Feb
16
Yanks invite five more to Spring Training
ByVia Marc Carig, the Yankees have invited five more players to Spring Training: RHP D.J. Mitchell, RHP Ryan Pope, RHP Dustin Moseley, 1B Jorge Vazquez, and 1B/3B Brandon Laird. Obviously, Moseley is the new name here. The 28-year-old spend the last four years going up-and-down for the Angels, though he missed most of last season with an elbow strain. His peripherals (5.3 K/9, 12.3 H/9) don’t exactly portend success in the AL East, but there’s no harm in inviting him to camp.
Apparently the Yankees aren’t too bothered by Laird’s arrest last month, which is a bit surprising considering they basically benched George Kontos for over a month when he got pinched a few years ago. Here’s the list of original invitees.
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Moesley, IIRC, was close with Adenhart, no?
[Father Guido Sarducci takes the stand]
“We are gathered here in-a Central Park today…to find the Ryan Pope’s wallet. Ryan’s Pope was-a in Central Park and-a lost his wallet…I’m-a promise you who find Ryan Pope’s wallet a special mass…for finding it in Central Park…Thank You.”
Interesting in re: Laird. The details about his arrest are pretty ugly too.
It sounded like he just got into a fight and his brother backed him up. Are there other details I missed?
Yeah. Among them:
(1) they got wasted, I believe, pre-game
(2) his grandfather make some kinda comment to Eddie House’s wife and touched her inappropriately. fun times!
(3) laird shouted at the women and players, and took a swing at one of the women.
http://bases.nbcsports.com/201.....e.html.php
Thanks for the update, I didn’t know some of the details.
In the end he was booked with suspicion of misdemeanor disorderly conduct. That’s basically nothing.
Yeah I mean legally there probably won’t be any long-term ramifications.
Granted that is just what he was booked with. They could always charge him with more later. Or the DA could drop it entirely.
It’s good to see white trash can flow through different generations.
What an inbred group of hicks…
This will end badly.
I thought role model Gerald Laird was more at fault, while the Security Guard also overstepped his bounds
Getting in a brawl with your brother at a sporting game is hardly the end of the world.
And from some of his brother’s comments it seems like there was a big misunderstanding.
The big misunderstanding was that Grandpa Laird could hook up with Eddie House’s wife. Jokes.
Sorry Artist, didn’t mean to step on your toes.
Have you ever seen Grandpa Laird?
HOT.
For his Facebook status, DJ Mitchell just posted that he was on his way to Tampa. So it’s confirmed.
I need a life.
Obviously, Moseley is the new name here. The 28-year-old spend the last four years going up-and-down for the Angels, though he missed most of last season with an elbow strain. His peripherals (5.3 K/9, 12.3 H/9) don’t exactly portend success in the AL East, but there’s no harm in inviting him to camp.
The only harm would be if he gets his sticky little fingers all over ARods twenty six hundred dollar pants.
lock up your gloves, laptops…and wives. am i missing anything else?
Lucky Thongs?
Wow, apparently the Yankees are really high on DJ. This year will be very interesting for him.
I agree. Let’s hope he develops a pitch to get good LH hitters out. He has a nasty sinking fastball.
Where will Mitchell start the year, AA?
Probably Tampa.
Wait a second. P&C report date is 2/17, right? That’s tomorrow. Why does the spring training countdown say “2 more sleeps”?
ONLY ONE MORE SLEEP!
Mike is counting his nap later today.
I need a counter made by someone who doesn’t suck the fun out of our national pastime whilst microwaving burritos in the basement of his mother.
Maybe
bloggercolumnist Murray Chass has a ST countdownsidebar appletcolumn up on hisblogplace for baseball columns.What happened with Kontos?
He got gonorrhea.
In order to avoid embarrassment, he covered up his malady by blowing out his elbow and getting TJS.
Via Marc Carig, the Yankees have invited five more players to Spring Training: RHP D.J. Mitchell, RHP Ryan Pope, RHP Dustin Moseley, 1B Jorge Vazquez, and 1B/3B Brandon Laird.
Somewhere, Chris Malec sheds a single tear.
To quote a handsome, ravishing, large-penised polymath who’s pretty much always on the ball:
How astute, Tommie. Can’t say I disagree with you. You hit the nail on the head. Gentleman and a scholar. A well endowed scholar, at that.
No love for the Malec man. How sad.
hey arod! you do know…that guy you’re in love with isn’t another guy…its your reflection in the mirror?
That’s why Halle Berry broke up with me. I’m too beautiful, and it drove her mad with jealousy.
Poor girl. I hope she lands on her feet.
Halle can come to my house, i will comfort her. She must be one of the top five prettiest females on this planet, if not number one.
You’re nuts.
(thinks)
No, you’re nuts.
Halle’s top 5. Still. And she’s now queen of the MILFs.
well, my nuts were half frozen shoveling snow, so maybe top ten then
What? No Yurendell de Caster? We lost one of our best……names
I’m hoping we swing a minor trade to nab de Caster’s Netherlands WBC teammate Sharlon Schoop.
Dude, that’s a WNBA player. C’mon, man!
Josh Schmidt is another contender for the non-40-man, non-STNRI list
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