Jose Mesa, whose career has been surprisingly long-lived for a reliever without being left-handed, was released by the Tigers after compiling a 12.34 ERA this season. Mesa did manage to win one game this season. That was on May 5, when he got Jason LaRue of the Royals to end the sixth inning in Kansas City with a force out. The Tigers then scored three times in the top of the seventh to take the lead and Bobby Seay and Todd Jones closed it out. In his career, Mesa has pitched for the Orioles, Indians, Giants, Mariners, Phillies, Rockies, and Tigers. And I guess the Pirates.
I very clearly remember a trip to PNC Park in April '05, when I walked from my bleacher seats in LF past the Pirate bullpen and was literally right on top of Joe Table warming up to come into the 9th.
Yes, he played for the Pirates.
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vr, Xei
I've made it as far home as Minneapolis.
Yes, he played for the Pirates.
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