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Rice Memories

Edgy MD Dec 20 2015 04:20 AM

Erstwhile lefty specialist Scott Rice has been signed away by Arizona. He, uh, wore 56. Didn't succeed a whole lot more than Andrés Torres in it, but he had his moments. Even before he got hurt, he seemed to throw profoundly slow. Even by lefty junk specialist standards.

themetfairy Dec 20 2015 05:16 AM Re: Rice Memories

He was successful at times. A good piece of the bullpen when healthy. Fare thee well, Rice-a-Roni

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 20 2015 12:54 PM Re: Rice Memories

Came in with a good story -- journeyman minor leaguer has dream come true finally -- which sort of masked the fact the Mets weren't in the business of making dreams come true but in the business of assembling the most affordable bullpen they possibly could. That said, Rice was better than Greg Burke and Brandon Lyon and prolly a few other of them too. He did the job.

Lefty Specialist Dec 20 2015 02:18 PM Re: Rice Memories

Bland, but palatable. Won't be missed in the 2016 recipe.

G-Fafif Dec 21 2015 01:46 AM Re: Rice Memories

Enjoyed being in the portion of the crowd that stayed to the end of Opening Day 2013 and knew enough to applaud heartily for Scott Rice's big league debut. Not only was the game out of hand (in a good way) but it was getting very brisk, so it wasn't a full house by then. What stays with me was the way the wind whipped at Scott's pants. They billowed while he stood on the mound. It wasn't an ideal situation for your first game in the majors, yet it will always be ideal in his memory of it.

Edgy MD Dec 21 2015 03:21 AM Re: Rice Memories

2013 Splits [list]vs RHB: .362 / .507 / .448 // .955 vs LHB: .174 / .244 / .223 // .468[/list:u] That's about as Splitsville as you can get. Somewhere there's a Met scout (or a then-Met scout) who recommended him. Good for him. I remember him drawing so little attention during the spring in 2013 that Frayed Knot posted the opening day roster and shrugged, writing something like, "I'm going to have do some reading up on this Scott Rice character." After six weeks or whatever, none of us had a clue. I remember he got hurt down the stretch in 2013, and Terry had in his bullpen at one time three generations of Mets LOOGys — Rice, Byrdak, and Feliciano — all of them nursing tender wings and getting no more than one or maybe two batters or so per appearance. It's a tough job, kids.

Zvon Dec 21 2015 03:23 AM Re: Rice Memories

Aw. Sometimes Rice was nice. Thanks for the nice, Rice.

MFS62 Dec 21 2015 02:35 PM Re: Rice Memories

He worked his ass off in the minors to make the majors. When he got there, Terry tried to work his arm off. He led the team in appearances. As others have said, nice story, did his job. Working guy. Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 21 2015 04:58 PM Re: Rice Memories

Bland, but filled a hole capably, despite having sat around for a while. Like rice!

Centerfield Dec 21 2015 05:08 PM Re: Rice Memories

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Bland, but filled a hole capably, despite having sat around for a while. Like rice! I'm just going to say it. LWFS is just funny.