
Shagging Flies
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Shagging Flies
@Shagging_Flies
Christ follower. Shagging flies and talking baseball. Baseball cards are a fun topic as well.







Not enough people talk about Alex Ochoa • .279/.344/.422 (.766 OPS), 97 OPS+ • .914 OPS, 98 RBI from 1999-2000 • 807 GP, 597 H, 196 XBH, 261 RBI • 2002 WS Champ with Anaheim • .727 BA v. Doug Drabek (12 PA) • Played for 6 teams in 8 years • Terrific defensive outfielder • 23 Rfield in 4768.0 innings • Traded 7 times in his career • Pretty great Showdown card • 39 XBH, 52 RBI, 58 K per 162 • Only once had more than 43 K • Never struck out more than 76x • Played 6 years in Japan after MLB • Top Similarity Score: Chris Singleton • 98th all-time in Total Zone Runs as RF • (but 261st all-time in games played in RF) • Only player to cycle in both MLB and NPB! • 2012 Red Sox coach under Bobby Valentine • 2 career leadoff HR, both off @AndyBenes40 • Pro total: .286 BA, 2173 H, 647 XBH, 1043 RBI • Only 25 players with at least 600 PA across the 1999 and 2000 seasons maintained a .300/.390/.520 slash line over that span; Ochoa's 70 strikeouts are by far the fewest among that group

Today's #MiLBCoD is 1992-93 Fleer Excel Albany Polecats Ugueth Urbina. In reading about Ugee, I had completely forgotten about how his career ended. Tell me your favorite story about the player, team, ballpark, etc. Especially if it is Minor League. RTs are appreciated.

Jorge Soler hits an absolute LASER into the Crawford Boxes




















