Twins to name Rocco Baldelli manager

[MMC]

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[Terry Yake]

lols there's a name i haven't heard in years

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Wasn't he a teammate of Gabe Kapler at Tampa when they went to the World Series?

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

good to hear. its a shame his career got essentially ended after 2 years because of his illness

his only 2 full seasons were at 21 and 22...hit .289 and .280, combined 27 HR, 152 RBI, 44 SB and 5.9 WAR

 

[Canes]

I remember watching this guy (along with Josh Hamilton, Carl Crawford and several others) in A ball when I was a kid. I even have one of his minor league cards signed somewhere at my parent's house.

Kinda crazy he's a manager now.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Wasn't he a teammate of Gabe Kapler at Tampa when they went to the World Series?

They were teammates but 2 years after they went to the WS (2010 season).

 

[John Price]

I remember when he played for the rays but I am surprised he is managing already

Does he have experience

 

[MMC]

Too bad manager hirings are only half way over. I keep getting sad thinking about how we could’ve hired one of these guys and not Brad f***ing Ausmus

 

[rangerssharks414]

God damn, I feel so old.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

So I guess you could call this “Rocco’s Modern Life”.

 

[tony d]

Good for him, guy's a yr. older than me. So you know you're getting older when guys a yr. older than you are becoming MLB managers.

 

[weaponomega]

I remember he hurt himself playing wiffleball and was out an entire year.

 

[Bob Richards]

 

[darko]

I remember when he played for the rays but I am surprised he is managing already

Does he have experience

Been coaching since he retired. Spent some time with Rays minor league teams and last 4 years with Rays.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Haha, what a terrible f***ing team

 

[rangerssharks414]

brb... checking to see if this is true...

I saw on Twitter that it isn't.

Edit: I just looked through all of the right fielders. He is not in the game. So that is fake.

Edit 2: Kevin Cash!

Edit 3: I just played a game with that team (with Kevin Cash replacing Gabe Kapler, who isn't in the game). I had nine hits (all singles) and scored only one run. Granted, it was my first game in awhile, but man, that team sucked. I won 1-0.

 

[Tecumseh]

Haha, what a terrible ****ing team

That team is 20 losses worse than the current Orioles. Alex Cora as a clean-up hitter