Me and Kal share the same birthday, August 20th. I thought in 1987 he was going to be good for a while.
Me and Kal share the same birthday, August 20th. I thought in 1987 he was going to be good for a while.
Anyone who read James' encyclopedia's in the 70's could not wait for Daniels to get to the Majors as he breezed through the Minors. He had the skillset with the bat that he easily could have succeeded in the Majors if he was able to begin there a couple of seasons earlier.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
Didn't Daniels break his leg in a fight in a minor league game, I think in his AAA season?Originally Posted by Kingspoint
...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.
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Chip R (02-25-2020),Ron Madden (02-25-2020)
I read that too. That guy's poor knees.
redsmetz (02-25-2020)
He only played with cincy 3 years?! My memory stinks
Seemed longer, didn't it?
MLB.com had an article on every teams cult hero. Daniels was the Reds choice. I have pasted the link to his article below. One thing I forgot about was he had coin flip for salary one spring. He was asking for $325,000 and Marge had $300,000. Kal won the coin the flip and an extra $25,000.
https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/kal-da...reds-cult-hero
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LOL, this is the exact same article that I quoted to start this thread.
cumberlandreds (02-26-2020),North (02-25-2020)
WOW!
“As he moved his way up the ladder, he could always hit,” Browning said. “I’ve told people he’s the best hitter I ever saw. I liked him over Tony Gwynn and everybody else.”
* Attended the 1990 and 2010 Reds Division clinchers *
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I remember Daniels as the guy who never hit whenever I was watching games. It happens sometimes.. A guy can be the best hitter on a team, but just never seems to perform when YOU'RE watching and the opposite happens that someone with a .122 BA seems to hit great those days you're actually watching. Pitchers do it too.. Oh well..
Agreed his bad knees were the reason for his poor OF defense.
I've always believed he got a Bum Rap about his attitude and work ethic.
Those were three crazy busy years for the Reds. The roster almost completely turned over while they stayed in contention. Kal also felt like the missing link when they won it all in 1990. He seemed like a core guy in that cohort. Probably the most talented hitter I've seen come up from the Reds system. It really is a shame his knees were made of popcorn.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
Chip R (02-26-2020),Ron Madden (02-26-2020),vaticanplum (02-27-2020)
Kal is short for Kalvoski, which sounds Russian and may explain his general disdain for Cincinnati.
“The crows seem to be calling my name,” thought Caw.
cumberlandreds (02-26-2020)
Didn't he once injure an eyelash? That sounds like something I have to be making up, but somehow it's sticking out to me.
There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
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