Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

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  • ryan36
    7 dirty words...
    • Feb 2003
    • 10139
    #16
    Re: Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

    I didn't realize everyone in MLB knew how lame betancourt was
    Last edited by ryan36; 07-16-2009, 04:32 PM. Reason: Didn't realize I typed a four letter word lol

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      • snepp
        We'll waste him too.
        • Apr 2003
        • 10007
        #17
        Re: Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

        Originally posted by pitchingcoach36
        I didn't realize everyone in MLB knew how lame betancourt was
        Mariners blogosphere ftw.
        Member of The OS Baseball Rocket Scientists Association

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          • Ewing
            Banned
            • Mar 2009
            • 863
            #18
            Re: Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

            Originally posted by snepp
            Mariners blogosphere ftw.
            This.

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              • rsox
                All Star
                • Feb 2003
                • 6309
                #19
                Re: Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

                Pena was designated for assignment today to make room for Betancourt on the Royals roster. Depending on what happens in the next 10 days or so the Tony Pena Jr. era in KC may be coming to an end.

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                  • Chaos81
                    Hall Of Fame
                    • Mar 2004
                    • 17150
                    #20
                    Re: Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

                    Originally posted by rsox
                    Pena was designated for assignment today to make room for Betancourt on the Royals roster. Depending on what happens in the next 10 days or so the Tony Pena Jr. era in KC may be coming to an end.


                    Celebration time in Kansas City tonight.

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                      • 55
                        Banned
                        • Mar 2006
                        • 20857
                        #21
                        Re: Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

                        Originally posted by pfunk880
                        How on earth did he manage to stick around for 11 years with a career .170 batting average?
                        Bill Bergen was flat out the best defensive catcher of the dead ball era, that's how.

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                          • CMH
                            Making you famous
                            • Oct 2002
                            • 26203
                            #22
                            Re: Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

                            Putting Pena Jr. on DFA isn't enough. He needs to be released immediately, skip independent ball, and go straight to high school as he returns 200 (thousand) dollars.

                            I'm assuming he stuck around because of his name. Pena is a popular guy in KC (Right?) and they probably thought they owed his son a chance.
                            "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                            "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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                              • rsox
                                All Star
                                • Feb 2003
                                • 6309
                                #23
                                Re: Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

                                Originally posted by YankeePride
                                Putting Pena Jr. on DFA isn't enough. He needs to be released immediately, skip independent ball, and go straight to high school as he returns 200 (thousand) dollars.

                                I'm assuming he stuck around because of his name. Pena is a popular guy in KC (Right?) and they probably thought they owed his son a chance.
                                His dad was popular in KC for maybe a year and a half at the most.

                                He stuck around because for whatever reason Dayton Moore loved him and brought him with him from Atlanta.

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                                  • Chaos81
                                    Hall Of Fame
                                    • Mar 2004
                                    • 17150
                                    #24
                                    Re: Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

                                    Originally posted by rsox
                                    His dad was popular in KC for maybe a year and a half at the most.

                                    He stuck around because for whatever reason Dayton Moore loved him and brought him with him from Atlanta.
                                    That about covers it.

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                                      • teddyswol
                                        Rookie
                                        • Mar 2004
                                        • 19
                                        #25
                                        Re: Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

                                        It was really sad going to a lot of games this year and seeing him play so much. They would put him in to be a "defensive closer." It was embarrasing as a fan to watch him on the field. As bad as he was he couldn't do the simple things (move runners over, bunt, god forbid take a few pitches)

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                                          • PlottyDawg
                                            Rookie
                                            • Jul 2003
                                            • 78
                                            #26
                                            Re: Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

                                            Originally posted by snepp
                                            Just further evidence of the ineptitude of the Royals management.

                                            They even chose to keep Pena on the roster after trading for Betancourt, that's indefensible.
                                            Yeah, I almost vomited after this. Wait, I did after I drank gasoline because it burned me so much.

                                            Originally posted by Chaos81


                                            Celebration time in Kansas City tonight.
                                            yes sir, there was after TPJ was given the boot. Just think of the looting if Dayton Moore/Trey Hillman were canned.

                                            Originally posted by rsox
                                            His dad was popular in KC for maybe a year and a half at the most.

                                            He stuck around because for whatever reason Dayton Moore loved him and brought him with him from Atlanta.
                                            DM's main goal is to build Atlanta Brave Lite in KC. He has done so: problem is - KC resembles the Brave teams of the 1980's: miserable all-around.

                                            I read somewhere we've won 19 of our last 65 games. WTF.

                                            Originally posted by teddyswol
                                            It was really sad going to a lot of games this year and seeing him play so much. They would put him in to be a "defensive closer." It was embarrasing as a fan to watch him on the field. As bad as he was he couldn't do the simple things (move runners over, bunt, god forbid take a few pitches)
                                            This.

                                            My wife and I had a brief convo about the state of the Royals:

                                            Wife: So Moore and Hillman would be almost comparable to Steve Pederson and Bill Callahan when they were at Nebraska?

                                            Me: *jaw drops to floor* Wow, I never thought of it like that.....but yes, that would be very true.
                                            In the deed came the glory; in the glory came the champions.

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                                              • Ewing
                                                Banned
                                                • Mar 2009
                                                • 863
                                                #27
                                                Re: Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

                                                Originally posted by PlottyDawg
                                                I read somewhere we've won 19 of our last 65 games. WTF.
                                                Sounds like paradise.

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                                                  • CMH
                                                    Making you famous
                                                    • Oct 2002
                                                    • 26203
                                                    #28
                                                    Re: Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

                                                    Originally posted by Ewing
                                                    Sounds like paradise.
                                                    "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                                                    "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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                                                      • Chaos81
                                                        Hall Of Fame
                                                        • Mar 2004
                                                        • 17150
                                                        #29
                                                        Re: Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

                                                        He just won't die.


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                                                          • rsox
                                                            All Star
                                                            • Feb 2003
                                                            • 6309
                                                            #30
                                                            Re: Tony Pena Jr. - The Worst Ever?

                                                            You never know. Maybe he can find new life as a pitcher.

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