How do you know that your job as an infielder is not exactly secure with a struggling baseball franchise in desperate need of pitching?
When they use this adjective in front of your name on the scoreboard during Pirate Night on June 6 at the ballpark.
Word broke late Saturday night that the Tampa Bay Devil Rays had traded infielder Ty Wigginton to Houston for a pitcher who previously sucked for us during the Naimoli years but who was career savvy enough to marry the daughter of Rays broadcaster Dewayne Staats. Nice to see the team return to its roots. Maybe we can get Vinnie Castilla to come out of retirement.
Oh, and for those of you scoring at home, (seriously, congratulations if you are), this guy's gone too:
To the team's credit, they hesitated from calling him "Careless Whisper" Cantu. That showed real restraint.