Where the heck did Cust come from?

by Sebastian on May 13, 2007 7:13 PM PDT

Jack Cust for Oakland has hit six homers in seven games thus far including today's three run walk off. He is replacing the injured Piazza. I just want to know where this guy came from and what prevented other teams from picking up on him. It pisses me off that teams can spend so much money for guys that don't ever produce much and then Oakland can go find some random fatty in the minors to step up when their guy gets hurt. Lets hope he cools down soon.

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I don't know....

...but have you ever seen a bigger group of assholes?

by NPCody on May 13, 2007 7:37 PM PDT reply actions

swisher

is the one who looks like the shit head.

Baseball is right. Baseball works. Baseball clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

by halobaseball on May 14, 2007 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions

Is an all-male gang-bang

about to occur? Or are they celebrating a walk-off homer?

'86 never happened!

by Downing Rules on May 14, 2007 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions

i think it's going to

be a circle jerk. i'm sure swish loves that shit.

Baseball is right. Baseball works. Baseball clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

by halobaseball on May 14, 2007 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions

They're comfortable enough

with themselves to wear pink. We should applaud their willingness to be so un-macho.

Captain, there are doubt's...

by Match Day 5 on May 13, 2007 8:11 PM PDT reply actions

I think they should fire Macha

Angels Baseball 2007!............I need a drink.

by hauldog on May 13, 2007 8:13 PM PDT reply actions

they already did

macha was fired after last season, Bob Geren, yet another billy beane puppet, is their new manager. what a bunch of tools. Jack Cust and the rest of oakland were just taking advantage of a shitty cleveland bullpen, nothing out of the ordinary.

"I love this british shit!" -Lou Brown

by jtkelly86 on May 14, 2007 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions

I know

I was not being serious.

Angels Baseball 2007!............I need a drink.

by hauldog on May 14, 2007 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions

hauldog

You can't write "SARCASM" upside-down on a calculator.

by Higz on May 14, 2007 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions

I guess not.

Angels Baseball 2007!............I need a drink.

by hauldog on May 14, 2007 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Apparently

Darlington, NJ.

Let's see how he does with more AB's. Like, in August.

Ervin Santana To AAA!

by scareduck on May 13, 2007 8:40 PM PDT reply actions

More seriously

Cust had never done well in the Show before, and Oakland gave up on him, too, before. He hit 32 homers for high-A High Desert in 1999 as a 20-year-old, and everybody started drooling.

He got big for his britches, and left a Dominican Winter League assignment in the 2000/2001 offseason after just three weeks. Starting the 2001 season as the Snakes' number two prospect by BA ($), his lack of defense and attitude problems may have led to a trade to the Rockies. The next year, Cust didn't even figure in Colorado's top 10 players. The Rocks were so dissatisfied they shipped him to Baltimore, in whose system he stayed through 2004. The A's had him in 2005, let him go, and the Padres then picked him up, only to give him back to Oakland. Bet they're sorry, at least so far.

Ervin Santana To AAA!

by scareduck on May 13, 2007 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Give credit where it's due

To take a page out of Matt Welch's book: Cust, in only seven games, already has more walks (six) and home runs (also six) than Garret, Shea, and Robb...combined. Those aren't our worst hitters. Rather, they are players that we are counting on to provide offense.

Jack's total PA's = 32
Holy Trinity's total PA's = 251

Hot stretch or not, Cust has absolutely made the Angels "hitters" look silly by comparison. We need a true DH...

"When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know" - Bill Parcells

by johnnyangel101 on May 13, 2007 9:42 PM PDT reply actions

the truth hurts

that was a painful post.

by rbrianc on May 13, 2007 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions

What goes up .......

..... inevitably comes plummeting back to earth. Cust will soon be on the cusp of mediocrity and before you know it ..... POOF!

I think they call this the Sam Horn Syndrome.

by PieceOfAase on May 13, 2007 10:56 PM PDT reply actions

Cuss Cust

Stop throwing Jack Cust fastballs and he will turn into Jackie Warner, the California Angels phenom of April 1966.

by Yetijuice on May 13, 2007 11:37 PM PDT reply actions

Consider the pitching he's faced

Which ain't all that ($). Gary Glover. Luke Hudson. Fernando Cabrera. C.C. Sabathia is the only name on that list that looks to me like a quality pitcher.

Ervin Santana To AAA!

by scareduck on May 14, 2007 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions

And

Fausto Carmona.

Ervin Santana To AAA!

by scareduck on May 14, 2007 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions

Well, then - why can't

Garret, Shea, and Robb do the same against those pitchers? Wait - don't answer that!

"When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know" - Bill Parcells

by johnnyangel101 on May 14, 2007 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Ahh my fellow Angel fans

behaving with the class and decorum that has everyone around the league taking notice.

What is wrong with some of you? You guys are so bent up on Oakland it's scary. Let's worry about our offensive woes rather than trying to belittle their accomplishments.

What am talking about, that is far too sane of a solution for this group.

by Floppy Bad Boy on May 14, 2007 7:06 PM PDT reply actions