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Memories of Wilmer Font

G-Fafif Jul 17 2019 11:33 AM

Traded to the Jays for C. Considerations. June Schaefer Reliever of the Month. Sic transit soak up innings.

Centerfield Jul 17 2019 11:36 AM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font

So basically we sold our prospects.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 17 2019 11:48 AM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font

http://ultimatemets.com/cards/WilmerFont1978.jpg>

nymr83 Jul 17 2019 12:17 PM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font

=Centerfield post_id=16159 time=1563384977 user_id=65] So basically we sold our prospects.

He is close to 30, hardly a prospect

Centerfield Jul 17 2019 12:20 PM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font

We gave up a prospect to get Font.

Edgy MD Jul 17 2019 12:21 PM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font

The Jays saw the Schaefer Award press release and moved fast.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 17 2019 01:29 PM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font

I liked watching him pitch; had a distinct over-the-top delivery. Gave us a couple very promising outings, a few shit ones too, but we gave up on him pretty fast. I realize the option thing meant he was one of the most likely to pass though, there are a couple like him every year. Pretty sure he threw at Rhys Hoskins' face.

Lefty Specialist Jul 17 2019 01:39 PM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font

A reliable source of Times New Roman jokes. Otherwise, eh. We can finish fourth without him.

seawolf17 Jul 17 2019 01:43 PM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I liked watching him pitch; had a distinct over-the-top delivery. Yes, this. He pitched in the game I saw at Wrigley and it felt like it was even more over-the-top than it looked on TV.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 17 2019 01:54 PM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font

Benjamin Grimm wrote: http://ultimatemets.com/cards/WilmerFont1978.jpg> https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48287082302_8d62894255_z.jpg> D'ya like my dinged corners?

kcmets Jul 17 2019 01:57 PM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font

Little known fact there Normie that Wilmer's great uncle, Allen, was a big time television personality best known for the show Candid Camera.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 17 2019 02:29 PM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 17 2019 05:40 PM

Wilmer's been such an enormous font for so much clever wordplay. /rollseyes

kcmets Jul 17 2019 02:38 PM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font

It's been fontastic knowing him.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 17 2019 02:55 PM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font

Oh, you also know Font? I know Font from way back when. Last time I saw him, he gave me some tasty high end Fontina cheese as a gift with a very fancy font label. Fancy fonts for fancy cheeses. But no dinged corners on that piece of cheese.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 17 2019 05:39 PM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=16196 time=1563395340 user_id=68] Wilmer's been such an enormous font for so much clever wordplay. /rollseyes

Edgy MD Jul 17 2019 09:14 PM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font

Font has been up and down since 2012, and the thing is, though he's never really gotten traction in a big league career that has added up to 96 innings over parts of seven seasons, he's absolutely killed it in AAA. And I think if he can find a goin'-nowhere team to plug him into a rotation and allow him to take his lumps, he'll probably figure it out along the way an be a decent big league pitcher. We certainly saw him have some good spurts with the Mets.

nymr83 Jul 18 2019 02:46 PM Re: Memories of Wilmer Font

=Centerfield post_id=16165 time=1563387628 user_id=65] We gave up a prospect to get Font.

A sunk cost which should have no bearing on what a fair return for Font ia today.