But my favorite guy on that 2003 team, without a doubt, was a young shortstop (thought not as young as we thought, it turns out) called Angel Berroa. He had come over from the A’s in the Johnny Damon deal, and Royals general manager Allard Baird was hopelessly in love. Allard spent a disproportionate amount of time in his Royals career trying to secure a shortstop. He made a staggeringly large multi-year offer to Rey Sanchez which, even more staggeringly, Sanchez and Scott Boras turned down. Allard traded Jermaine Dye for Neifi Perez in one of the more baffling moves of recent years.
And he fell hard for Berroa. He thought Berroa had everything — some speed, some power, great range, good arm, a quick bat. I remember we went to the Dominican that fall, and on a hot afternoon I watched Tony Pena hit a ground ball to his left, then one to his right, then one to his left, then right, it was like watching someone run baseball suicides, and finally, inevitably, Berroa started to throw up. Pena yelled something at him in Spanish.
"What’s that?" I asked.
"I asked him, ‘You had enough, fatty?’" Pena said.
Joe Posnanski, The Brief Wondrous Life of Angel Berroa
about 1 year ago
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Poz could write a book on the 2003 season
So many weird storylines
(Disclaimer: The book would not actually sell any copies)
by raefzilla on Sep 7, 2008 11:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
+1=3
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by devil_fingers on Sep 8, 2008 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
berroa
ugh.
Accidentally not thedude925 anymore. I do hate this new name.
by wildthang on Sep 8, 2008 1:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Really fun article
Someday I will tell my grandkids about 2003.
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by RoyalsRetro on Sep 8, 2008 10:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
+1 for awesome oblique reference to the immortal Art Stewart/Lubanski incident!
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by devil_fingers on Sep 8, 2008 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure
He stole that from you!
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by RoyalsRetro on Sep 8, 2008 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
I was laughing at your oblique reference to the Lubanski thing that I didn’t really know about until your draft recollections post. I didn’t know the whole Art Stewart connection. now it might have to go into the drinking game.
By the way, does anyone else love the story of Jose Lima wearing a Royals uniform in the middle of the day int he Dominican as much as I do?
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by devil_fingers on Sep 8, 2008 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it is an awesome story
not exactly lounge wear
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by buddyball on Sep 8, 2008 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, Rec'd for mocking my "crediomania" or whatever.
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by devil_fingers on Sep 8, 2008 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man - Neifi, B-error-a, and then TPJ
is it any wonder why we have fallen in love with Aviles?
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by buddyball on Sep 8, 2008 1:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Also, it means Aviles should be _begging_ for a trade...
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by devil_fingers on Sep 8, 2008 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Culture of Losing will catch up with him any day now
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by NYRoyal on Sep 8, 2008 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he will wake up and find out that he is really 54 years old
but can he still marry one of the assistant coaches daughters?
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by buddyball on Sep 8, 2008 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs















