• Mr. I T-Shirts



    Visit the Mr. Irrelevant T-Shop.

  • Part of the YB Network

  • Categories

  • Archives

  • Loving Sponsors





    • « | Home | »

    Will Meat Hook Land Torii For the Nats?

    By Chris Mottram | October 18, 2007

    Thank god Washington has Dmitri Young … and plenty of African-Americans in the city. These seem to be the two main reasons that soon-to-be free agent Torii Hunter is interested in coming to Washington:

    “Dmitri Young makes it very interesting. I’ve always wanted to play with Dmitri. … I always talk to my wife about being interested in playing in front of the African-American fans and trying to get the African Americans back to playing the game … Trust me — D.C. is very interesting to me.”

    You hear that, honkies? Get the hell out of the city. If he comes to visit, I don’t wanna see one vanilla face within a 20 mile radius of the stadium.

    But realistically, the Nats probably can’t afford him. Although signing Torii would be huge for the team. They desperately need a consistent, every day centerfielder. Last year, Nook Logan and Ryan Langerhans split time there. They combined for an impressively horrible .218 BA, .617 OPS, six homeruns, and 44 RBI. Yep, I’d say Torii would be a minor upgrade.

    Topics: Dmitri Young, MLB, Nationals | 11 Comments »

    11 Responses to “Will Meat Hook Land Torii For the Nats?”

    1. Eamon Says:
      October 18th, 2007 at 11:22 AM

      Why can’t we afford him? Lerner is a billionaire, ppen up the checkbook old man.

    2. diaperdrinker Says:
      October 18th, 2007 at 11:45 AM

      Who are the Nationals?

    3. Unsilent Majority Says:
      October 18th, 2007 at 11:48 AM

      He will be ours, oh yes, he will be ours.

    4. ScottVanPeltStyle Says:
      October 18th, 2007 at 12:02 PM

      I like this move, too. So much so, I wrote a song about it.

      Like to hear it? Here it go.

      http://svpstyle.blogspot.com/2007/10/mr-hunter-coming-to-washington.html

    5. Chris Mottram Says:
      October 18th, 2007 at 12:02 PM

      “Who are the Nationals?”

      Oh, oh, I get it. HAHAHAHAHASHA. Because they’re a relatively new team. OMG. Holy shit, that was so fucking clever. Can’t. Breath. So. Funny.

    6. geoff_burr@hotmail.com Says:
      October 18th, 2007 at 12:11 PM

      As someone who’s been in the stands for about 40 Nats games over the last two seasons, I’m pretty sure Torii is going to be disappointed in the level of “diversity.” I’ve seen more African-Americans at Burning Tree.

    7. diaperdrinker Says:
      October 18th, 2007 at 12:16 PM

      Get a job Mottram.

    8. Chris Mottram Says:
      October 18th, 2007 at 12:23 PM

      “Get a job Mottram.”

      Oh, oh, I get it. Cause, you know, bloggers NEVER have real jobs and live in their parents’ basement! Another zinger! I hope you’ll be here all night.

    9. Unsilent Majority Says:
      October 18th, 2007 at 12:43 PM

      With a name like diaperdrinker you know he’s the hit of every party.

    10. The Mayor of Fed Ex Field Says:
      October 18th, 2007 at 1:31 PM

      Diaperdrinker should have his own blog.

      Chris and Jamie, you officially have some haters. Welcome to the big league boys.

      Come by F-51 this Sunday, I got some hate blockers I can give you.

    11. ShaneRollins Says:
      October 19th, 2007 at 10:23 AM

      An outfield of Tori Hunter, Willy Mo and Austin Kearns…looks like an all star game in the seventh inning…from four years ago.

      Seriously though, I love the pick up, might as well go for it. It gives us a name folks might recognize.

    Comments