Thursday, June 14

Sal Solemnly Addresses His Fans

Here's the straight talk comin': Four weeks and seven days ago our GM brought forth, upon this maple syrup-eatin' city, a new catcher, conceived in benchwarmin' and dedicated to the proposition that "all mustaches are not created equal."

Now Sal is engaged in a great designation of assignment, testing whether that maple syrup-eatin' city, or any city so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great ballfield of that designation of assignment. Sal has come to kiss goodbye a portion of it, as a final restin' place for the call-up that died here, that the maple syrup-eatin' city might live. This we may, in all pissed-offness, do. But in a larger sense, we cannot benchwarm, we cannot let balls pass, we cannot bat .045, on this ground. The brave players, livin' and traded, who struggled here, have hallowed it, far above Sal's poor power to the gap. The baseball world will little note, nor long remember what Sal says here; while it can never forget the fu manchu Sal grew here.

It is rather for Sal, the designated for assignment, that he here be dedicated to the great task remainin' before him--that from these honored players we take increased devotion to takin' extra battin' practice--that Sal here highly resolve that these 25 men shall not have lost tons of games in vain, that this maple syrup-eatin' city shall have a new birth of winnin', and that baseball of the bluebirds, by the bluebirds, for the bluebirds shall not perish from the earth.

11 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

Sal, sorry to see you go. Your batting average may not have been the best, but you made some key plays and hits that resulted in some wins that would have otherwise have been losses. I hope you stay with Toronto and find your way back one way or another!

9:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

WE'LL MISS YOU SAL!

The selfish side of me really hopes you clear waivers and stay within the Toronto organization, ever ready to be called up in our hour of need.

There's something comforting about knowing that the greatest mustache in all of baseball is a phone call away from the Jays clubhouse.

Keep your chin up Sal, you'll be back catchin' the Doc in no time!

9:25 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Hope you get back soon man. Thanks for all the work you did with AJ.

12:47 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

you are the heart and soul (and moustache) of this franchise. and you are 10 times the man that loser jason phillips is... it should be his head that rolls, not yours.. that loser sucks so much that even laser eye surgery told him to piss off..

sally 4 life.

9:59 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I envy Sal's fu manchu and fantastic attitude. I miss him now that he's gone.

Farewell, Sal -- http://www.dennis.ca/weblog/2007/06/15/a-sad-day-for-sal-and-i/

11:43 AM  
Blogger Deacon Mike Trout said...

Cheese and crackers, Sal, I'm sorry to hear it! Hopefully you'll find your way back to New York and we can hang out! I'm a bachelor now! Meatpacking district here comes Sal and Deacon Mike Trout!

12:52 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sal, it is sad to see you go. I greatly enjoyed your limited time here and wish you had been able to stay longer. Watching you chug around those bases brought a great deal of pride to a (less than small) ball player such as myself. You play the game the way it should be payed!

5:56 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey - Sal is the best! WE need colorful people like him in the world. I'm sure he probably got picked up by now... anyway, did you see that the world's oldest blogger is also a big sal fan? check out Uncle Miroslav's blog at www.quirkcollective.com

11:12 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Thanks for all your work Sal

8:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

come home sally.. i'm sick of this loser zaun hogging what should be your spotlight....

4:11 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice post & nice blog. I love both.

2:05 AM  

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