Robert Nilsson: No Easler From Here

This is Mike Easler. It took him forever to establish a major league career. Easler arrived in the majors at age 22 for a cup of coffee, made a couple of pinch hitting appearances at age 28 on a World Series team, and finally had a full season in the show at age 29. That's a slow timeline for development.Easler took forever for two reasons: luck and timing. He was a pretty good hitter early on and by age 25 was hitting .352 at AAA. However, he had some bad luck in that the team who owned his rights gave all the at-bats to a Punch and Judy (Greg Gross). His timing was bad because Easler was a quality power/walks player in a time when batting average ruled the earth.He still had a fine career.--Robert Nilsson's career--when compared to Mike Easler--is upside down in many ways. Nilsson didn't spend much time in the minors before getting a full season in the NHL. He played for a poor team, wasn't ready and was sent away to a second team. There, he had a solid season, rec...