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(Thanks to ayrdaomei for bringing this to my attention.)
So, you guys remember my smartass Piazza poll?
Check out my psychic powers.
Several lockers down, packing for a trip he never imagined he'd be making at this stage of his career, catcher Adam Melhuse was feeling a very different emotion. To clear room on the 25-man roster for Johnson, who was activated from the 15-day disabled list, the A's optioned Melhuse to Triple-A Sacramento.
"Yeah, definitely shocked," Melhuse, 35, admitted. "I thought these days were over for me."
And then there was Mike Piazza. After 15 years as a catcher in the National League, he signed a one-year, $8.5 million deal in the offseason to replace Frank Thomas as Oakland's exclusive designated hitter. Yet in announcing the latest roster moves, A's manager Bob Geren, who actually dissuaded Piazza from doing much work to stay sharp behind the plate this spring, said Piazza is Oakland's No. 2 catcher for the time being.
"Isn't that funny?" Piazza said. "The irony?"
Melhuse and Piazza: the only two people on the planet who didn't see something like this coming.
So, you guys remember my smartass Piazza poll?
Check out my psychic powers.
Several lockers down, packing for a trip he never imagined he'd be making at this stage of his career, catcher Adam Melhuse was feeling a very different emotion. To clear room on the 25-man roster for Johnson, who was activated from the 15-day disabled list, the A's optioned Melhuse to Triple-A Sacramento.
"Yeah, definitely shocked," Melhuse, 35, admitted. "I thought these days were over for me."
And then there was Mike Piazza. After 15 years as a catcher in the National League, he signed a one-year, $8.5 million deal in the offseason to replace Frank Thomas as Oakland's exclusive designated hitter. Yet in announcing the latest roster moves, A's manager Bob Geren, who actually dissuaded Piazza from doing much work to stay sharp behind the plate this spring, said Piazza is Oakland's No. 2 catcher for the time being.
"Isn't that funny?" Piazza said. "The irony?"
Melhuse and Piazza: the only two people on the planet who didn't see something like this coming.