Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 3:51 pm
Will Ferrell?
Our old buddy, Bartolo Colon, out-dueled the very well payed Max Scherzer today.
Tee hee hee
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Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
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Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:53 am
Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:59 am
Guess who's starting in RF for the Phillies today!
Grady Sizemore?
Ben Francisco?
Grady Sizemore?
Ben Francisco?
Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:14 pm
http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=350406122civ ollilavad wrote:Guess who's starting in RF for the Phillies today!
Grady Sizemore?
Ben Francisco?
Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:05 pm
My first guess is right! And he's hitting .333.
Have you spotted Julio Franco in a lineup this season?
Have you spotted Julio Franco in a lineup this season?
Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:11 pm
No, but I was just watching Omar coach first base for the Tigers.
Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:39 pm
Who who who Juuulio Franco is still playing ball. He is 55 and playing for an independent league team in Fort Worth, Texas this year!
Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:45 pm
You're making that up!
aren't you? It sounds like one of my "jokes"
aren't you? It sounds like one of my "jokes"
Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:52 pm
No, it's true!
I was watching a preseason game a couple weeks ago and the subject of Juuuuulio came up and they mentioned that. No kiddin'.
I was watching a preseason game a couple weeks ago and the subject of Juuuuulio came up and they mentioned that. No kiddin'.
Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:03 pm
This story has him in Japan this year:
Julio Franco, 56, joins semi-pro team in Japan as player-manager
By Mike Axisa | Baseball Writer
February 8, 2015 2:27 pm ET
Julio Franco, seen here with the Fort Worth Cats last summer, is still playing baseball in 2015. (Star-Telegram)
It has now been eight years since Julio Franco last played in MLB, but his playing days are still not over. The 56-year-old Franco went 6-for-27 (.222) in seven games with the independent Fort Worth Cats last season, and now he's heading to Japan to continue playing.
According to a report, Franco has signed with the Ishikawa Million Stars, a semi-pro team in Japan.
The Million Stars have since announced the signing of Franco as a player-manager, according to Yakyu Baka. They're holding a press conference this coming week.
When he last played in MLB, Franco became the oldest player in history to hit a grand slam (age 47), hit a home run (age 48), and appear in a game as a non-pitcher (48). He's also a member of the 4,000 hit club when you include all of his professional hits, meaning the minors, MLB, winter ball, Japan, etc. Franco's still looking to add to that total too. Good for him.
The Million Stars play in the six team Baseball Challenge League in Japan. It appears they are the league's dominant team, winning three championships since the league formed in 2007. Among the other players on the Million Stars roster are Shinji Mori, a long-time NPB player who signed with the Rays in 2005 but never pitched for them due to a shoulder injury, and Eri Yoshida, a female knuckleballer.
Franco played with eight MLB teams from 1982-2007.
Julio Franco, 56, joins semi-pro team in Japan as player-manager
By Mike Axisa | Baseball Writer
February 8, 2015 2:27 pm ET
Julio Franco, seen here with the Fort Worth Cats last summer, is still playing baseball in 2015. (Star-Telegram)
It has now been eight years since Julio Franco last played in MLB, but his playing days are still not over. The 56-year-old Franco went 6-for-27 (.222) in seven games with the independent Fort Worth Cats last season, and now he's heading to Japan to continue playing.
According to a report, Franco has signed with the Ishikawa Million Stars, a semi-pro team in Japan.
The Million Stars have since announced the signing of Franco as a player-manager, according to Yakyu Baka. They're holding a press conference this coming week.
When he last played in MLB, Franco became the oldest player in history to hit a grand slam (age 47), hit a home run (age 48), and appear in a game as a non-pitcher (48). He's also a member of the 4,000 hit club when you include all of his professional hits, meaning the minors, MLB, winter ball, Japan, etc. Franco's still looking to add to that total too. Good for him.
The Million Stars play in the six team Baseball Challenge League in Japan. It appears they are the league's dominant team, winning three championships since the league formed in 2007. Among the other players on the Million Stars roster are Shinji Mori, a long-time NPB player who signed with the Rays in 2005 but never pitched for them due to a shoulder injury, and Eri Yoshida, a female knuckleballer.
Franco played with eight MLB teams from 1982-2007.
Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:10 pm
Crazy. Good for him!
He has spent pretty much his entire life playing a game. Doesn't get much better than that.
He has spent pretty much his entire life playing a game. Doesn't get much better than that.
Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:27 pm
There's our RH bat. Bring him home!
Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:48 am
Didnt' we read a decade or so back that he had subsisted on dozens of egg white omelettes and only healthy food. Used to be a kind of wild and crazy kid. Now a model old guy.
Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:26 am
Jiminez for Pomeranz trade had equal results yesterday. both with 7 inning shutout ball, allowing 1 and 2 hits respectively.
Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:40 pm
Rafael Betancourt is back saving games, 1 save anyway yesterday for Colorado. He's an old guy by now.
Hector Rondon with a win in relief for the Cubs
Kazmir picked up his second win for the As
Joe Smith with a hold.
Mujica allowed a run mopping up for the RedSox.
Jeanmar Gomez 2 innings, 1 unearned run, he's with the Phillies this year.
Hector Rondon with a win in relief for the Cubs
Kazmir picked up his second win for the As
Joe Smith with a hold.
Mujica allowed a run mopping up for the RedSox.
Jeanmar Gomez 2 innings, 1 unearned run, he's with the Phillies this year.