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148 pitches!

Rocky Colavito Pitching Stats

Year Team LG W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO AVG WHIP GO/AO
1958 CLE AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 - 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 .000 1.00 -.--
1968 NYY AL 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 - 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .111 1.13 -.--
MLB Career - 1 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 - 5.2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 .059 1.06 -.--

Did they have radar guns back then? How fast did Rocky throw?

Pbbbbtttt. Only sissy boys need a reliever.

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Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports
Jun 14

Today in 1974, Nolan Ryan throws 235 pitches while walking 10 batters and striking out 19 over 13 innings. He was immediately scheduled for season-ending elbow surgery. Just kidding, he made his next start on three days rest and won.
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We are all at that McDowell game right?

Naquin brought up because Alonso on Medical Emergency Leave, no other details, Allen still on team.

I remember, I was watching on TV. ESPN I think.

Tito told Allen he's going back down when Alonso returns.

Regarding Melky - I still think a guy not even signing until April is putting him way behind.

This is likely crazy, but perhaps they signed him to that $1 million thing figuring if they had to DFA him no one would snap him up with that contract. So they keep him at Columbus piling up at bats?

I think he's back at some point and more ready to contribute.

I hope you are right TFIR

apparently no one else was interested, since Melky has now been assigned to Columbus.

I hate to be Sammy Soul Smasher, but have to disagree on all points.

First of all, Melky was DFA'd. If another team wanted him all they would have to pay him is a pro rated porting of the major league minimum, which would be like 100 grand or whatever at this point. The Indians would be on the hook for the rest of his contract. So if a team was as dumb as the Indians and actually thought he could contribute they could get him super cheap right now.

Secondly, he simply cannot get around on the fastball anymore at this stage in his career. That is why nobody signed him to begin with. So even if he clears and agrees to a minor league assignment to Columbus I can't see him coming back to Cleveland unless there is another rash of injuries. God forbid.

I was typing as Civ posted. Did not realize he had already cleared and accepted assignment to Columbus. Teams know, he has lost bat speed. And he knows too, why he is willing to take an assignment back at AAA. Melk it for all it is worth.

Not surprised he'd like to try to win another chance, somewhere. Sometimes I find names of veterans playing in Independent Leagues [where they earn roughly nothing] several years after they left the majors and forgot about their existence. I guess they just like to play baseball!

so I typed in a couple names for google search and quickly found:

David Gregory Huff[now age 33] is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball

Jeremy Bryan Sowers is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current scout with the Tampa Bay Rays

Aaron Laffey also age 33 in AAA for the Mets, ERA 18.00 in 13 innings: 9 homeruns allowed. time for a change I think