Daniel Ray Herrera a major leaguer

by Adam J. Morris on Jun 3, 2008 4:23 PM CDT

The Cincinnati Reds have purchased the contract of Danny Ray Herrera, the former 40-something round draft pick of the Rangers who was sent to the Reds as part of the Josh Hamilton deal, and is about the same size and weight as one of Josh's legs (milb.com has him at 5'7", 145, but that's supposedly generous).

Congrats to DRH...

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Beast.

by Longhorn on Jun 3, 2008 4:26 PM CDT reply actions

As a 5'7" former

mediocre baseball wannabe, I’m rooting for him.

...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git.

by t ball on Jun 3, 2008 4:32 PM CDT reply actions

Yep

his specs probably describe me exactly. 5’7’’ and 145 is probably the max I could get away with claiming to be if I were wearing boots and wearing a heavy jacket…

Go short baseball players!

by JBImaknee on Jun 3, 2008 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Awesome!

start working on that pension, lil guy.

"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley

by Rodney on Jun 3, 2008 4:46 PM CDT reply actions

how many years

does he have to play in the bigs for the pension?

http://www.buchanan4pres2008.org/
NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER

by gossamer on Jun 3, 2008 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions

From Doug's Business of Baseball:

snips…. players who retired before 1980. In that year, MLB’s pension plan was amended to reduce the vesting period for pension benefits from five years to 43 days, and for medical benefits from five years to one day - but the amendments were not made retroactive to include them.

"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley

by Rodney on Jun 3, 2008 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Congrats lil Danny. I hope that you become a great cutesy mascot type for another team’s fans.

by Brett Perryman on Jun 3, 2008 4:46 PM CDT reply actions

Tell the truth

For you, the day the music died was the day Tuglett was traded…

by Adam J. Morris on Jun 3, 2008 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions

Hah

Yeah a pretty large piece of me died that day.

by Brett Perryman on Jun 3, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions

You mean

what little was left after Kata was DFA’d.

...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git.

by t ball on Jun 3, 2008 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions

I've still got Vazquez

so that’s nice.

by Brett Perryman on Jun 3, 2008 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Tuglett's OPS in Tacoma: .745

Dynamic.

Baseball Time in Arlington

by jamcadbury on Jun 3, 2008 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions

I liked Tug!

I miss watching RedHawks games with his grandpa whenever they were in Iowa!

by The Best Micah on Jun 3, 2008 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Good for him

Best of luck to him. I hated giving him up in that deal, but he’s a very good LOOGY and that’s about all he’ll ever be, imo.

There’s not a lot of ceiling there.

But I think (and hope) he has a very long career as a crafty little lefty everyone loves to root for.

The 40 trumps all!!!

by thedirkatron on Jun 3, 2008 4:47 PM CDT reply actions

jaime moyer?

http://www.buchanan4pres2008.org/
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by gossamer on Jun 3, 2008 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions

Mebbe

if you washed his doppelganger in really, really hot water.

"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley

by Rodney on Jun 3, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions

More like

Erasmo Ramirez

by chrisR on Jun 3, 2008 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions

yep

by Brett Perryman on Jun 3, 2008 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Don't talk

shit about the erasor..

"No bear or disco for Juan" - Mr. Santos

by miles on Jun 3, 2008 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions

What about the Eraser?

Can we talk shit about him?

Dalton

by jparks77 on Jun 3, 2008 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions

He

“banged” him one night at a rave…that wasn’t no pacifier!

"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley

by Rodney on Jun 3, 2008 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Tom Gordon?

Wrong arm, was a starter, but he’s short and has had a loooooong career.

JD drinks the Angels milkshake.

by WyoRanger on Jun 3, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions

john franco

http://www.buchanan4pres2008.org/
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by gossamer on Jun 3, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions

lol

why am i not surprised?

According to published reports, Franco has been accused of associating with several members of the Bonanno mafia crime family. 1 The New York Times reported that the FBI believes that Franco gave several Bonanno associates free tickets to games, clubhouse passes for before the game, and frequently went out with them after games. Although Franco has never been accused of criminal activity relating to these associations, fraternizing with known organized crime figures would be a violation of major league baseball policy.

http://www.buchanan4pres2008.org/
NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER

by gossamer on Jun 3, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions