I thought his numbers were pretty good in triple A also. I wonder if he's one of those people that just cannot handle the pressure of MLB. I feel bad for the guy but if you can't do the job, well, it's time to find another job.
Still a great story. And I imagine Nolan Ryan might just have hurt rather than warned. By the way, from the way Jack Morris talks, he was a surly curmudgeon at a young age, say about 23.
Speaking of signs, I loved Berts anecdote last night regarding the stealing of signs. According to Bert, and he cleaned it up, he once told a runner on second to quit relaying signs or someone was going to get hurt.
I prefer the Calvin Coolidge method: "I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say." And then there's also this Coolidge truism: "If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it."
I would be surprised if I even speak 10,000 words a day. Of course, since I have a voice made for mime and a face made for radio....(H/T the late Ron Luciano)