Hey, you’re right. I read Snopes passage on the Wally Pipp myth. Just another example of the slumping veteran replaced by a hot-hitting future HOF’er.

good chapter on it in Jonathan Eig’s Gehrig bio, too

Hey, if it gets us what we as fans want, keep going, right?

Edgar for Mayor #20. Just because you didn’t appreciate the unique and special talents offered by players the likes of Horatio Ramirez is not the fault, (and nor are they liable for injury’s resulting from heretofore mentioned players, players of that quality, real or imagined abilities of said contracted players), is not the fault of the management. Rigglemania

No You’re right. Teach me oh wise one

which is what happened with Pipp.

Hey, you’re right. I read Snopes passage on the Wally Pipp myth. Just another example of the slumping veteran replaced by a hot-hitting future HOF’er.

Veterans generally have to play their way out of a starting job.

which is what happened with Pipp.

How’d that work out with Wally Pipp again?

Sure, but how many Lous Gehrig’s are hiding in the bushes? Veterans generally have to play their way out of a starting job. Instances of this appear every week on the transaction log as guys get healthy and their replacements return to AAA or the end of the bench.

How’d that work out with Wally Pipp again?

just fine, as it turns out the story is an urban legend

Similar to the unwritten rule that says a player can’t lose his job due to injury, regardless of how well his replacement has performed,

How’d that work out with Wally Pipp again? I think that’s a football rule, not a baseball rule.

I wonder, is the orginization saying this bwcause it is true or saying it to make an excuse for Vidro’s crappy hitting?
No matter how they sell this, having Vidro on the team still makes us look bad.

My initial reaction was this must be an excuse as to why they haven’t DFA’d Vidro, and why they might not DFA him anytime soon. Similar to the unwritten rule that says a player can’t lose his job due to injury, regardless of how well his replacement has performed, I get the feeling that the Mariners are buying time for Vidro to get “healthy” and make one last attempt at a payoff.

On the other hand, one of the most endearing of Ken Griffey, Jr.’s endearing attributes as a young player was his knowledge and reverence for the history of the game.

still is. He was the one who petitioned Selig to allow him to wear the 42 jersey on Jackie Robinson day …