Amidst all the excitement over the newest Blue Jay, pitcher Chad Gaudin, we oughtn't forget the pleasures brought to us by the man traded for him, Kevin Cash.
Kevin has been very kind to Batter's Box, including sitting down with Kent Williams this past April for an in-depth interview. An earnest young man gifted with tremendous defensive tools, Kevin has burned his tremendous throwing arm into my brain with some incredible displays both in 2003 and 2004.
Our first encounter with Cash was in this Ottawa-Syracuse game from June of 2003. Jordan wrote:
...in the fourth, with a runner on second, Cash caught a pitch and just laser-beamed the ball down to second to try to nail the runner wandering off the bag. It was an amazing throw: rocket-launched and dead on the money. The runner got back in time, but I was left open-mouthed: the man has a rifle for an arm. Then in the fifth, a runner tried to score on a hit to right. The throw came in and Cash blocked the plate, snagged the bouncing throw and swung smoothly around to tag the runner, all in one motion. Out at the plate, inning over, and I was even more impressed. The man can play defence, I'll tell you that...
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