Jay Gibbons

[olehippi]

Looks like Jay Gibbons is going to get a shot in the OF with the Albuquerque, the Dodgers AAA club.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=RF&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=400158

The picture freaks me out a little, but I wish Jay the best of luck.

[cindyluvsbrady]

Looks like Jay Gibbons is going to get a shot in the OF with the Albuquerque, the Dodgers AAA club.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=RF&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=400158

The picture freaks me out a little, but I wish Jay the best of luck.

Awwww

I still love Jay:) He was so nice to my kids:clap3:

May God bless him!!!

[RShack]

The picture freaks me out a little, but I wish Jay the best of luck.

Who's that skinny little guy wearing a Jay Gibbons uniform?

[Frobby]

In an odd way, you have to admire the guy. He made more than $20 mm playing baseball, he should easily be set for life and able to find something else to do, and yet he keeps scratching away trying to make it back to the majors.

[Old#5fan]

Who's that skinny little guy wearing a Jay Gibbons uniform?

Yeah, really. 190 pounds? Heck I outweigh him now.

[tennOsfan]

He looks like Barry Bonds in reverse.

[Craig...No Dots]

He looks like Barry Bonds in reverse.

Yup you said it. Man Jay Gibbons was always really hard to look at. Almost as bad as his production.

[Don Quixote]

It somehow seems appropriate he'll be playing for the Isotopes.

[Mackus]

Best of luck to Jay. I've always liked him, despite the poor ending to his O's career.

[Dr. FLK]

Captain Popup returns...

[TyCobb]

Yeah, really. 190 pounds? Heck I outweigh him now.

I thought that was light too, but Baseball-reference listed him at 6' and 195 lbs.

Fangraphs had him at 6' and 205 lbs. That is more like it, but not really as heavy as I thought he was in his O's days.

[NewMarketSean]

I wish him the best. He got caught up in something (steroids) that was running rampant in baseball at the time. Even Brian Roberts tried it. He seemed like a nice guy when he was here so I am pulling for him to get another shot. Nothing wrong with that.

[incubus]

It somehow seems appropriate he'll be playing for the Isotopes.

LOL, Rep to you. I never realized that Albuquerque actually had a team named the Isotopes.

I especially like their new mascot, "paint-drinking Pete."

[dedwretched]

LOL, Rep to you. I never realized that Albuquerque actually had a team named the Isotopes.

I especially like their new mascot, "paint-drinking Pete."

I guess that old Simpson's episode was true. I wonder which team moved there. I'll have to check B-R.

I met him at an autograph signing in Perry Hall. Really nice guy. He even posed with me even after the event was over and only the employees could talk to him.

[TGO]

I guess that old Simpson's episode was true. I wonder which team moved there. I'll have to check B-R.

I met him at an autograph signing in Perry Hall. Really nice guy. He even posed with me even after the event was over and only the employees could talk to him.

They were the Calgary Cannons. The Isotopes name was picked in a fan poll and presumably the Simpsons episode had a lot to do with it winning. The team moved to Albuquerque in 2003 and the Simpsons episode was from 2001.

Albuquerque had a team for many years called the Dukes, who moved to Portland and became the Beavers.