Next to A. J. Pierzynski, Greg Zaun is probably the least liked catcher in the majors. It could be his face. Or maybe it's his diminutive stature and his face. Fans like Pedroia because he's so talented and he tries hard- and he's cute in a sort of pitiful way. Zaun just looks like a scamp you'd see kicking around the docks.
That being said, I had to feel bad for him after seeing this video.
The best part is when Zaun is walking to the mound and Gallardo is trying not to laugh. Apparently Zaun had some muscle spasms after a collision at the plate. Perhaps he should spasm more often though as he had a career day with the bat, going 4-for-4 with 5 RBI. Though he was facing the Pirates, so you have to scale his stats. In reality it was more like a 2-for-3 with 3 RBI performance.
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That video was funny. I didn't expect him to miss on the third throw back to the mound. There's a reference to our Five Star Auto catcher in there somewhere, I just don't feel like looking for it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I think we should develop some sort of conversion metrics to scale stats against teams like the Royals, Pirates, Padres and Orioles.