Rey Quiñones #358

This week's topic...Rey Quiñones! According to former Mariners GM Dick Balderson - Rey "had the potential to be the best in the game, but what a strange guy.”  At one point Ted Williams compared Rey to Frank Robinson. That didn't quite pan out, he was a Red Sox top prospect with a decent bat traded for Dave Henderson and Spike Owen. Rey was our first Seattle Mariners player, so we discussed their early history. 

Rey is one of our favorites. According to teammate Henry Cotto - “Rey Quiñones is hard to understand." We tried to understand him.

Card on ⁠Beckett  ⁠

⁠Dorktown⁠

Rey Quiñones' entry in the SABR Bio Project⁠

⁠Nintendo Power⁠, no longer a magazine, but of course in 2020 is a podcast

⁠Bartleby, the Scrivener⁠ by Herman Melville

Quotes by Henry David Thoreau on ⁠Goodreads

Charlie Kerfeld #608

 

This week, a new hero of the podcast...Astros reliever Charlie Kerfeld! Charlie was a key part of the 1986 Astros, going 11-2 with a 2.59 ERA. He loved the Jetsons, pro wrestling, and eating ribs in the bullpen. In retirement he was a successful front office executive for the Phillies!

Topics: Go-Gos, air guitar, and the RBI Corner

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