Giants Sign Colombian OF
ESPN reports that the Giants have signed Leonardo Fuentes, an outfielder from Colombia. The bonus is $280,000.
It's great news, as far as I'm concerned. The Yankees were after him as well, I think, and Edgar Renteria made a telephone call on the Giants' behalf.
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Edgar Renteria made a telephone call on the Giants’ behalf.
WORTH EVERY PENNY
Watch out San... oh, wait, Sadowski... uhh... [fifth starter], uncle Pucetas is comin' for you.
him and Orlando Cabrera i think
AND NOBODY ELSE
(I think)
"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 Jul 21, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Juan Valdez
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Jul 22, 2009 1:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Carlos Castaneda
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 22, 2009 6:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Emmanuel Burriss
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Jul 22, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I like it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 21, 2009 7:53 PM PDT reply actions
So last year we sign Rafael Rodriguez, now we have Leonardo Fuentes. Time to find a Michelangelo and Donatello!
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Only on the McC blog would one find such a literate comment—one of the reasons I like it enough to bring it up on my computer several times a day. Along the same lines: A few weeks ago, when the Giants were thought to be in the market to sign Wagner Mateo, I was pleased to see someone post a picture of Richard Wagner. The sequel to that picture came when we all discovered the first name of Jonathan Sanchez’s father, at the time of JS’s no-hitter: his father is named Siegfried (well, Sigfredo), which seems particularly a propos.
This is the only baseball site I know where a commenter would not only make a literate joke like this but also expect the other people on the site to get it. // Along the same lines: when the Giants seemed to be interested in signing Wagner Mateo, someone on the site amused and delighted me by posting a picture of Richard Wagner. I was reminded of that when in the wake of Jonathan Sanchez’s no-hitter, we learned that the father of the all-conquering pitcher is named Siegfried. (Sigfredo, but we’re also multilingual.)
I appreciate that you think so highly of the McCoven, and I appreciate that you thought to say it twice, but isn’t this really just a TMNT reference? Oh… maybe I just fell into the sarcasm. Hopefully there isn’t a Shredder at the bottom, maybe I can grab onto a Spliter and swing over into a sewer with the other Foot Clan.
Nerd-out complete.
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jul 21, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
When can we sign April O'neil?
She was hot!
Proud father of Dallas Mcpherson. If you have any information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the kidnapping of my son please contact me immediately. Reward if found!
Die , Valkyrie!
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 21, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Isolda pizza to Leonardo, Tristan that they would protect me in return
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
I didn’t think to say it twice—sorry. The first version disappeared and I thought it had passed away into electronic nothingness. No sarcasm whatsoever in either version. And I am too out of it to know what TMNT means. Tim Matt Nate Travis? Titian Monet . . . no, can’t think of an appropriate N.
by campanari on Jul 21, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ack
You jerk, I spent forever trying to find a picture with their names and you swoop in and post a simple response.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I hope this stays resized (right click, view image to see the names):
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
Maybe we can sign this guy
Minor league FA? http://thebaseballcube.com/players/R/Mike-Rozak.shtml
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 22, 2009 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
if the Giants trade for Hallday
We can have Siegfried(o) and Roy.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 21, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy Shit....
I just laughed my ass off…. this guy really didn’t know you were talking about teenage mutant ninja turtles and thought you were being all sophisticated! HAHAHA
/goes and stands next to sophisticated guy
by satyricrash on Jul 22, 2009 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
lololol
I laughed at all the comments. SOPHISTICATION IS UNRATED, Winn, Randy IS CLASSY.
by i wish we were good on Jul 22, 2009 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Adjusting sleep from DAYwork to NIGHTwork
I read that as SOPHISTICATION IS URINATED ,
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 22, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
What makes me laugh is the reactions that imply comics are not part of our culture and that it takes little to no skill to create a good one.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 22, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
ESPN article that mentions fuentes
waiting for 2011....
From a Yankee website:
Colombian trainer Fredy Aycardi turned few heads when he arrived in the Dominican Republic last week. Mostly, he said, Dominican scouts were indifferent to him and his Colombian prospect Leonardo Fuentes, a 16-year-old, 6-foot-3 power-hitting outfielder. That soon changed when Fuentes had a workout with the New York Yankees. Immediately after the workout, Yankees senior vice president Mark Newman confirmed that he invited Fuentes to stay at the Yankees’ academy for the maximum 30 days allowed by Major League Baseball.
Soon scouts from other teams began to approach Aycardi.
"They asked me if I had more kids like him," Aycardi said. In less than three years as a trainer, Aycardi has established himself as one of the most successful baseball men in Colombia. In February 2007, Miguel Teheran took his prospect nephew Julio to train with Aycardi. In July of that year, Teheran received $800,000 — the most ever given to a Colombian player — from the Atlanta Braves and is now considered one of their top prospects.
Last year, Aycardi trained prospect Giovanny Urshela, who signed for $300,000 with the Cleveland Indians.
This year, Aycardi’s prize is Fuentes.
THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES SUCK
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jul 21, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
The clubhouse coffee should benefit
as should the spread salads
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 21, 2009 9:43 PM PDT reply actions
We outbided the Yankees?
Congratulations and Thank you Jonathan Sanchez.
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 21, 2009 9:55 PM PDT reply actions
Its not like the kid was in the expensive bin, still SUCK IT YANKEES
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 22, 2009 6:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Och , I.
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