ALEX LIDDI RUMORS & GOSSIP
Alex Liddi and the Greatest European Players Ever
Yesterday, Alex Liddi hit a grand slam, which the AP noted was “the first major league grand slam by an Italian-born player in half-century.” That actually understates the true rarity of Liddi’s accomplishment: as a matter of fact, Liddi is only the second Italian-born player of all time to homer in the big leagues, since utility infielder Reno Bertoia retired in 1962 with...
GIFcap: Darwin Barney & David DeJesus Combine For Lulz + Alex Liddi Does It Solo
Alex Liddi demonstrates why you can’t just stick an infielder in the outfield. Plus, the Cubs combination of Darwin Barney and David DeJesus provided a candidate for fail of the year. Brought to you courtesy of Jaymes Langrehr. My favorite part was DeJesus holding up his glove like he was Link and the ball was
Rangers slammed by Liddi, lose to Mariners
SEATTLE (AP) -- Alex Liddi hit the first major league grand slam by an Italian-born player in half-century, Kevin Millwood threw six shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners took two of three from division-leading Texas with a 5-3 win over the Rangers on Wednesday.
Liddi made Texas manager Ron Washington pay for the decision to pitch around Dustin Ackley with one out in the fifth...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
May 23, 2012
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Mariners 5, Rangers 3
Alex Liddi hit the first grand slam of his career, and second grand slam ever by an Italian-born player, Kevin Millwood threw six shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners took two of three from division-leading Texas with a 5-3 win over the Rangers on Wednesday.
Liddi made Texas manager Ron Washington pay for the decision to pitch around Dustin Ackley with one out in the fifth inning...
Via AP on Fox
May 23, 2012
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Liddi finding fans on two continents
Last week, Alex Liddi was a reserve infielder for the Seattle Mariners and the answer to a trivia question, as the first player born and raised in Italy to play in the major leagues.
Now, he's much more than that.
He's establishing himself as an everyday player. He's stirring interest in the game among his countrymen. And he's becoming the new face of European baseball...
Via Fox Sports
April 27, 2012
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Alex Liddi Stating His Case for Mariners
With injured players healing and a roster shuffle just around the corner for Seattle, the right-handed hitting corner infielder has homered on back-to-back nights in Detroit and is making a strong case to stick around.
Via mariners.scout.com
April 26, 2012
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Tigers can't overcome early deficit against M's
DETROIT (AP) -- Alex Liddi had a career-high three hits, including a solo homer, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 7-4 on Tuesday night.
Miguel Cabrera and Alex Avila homered for the Tigers, but it wasn't enough to overcome an early 4-0 deficit. Michael Saunders drove in three runs for Seattle, which snapped a four-game losing streak.
Jason Vargas (3-1) pitched...
Via Fox Sports Detroit
April 24, 2012
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Grading Casper Wells & Alex Liddi 2012 Mariners debuts
How’d they do?
The Seattle Mariners started the 2012 campaign off with some tough decisions. Two of those decisions were to send Casper Wells and Alex Liddi to Tacoma to start the year. A week of baseball is in the bag and the youngsters are getting their first crack in the starting lineup today against the Rangers.
The Mariners entered the game 4-3 looking to split the series...
Alex Liddi needs rest after being dumped by winter ball teams in Venezuela and now the Domincan Republic
Alex Liddi was originally supposed to be heading home to Italy after being dropped last week by his winter ball team in Venezuela. But he headed to the Dominican Republic instead and caught on with the Leones del Escogido.
We found out that news this afternoon and tweeted it. Less than an hour later, we found out that Liddi was released today after just three games in which he committed...
Via Seattle Times
November 15, 2011
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Alex Liddi sent home from Venezuelan winter leagues after struggles
Alex Liddi had a long baseball season in 2011, getting called up by the Mariners and playing an extra month longer than he's used to. It appears that all that extra time on the field finally caught up to Liddi, who struggled down in Venezuela while playing winter ball with the Lara Cardenales.
The Lara club has struggled as well, and this week decided to send Liddi home and seek...
Via Seattle Times
November 03, 2011
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