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Ex-Red Sox Wily Mo Pena Returns To Bigs, Called Up By*Diamondbacks
by Gethin Coolbaugh • Jun 21, 2011 2:31 PM EDT
Wily Mo Pena, the former Boston Red Sox backup outfielder,*has been called up*by the Arizona Diamondbacks after the team outrighted Sean Burrows to AAA on Tuesday.
Pena was acquired by the Red Sox back in 2006 in exchange for Bronson Arroyo and cash. In 2006, Pena hit .301 with 11 home runs and 42 RBI in 84 games. The next season, Pena's numbers dipped, as the young slugger only managed a .218 batting average with five home runs and 17 RBI in 73 games with Boston.
On August 17, 2007, Pena was traded to the Washington Nationals for a player to be named later (Chris Carter). Pena went on to hit ..293 with eight home runs and 22 RBI in 37 games with the Nationals that season.
Up until now, Pena has been playing in the D'Backs organization in the Pacific Coast League, where he has been on a tear, batting .363 with 21 home runs and 63 RBI through 29 games this season.
Ex-Red Sox Wily Mo Pena Returns To Bigs, Called Up By*Diamondbacks
by Gethin Coolbaugh • Jun 21, 2011 2:31 PM EDT
Wily Mo Pena, the former Boston Red Sox backup outfielder,*has been called up*by the Arizona Diamondbacks after the team outrighted Sean Burrows to AAA on Tuesday.
Pena was acquired by the Red Sox back in 2006 in exchange for Bronson Arroyo and cash. In 2006, Pena hit .301 with 11 home runs and 42 RBI in 84 games. The next season, Pena's numbers dipped, as the young slugger only managed a .218 batting average with five home runs and 17 RBI in 73 games with Boston.
On August 17, 2007, Pena was traded to the Washington Nationals for a player to be named later (Chris Carter). Pena went on to hit ..293 with eight home runs and 22 RBI in 37 games with the Nationals that season.
Up until now, Pena has been playing in the D'Backs organization in the Pacific Coast League, where he has been on a tear, batting .363 with 21 home runs and 63 RBI through 29 games this season.
Mantle supposedly hit a ball over 700 feet in an exhibition game against USC in the L.A. Coliseum. Now that's some hit. I remember watching the game when he almost hit one out of Yankee Stadium. He was batting lefty and the ball hit the facsade in right field....and the ball was still on the rise.
Could you imagine what a monster Mantle would have been if he ever used weight training?
Could you imagine what a monster Mantle would have been if he ever used weight training?
A little over a year left on the prediction...
DETROIT (AP)—Wily Mo Pena hit a towering solo home run in the eighth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Detroit Tigers 7-6 on Friday night.
Pena, called up from the minor leagues earlier this week for his first big league stint since 2008, hit a two-out homer an estimated 454 feet over the left-field fence off David Purcey (1-1). The ball landed in the final rows of seats under the big scoreboard at Comerica Park.
Pena has homered twice since joining the Diamondbacks. They’ve been able to use him as a designated hitter in American League ballparks during interleague play.
DETROIT (AP)—Wily Mo Pena hit a towering solo home run in the eighth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Detroit Tigers 7-6 on Friday night.
Pena, called up from the minor leagues earlier this week for his first big league stint since 2008, hit a two-out homer an estimated 454 feet over the left-field fence off David Purcey (1-1). The ball landed in the final rows of seats under the big scoreboard at Comerica Park.
Pena has homered twice since joining the Diamondbacks. They’ve been able to use him as a designated hitter in American League ballparks during interleague play.
Seattle Times
Jun 21, 2011 - Wily Mo Pena didn't save anybody's life. Or maybe he did, at some point. But I'm not going to tell you about a time that Wily Mo Pena saved somebody's life. I'm going to tell you about a time that Wily Mo Pena made a friend of mine happy.
Her name is Shannon, and she's the girlfriend of this guy, named Red. She doesn't get a lot of time in the spotlight. I'm not sure she's even in the spotlight here. But, for once, she's closer than he is.
Shannon has been a fan of Wily Mo Pena since 2007, which doesn't seem like a long time, but is, when you consider that means she's currently on her fifth year of being a fan of Wily Mo Pena. Pena hasn't done a whole lot lately. But in 2007, he was a National, and when Shannon and Red were at a game in DC, she bought a blank jersey and asked him what name to put on the back. He suggested Pena's, and that's where it all began.
It sounds like a silly reason to turn into a fan, but they're all silly reasons that we turn into fans, and almost immediately a connection was formed. Wily Mo Pena was one of Shannon's favorite players.
Fast forward to June 2008. I'm in Seattle, sitting with Shannon and Red right behind home plate. The Nationals are in town to play the Mariners, and Wily Mo is starting at DH. We get to our seats while players are milling around on the field before the game, and through a friend of mine who's friends with Pena, we get him to come over.
He didn't stay and chat at length, but he stayed longer than he had to, and he didn't need to visit at all. He went out of his way, and he gave Shannon one of those life memories you just don't forget, like...well like when you meet one of your favorite athletes.
That would've been enough. Shannon had her memory, her pictures and her hug. But fast forward to 2010. Pena had long since been dropped by the Nationals after struggling and undergoing surgery. He was signed to the Mets' triple-A affiliate and then dropped in June 2009. So he signed with an independent team in Bridgeport, with whom he remained until signing with the Padres' triple-A affiliate in Portland in July 2010.
Pena found a spot in the middle of the Beavers' lineup for the final weeks of the season, and one weekend Shannon and Red drove down from Seattle to watch him, since Shannon was still a devoted fan. After one of the games, they hung around on the field for a little while, with Shannon having won a Pena jersey that was auctioned off. Pena emerged from the dugout expecting to sign a jersey for some anonymous stranger, but the people he saw instead were very much not strangers. They were people he remembered from two years before.
The pictures say everything that needs to be said, really. Shannon grinned, Wily Mo grinned, and they exchanged a hug you give a loved one who's back from the war. They visited on the field for some time, and the way the story's been relayed to me, between Shannon and Pena I'm not sure who loves the other one more.
After the 2010 season, the Beavers moved, and Pena wound up with the triple-A Reno Aces. Not long ago the Aces made a trip to Tacoma, a series Shannon and Red attended. They got tickets behind the Reno dugout, and Pena - who was DH'ing - remembered them again and shot the shit between at bats. Minor league baseball's a different animal from Major League Baseball. In the majors, players can't shoot the shit with fans between at bats. They're probably not supposed to in the minors, either, but everything's more casual in the minors, and there's a little more personality. Pena's is a good kind of personality.
Wily Mo Pena's joining the Diamondbacks now. It's hard to say he hasn't earned it, as he's slugged .726 over 63 games. Reno's a hitter-friendly ballpark in a hitter-friendly league, but Pena's still been outstanding, and the DBacks need a DH for an interleague swing. He probably won't be up long. He's a limited player, especially for an NL team. But for however long he's in uniform, I know he'll have one woman's undivided attention. We all have players we love for the things they do on the field. Shannon's love for Wily Mo - he got that love by chance, but he earned that love by being an awesome son of a bitch.
Jun 21, 2011 - Wily Mo Pena didn't save anybody's life. Or maybe he did, at some point. But I'm not going to tell you about a time that Wily Mo Pena saved somebody's life. I'm going to tell you about a time that Wily Mo Pena made a friend of mine happy.
Her name is Shannon, and she's the girlfriend of this guy, named Red. She doesn't get a lot of time in the spotlight. I'm not sure she's even in the spotlight here. But, for once, she's closer than he is.
Shannon has been a fan of Wily Mo Pena since 2007, which doesn't seem like a long time, but is, when you consider that means she's currently on her fifth year of being a fan of Wily Mo Pena. Pena hasn't done a whole lot lately. But in 2007, he was a National, and when Shannon and Red were at a game in DC, she bought a blank jersey and asked him what name to put on the back. He suggested Pena's, and that's where it all began.
It sounds like a silly reason to turn into a fan, but they're all silly reasons that we turn into fans, and almost immediately a connection was formed. Wily Mo Pena was one of Shannon's favorite players.
Fast forward to June 2008. I'm in Seattle, sitting with Shannon and Red right behind home plate. The Nationals are in town to play the Mariners, and Wily Mo is starting at DH. We get to our seats while players are milling around on the field before the game, and through a friend of mine who's friends with Pena, we get him to come over.
He didn't stay and chat at length, but he stayed longer than he had to, and he didn't need to visit at all. He went out of his way, and he gave Shannon one of those life memories you just don't forget, like...well like when you meet one of your favorite athletes.
That would've been enough. Shannon had her memory, her pictures and her hug. But fast forward to 2010. Pena had long since been dropped by the Nationals after struggling and undergoing surgery. He was signed to the Mets' triple-A affiliate and then dropped in June 2009. So he signed with an independent team in Bridgeport, with whom he remained until signing with the Padres' triple-A affiliate in Portland in July 2010.
Pena found a spot in the middle of the Beavers' lineup for the final weeks of the season, and one weekend Shannon and Red drove down from Seattle to watch him, since Shannon was still a devoted fan. After one of the games, they hung around on the field for a little while, with Shannon having won a Pena jersey that was auctioned off. Pena emerged from the dugout expecting to sign a jersey for some anonymous stranger, but the people he saw instead were very much not strangers. They were people he remembered from two years before.
The pictures say everything that needs to be said, really. Shannon grinned, Wily Mo grinned, and they exchanged a hug you give a loved one who's back from the war. They visited on the field for some time, and the way the story's been relayed to me, between Shannon and Pena I'm not sure who loves the other one more.
After the 2010 season, the Beavers moved, and Pena wound up with the triple-A Reno Aces. Not long ago the Aces made a trip to Tacoma, a series Shannon and Red attended. They got tickets behind the Reno dugout, and Pena - who was DH'ing - remembered them again and shot the shit between at bats. Minor league baseball's a different animal from Major League Baseball. In the majors, players can't shoot the shit with fans between at bats. They're probably not supposed to in the minors, either, but everything's more casual in the minors, and there's a little more personality. Pena's is a good kind of personality.
Wily Mo Pena's joining the Diamondbacks now. It's hard to say he hasn't earned it, as he's slugged .726 over 63 games. Reno's a hitter-friendly ballpark in a hitter-friendly league, but Pena's still been outstanding, and the DBacks need a DH for an interleague swing. He probably won't be up long. He's a limited player, especially for an NL team. But for however long he's in uniform, I know he'll have one woman's undivided attention. We all have players we love for the things they do on the field. Shannon's love for Wily Mo - he got that love by chance, but he earned that love by being an awesome son of a bitch.
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Sidenote:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-mantlehomer041708
The more evidence surfaced to debunk it, the stronger the legend of 565 grew. Mantle himself said the home run he hit May 22, 1963, off Bill Fischer would have traveled farther had it not bounced off the right-field façade of Yankee Stadium. The work of physics professors, particularly Robert Adair, cast doubts on the ability of a ball to travel 500 feet, let alone 565.
Sidenote:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-mantlehomer041708
The more evidence surfaced to debunk it, the stronger the legend of 565 grew. Mantle himself said the home run he hit May 22, 1963, off Bill Fischer would have traveled farther had it not bounced off the right-field façade of Yankee Stadium. The work of physics professors, particularly Robert Adair, cast doubts on the ability of a ball to travel 500 feet, let alone 565.
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