Davis, 33, played with three major-league teams from 1998 to 2004, batting .237 in 486 games, and has been with eight minor-league clubs since. Not ready to give up baseball, he reinvented himself after the Baltimore Orioles cut him in 2008.
"I was with Baltimore in triple A, and I was just not hitting at all," Davis said. "I had a very good opportunity there to play, and just really didn't take advantage of it.
"I came home and I was like, you know, I don't think any club is going to pick me up to be a catcher. So I figured why don't I start pitching. I know I still had a pretty good arm, and I could probably throw strikes."
Of course, we hope he makes it. We have a soft spot for a guy we followed one year from New Jersey's worst city to the glitz of Sin City. And, Christine always likes players who convert from a hitter to a pitcher and vice versa.
Good lede: Paul Hagan went a little SoxandPhils to kick off a column about how the Phillies can't blame all their problems on injuries:
Their All-Star second baseman, a perennial MVP candidate, is in a cast. Their starting catcher is on the disabled list and the backup catcher is unavailable as well. They're also without their No. 1 starter, best outfielder and an important setup reliever.
And the Red Sox went into play last night tied for the second-best record in the majors despite being without Dustin Pedroia, Victor Martinez, Jason Varitek, Josh Beckett, Jacoby Ellsbury and Manny Delcarmen.
So, yes, the Phillies have been decimated by injuries.
But, no, that doesn't fully explain why the team that's won the division three straight years is spinning its wheels at the mathematical midpoint of the season.
Good to see that Hagen's reading the blog and knows how badly the SoxandPhils have been injured. And now, it looks like we can add Kevin Youkilis to that list.
Tonight's games: Bad. Sox lost to the Rays. Phillies lost to the Braves.
2 comments:
How many times are we going to see Phils pitchers retire the first two batters in an inning, and then allow runs because they can't get that third batter out? Their repeated inabilty to get that third hitter out opens the flood gates and it has cost them so many times I've lost count. Hamels did it twice tonight and it cost them.
And of course the inability of the offense to bring a runner home from third with NO OUTS. Absolutely inexcusable, and they do it time after time.
The motto of every major league team against the Phillies is, "get into their bullpen and we can win". It was just a matter of time before one of the relievers blew the game tonight.
It's amazing that they are still in contention. The way they have played this year, their season should be over by now.
Bring back Brett Myers!
(I honestly don't know if I'm joking or not.)
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