Matt LeCroy Makes Old Men Cry

There have been some bad performances in the history of the catcher position.

Mackey Sasser rifling every other throw back to the pitcher into centerfield...

Anything by AJ Pierzynsky...

Mike Piazza trying to act straight...

Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brokeback Mountain"...

But, absolutely none of these can cause a near-octogenarian to cry (At least not on national TV... that Gyllenhaal performance is scary... or so we've heard).

Former Twins 1st Baseman/Catcher/How-The-Hell-Did-You-Make-The-Majors Matt LeCroy not only allowed seven (for those fo you who can't grasp that, here's the numerical value: 7) stolen bases against the Astro's, he managed to Make his manager cry while doing it. Once, in a little league game, I allowed 6. That got me traded for the kid that tried to catch fly balls with his hat. This performance got Matt yanked in the middle of an inning. Something that hasn't happened since Julio Franco was playing short for the Jerusalem Giants next to some guy they called Jesus.

At some point in time, if you're the Nats GM, don't you look at Matt and say to yourself "Self, this guy blows. Lets trade him to Steinbrenner for the ghost of Bernie Williams and Matsui's broken wrist bone"...

And thats not the end of it (Although I wish it were). After the game, in the press conference, Frank Robinson cried like a schoolgirl who just lost her virginity to the janitor for pulling LeCroy out. LeCroy responded with "Even my dad would have pulled me at that point". No Matt, at that point in time your dad would have donned a disguise and left out the back entrance...