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The AP today has a story about a reliever in Florida's camp named Matt Lindstrom.
Matt Lindstrom must be the hardest-throwing, Swedish-speaking, former Mormon missionary in baseball......
A fastball clocked last fall at 102 mph makes the rookie right-hander a strong candidate, and his missionary background could help, too. A native of Idaho, Lindstrom spent two years in Sweden, where he went door to door trying to spread the Mormon faith -- in Swedish -- with decidedly mixed results. He was once chastised by a 350-pound bus driver who said Mormons try to steal money.
In comparison, nursing a lead in the ninth inning might seem stress-free.
"There were some humbling times, that's for sure," Lindstrom said. "Swedish people aren't really adept at listening to people who want them to listen to a message about religion. They're blockheaded. I know, because I am one."
And as many of us on Baseball Toaster have learned from last year, one of Lindstrom's teammate will be Dan Uggla. And Uggla means "owl" in Swedish.
P: Dan Haren (The Rabbit)
P: Chet Falk (Falcon)
P: Cy Falkenberg (Falcon Mountain)
P: Brian Falkenborg (Fort Falcon)
P: Herman Fink
P: Felipe Lira (Shearwater)
P: Joe Lake (Burbot)
P: Dick "Hummer" Drott (Hummer=Lobster)
C: Carlton Fisk (Fish)
C: Ray Katt (Cat)
C: Steve Lake
1B/OF: Val Pascucci (Val = Whale)
2B: Dan Uggla (Owl)
SS/2B/3B: Eddie Lake
OF: Val Majewski
OF/Manager: Bibb Falk
Manager: Fred Lake
btw go Marlins...so long as you stop at second place.
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