LaRussa: McGwire pinch hitting in '10, "not impossible"

[scOtt]

All I can think of is Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler."

*was going to post a photo but for some reason I don't see that option anymore. Is it gone?

Or the movie Mr. 3000...

[TGO]

He would get a whole new 15 years.

This is incorrect according to the BBWAA (as relayed by Jerry Crasnick http://twitter.com/jcrasnick). When he goes back on the ballot he would not restart his 15-year clock.

[makoman]

This is incorrect according to the BBWAA (as relayed by Jerry Crasnick http://twitter.com/jcrasnick). When he goes back on the ballot he would not restart his 15-year clock.

This doesn't seem right, looking at the rule. Seems like he'd get 20 years after he last played (i.e. 15 years on the ballot, after the 5 years retired).

Eligible Candidates — Candidates to be eligible must meet the following requirements:

1. A baseball player must have been active as a player in the Major Leagues at some time during a period beginning twenty (20) years before and ending five (5) years prior to election.

I note that the tweets concerning the 15 years are not necessarily linked to what the BBWAA guy said, could be Crasnick's opinion. Or maybe they are just wrong, it's not like this happens every day.

[weams]

Yeah, but if LaRussa is actually considering him on the playoff roster, THAT would be a waste of a spot.

Jim Thome and Matt Stairs say hello.

[Icterus galbula]

Jim Thome and Matt Stairs say hello.

Thome had a 118 OPS+ in 434 PA last year. He hasn't faded away quite as hard.

[scOtt]

Jim Thome and Matt Stairs say hello.

Neither of them were out of baseball for 5 years. Or 6 or 7 I forget...

[billwine76]

I dont really see how it could be a benefit to have him on the roster.

[weams]

Neither of them were out of baseball for 5 years. Or 6 or 7 I forget...

I still think it would be cool. Eddie Murray looks like he could still hit.

Seven.

[scOtt]

I still think it would be cool. Eddie Murray looks like he could still hit.

Seven.

I absolutely agree with that! Think if he got three or four close and late pinch hits, throughout the whole post season. He would be a God again.

Haven't seen Eddie in a while, but T-Bone still looks plenty fit.

[Art Wing]

Or the movie Mr. 3000...

Yeah, true... but I was thinking more of the ex-roider sad old guy with a living caricature kind of face... still a monster and hulking but old and slow and reeking of arthritis and horrid internal goings-on.

The entire time I watched "The Wrestler" I couldn't get over how strange Mickey Rourke's face looked. Like a decade old plastic surgery procedure gone bad or something.