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January 12, 2007

Todd Pratt

According to Peter Abraham, the Yankees signed Todd Pratt. He'll be 40-years old this season. Last year, with the Braves, his stick was terrible. However, prior to that, he was a decent back-up catcher - in terms of offense. He's a bit of a character. See this from 2003:

Todd Pratt has dubbed his compadres who spend more time on the pine than in the playing field the Bench Dogs. Pratt has a belt that gets awarded to the bench player who does the best job that day. The belt is "fashioned after the gaudy types used by the World Wrestling Federation."

The last time the Yankees had a 40-year old catch a game for them was 1904 (Deacon McGuire). This could be interesting.

Posted by Steve Lombardi at January 12, 2007 09:03 PM

Comments

New Rule: No more signing guys who were in the Big Leagues when I was collecting baseball cards.

Posted by: brockdc [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 13, 2007 01:05 PM

If he makes the team, he'll need to revive that belt gimmick. After all, everyone knows you gotta have a bellyful of guts to play on Joe Torre's bench or come out of his bullpen. Not talent necessarily, just a bellyful of guts.

Posted by: JohnnyC [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 13, 2007 01:34 PM

Have you seen the list of BUC's, a veritable who's who of nobodies :)

Posted by: Raf [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 15, 2007 09:45 AM