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Raul Mondesi has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for corruption and mishandling of public funds while serving as mayor of his hometown of San Cristobal.

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The guy we used to get SRod back Connor Joe has been traded again.

1B3A321B30385F0 wrote: The guy we used to get SRod back Connor Joe has been traded again.


You can trade for pool money?

Quite a few Pirate birthdays today. Among them:



HOF outfielder and manager Fred Clarke

"The Dog," Bob Skinner, 86 today

Phil Gosselin



And two who were traded for each other:

Wil Cordero: signed in 2000 to push Aramis Ramirez in some indefinable way, and;

Alex Ramirez, who we got in partial trade for Cordero, who didn't hit for us, but then went on to hit 380 homers in Japan

Casey McGehee had quite a good season in Japan hitting .317 for Yomiuri with 17 homers. He led everyone in Japan with 47 doubles. Brad Eldred hit 26 homers for Hiroshima, and is in the playoffs.



Rick van den Hurk went 13-7 for Fukuoka (Softbank) Hawks, and is in the playoffs. Kris Johnson went 6-3 in 13 starts for Hiroshima; he was listed as injured in late September, so I'm not sure of his playoff status. Phil Coke went 2-3 in five starts for Orix. Arquimedes Caminero saved 29 for Yomiuri.



Miles Mikolas, who never played for the Pirates but was in the Alex Dickerson trade, went 14-8 for Yomiuri.

4E7D6160636B5D607B677C7B6A66610F0 wrote: Casey McGehee had quite a good season in Japan hitting .317 for Yomiuri with 17 homers.  He led everyone in Japan with 47 doubles.  Brad Eldred hit 26 homers for Hiroshima, and is in the playoffs.



Rick van den Hurk went 13-7 for Fukuoka (Softbank) Hawks, and is in the playoffs.  Kris Johnson went 6-3 in 13 starts for Hiroshima; he was listed as injured in late September, so I'm not sure of his playoff status. Phil Coke went 2-3 in five starts for Orix.  Arquimedes Caminero saved 29 for Yomiuri. 



Miles Mikolas, who never played for the Pirates but was in the Alex Dickerson trade, went 14-8 for Yomiuri. 


Hope Scrooge McNutting and NH don't read this post. They will get the wrong impression of some of the Japanese League players and try to sign them to MLB contracts. Look out Pirate fans.

In Korea: Mel Rojas joined the Kia Tigers at midseason, and hit .299 with 18 homers.

The team won the regular season, and is in the playoffs. Jamie Romak hit .239 with 31 homers for SK Wyverns. They've been eliminated from the playoffs.



Erik Hacker went 12-7 for the NC Dinos, and is in the playoffs. Josh Lindblom went 5-3 in 12 starts for the Lotte Giants, and is in the playoffs. Hacker and Lindblom squared off in their playoff opener on Monday, with the Dinos winning a rare 9-2, 11 inning game. Lindblom picked up a win in Game 4.

Drew Hutchison is officially a free agent.

Jay Bell's name is being bounced around on NY talk radio as a possible replacement for Joe Girardi. He's currently the manager for their A ball team.

Jim Gott to coach with Phillies. He was a big part of the 1988 team and inspirational leader. Felt bad when he got injured. Seems to be a great guy.



The Phillies have announced that Jim Gott will fill their bullpen coach opening. As Todd Zolecki of MLB.com notes, the 58-year-old Gott served as the pitching coach for the Angels from 2010-2012, and has spent the past five seasons as the Angels’ minor league pitching coordinator. Gott pitched in the major leagues from 1982-1995 and had a lifetime 3.87 ERA, notching 837 strikeouts against 466 walks.