Red Sox sign Danny Kirwin from the Oakland Ballers
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All this data and video is encouraging. Is there a reason that this guy went undrafted out of college, or is this Tread Athletics place a source of miracles?
He's a long way from the majors, but hopefully he will Then Play On and help us in Future Games.
This has his college stats. He wasn't exactly lights out. He put up a good ERA his senior year, but still walked a lot of people.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kirwin000dan
Love him already. An uncompelling anamorph who needed a bit more time to develop. Put him into the Rube Bailey and see what comes out.
First off, the video of the kid is terrific…I think? Honestly, no idea but it looks good and is already a great story.
Second, I’ve just learned more about Fleetwood Mac than I ever thought possible (deep googling). Many kudos all around.
Early Fleetwood Mac recorded a concert in Boston in 1970 that wasn't released until 1985 (and there were subsequent later releases). It's sometimes called "Live in Boston." It's amazing. Highly recommend. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_in_Boston_(Fleetwood_Mac_album)
/hijack.
No doubt he looks like Mr. Wonderful in some of these videos. And I barely know what I’m taking about, but watching the video of his throwing session… I worry he’s a bit of a mirage.
Pro scouting is over my head, but I used to be a catcher into college and… kid has incredible stuff but his pitches kinda go their own way. He misses the catcher completely and hits the net on a few of his throws, all of which look like max effort throwing as much as pitching.
Still, pitching heroes are hard to find, I’m happy for the kid, there’s no risk, and even after a few short months, the way I feel is if they see something, in Bailey & Breslow I trust.
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It’s too bad we don’t have Bob Welch around to give us a little more perspective on the guy.
It was released earlier than that, as a “bootleg” record. Of course it later turned out to be a case of the record company screwing over the band. But Live At The Boston Tea Party is seriously one of the great live albums ever recorded. That version of Jumping At Shadows is hauntingly beautiful.