February 16, 2006
Hatteberg at the Bat
By
Amanda
Posted at 7:41 pm
So the new guys have their numbers:
- Rick White, 00
- Bench coach Bucky Dent, 7
- Frank Menechino, 16
- Scott Hatteberg, 21
- Quinton McCracken, 30
- Grant Balfour, 36
- Michael Gosling, 48
- Dave Williams, 52
- Mike Burns, 53
- Justin Germano, 57
- Homer Bailey, 74
- Tuffy Rhodes, 83
I really didn't think they'd hand out #21 to anyone this season. But they gave it to Hatteberg, the new cute-as-a-button first baseman who's lacking that traditional first baseman power. Maybe they just got confused.
As usual, many thanks to Marc Lancaster's spring training blog for the heads-up.
I had a farfetched dream that Casey would return to Cincy next year when his contract is up. Sigh…
He still could, I suppose. Hatteberg is only on a 1-year deal so he could potentially even get his number back.
Honestly, though, I hope the Pirates want to keep him. I’d hate to make him have to sort out his conflicting loyalties again so soon.
yeah, it’s just tough to have him on a team i really don’t care about. if he had moved to the cubs or the nationals (i live in dc), it might be easier. i know it’s his hometown team and all, but…
maybe all of those games against the pirates will be worth something this year.