The Smells-A-Little-Fishy Lineup

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August 14, 2018

Couldn’t find a Perch or a Minnow in the entire MLB player batch ~ and we also passed on nicknames like “Catfish” and “The Human Crab” to come up with a slightly less potent (on paper) ~ Smells-A-Little-Fishy Lineup!

It is lamentable that the big leagues, so far, have missed out fielding at least one single ballplayer whose surname is “Snapper.” If there ever is a Snapper, especially if his DNA runs back to those port city Vikings that long ago came, conquered, and stayed in Ireland in places by the sea ~ is there any doubt as to what his nickname most likely would be?

Today we’ll just have to find consolation in this negatively aromatic lineup of the mind. Perhaps the rest of you can submit nominations for other roster additions that could make it smell better or even worse.

Here it is in its original lineup form:

The Smells-A-Little-Fishy Lineup

#	Batting Order	Year	Pos	BA	HR	RBI
1	Ralph Garr	1974	LF	.353	11	54
2	Kevin Bass	1986	RF	.311	20	79
3	Mike Trout	2016	CF	.315	29	100
4	Tim Salmon	1995	1B	.330	34	105
5	Mickey Rivers	1977	DH	.326	12	69
6	Geronimo Gil	2002	3B	.232	12	45
7	Eddie Lake	1945	SS	.279	11	51
8	Bert Whaling	1913	C	.242	0	25
9	Sam Fishburn	1919	2B	.333	0	2

	Pitchers	Year	Pos	Won	Lost	ERA
P	Dizzy Trout (R)	1944	P	27	14	2.12
P	Eddie Fisher (R)	1965	P	15	7	2.40

Tim Salmon at 1st and Geronimo Gil at 3rd are playing out of position for the sake of filling out the defensive needs of the club, but large outfielders have been known to make the move to 1st OK in many other instances ~ and where else do you put a slightly slower catcher when you want him in the lineup ~ and 1st is already filled? – Third Base! ~ Of course! ~ That’s right.

You know what else is fishy? ~ It’s watching the Astros go through this period in which they look like they belong at the bottom of the American League ocean. ~ Maybe tonight they will break out of it. After all, they are only playing the Rockies ~ and all the Rockies are doing these sweat-heavy days of mid-August Houston heat is running tied with the Dodgers, one game back of Arizona in the NL West. ~ How fired up are they going to be on the heels of knowing that the Mariners just pulled the Astros back into a tighter division race than anyone saw coming prior to the pile up of all our local team player injuries?

Baseball moves in mysterious ways. ~ Have a bite on this little Smells-A-Little-Fishy Lineup. ~ It’s all we’re serving up for a late baseball afternoon “afunch” today at The Pecan Park Eagle Bar & Grill.

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