It's a sad day in New York, where just a little while after trading away long-time Gotham Stanley Edwards to Seattle, sources have revealed that the last original Gotham, third baseman Henry Diemer, has been traded to Maui.
Diemer, who hit 282 homeruns in his 10 years in New York and drove in 100 runs three times, was languishing at the end of the bench this year, after starting for the last nine years. For some reason he had gotten into the manager's doghouse. He only managed to get into 12 games all year, mostly as a pinch hitter. It probably didn't help his case when he made an error in his only fielding chance of the year.
In exchange for Diemer and a 5th round pick, New York receives back MR suspect Michael Friday.
"Well, Henry's done a lot for us over the years," said New York GM Paul Michael. "He expressed an interest in going to Maui, and we were able to make it work. Don't really understand that - why would anyone choose to be in Maui rather than New York?"
The New York GM just smiled when one reporter asked him if this trade could be described as a salary dump.
I still have just one original Scorpion (née Stockholm Sluggers) on my team: AAA MR Joseph Hamilton. MR Frank Carroll has been on my team since the beginning, save for a half-season in River Cities, but Hamilton's been with me the whole ride. He's only spent about two seasons in the big show, however.
ReplyDeleteI wrote a blog post about Hamilton when he finally made it to the Majors in the 2010 season. I think he's due for minor league free agency after this season, and I'll probably not resign him.