Rich Aurilia - Still alive, but done as a player
by cazzuno on May 15, 2009 12:30 PM PDT
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Remember 2001 with 206 hits and 37 jacks....well its 2009 and he's batting .152 and is 0 for 15 over past 7 games with 5 K.
It's about time Richie gets the pink slip. I don't mind RIchie anchoring Giants baseball games with Dave Roberts but if i see Rich Aurilia PH and strike out with runners in scoring position one more time i am killing the first Dodger hat wearing douche that i see.
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I was scared for a second thinking he passed away.
Damn you.
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on May 15, 2009 12:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I had that though too for a second. It’s kinda sad that my first instincts were that “I hope he’s been cut” not that “I hope he’s not dead.”
by xanthan on May 15, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A.P. Press Release
“My apologies to the Aurilia & McCoven family for causing any unwarranted grief, i am entering rehab to address my choice of word issues. I want to thank my friends and family for all their support during this difficult period of my life”
i feel like i have been censored by the FCC or at least the Obama administration….
by cazzuno on May 15, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In that case I have dibs on Mrs Aurilia
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by Mordy From Monsey on May 15, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was scared for a second thinking they released him.
Damn You.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on May 15, 2009 12:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Scared?
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by marcello on May 15, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well I wasn’t going to post that I was excited for a second thinking he passed away.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on May 15, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah
As long as you don’t actually want him to be on the team.
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by marcello on May 15, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tomayto, Tomahto
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 15, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe a better title would have been “No Country for Old Man” or “A Comparative Study of the Giants Career of Rich Aurilia and the Narrative of the Classic Film ‘Old Yeller’.”
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by SimpleJaquez on May 15, 2009 12:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Old Yeller was the first thing that popped in my mind as well.
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by marcello on May 15, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the problem with the Panda or Bengie option is that it means Richie is hitting high up in the order. And less than two out doesn’t matter, because Richie will hit into an inning ending DP
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by rxmeister on May 15, 2009 12:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
GIANTS:
Well, he will be soon. He’s very ill.
AURILIA:
I’m getting better!
GIANTS:
No, you’re not. You’ll be stone dead in a moment.
FRESNO:
Oh, I can’t take him like that. It’s against regulations.
AURILIA:
I don’t want to go to Fresno!
GIANTS:
Oh, don’t be such a baby.
FRESNO:
I can’t take him.
AURILIA:
I feel fine!
GIANTS:
Well, do us a favour.
FRESNO:
I can’t.
GIANTS:
Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won’t be long.
AURILIA:
I think I’ll fake a bunt.
GIANTS:
You’re not fooling anyone, you know. Look. Isn’t there something you can do?
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by Viliphied on May 15, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
his career is dying of suckitis.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 15, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
orillya gotta go
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by groug on May 15, 2009 12:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Funny, I was thinking when I read the headline
“Really. Alive you say. This IS a shocking development”.
He’s pretty good for a dead guy. For a live one… not so much.
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by zenbitz on May 15, 2009 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on May 15, 2009 1:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
needs more grey
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by oldjacket on May 15, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
toast merkin
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by rightcenterfielder on May 15, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
With great sadness, head hung low, I climb wearily onto the DFA Aurilia bandwagon. Only three steps up, but it might as well be a thousand. I know Rich is somewhere nearby, watching the growing crowd on the bandwagon.
I keep my head down, ashamed at the thought that he might make eye contact. There’s probably nothing to worry about, I think; Richie hasn’t made contact of any kind in weeks. I immediately feel guilty for thinking that.
So here I am. I’m not proud of it, but I’m on the bandwagon.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on May 15, 2009 1:31 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Sadly, Giant management also recognized Richie was done, and that is why they didn’t offer him a contract until late in the off season. However only in Giantsland, do non- roster invitees to ST have an advantage to hook up on the roster come opening day. Thats if you are over 35 and suck….Is there any wonder why this team hasn’t won a championship in oer 50 years?
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by Mordy From Monsey on May 15, 2009 1:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
However only in Giantsland, do non- roster invitees to ST have an advantage to hook up on the roster come opening day.
Wait….what? Are you saying that other teams don’t have non-roster invitees who make the opening day roster? That’s not even remotely true.
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by jcb9 on May 15, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I took that to mean that Aurilia was like a courtesy invite, the way Dusty Baker brought in Marquis Grissom to the Cubs s.t. camp a few years ago before gracefully releasing him. With the Giants, though, it felt like all Aurilia had to do was show up and swing a bat and he was suddenly back on the 25-man roster.
by ho-hum baby on May 15, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grissom would have made this team too had he been invited to ST
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by Mordy From Monsey on May 15, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he CAN play CF
"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 May 15, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
To be fair, though, Richie did a lot more than just show up this ST: .352/.470/.519 in 54 ABs.
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by EliminateMe on May 15, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Key words being “Have an advantage” and that is because of this teams penchant to bend over for an overage veteran over a more promising youngster….This goes back to the Dusty Baker days…remember Shawn Dunston? Charlie Hayes??There are many others……
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by Mordy From Monsey on May 15, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Better players have been without jobs for longer
Aurilia is lucky in many ways. He scored a 2-year deal for 2007-08 when he should have been a year-to-year pickup at that point. So when he sucked in 2007, he got to come back in 2008 instead of having to scramble for a spring-training invite. It’s telling that no other team has deemed him worthy of a late-season pickup the last 2 years.
Larry Stone (Seattle Times, ex-Giants beat writer at SF Examiner) says he thought for sure that Aurilia was done after watching Richie fail at SS for a couple months in 2004 (the Mariners released him right away). So Aurilia has dragged this “veteran” phase of his career out a long time. No tears.
by ho-hum baby on May 15, 2009 1:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
he did a good job of recreating himself as a utility infielder. He’s been useful in that role since his Seattle days, but alas it is time for him to go.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 15, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I am as frustrated as the next guy over his pinch hitting failures, but .352/.470/.519 (ST) indicates he is not done, just in a horrible slump that is more likely than not to morph into 285/360/500 sometime soon.
by allfrank on May 15, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Spring Training stats are not indicative of anything.
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by groug on May 15, 2009 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well then Travis Ishikawa’s .302/.348/.581 (ST) ought to indicate something, too. And Velez and Burriss had All-Star quality spring training numbers.
Then again, Rowand sucked in Arizona, so perhaps there’s something to this.
by WooIsMe on May 16, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You’ve been great, Richie, you really have. But it is time for you to go.
But please pack up your things and then Hank will escort you to your car.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 15, 2009 2:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
FU GIANT BRASS!!!
Rich Aurilia has always been one of my favorite Giants, but by keeping him too long they’re making me hate him. Get rid of him before we want to drown him in the cove!
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by rxmeister on May 15, 2009 4:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ha! He showed us!
His average just skyrocketed to .001
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by GrahamCrakalaka on May 15, 2009 7:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Tomorrow's topic
Aaron Rowand- Still alive, but done as a ballplayer
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by rxmeister on May 16, 2009 7:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Aaron Rowand- Essentially Jim Edmonds
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by GrahamCrakalaka on May 17, 2009 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the aaron rowand contract
Failed attempt to make the Zito contract look good?
Or colossal misuse of funds on it’s own?
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by zenbitz on May 17, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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