It Still Pays To Be Left-Handed

Oliver Perez I guess it’s old news…. If you are left-handed and can reach home plate with a baseball, someone will give you a shot at a pitching job. I nearly fell out of my uncomfortable yellow computer chair when I saw this on the MLB transaction list a few days ago…. 1/18/12 – Seattle Mariners signed free agent LHP Oliver Perez. Oliver Perez!?!? It’s the old attempt at “catching lightning in a bottle” I guess, whatever that means. I’m a New York Mets fan, so I can tell you, Mr. Jack Zduriencik, that Oliver is finished. Don’t waste your time and sour your spring training clubhouse. This is the same guy that the Mets left to rot in the bullpen for weeks at a time between appearances. He refused minor league assignments while his WHIP was over 2.00 and was as big a factor as any in Omar Minaya’s firing. Ron Mahay Or how about this doozy…. 1/13/12 – Cincinnati Reds signed free agent LHP Ron Mahay. Ha! Mahay? ...