Comments on: Card Corner: Goofy Gomez

By: Bobtaco

Bobtaco — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:03:46 +0000

My grandfather took me to meet Lefty Gomez in the early 80s in Washington, DC, where he was appearing at the American History Museum for some reason. I was probably 7 or 8 at the time and I remember my grandfather making me shake his hand and telling me he was a great Yankee pitcher. They probably chatted for less than 5 minutes and I think we got his autograph on a dollar bill.

At the time Lefty didn’t make much of an impression on me, as he was just a frail old man. Bruce, thanks for writing such a great post and giving Lefty some context and making that memory much more special.

By: Yankster

Yankster — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:57:52 +0000

[0] great funny post. “Maybe he’ll go away” I’ve tried that before.

By: RIYank

RIYank — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:36:03 +0000

Anyone have any thoughts on Cashman’s stratagem of putting a waiver claim on Chris Carter?

Short version: he was the key element going to the Mets in the trade for Wagner. But Carter is on the Sox’ 40-man, so he had to clear waivers. The result is that he’s a PtbNL, will still go to the Mets, but is stuck on the Boston 40-man for the rest of the season.

The Red Sox had two openings on their roster, though: one for Byrd, one for Dice-K. The Cashman move reduces Boston’s flexibility, but likely does no real harm to them. (At least this is my reading.)

By: thedmondsjr

thedmondsjr — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:26:05 +0000

thanks for this entertaining post about a baseball legend. I read once that Foxx hit such a shot off Lefty that it broke a chair in the upper deck, and Lefty got quite a bit of fun out of that.