barney_rebel Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Alomar ready to announce retirement Sports Ticker 3/18/2005 ST. PETERSBURG, Florida - Roberto Alomar went home after playing only one inning Friday night and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays said they would have an announcement concerning his future Saturday, leading to speculation that the 12-time all-star was planning to retire. Alomar made a pair of errors in the first inning before leaving the team - possibly for good - as the Toronto Blue Jays edged the Devil Rays, 5-4, in a Grapefruit League contest. After playing for four teams in as many seasons, Alomar signed a free agent contract with Tampa Bay in January with hopes of reviving his fledgling career. Entering this one hitless in 10-at bats this spring, Alomar committed two errors during Toronto's three-run first inning and struck out in the bottom half before speaking to manager Lou Piniella, who removed him from the game. Claiming he was having problems seeing the ball, Alomar talked to general manager Chuck LaMar during the third inning and left the ballpark shortly thereafter. LaMar indicated the 37-year-old Puerto Rican would be returning home to re-evaluate his situation with the team. Displanted third baseman Eric Hinske, who will try his hand at first this season, went 3-for-4 with an RBI and Frank Catalanotto added three hits and scored a run for the Blue Jays. Toronto starter Pete Walker tossed three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk with four strikeouts. Seth McClung started and took the loss for Tampa Bay, yielding four runs - two earned - and six hits in 2 2/3 frames. Former Blue Jay Josh Phelps went 2-for-2 with a run scored for the Devil Rays. http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/news_story.asp?id=118881 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit of radio Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 The spitting incedent really tarnished his career but i still think he was the greatest Blue Jay ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anagramking Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 No doubt Alomar is a first ballot inductee into the Hall of Fame. He's the best second baseman in my lifetime (even ahead of Joe Morgan). It's a shame he didn't make it to 3000 hits, but he's had a great career, and second basemen like that come along once in a lifetime. He's a shoo-in. The spitting incident happened so long ago. Induction to the Hall is not to be mistaken for sainthood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anagramking Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Here's the list of all second basemen in the HOF (thank you baseball-almanac.com), along with their induction year, method (veterans or BBWAA), and percentage of total votes cast. Alomar definitely belongs with these guys. Rod Carew 1991 BBWAA 443 401 90.52% Eddie Collins 1939 BBWAA 274 213 77.74% Bobby Doerr 1986 Veterans Johnny Evers 1946 Veterans Nellie Fox 1997 Veterans Frankie Frisch 1947 BBWAA 161 136 84.47% Charlie Gehringer 1949 BBWAA 187 159 85.03% Billy Herman 1975 Veterans Rogers Hornsby 1942 BBWAA 233 182 78.11% Nap Lajoie 1937 BBWAA 201 168 83.58% Tony Lazzeri 1991 Veterans Bill Mazeroski 2001 Veterans Bid McPhee 2000 Veterans Joe Morgan 1990 BBWAA 444 363 81.76% Jackie Robinson 1962 BBWAA 160 124 77.50% Ryne Sandberg 2005 BBWAA 516 393 76.16% Red Schoendienst 1989 Veterans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted March 19, 2005 Author Share Posted March 19, 2005 QUOTE (anagramking @ Mar 19 2005, 12:21 PM) No doubt Alomar is a first ballot inductee into the Hall of Fame. He's the best second baseman in my lifetime (even ahead of Joe Morgan). It's a shame he didn't make it to 3000 hits, but he's had a great career, and second basemen like that come along once in a lifetime. He's a shoo-in. The spitting incident happened so long ago. Induction to the Hall is not to be mistaken for sainthood. I know I remember him for what he done in TO... we wouldn't have one all those championships without him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 It's a done deal....Robbie retired officially today... http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2017030 I agree he should make it to the Hall despite the spitting incident. It was a one time unregrettable moment which I'm sure Robbie had wished never happened. His numbers speak for themselves though I hope the fact he played for way too many different teams doesn't reflect too much on his impressive career. Almost 3000 hits and 2 World Series championships and his great great defensive play should be enough to get him in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted March 19, 2005 Author Share Posted March 19, 2005 Countless number of Golden Gloves... consecutively too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilPeartFan2112 Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Great player. It was always a pleasure to watch him here in Cleveland with Vizquel. Man, what a duo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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