2004 WS Celebration
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Yeah, those are the two that stuck out to me. Pretty surprising actually. I guess Pedro could have other commitments since he's Pedro but does Dougie have a house showing or something? How many years of his career are directly due to the fact that he caught Wake?
I have no idea whether this has anything to do with it, but Schilling said that it was Mirabelli who told him about the Wakefields' conditions. I hope Mirabelli doesn't feel guilty about that -- he probably had no clue what Schilling would do.
No Nomar, no Dave Roberts for obvious reasons, no Ellis Burks, sadly. No Alan Embree, who closed the ALCS. And no Abe Alvarez.
And while we remember Wake let’s also memorialize the late Lt. Frank Castillo (1969-2013), who threw 21 pitches for the 2004 team. I don’t think anyone else from that roster has died.
And while we remember Wake let’s also memorialize the late Lt. Frank Castillo (1969-2013), who threw 21 pitches for the 2004 team. I don’t think anyone else from that roster has died.
If you had asked me which team Ramiro Mendoza was on in 2004, Red Sox or Yankees, I’d probably have flipped a coin.
Pete Abe said Bellhorn couldn't make it. Best I can tell, he is living in Scottsdale, AZ with his wife and two children. His wife is an interior designer.
That would be a shocking coincidence.
What exactly could TBS have Pedro doing that's more important than attending this? Talking about some other baseball game? They could give him a cameraman for the whole thing and that could be his contribution for tomorrow.
TBS does a national game every Tuesday. Pedro is part of the studio crew. The only really frustrating part is that the game tomorrow is the late game (Cubs at Padres). He could make his appearance in the pre-game ceremonies and then hop a plane to Atlanta in plenty of time to be on the air at 9:30.
Pedro has TBS pregame responsibilities thar they won't let him out of. TBS sucks.
If they truly won't excuse Pedro from a Tuesday night pregame for a 10:00 PM game that few people are actually going to watch then yeah, it's pretty shitty.
Just remembered that I’m blacked out of this one because I’m 5 hours and 15 minutes from Baltimore. Illegal streams better not let me down.
Jimmy Anderson, Jamie Brown, Phil Seibel, and Earl Snyder answer the question of whether everyone was invited
So the most notable living guys not there will be
Pedro
Schilling
Embree
Bellhorn
Roberts
Mirabelli
Mueller
Too bad they can’t be there, but I guess that’s kind of the way these things go, right?
Pedro
Schilling
Embree
Bellhorn
Roberts
Mirabelli
Mueller
Too bad they can’t be there, but I guess that’s kind of the way these things go, right?
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Oops, yep, that’s a big one too.
I guess with any event like this, especially if it’s held in season, it’s inevitable that there a bunch of guys that just won’t be able to make it. That’s life. I’m sure we can all identify with similar situations in our life, like a graduation, wedding, etc..
Nomar? Eh, c’mon. A real stretch to consider him part of that team, why would he even want to be there?
Frankly, give the dual nature of the celebration, the most notable absentee, as addressed earlier, is Mirabelli
Ah yeah. Wonder why? Feel like some of these guys have been pretty reclusive since retirement. Mirabelli is one of them. I guess baseball players can be an odd bunch.
Why do i feel like Mirabelli will arrive via a police escort in order to catch the first pitch?
we have heard explanations for why some former players will not be able to attend. But nothing on Mirabelli
i agree its just TBS and its a CUBS SD game u mean derosa cant fill in for 1 week
Wasn't Mirabelli the source for Schilling on Wakefield? Perhaps he could be staying away out of respect for the family?
A surprise Pedro appearance where he pushes Bobby Valentine down on his way out to celebrate with his teammates might get a pop.