Notes : A Star Is Born

Saturday, June 21 2003 @ 07:23 AM EDT

Contributed by: Craig B

We were discussing crappy "All-Stars" in yesterday's Notes thread, and I thought I'd take a shot at compiling a preliminary list of some really pathetic All-Stars from the last thirty-five years. Here they are:


Duane Josephson, 1968         Kurt Stillwell, 1988
Joe Azcue, 1968               Tim Laudner, 1988
Jerry Moses, 1970             Jack Armstrong, 1990
Richie Scheinblum, 1972       Neal Heaton, 1990
Ed Brinkman, 1973             Tom Pagnozzi, 1992
Dave Chalk, 1974-75           Scott Cooper, 1993-94
Steve Swisher, 1976           John Hudek, 1994
Wayne Gross, 1977             Ricky Bones, 1994
Dave Lemanczyk, 1979          Tyler Green, 1995
Jeff Newman, 1979             Jason Dickson, 1997
Ken Reitz, 1980               Ron Coomer, 1999
Glenn Wilson, 1985            Joe Girardi, 2000
Gerald Perry, 1988


Now those are some seriously mediocre players.

I thought the Expos' fan club showing up at the airport to welcome the Expos back from their 25-day road odyssey was a terrific gesture. I've never heard of the fans welcoming players back from a road trip before, certainly not where they didn't win a playoff series or clinch a pennant.

Last week's Rich Harden watch is on hold... Aaron Harang has solidified his grip on the fifth starter's slot in Oakland, temporarily of course, with a good start yesterday against the Giants (5.2 7 2 2 1 5, game score 51).

Melvin Mora's hand wasn't broken, and he's day-to-day. It looked for a while like storybook season was about to end.

There were four suspensions and two fines handed down by MLB as a result of the brawl during Sunday's Rays-Pirates game. (Best fine: Joe Kennedy was fined for coming onto the field while he was on the DL). You didn't hear about what happened? No wonder... it was a Tampa Bay-Pittsburgh game, even the players' mothers weren't watching.

Finally, a word on Jose Canseco : Moron.

OK, OK, I'm sure you all know I have more than one word on Jose. What has caught my eye more than anything else in this whole sordid saga of Jose's probation violation, is Canseco's newest business venture: apparently he is charging $625 an hour for fans to hang out with him at his house. Now as pathetic as it is to be juicing, as pathetic as it is to be juicing while on probation, as pathetic as it is to invent absurd claims about 85% of baseball players being steroid users, and as pathetic as it is to have Canseco's long rap sheet when life has given you everything, how much *more* pathetic is it to pay $625 an hour to just BE with a guy like Canseco? What sort of sad, twisted starf***ers would be lining up for a gig like this?

Anyway, soon his "fans" will get a chance to be with Jose for free, through the magic of Court TV.

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