Happy birthday, Jon Shave
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 4, 2009 3:39 PM CST
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Shave is a former Ranger who was a 5th round pick in 1990, and who came up as a backup middle infielder in 1993 with the Rangers. Shave didn't make it back up to the majors until 1998, when he spent a little bit of time with the Twins, but after the 1998 season, the Rangers claimed him off waivers, and he got into 43 games with Texas on the A.L. West champion 1999 Ranger team.
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Sydney Sheldon > Scott Sheldon
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.
Was there also a guy named Haircut that was also a bit player?
Then you’d have Shave and a Haircut — two bits.
The only thing I can remember about Shave is...
…that he suffered a pretty severe throat injury in spring training one year in a collision with a pitcher’s shoulder or elbow. I’m pretty sure it was Jon Shave. Anyone else remember this incident?
I have no objection to man walking on the moon.
Yeah, I forgot about that
Broken larynx.
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 4, 2009 4:40 PM CST up reply actions
I can't find anything on-line...
…about it but I’m pretty sure it was him. And fractured larynx sounds familiar too. I remember thinking it sounded like an extremely painful injury. I think he missed most or all of that season.
Does anyone know which pitcher he collided with?
I have no objection to man walking on the moon.
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Shave, who hit a three-run homer against his former team in a 9-3 Twins victory Monday, was competing to be the Rangers’ utility infielder in spring training 1994. On March 14, Shave was struck in the throat as pitcher Tom Henke waved his arms while signaling for a first baseman, Rusty Greer, to make a catch.
Shave suffered a broken larynx. That injury, and another to his shoulder that followed, ruined his chance with the Rangers.
by GregoryM on Nov 5, 2009 7:18 AM CST up reply actions
THX...
I have no objection to man walking on the moon.
by Chad Crudup on Nov 5, 2009 8:09 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah
that stood out for me as well. Can’t say I recall ever seeing or hearing about him at 1B.
by GregoryM on Nov 5, 2009 8:47 AM CST up reply actions
No
They had Will Clark at the time, not Raffy. This was before Rusty had ever played in the majors, and I think they were looking at him being the backup 1B as well as playing the outfield to give them some more flexibility. He played a few games at 1B in 1994.
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 5, 2009 8:54 AM CST up reply actions
What's creepy is, my name is Jon and I didn't shave today
How did Adam know?
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN on Mark McGwire
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