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April 23, 2058: Hawaii: A scan of the Bikini Krill’s AAA club roster in Pasco might well give a person a flashback or two. There’s ex-ace Bill Constable (35) throwing as the team’s closer. Twin City refugee Melvin Simpson is starting games at age 34. And, of course, the recently recalled (and now optioned back) Jay Hodge (33) in the bullpen to throw everything in the middle. Then there's Chicago cast-off Garrison Hewitt (32), and
"We're kind of a junkyard of lost parts," Constable said.
Taylor: 0.00 ERA
0.88 WHIP
5.2 InningsYou can now add to this mix one Fred Taylor, recently from Rocky Mountain, who at age 31 is perhaps the spring chicken of Club Reclamation. He joined the team to no little fanfare last week and has hence thrown five and two-thirds scoreless innings in his quest to return to the bigs.
“I wasn’t sure what else do when the Oysters let me walk, really,” Taylor said after a 12 batter-faced save last night. “To be honest, I though maybe it was over. I was a late bloomer, you know? Didn’t get it really dialed in until I was in my later twenties. For it to be done like that … well … it was hard. Then the phone rang, and here I am.”
“We’re always looking for a guy who can help us,” said Pasco manager Juan Jose Torres. “It’s fun to see a guy come here and reclaim something that was theirs, and I think it helps the kids see what it means to be a hard worker. All these guys are here because they love the game and because they want to play it at the upper levels again. That really brings the fans in, too, you know? Everyone loves a good comeback.”
For Taylor’s part, his comeback story comes complete with one of the more remarkable sliders in the game, which he pairs with a solid sinker and a wrinkle of a change. That slider makes life very tough for right-handed batters, a trait that makes several insiders suggest that Taylor’s stay in Pasco might not be too long.
“That would be great,” he said. “I’ll always be thankful to the fans here in Pasco, but I don’t think they would hold it against me to say that I’d like to be pitching out there in the Pacific Ocean sometime soon.”
April 23, 2058: Hawaii: A scan of the Bikini Krill’s AAA club roster in Pasco might well give a person a flashback or two. There’s ex-ace Bill Constable (35) throwing as the team’s closer. Twin City refugee Melvin Simpson is starting games at age 34. And, of course, the recently recalled (and now optioned back) Jay Hodge (33) in the bullpen to throw everything in the middle. Then there's Chicago cast-off Garrison Hewitt (32), and
"We're kind of a junkyard of lost parts," Constable said.
Taylor: 0.00 ERA0.88 WHIP
5.2 Innings
“I wasn’t sure what else do when the Oysters let me walk, really,” Taylor said after a 12 batter-faced save last night. “To be honest, I though maybe it was over. I was a late bloomer, you know? Didn’t get it really dialed in until I was in my later twenties. For it to be done like that … well … it was hard. Then the phone rang, and here I am.”
“We’re always looking for a guy who can help us,” said Pasco manager Juan Jose Torres. “It’s fun to see a guy come here and reclaim something that was theirs, and I think it helps the kids see what it means to be a hard worker. All these guys are here because they love the game and because they want to play it at the upper levels again. That really brings the fans in, too, you know? Everyone loves a good comeback.”
For Taylor’s part, his comeback story comes complete with one of the more remarkable sliders in the game, which he pairs with a solid sinker and a wrinkle of a change. That slider makes life very tough for right-handed batters, a trait that makes several insiders suggest that Taylor’s stay in Pasco might not be too long.
“That would be great,” he said. “I’ll always be thankful to the fans here in Pasco, but I don’t think they would hold it against me to say that I’d like to be pitching out there in the Pacific Ocean sometime soon.”
