel where he performs songs in his childhood bedroom:

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[Benjamin Grimm]

Wow, it's been over 21 years since I last set foot in my childhood bedroom.

I wonder if the people who own the house now would let me set up a YouTube studio in that room?

[Edgy MD]

Plays right, left, and center, too. Suck on some of that, Ben Zobrist. You hear what that song is saying? It's saying that we don't NEED you.

[Edgy MD]

It's worth noting that we are in the Golden Age of Ty. By my count, there have been 41 Tys in MLB history, and fully 68% of them have played in the last decade.

All-Time Hits, Guys Named "Ty"

1. Ty(rus) Cobb (1905-1928): 4,189
   
2. Ty Wigginton (2002-2013): 1,170
   
3. Ty(ler) Houston (1996-2003): 479
   
4. Ty Cline (1960-1971): 437
   
5. Ty(ler) Colvin (2009-2014): 290
   
6. Ty(ler) Flowers (2009-2015): 283
   
7. Ty Tyson (1926-1928): 197
   
8. Ty(ler) Greene (2009-2013): 151
   
9. Ty(ler) Moore (2012-2015): 137
   
10. Ty(ler) Pastornicky (2012-2014): 58
    
11. Ty(ler) Collins (2014-2015): 57
    
12. Ty(ler) Saladino (2015): 53
    
13. Ty LaForest (1945): 51
    
14. Ty(son) Ross (2010-2015): 30
    
15. Ty Waller (1980-1987): 26
    
16. Ty Helfrich (1915): 25
    
17. Ty Gainey (1985-1987): 24
    
18. Ty(ler) Holt (2014-2015): 22
    
19. Ty(ler) Green (1993-1998): 22
    
20. Ty(ler) Chatwood (2011-2014): 19
    
21. Ty(ler) Matzek (2014-2015): 10
    
22. Ty Van Burkleo (1993-1994): 5
    
23. Ty(ler) Ladendorf (2015): 4
    
24. Ty(ler) Clippard (2007-2015): 3
    
25. Ty(ler) Cloyd (2012-2013): 3
    
26. Ty(ler) Skaggs (2012-2014): 2
    
27. Ty Taubenheim (2006-2008): 2
    
28. Ty(ler) Thornburg (2012-2015): 1
    
29. Ty(ler) Yates (2004-2009): 1
    
30. Ty Pickup (1918): 1

All-Time Wins, Guys Named "Ty"

1. Ty(ler) Clippard (2007-2015): 42
   
2. Ty(son) Ross (2010-2015): 32
   
3. Ty(ler) Walker (2002-2010): 23
   
4. Ty(ler) Chatwood (2011-2014): 20
   
5. Ty(ler) Green (1993-1998): 18
   
6. Ty(ler) Yates (2004-2009): 12
   
7. Ty(ler) Skaggs (2012-2014): 8
   
8. Ty(ler) Matzek (2014-2015): 8
   
9. Ty(ler) Thornburg (2012-2015): 6
   
10. Ty(ler) Duffy (2015-2015): 5
    
11. Ty(ler) Cloyd (2012-2013): 4
    
12. Ty(ler) Johnson (2005-2007): 3
    
13. Ty(ler) Robertson (2012-2013): 2
    
14. Ty(ler) Wilson (2015): 2
    
15. Ty(ler) Olson (2015): 1
    
16. Ty Taubenheim (2006-2008): 1

All-Time Saves, Guys Named "Ty"

1. Ty(ler) Clippard (2007-2015): 53
   
2. Ty(ler) Walker (2002-2010): 34
   
3. Ty(ler) Yates (2004-2009): 4
   
4. Ty(rus) Cobb (1905-1928): 1
   
5. Ty(son) Ross (2010-2015): 1
   
6. Ty(ler) Chatwood (2011-2014): 1

[batmagadanleadoff]

Tylers don't count. Neither does Tyson Ross.

[Edgy MD]

Well, shit, there goes the golden age.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I'm sorry. Somedays, I just can't help myself.

[MFS62]

Ty Tyson?
Did his parents have Tourette's?
Or just a stutter?

Later

[Edgy MD]

Ty Kelly talks eating, dating, music, minor league life styling, and plays a game of Two Nicklebacks and a Creed.

Heckuva deadpanner.

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[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Statistically, looks a little like Justin Turner with more walks and a smidgen less pop.

Musically, looks like the guy from Nickelback (funnily enough), minus electricity and terrible hooks.

[Lefty Specialist]

The biggest wonder that I take away from this is, wow, Ty Wigginton had 1,170 major league hits.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

That and "Jesus, ball caps do nasty things to white-dude hairlines."

[Edgy MD]

I think they're pretty funny for guys dealing with the realism that even if they make the bigs, they've spent a long enough time in the minors to look at as a definitive existence in and of itself.

The interviewer is Matt Paré of the Giants system. He's done a lot of YouTubing, and isn't above lobbying for more just wages and working conditions for minor leaguers.

And he started his own dating site.

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[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Kelly does seem exceedingly likable, and not just in a SuperJoeish capacity.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Those vids are funny, but typically are 11% too long.

I'm on Team Ty.

[ashie62]

he might get to Vegas. Good luck.

[Edgy MD]

[fimg=90]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/707599032303095809/EaicAK6v_400x400.jpg[/fimg] Ty Kelly ✔‎@tykelly11 Does Bartolo have a cologne? If not, how? 1:31 PM - 19 Mar 2016 17 17 Retweets 45 45 likes

We're waaay ahead of you, funny man.

[Centerfield]

Seriously. Welcome to 2014 Ty.

[MFS62]

He's been playing both infield and outfield in Spring Training, and doing fairly well (as much as you can tell from box scores). That versatility might just get him a spot on the major league team at some point of the season. He seems like a good kid. I'll be rooting for him to make it.

Later