No wonder he left. All those pitchers were being subversive.
(Thanks to Landon Howell for the notice)
Kenji is off to Hanshin, by the way. He signed a $21m/4yr contract with the Tigers, who're presumably every bit as excited to have his name as they are to have his talent. The $21m more than makes up for the money he left on the table by leaving the Mariners, and when you consider that he would've been 35 when his extension here ran out...I don't know who was right and who was wrong, but if you believe that the universe evens itself out, then it's worth noting that two of the three pitchers who wanted nothing to do with Johjima wound up needing surgery, while Kenji gets his money and his happiness, making this as perfect an outcome as he ever could've imagined.
Good for you, Kenji.
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SCHREEEEIIIIBBBEEERRRRR!!!!!!
waldo rojas - October 27, 2009
Boy, he really did do everything he could for the team.
msb - October 27, 2009
I never understood why Felix had chosen Rob Johnson over Kenji.
Fin - October 27, 2009
BECAUSE HE'S A GREAT DEFENSIVE CATCHER.
russak - October 28, 2009
So you're saying you're happy that Bedard kept getting injured?
I Lick Squirrels - October 27, 2009
Kenji probably is.
ThundaPC - October 27, 2009
Is that what I said?
Jeff Sullivan - October 27, 2009
It is
Poochie - October 27, 2009
You said it with your eyes
OlSalty - October 27, 2009
I'm pretty sure that's not even in the same zip code as what Jeff was saying.
pdb - October 27, 2009
So you're saying that Kenji placed a curse on those pitchers?
Wonder how it will manifest in Felix?
Eyebrows - October 27, 2009 via mobile
Cy young award obviously.
Kirk - October 27, 2009 via mobile
33% odds of winning the grand prize!
Jeff Sullivan - October 27, 2009
67% odds of fucked
Jeff Sullivan - October 27, 2009
So a winner either way, then.
abender20 - October 27, 2009
Depends on who's delivering the goods, eh?
Kermit. - October 27, 2009
Greg Johns helpfully lists potentially available Veteran Catchers
Rod Barajas, Josh Bard, Ramon Hernandez, Jason Kendall, Bengie Molina, Miguel Olivo, Ivan Rodriguez, Brian Schneider, Yorvit Torrealba, Jason Varitek, Gregg Zaun, Mike Redmond …
msb - October 28, 2009
We should re-sign Joe Torre's and Jessica Alba's offspring
lokiforever - October 28, 2009
This is halfway to ILJ! in terms of comprehensibility and non-sequiturness.
abender20 - October 28, 2009
Yorvit Torrealba
Jeff Sullivan - October 28, 2009
Yorvit Torrealba is three years older than Jessica Alba
Poochie - October 29, 2009
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