Comments on: News: Nieto officially 1st-Base Coach

By: StanHayes

StanHayes — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:02:32 +0000

Rickey had this to say, “This is egregious! Nobody coaches first like Rickey! Rickey is the greatest first base coach ever!”

By: mr_met

mr_met — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:50:12 +0000

i wanna know the real truth behind his departure

By: bonatom

bonatom — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:37:40 +0000

Actually made m laugh out loud at work… That being said ..I do believe everything Gary Coleman says.. he’s too little an cute to lie

By: bonatom

bonatom — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:35:21 +0000

“Franco has been playing professional baseball longer Jose Reyes has been alive. The only reason he has been able to play this long is that he has learned every trick, every pattern, and has seen everything that this game has to offer.”

And HGH

By: bonatom

bonatom — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:33:13 +0000

No Disrespect to to Don….. but if the #17 ever gets retired.. it is going to say Hernandez above it

By: followmelevi

followmelevi — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:15:42 +0000

that was an awesome response

By: therealsince86

therealsince86 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:52:00 +0000

Chris Shelton was just Dfa’d. Go get him right away. He is RH and could be the replacement for Delgado. He has also played (very little of but still) the OF and catcher. He’s still only 27. He did not play last year but his career averages are .281 BA and a .825 OPS, those are by no means bad. Even if we platoon Delgado and Shelton it would be a great pickup.

By: m00kie

m00kie — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:09:37 +0000

I’m going to need some blood … you did get suspiciously large last off season

By: m00kie

m00kie — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:04:23 +0000

I could see the experience of seeing the basepaths from the defensive side being an asset as a 1b coach, you’d think he’d have insight into pitchers tip-offs and what pitches to run on and that type of thing…

I do want the job btw ;)

By: Number41

Number41 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:05:44 +0000

Yes, Don was not one of the “big name” pitchers on that team, but he and Cal Koonce were very big parts of it’s success.
RIP, big guy.
Up here we lost Johnny Podres on Sunday; a great man who was not afraid of no Yankees!

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