How successful was Dennis Martinez as a brave?

rico43 said:
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MadduxFanII said:
Looks like he was sorta-kinda-maybe-if-you-squint acceptable; 94 ERA+ as a swingman in 53 appearances, five of which were starts. Solid peripherals, actually, including a surprisingly decent strikeout rate. Considering how god-awful he was for Seattle in 1997, that was probably as much as you could have hoped for.

According to Wikipedia, the record he set was indeed Most Wins by a Latin American pitcher. Don't know if he still owns that.
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Yes, I believe he passed Juan Marichal to get the record.
 
57Brave said:
Actually Brian Asselstine was a legit prospect until he tore up his ankle making a play in CF. Foot got caught between the fence and the ground if remember right. Attempted a comeback but was never the same. Pocoroba was an All-Star one season Roland Office was a nice player too. Had BJ skills but but was better with 2 strikes In other words he was what BJ could be. Pepe Frias was a nice 5th infielder.



But Asselstine was the real thing
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BWAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHH!!!

I might give you a hard time, but that made me laugh so loud. Nice Job Sauce.
 
Claudelle "George" Washington
Glenn Hubbard in the cupboard
BRuce Benedict Arnold
Rafael Ram - er - Rez and not Ra meer rez
Otis "spider man" Nixon

Then

Harper The Great
Andres Thomas
Ken Oberk I "Fel" when I left St Louis
Jim "Hound Dog" Presley

Nick "which way did they go" Esasky

Wow. Great but sad days
 
I actually liked Bonilla as a Brave. Solid OBP, some big pinch hit ABs, and we didn't pay him anything, because he was on that insane contract from the Mets.
 
I still remember Reggie Sanders being the answer to our LF issues for years to come and he only lasted 1 year.
 
MadduxFanII said:
I actually liked Bonilla as a Brave. Solid OBP, some big pinch hit ABs, and we didn't pay him anything, because he was on that insane contract from the Mets.
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I remember him fondly, too. Plus, he went out of his way to praise Bobby and the Braves' clubhouse and management, in contrast to the Mets.
 
and visa versa -- Bobby spoke highly of him too.

He was a nice player - not sure what was so funny about Roland Office and Pepe Frias though ??
Doubt AA was around for either. Shoot Office came up over 40 years ago . Pretty sure Frias as well

My least favorite Braves were A)Charlie Puelo and B) Frank LaCorte -- Puelo was gasoline but Tanner loved him. LaCorte actually went on to have a nice career once he left Atl (went to the Astros)
Making him all the more frustrating

As in if Uggla and goes somewhere to put up a 1.000 OPS.
 
57Brave said:
and visa versa -- Bobby spoke highly of him too.

He was a nice player - not sure what was so funny about Roland Office and Pepe Frias though ??
Doubt AA was around for either. Shoot Office came up over 40 years ago . Pretty sure Frias as well

My least favorite Braves were A)Charlie Puelo and B) Frank LaCorte -- Puelo was gasoline but Tanner loved him. LaCorte actually went on to have a nice career once he left Atl (went to the Astros)
Making him all the more frustrating

As in if Uggla and goes somewhere to put up a 1.000 OPS.
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I watched Ernie Banks, Hank Aaron and others when I was very young, meaning, yes I was around during that time (born in the 60's and you should have known that).

The late 70's were brutal, but I was glued to WTBS and watched them faithfully. Jeff Burroughs was a fav until Horner and Murphy came along.
 
57Brave said:
and visa versa -- Bobby spoke highly of him too.

He was a nice player - not sure what was so funny about Roland Office and Pepe Frias though ??
Doubt AA was around for either. Shoot Office came up over 40 years ago . Pretty sure Frias as well

My least favorite Braves were A)Charlie Puelo and B) Frank LaCorte -- Puelo was gasoline but Tanner loved him. LaCorte actually went on to have a nice career once he left Atl (went to the Astros)
Making him all the more frustrating

As in if Uggla and goes somewhere to put up a 1.000 OPS.
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Rowland had a unique look. Thin as a rail and not a slick looking guy.

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Mrs. Meta said:
Vague memory alert!

So it's like I remember Dennis going for some sorta pitching record while he was here (assuming it was probably win related).

Other thing I'd like some light shed on is that I *think* I remember him giving up a home run in the postseason (1998 vs the Padres maybe?), because I have the distinct memory of Joe Morgan doing the color and saying something like "Martinez needs to forget about the home run, and he's a veteran which means he will."

Anyways, any of those admittedly vague memories of mine ring any bells for y'all?
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Martinez had a decent year in 98. I remember cringing every time he came into a game but more often then not he did the job he was asked to do. Pretty much Aaron Harang. Bobby went to Martinez a lot I remember Martinez being one of the few that he trusted other then Kerry lightenburg. Finally during that shutout andruw made an incredible play to bail out Martinez. I think it was don commented that Martinez was a leader to the Latin players highlighted by what andruw just did.
 
jcc03004 said:
Martinez had a decent year in 98. I remember cringing every time he came into a game but more often then not he did the job he was asked to do. Pretty much Aaron Harang. Bobby went to Martinez a lot I remember Martinez being one of the few that he trusted other then Kerry lightenburg. Finally during that shutout andruw made an incredible play to bail out Martinez. I think it was don commented that Martinez was a leader to the Latin players highlighted by what andruw just did.
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God just think of how bad our pen was that year our best prayer was lightenberg. Compare him to kimbrel... lol
 
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