Spike, Phase II

Remember Spike Lundberg? Spike is quietly retiring and moving into another area of his baseball career -- read on for details. Lundberg, a one-time Syracuse SkyChief (pictured, left) was a good friend to Batter's Box in his brief run through the Jay organization, even joining us here online in 2004-05 for some Q&A, the cleverly-named Ask Spike and Ask Spike II. He left the Jays after one season (2005) and hooked on with the Dodgers, where Spike was named the Southern League's "Most Outstanding Pitcher" for 2006, as he  went 14-2, 2.36 in 23 starts for the  AA Jacksonville Suns.Spike pitched professionally across a dozen seasons for 14 teams in four big league organizations -- in order, TEX, PHI, TOR and LAD -- as well as the Mexican League and the independent Atlantic League.He rang up a career mark of 102-79 in that time, including an 81-62 mark at AA/AAA. He reached double digits in season wins four times, including that ca...