Hudson and Bong are Lucky Pennies
By
Amanda
Posted at 11:25 am
It's lucky pennies that always turn back up, right?
When Luke Hudson was designated for assigment to make room for Michael Gosling, and Jung Keun Bong for Scott Hatteberg, it seemed like I was reading a lot of “I never liked him anyway” or “I really thought he could work out” kinds of comments. People seemed to think they were gone forever.
In both cases, though, there's still time to not like or hope for the best for the guys. Both cleared waivers and are again signed with the organization. For Bong, it seemed easy:
Jung Keun Bong has cleared waivers and accepted an outright assignment to Louisville along with an invitation to big-league camp.
For Hudson, it was a touch more complicated:
“Waivers were secured (once) to allow us to outright Hudson to Louisville. Because he was a potential minor league free agent, under MLB rules he must sign a major league contract prior to being outrighted. This rule applies to any potential minor league free agent who is outrighted during the off-season after October 15 of the previous year (Bong, Hancock and Kozlowski are in the same category).”
Actually, that makes it sound like Bong was in the same situation, but we were spared the gory details. Really, I'm grateful.
Hudson’s not so lucky after all. After showing up at camp 17 pounds overweight, Narron and the Reds gave him the boot today – he’s released:
[url=http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060218&content_id=1314653&vkey=spt2006news&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin]http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp? ymd=20060218&content_id=1314653&vkey=spt2006news&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin[/url]
Fortunately for Hudson lovers, it was not he but his fellow highly-touted, H-named, pitcher-of-the-future Josh Hancock that got the boot today.
I’m gonna miss Josh Hancock.
And by “gonna miss Josh Hancock”, I mean “Josh Hancock can go sodomize himself with a rusty pipe”.
Geki – don’t hold back, tell us how you *really* feel.
RHM: Hudson is currently day-to-day with back spasms and can’t participate in workouts, which must really help his chances of remaining a non-roster player.
I think sodomy and tetanus is probably enough.
If you want me to get real in-depth, just ask about Rich Aurilia.