Remembering Not To Forget Jody Gerut
Maybe I’m a little off my game. Or maybe I, like even the most avid baseball fans, haven’t been keeping up on Seattle Mariners news. It could have something to do with the caliber of player involved in the specific transaction. But it’s probably all three combined.
I almost missed the news of Jody Gerut’s retirement.
“So what?” and “What...
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March 03, 2011
Jody Gerut Retires
As has been reported on the Mariner’s official team site, Jody Gerut announced his retirement this morning.
“I can no longer, in good conscience, play the game in a manner that reflects the positive example for the younger generation of baseball players,” Gerut said. “Physically I’m fine. But mentally my reasons for wanting to be in uniform have become...
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February 28, 2011
Jody Gerut officially retires from the game of baseball
Jody Gerut is hanging up his cleats for good. The 33-year-old outfielder and only known professional athlete who subscribes t… Source
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February 27, 2011
Jody Gerut Leaves Mariners Camp, Baseball, Citing Loss of Passion
Filed under: Mariners, Spring TrainingPEORIA, Ariz. -- Outfielder Jody Gerut, who came up with the Indians in 2003 and played with five different Major League teams, retired in the camp of a sixth Sunday.
Gerut, who was given a 50-50 chance to make the opening day roster of the Seattle Mariners at age 33, said that his energy to play the game as well as he could was gone.
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February 27, 2011
The More You Know: Jody Gerut
News is so thin that you get a post on Jody Gerut!In what seems to be the "throw spaghetti on the ceiling and see what sticks" approach to left field, the M's went out and picked up Jody Gerut on a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training. The curious thing about Gerut is he very well could be the starter in left field on opening day or he could...
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February 03, 2011
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February 03, 2011
San Diego Padres to sign OF Jody Gerut
Tom Krasovic of AOL FanHouse says (via Twitter) that the San Diego Padress will sign outfielder Jody Gerut to a Triple-A Minor League contract.
Gerut was released by the Milwaukee Brewers on August 13. He had been on the disabled list since May 23 due to a heel injury.
The 32-year-old outfielder was hitting .197/.230/.366 with 2 home runs in 32 games for the Brewers this season....
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August 19, 2010
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August 19, 2010
Should the Padres take Jody Gerut’s advice?
“At some point, ownership has to lead the revenue,” Gerut said. “It doesn’t always occur where your players first start to win and then you start to build around it. Sometimes the ownership has to lead that first. There’s ancillary stuff that I probably know nothing about. I know sometimes that if you build it, fans will come. It doesn’t always...
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May 27, 2010
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May 27, 2010
The Great Gerut
Jody Gerut hit for the cycle Saturday night as the Brewers staged another offensive outburst:
The cycle was the 32-year-old outfielder’s first and the sixth in Brewers history. Gerut hit a solo home run in the second inning, singled in the third, drove in a run with a triple in the fifth and added a two-run double in the ninth.
Despite his performance Gerut didn’t use the opportunity...
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May 09, 2010
Suggesting a Better Alkaline Trio Song for Jody Gerut
If you're going to have Alkaline Trio as your at bat music, you may as well do it right.
Thursday’s Brewer game was the first I’d attended with Jody Gerut in the starting lineup. As he walked to the plate for his first at bat, I wondered something I’d never before been left wonder while attending a baseball game – “Is that Alkaline Trio?”
Indeed, Gerut’s at bat...
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June 12, 2009
Jody Gerut Back... Again
Jody Gerut was a hot commodity ...in 2003. We see if its worth the risk to take a flier on the oft injured outfielder.
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January 22, 2008
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