Found October 08, 2009 on
Walkoff Walk:
PLAYERS:
Russell Branyan,
Ben Zobrist,
Adam Lind,
Prince Fielder,
Tony Womack
TEAMS: Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Washington Nationals
TEAMS: Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Washington Nationals
As the playoffs and award season gets underway, we want to take a gander at some players who had outstanding seasons in 2009 but whose teams ended up just shy of making the postseason and who will (most likely) not pick up any fancy trophies. Quite a consolation prize: a round of golf and a write-up on a low circulation sports blog.
Previously, Ben Zobrist, Adam Lind and Prince Fielder.
Next up, Russell Branyan, as written by our pal J from 3:10 to Joba
You are Russell Branyan. In the Year of our Lord, 1998, you made your debut for the Cleveland Indians. Since that fateful September 26th, you have epitomized the term "journeyman" by playing for 8 different teams (some more than once!) to date. In 2001 and 2002, you saw your power numbers increase to new productive levels (16 and 24 dingers respectively), making people believe in your prospect hype that you were the next coming of Mark McGwire. But then the merry-go-round of new uniforms started and things just weren'...
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