Geleaux Visits BuccoLand South
As you are well aware, last Friday night was the league's official live draft. Fourteen dudes crowded into Mareeco's Upper West Side apartment for some 'za, NCAA basketball and, of course, the picking of live baseball players for our "fantasy teams." 'Twas good wholesome fun and a full report is forthcoming. First, however, we have a report from Geleaux, the owner of Operation Shutdown, who spent last week in Bradenton perusing a little Bucco Spring Training. Thankfully, he had his blackberry on him at all times and filed dispatches with the Bevacqua Files throughout the trip.
His first report came down the line on Thursday the 16th at 10:46 p.m. while watching Mexico play the U.S. in the WBC. Please note as you read this that whatever Geleaux saw didn't stop him from drafting Oliver Perez in the draft.
In other news, op is - I don't want to say done - but hurting. He barely hit 88 tonight - fball probably averaged 85. Ouch.
Ouch indeed. Geleaux, Teatro and our friends over at Buried Treasure and Bucs Dugout (see links at right) are probably hanging themselves. Of course, on the bright side, OP has such a good head on his shoulders he probably was strategically holding back in this Spring outing to save his arm for the regular season. That has to be the case.
Geleaux reported in again the next afternoon.
At mckechnie field post game. I can honestly say this is the only place in the world people are lined up to get rajai (sp?) Davis' autograph.
In the second row behind the first base bag for tomorrow's game. Fantastic.
As editor of the Bevacqua Files, I think you'll appreciate that I have no problem letting my on-the-spot writers file dispatches without first confirming the spelling of key figures about whom they are reporting. That's the kind of freedom of expression we provide here for our contributors. That and I have no idea who "Rajai Davis" is so I could not correct Geleaux (a) if he did spell the name wrong, and (b) even if I wanted to.
A few minutes later, Geleaux had a brush with "greatness."
So I wander over to the cages to see what is going on, and who is taking a few cuts but the duffer.
Holy shyte.
As you know from earlier posts, The Bevacqua Files are fans of the Duffer. It would have been much better if it were Furmaniak though. Oh well, you can't see all the Bucco beasts in just one trip to Bradenton.
Geleaux hit the field again the next day and didn't slow down with his reports.
I'm roughly 20 ft from dl.
"DL," for the uninitiated, is David Littlefield, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Buccos. Basically, his position has the same prestige in Pittsburgh as Ben Roethlisberger's toenail trimmer boy. There was talk among a few of the owners in the league last week that Geleaux, if he saw Littlefield, would engage him in conversation and ask him, among other questions, why he screwed over Brad Eldred by signing Sean Casey. Alas, if Geleaux did have that conversation, he has not notified the Bevacqua Files of the details.
Geleaux, of course, is not a one-track individual. He was there for Bucco baseball, but he also had time to peruse the crowd.
The groupie situation is not good here in bradenton. One superstar, her mediocre friend, and that's about it.
Sounds like a game during the regular season at PNC. Oooooooh ... SNAP!!
But I digress. Closing things out, Geleaux spent the next week with his family at Disney World and, though he occasionally outdid himself and filed reports like this ...
In other news, I spent most of my day here at disney world thinking about how hot the 101 dalmations witch looked during the parade. Hot.
... he was able to route back to baseball and offer some draft advice in between oogling Disney characters.
Didn't see OP in bradenton, but I did watch his outing in the wbc. Brutal. Never topped 88. Fastball averaged 86. No control.
Did see gonzo in the pen and in a game. He complained of 'forearm' problems when he was warming up. Was booed during the game for not covering first on a grounder.
The furmaniak was also not looking good. Prognosis: don't draft any bucs.
Sage advice. Of course, both Gonzo and OP were taken in the draft ... by Geleaux and Teatro, the league's two Bucco fans.
His first report came down the line on Thursday the 16th at 10:46 p.m. while watching Mexico play the U.S. in the WBC. Please note as you read this that whatever Geleaux saw didn't stop him from drafting Oliver Perez in the draft.
In other news, op is - I don't want to say done - but hurting. He barely hit 88 tonight - fball probably averaged 85. Ouch.
Ouch indeed. Geleaux, Teatro and our friends over at Buried Treasure and Bucs Dugout (see links at right) are probably hanging themselves. Of course, on the bright side, OP has such a good head on his shoulders he probably was strategically holding back in this Spring outing to save his arm for the regular season. That has to be the case.
Geleaux reported in again the next afternoon.
At mckechnie field post game. I can honestly say this is the only place in the world people are lined up to get rajai (sp?) Davis' autograph.
In the second row behind the first base bag for tomorrow's game. Fantastic.
As editor of the Bevacqua Files, I think you'll appreciate that I have no problem letting my on-the-spot writers file dispatches without first confirming the spelling of key figures about whom they are reporting. That's the kind of freedom of expression we provide here for our contributors. That and I have no idea who "Rajai Davis" is so I could not correct Geleaux (a) if he did spell the name wrong, and (b) even if I wanted to.
A few minutes later, Geleaux had a brush with "greatness."
So I wander over to the cages to see what is going on, and who is taking a few cuts but the duffer.
Holy shyte.
As you know from earlier posts, The Bevacqua Files are fans of the Duffer. It would have been much better if it were Furmaniak though. Oh well, you can't see all the Bucco beasts in just one trip to Bradenton.
Geleaux hit the field again the next day and didn't slow down with his reports.
I'm roughly 20 ft from dl.
"DL," for the uninitiated, is David Littlefield, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Buccos. Basically, his position has the same prestige in Pittsburgh as Ben Roethlisberger's toenail trimmer boy. There was talk among a few of the owners in the league last week that Geleaux, if he saw Littlefield, would engage him in conversation and ask him, among other questions, why he screwed over Brad Eldred by signing Sean Casey. Alas, if Geleaux did have that conversation, he has not notified the Bevacqua Files of the details.
Geleaux, of course, is not a one-track individual. He was there for Bucco baseball, but he also had time to peruse the crowd.
The groupie situation is not good here in bradenton. One superstar, her mediocre friend, and that's about it.
Sounds like a game during the regular season at PNC. Oooooooh ... SNAP!!
But I digress. Closing things out, Geleaux spent the next week with his family at Disney World and, though he occasionally outdid himself and filed reports like this ...
In other news, I spent most of my day here at disney world thinking about how hot the 101 dalmations witch looked during the parade. Hot.
... he was able to route back to baseball and offer some draft advice in between oogling Disney characters.
Didn't see OP in bradenton, but I did watch his outing in the wbc. Brutal. Never topped 88. Fastball averaged 86. No control.
Did see gonzo in the pen and in a game. He complained of 'forearm' problems when he was warming up. Was booed during the game for not covering first on a grounder.
The furmaniak was also not looking good. Prognosis: don't draft any bucs.
Sage advice. Of course, both Gonzo and OP were taken in the draft ... by Geleaux and Teatro, the league's two Bucco fans.
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