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 Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject: New Blue Jay Thomson rips Lo Duca's catching |
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Wow, pretty ballsy for a guy to say things like this when he has a 62-84 career record with a 4.69 ERA. Does he have some beef with Lo Duca that I'm just not aware of? Or Floyd for that matter?
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2726797
| Quote: | John Thomson was surprisingly candid Wednesday about one of the reasons he chose the Toronto Blue Jays over the Mets: He didn't want to pitch to New York catcher Paul Lo Duca.
"As far as just looking at Paul Lo Duca across the field, I'm not really into how he acts behind the plate," Thomson said on a conference call. "I know a bit about [Toronto catcher] Gregg Zaun and I know he wants to win and he's not going to let anything get in his way to do that, and I like that.
"And then with Vernon Wells in center field, I'm not really concerned about the outfield with him out there. ... Just watching the Mets' outfield, if Cliff Floyd is still there it's not a real good fit for him out there. He can hit the ball, but as far as defense, he's a little shaky. |
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