Today, we start off with our two leftfielders (D-SPAN2 was considered a centerfielder for my purposes). Jason "the Dude" Kubel is typically the DH, while Delmon "_elm_n" Young has no D and no O.
(Kubel '09, '08, '07, '06; Young '09, '08, '07, '06)
I don't know how the Dude got his nickname. Could anyone fill me in? I don't know what's up with Del's 2008, it's clearly a photoshop, but I don't know of which year. And it's not like he was traded after '08 pictures were taken, or missed spring training.
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 AMR  May 29, 2009, at 8:30 am  10 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired)  90x135, Delmon Young, Jason Bartlett, Jason Kubel, Julio DePaula, Matt Garza, Michael Cuddyer, Tampa Bay Rays AMR May 26, 2009, at 8:30 am 7 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) 90x135, Anthony Swarzak, Boston Red Sox, Craig Breslow, Glen Perkins, Minnesota Twins, Sean Henn Up from AAA: Anthony "50-Game" Swarzak, and Sean "Pea" Henn AMR May 8, 2009, at 8:30 am 10 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) 90x135, Alexi Casilla, Luke Hughes, Matt Tolbert, Nick Punto, Seattle Mariners, Trevor Plouffe With roster changes in the middle infield, I thought I'd highlight a few of the relevant players. Recalled: Matt "2-hole" Tolbert, and Waiting in AAA: Luke Hughes and Trevor "The Blogger" Plouffe. AMR May 6, 2009, at 8:30 am 7 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) 90x135, Baltimore Orioles, Carlos Gomez, Denard Span, Jason Pridie, Minnesota Twins Last year, I had all but written off Denard "Wing" Span as a high draft-pick washout. I am very happy to be wrong about that. AMR May 5, 2009, at 8:30 am 7 LTEs - (Sorry, but the time to add LTEs has expired) 90x135, Detroit Tigers, Joe Mauer, Jose Morales, Mike Redmond, Minnesota Twins Two years and two months ago, I wasn't taking actuarial exams (a break in the process), and I thought I would go over what the players' official mlb.com mugshots looked like. Here is the first post in the series, with some of my reasons behind it. Unfortunately, it looks like the pictures were lost in the server transition or something. It seemed to me that people liked looking at mugshots, but my exams came back, and I've basically had to mothball the idea since midsummer 2007. I took a brief respite in Spring '08 -- When I ended up failing my exam with a 5 (passing is a 6). Well, I took what I hope was my final exam last Friday (score comes in July), and I want to get back at this. I'll slowly work through the Twins' roster and also touch on a few of the current opponents. First... Catchers! Jose Morales just got sent to Rochester. In the offseason, there were a few free-agent signings, and minor trades. Don't know how former Royal Brian Bass came to the team, but he's here now, as a NRIT. Former Astros Adam Everett and Mike Lamb were signed in succession. Also, the team got Livan Hernandez, Craig Monroe, and Matt Macri (NRIT). Macri came late last season via the Ramon Ortiz trade. As I have commented, my professional education obligations prevent me from doing as much on the MPs as I did last year, but I'll be looking at this year's mugshots, so I might as well post them. Here are the players that aren't with the team this year (and are with another team). First, starting pitchers Johan Santana, Carlos Silva, and Matt Garza. Starting position players Torii Hunter, Jason Bartlett, and Luis Castillo. Backup catchers Chris Heintz and Matthew LeCroy. Backup outfielder Lew Ford. There, that wasn't so bad (for me). I guess I can do a dozen or so photos a morning, provided I wake myself up early enough. This is obviously who I'm cheering for, even though as of Sept 30, I knew like 5 of these dudes. If you need to know who is on the AL champs, the loathed BoSox, well, I looked at them in early May. [Note: Roster may not be the same. [Subnote: I may not care.]] Look, this is the first step in preventing a Boston sports apocalypse: BoSox win WS, Pats go 19-0, BC wins BCS championship, Celts win NBA. The fans would be so insufferable, it would blot out the sun. I'm hoping the Rox stop it before it starts. So, for about a week here, the good guys will wear black. Note how much these "home whites" mugshots look like ChiSox mugshots. Rotation: Jeff Francis, Ubaldo Jimenez, Josh Fogg, and Aaron Cook (just activated!). Former Royal Jeremy "The one the White Sox didn't take" Affeldt and Former Twin LaTroy "I'm only bad when I'm closing" Hawkins are staples in the Rox bullpen, but there have been other former Royals and Twins on the roster during 2007, all pitchers. One-time all-star and former Twin and former Royal Mark Redman, former Twin Ramon Ortiz have both been released by the team. (I never saw a transaction for Ortiz, as he did pick up the win in game 163, but he's not on the 40-man now). Allright, you're an LA team, I get it. I actually liked the fact that this team claimed Anaheim as a home, the Green Bay of MLB. The small town with a bona-fide major league ballclub. Eh, no more. I'm over it and this is the last time I make a joke about it and see if I ever cheer for your club over the Giants in the World Series again. Not sure where this team lands in the continuum of teams I despise, they must not bother me that much, seems like I heard about most of these players for the first time when pulling this together (not the starters though!). Anyways, los Angeles were the first team to adopt black underbills, they've been doing that at least since the year they won the World Series. Given that these guys seem to take identical photographs year-to-year, it was harder to date the pics as I didn't have my standard black underbill = 2007 guideline working for me. Luckily, 2005 had peach colored backgrounds. Starters: Lohn Lackey, Jered "The Good" Weaver, Ervin Santana (All Probables), Bartolo "2005 CY, 2007 ERA over 6" Colon, and Kelvim "Absolute Zero" Escobar. One day off for a Santana-Santana matchup. Damn. Catchers: Jeff Mathis, Jose "Molina Brother #2" Molina, Mike Napoli (15-day DL), and Bobby Wilson (AA). I did an MP of these guys before, but that I was before I found my resources. Here are some more details. Probable Starters: Roger Clemens, Chien-Ming Wang, Mike Mussina, Kei Igawa. Improbable Starters: Andy Pettitte, Carl Pavano, Darrell Rasner, Phil Hughes. Also, here is Ron "Morneau Concussor" Villone. Sorry, that's all I got for this series. I covered them pretty thoroughly last time (albeit without minor-leaguers or many old photos). I did a half-baked look at the Tigers earlier this season. This didn't feature the whole roster, just a few select players. Here's a few more. Probables: Verlander (featured before), Andrew Miller, and Bonderman (featured before). The Tigers swapped their guy Wilfredo Ledezma for former Brave Macay McBride I already did a Mugshot Purgatory for the Jays, (see here). However, I've got a few more resources now, and they've had a lot of roster moves. Probables: Roy "ALCY03" Halladay (who was on the DL last time with appendicitis), Shaun Marcum and Josh Towers (who were missed because their spots in the rotation didn't come up), and AJ Burnett (who the Twins faced previously and who is slated to come off the DL for this game). Lyle Overbay is on the DL and Gregg Zaun is off. Castillo goes home... This team has had so many roster ups and downs this year that a lot of the 25-man roster wasn't even on the 40-man in spring training and so there are a lot of ad hoc 2007 mugshots. I'll state right here that the AAA pics are from the Albuquerque Isotopes (name inspired by "the Simpsons"), and the AA pics are from the Carolina Mudcats. I picked the wrong team to do an MP a week ahead of time for. The below is accurate except that Vanden Hurk was optioned to AA Carolina, Brett Carroll has been added to the team from AAA, Kim is now allegedly the fifth starter, and De Aza is now on the 60-day DL. Starting Pitchers: Scott Olson, Josh Johnson, and Dontrelle Willis are the series probables; plus Sergio Mitre and Rick Vanden Hurk. Catchers: Miguel Olivo and Matt Treanor. Former Twins: Travis Bowyer and Scott Tyler were both traded for Castillo. Bowyer's been on the DL since the trade. Black underbills for all. Probable Starters: John "the Smirk" Maine, Jorge Sosa, and Oliver Perez. Other Starters: Tom Glavine and former ChiSok Orlando "Le Duc" Hernandez. Catchers: Paul Lo Duca and Ramon Castro. The Twins host the Brewers for an interleague series, but I already previewed them and their roster hasn't changed much. I didn't go over their minor-leaguers, but those aren't really that important, I just thow them in for fun. However, before we get to the Phillies, there have been three roster moves for the Brewers. Okay, now why the Phillies? Well, the Twins are in the middle of playing everyone else in their division (and they're in the middle of playing the rest of the Twins' division). Also, despite their silly number font, they're the only team that does something special for interleague, that being wearing their They've finished playing the ChiSox, will face the Tigers this weekend, and the Hafners next week. Also: Gray underbills. Rotation: Jon Lieber, Jamie Moyer, Adam Eaton, Cole Hamels, Kyle Kendrick. Catchers: Carlos Ruiz and Rod Barajas. |
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