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Mac Suzuki
It's hard to believe, but the Kansas City Royals have signed Mac Suzuki to a contract for next season. This is the same team that develped him and turned him into a decent starter only to give up on him after a few bad outings and trade him last season to the Rockies. I guess those people who made that commercial with him in a blue uniform with K on his cap won't have to redo that commercial after all. I hope he does well since it looked like he was on his way out of the major leagues after his performance last season.
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Pain Killer
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Nov 29, 2001 9:27 PM
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I was under the same impression, that Mac was on his way out. I guess the Bantarin, the pain killing rub that he did a commercial for, really helped. 
Re: Pain Killer
[ Author: Guest | Posted: Nov 30, 2001 12:37 AM
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That's a good one! LOL!
It's an incentive-laden minor league contract that Suzuki signed, but if you look at the Royals' pitching staff I'd say that he's a shoo-in to make the major league roster.
It's an incentive-laden minor league contract that Suzuki signed, but if you look at the Royals' pitching staff I'd say that he's a shoo-in to make the major league roster.
Re: Pain Killer
[ Author: kenny | Posted: Dec 17, 2001 3:32 PM
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Speaking of the Royals' pitching staff, it looks like the Royals will sign former Hanshin and Yomiuri left-hander Darrell May in the next few days. May is still young (29), so he may have a long career in the Major Leagues after all. The Royals need all the pitching help they can find, so they may have found a gem in Darrell May,
Re: Pain Killer
[ Author: Guest | Posted: Dec 18, 2001 9:56 PM
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Since Royals manager Tony Muser played with ex-Hanshin manager Nomura with the Seibu Lions in the late '70s, it'll be interesting to see if he and Darrell May will swap Nomura horror stories in Kansas City.
Re: Mac Suzuki
[ Author: Cub Fan | Posted: Dec 19, 2001 8:27 AM
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The Kansas City Royals traded Suzuki to the Milwaukee Brewers, who traded him to the Colorado Rockies, who then cut him. I think this is how it went with Suzuki. Good luck to him. And one of his new team mates is Chuck Knoblauch.
Re: Mac Suzuki
[ Author: Guest | Posted: Dec 19, 2001 8:38 PM
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I have to correct you about Suzuki's travails last season. He was traded by the Royals along with backup catcher Sal Fasano for catcher Brent Mayne. A short time later Suzuki was released by the Rockies and picked up by the Brewers, who ended up releasing him after the season ended.
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