Let’s assemble the best possible Angels team by letter of the alphabet to begin a player’s last name. Today is J. If you are paying attention the letter “i” has been skipped and I will combine with a few other letters later in this series. 30 men whose last name started with “J” played major league baseball in an Angels uniform. None of them caught behind the plate.
C –
1B – Wally Joyner
2B – Jahmai Jones
3B – Ron Jackson
SS – Luis Jimenez
OF – Reggie Jackson
OF – Bo Jackson
OF – Ruppert Jones
DH – Alex Johnson
I checked every “J” Angel… not only did not one of them ever catch while an Angel, none ever caught anywhere in their pro careers. Ron Jackson played every position except pitcher and catcher in his career. But there IS a batting title here!
SP – Tommy John
SP – Jesse Jefferson
SP – Janson Junk
RP – Mike James
RP – Kevin Jepsen
Mike James was a great pitcher and the first MLB player with a tongue piercing.
I’m still reeling from Terry Forster being left off the “F” team.
You gotta love a guy who orders a pizza delivery during the game (As a Dodger) to the stadium/bullpen.
he was the original MLB Tub of Goo.
Is Ippei injecting him with something? Does the AI know something we don’t?
My squad.
Bo Jackson was so great he could catch and still track down balls in the outfield.
One solution would be to take Jay Johnstone and convert him to catcher!
Also there is an argument that Johnstone>Jonhnson and should be DH.
Hopefully Chris Iannetta will eventually be caught up and not passed by like so many of those pitched balls.
Yeah – go with Ianetta at C. The Greeks would pronounce ‘J’ as ‘I’.
As would the Romans. I’d say go with the Destructobeam.
And the Germans, the Dutch, the Swedes…..
Sorry but No Dutch allowed here.
Even Bert Blyleven?
The Flying Dutchman isn’t Dutch. He’s from Garden Grove.
Pfft. What have the Romans ever done for us?
The aqueduct?
Roads?
So that’s who to blame for the 91 😀
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Papa Jack!