The last we heard about San Francisco Giant’s infielder Pablo Sandoval was an order from the front office to slim down or spend some time in the Minor Leagues. He’s taken those words to heart, and according to Giants’ instructor Shawon Dunston (via Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle), he’s lost 17 pounds.
TV commentator [...]
01/10/11
According to Chris Haft of MLB.com, former San Francisco Giants infielder, Rich Aurilia, has formally announced his retirement.
Aurilia said Sunday that he has asked his agent, Barry Axelrod, to call Giants president Larry Baer on Monday “and basically tell him, ‘Hey, I’m done.’”
Aurilia was at AT&T Park for the San Francisco Giants’ 2000 team reunion [...]
04/11/10
Here are a few links for Wednesday:
Tim Lincecum’s arbitration hearing will be held on Friday, 2/12 in St. Petersburg, Florida according to Chris Haft of MLB.com.
Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com writes that former Mariners Gaby Hernandez was claimed off of waivers by the Red Sox.
Yusmeiro Petit cleared waivers and was outrighted by Seattle to Triple-A Tacoma [...]
02/11/10
According to Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury, long time infield veteran Rich Aurilia isn’t ready to walk away from the game of baseball yet. The Brooklyn native is hoping that he could land with either the New York Yankees or New York Mets for one last season.
He’s been working out for the past [...]
02/02/10
Jerry Crasnick of ESPN put up a list of big name free agents:
Starting pitcher:
Right-handed pitchers: Ben Sheets, Jon Garland, Vicente Padilla, Pedro Martinez, Braden Looper, John Smoltz, Chien-Ming Wang, Livan Hernandez, Jose Contreras and Todd Wellemeyer
Left-handed pitchers: Jarrod Washburn, Erik Bedard and Noah Lowry.
Catchers:
Yorvit Torrealba, Rod Barajas, Brad Ausmus, Jose Molina, Paul Bako
First basemen:
Left-handers: [...]
01/21/10
I found some free time today to make a quick video with my bobbleheads staring The 4 Gigantes – Tim Lincecum, Bengie Molina, Randy Johnson and Rich Aurilia. I hope to parody their off season activities as they look for employment and stay out of trouble.
12/02/09