Vizquel wants to wear a Giants jersey next year

by delorean on Aug 29, 2008 10:47 PM PDT

From Schulman's Giants Notes column:

Omar Vizquel would like to wear a Giants uniform next year, be it in San Francisco or in Tokyo. The 41-year-old shortstop wants to play in 2009, and if he cannot find a job in the majors, he might look to the Far East.

"If I cannot find something satisfying here, there is a possibility I might end up in Japan playing ball," Vizquel said Friday.

Anyone want to chip in for a plane ticket to Japan for M. Vizquel?

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I’ve got 5 on it

Proud father of Eric Surcamp!

by The Thrill on Aug 29, 2008 10:57 PM PDT reply actions

Where else would he play?

Is there a major league team with a worse SS situation than the Giants?

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by Bhaakon on Aug 29, 2008 11:06 PM PDT reply actions

Sure, he can wear a Giants jersey

As long as it’s as a coach.

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Aug 29, 2008 11:08 PM PDT reply actions

this, as the kids say

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Aug 29, 2008 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions

What makes you think he wants to coach?

The evidence seems to say otherwise. He’s extremely reluctant to let go of playing, and his legion of outside interests are well cataloged.

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by Bhaakon on Aug 29, 2008 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions

He has been emphatic in expressing his desire to manage, but I seem to remember that he’s not particularly interested in coaching.

by kaliber on Aug 30, 2008 5:45 AM PDT up reply actions

well that's okay

we are looking for a new manager, aren’t we?

(we may or may not include the giants’ front office)

"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."

by i did my job on Aug 30, 2008 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions

All players slide into first!

by rotorueter on Aug 30, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions

The last thing I want is Vizquel managing

The #2 hitter would be bunting in half his at bats.

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by Bhaakon on Aug 30, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions

I never said he would want to be a coach. I said I’d prefer to see him as a coach as it’s clear that his playing days look pretty much over.

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Aug 30, 2008 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions

Sounds great to me. They’d love him over there, and he probably has 10-15 home run power in that league.

by rotorueter on Aug 29, 2008 11:11 PM PDT reply actions

Go play for Bobby V

by Hobbes2d on Aug 30, 2008 12:02 AM PDT reply actions

Giants Jersey, YES! Player Contract, NO!

Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below.500

by S.F. Giangst on Aug 30, 2008 12:48 AM PDT reply actions

We should all pitch in and get him a Bonds jersey.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Aug 30, 2008 1:19 AM PDT up reply actions

The special kind that doesn’t irritate bacne?

Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below.500

by S.F. Giangst on Aug 30, 2008 2:28 AM PDT up reply actions

But why would Vizquel need that one?

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Aug 30, 2008 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Don't Giants employees get a discount at the Giants Dugout Store?

Omar should take advantage before his contract is up.

Bonds stands alone.

Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal

by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 30, 2008 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions

Clearly, some people don’t know when to walk away.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Aug 30, 2008 8:53 AM PDT reply actions

This should fit him.

http://tinyurl.com/5crv6d

by seyheystretch on Aug 30, 2008 10:57 AM PDT reply actions

I would totally get a Yomiuri Giants Vizquel uni

Barry Zito - Mildly half-OK! Sometimes.

by Revolution1 on Aug 30, 2008 12:14 PM PDT reply actions

Why don't Japanese pro players have their names in Japanese on their unis?

OK, romanji is a valid way of writing Japanese, but the least Japanese of all the ways you could do it.

Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below.500

by S.F. Giangst on Aug 30, 2008 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Possibly to avoid confusion about how a name is read? For example, the surname 打田 can be read as Uchida, Uchita, Utsuda or Daida.

Still in despair.

by Zetsuboushita on Aug 31, 2008 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Maybe, but the same thing tends to happen with new players in MLB, too. And that resolves itself after the guy gets on TV a few times, Tim Lincecum being a recent example.

Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below.500

by S.F. Giangst on Aug 31, 2008 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Primarily...

…so they can get names on the jerseys in a reasonable amount of time.

Only 26 letters in the alphabet, so you can sew a new name on fairly quickly, but thousands of potential characters in surnames so you’d have to special-order them all.

I have set Dave Roberts free; if he comes back, it was meant to be.

by hometownboy on Sep 2, 2008 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions