Sorry, John. Lost in all the Vancil hype last week (we got him, everybody!) was news that, around the same time, the Mariners signed John Parham, too. I cannot forgive myself for this oversight.
John Parham is a catcher. Or at least, he was a catcher, for Cal State Northridge, proud alma mater of Adam Kennedy and Robert Fick and slightly less proud alma mater of Kam Loe. At CSUN, Parham batted .280 over three seasons, with his highlight being a .348/.426/.478 junior year. Had Parham built on that, he likely would've found himself drafted, but he instead came completely apart as a senior and wound up second fiddle news to a guy with a 1.4 K/BB in indy ball.
What little there is that's written about Parham seems to emphasize his solid defense, and while the only evidence that's offered in support is an impressive number of pickoffs and caught stealings, that's good enough for me to assume that he's better back there than Rob Johnson, which must be cool for him. Also cool for him is that he's getting a front-page post here while Chicago's signing of Daniel Cabrera to a minor league contract around the same time didn't warrant a front-page post there. Although that may just be sad for Daniel Cabrera.
Some of you may be wondering why I've written about John Parham and Preston Vancil while saying nothing about Tommy Everidge, to which I respond that "I don't know" is a reason.
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Where's our Levale Speigner post?
Matthew - February 3, 2010
Coming up!
Jeff Sullivan - February 3, 2010
You hate fat people?
That’s why there’s a lack of a Tommy E post.
Kirk - February 3, 2010 via mobile
Does he have a facebook?
I Lick Squirrels - February 3, 2010
He sure does!
Jeff Sullivan - February 3, 2010
Friend that mother!
moyerLIVES - February 3, 2010
And so it begins...
JonBBT - February 3, 2010
That was not one of our shining moments.
JY - February 3, 2010
Now this sounds like an interesting story.
Slurvey - February 3, 2010
Not really?
When Vancil signed, no one knew what he threw, or anything else about him, but he had a Facebook profile that popped up first on a search of him, so I, not intending to be taken seriously, proposed that someone friend him and ask him themselves. Someone did. Then it was discovered that his profile was mostly public anyway, and a number of posters spent the next hour or so carefully scrutinizing every bit of it.
JY - February 3, 2010
There's also
this…
I Lick Squirrels - February 3, 2010
Got to love friends that make pages like this
seattle_since_81 - February 3, 2010
So the Mariners took Parham...
1…2…3?
Dewey N - February 4, 2010
You're better than this.
abender20 - February 4, 2010
No I am not
Dewey N - February 4, 2010
I don't get it
Poochie - February 4, 2010
It's a reference to a movie
That’s been remade a bunch of times (and was also famously referenced by Tarrantino in “Reservoir Dogs”)
wandergeist - February 4, 2010
Also name checked here
in the Beastie Boys’ Sure Shot.
pdb - February 5, 2010
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