Bring back Hessman!

K

Knucksie

Called Up to the Major Leagues
Just saw in Sports Weekly that former Braves farmhand was 12 HR's short of the all time minor league record, as of April 12. Some time this season, he ought to become a real life Crash Davis.
 
Somewhere off the coast of Maine there's a lighthouse with a door leading to a parallel universe where Mike Hessman had a nice, solid big league career with some dramatic moments off the bench.
 
As of April 12, Hessman was sitting at 391, which is 12 less than the all time record. The standard was set by Ollie Carnegie, from Buffalo (my hometown). He played from 1931 to 1942.
 
for someone who only follows MLB my memory of Hessman is finally getting a big league shot and striking out a lot.
 
stpeteirish said:
for someone who only follows MLB my memory of Hessman is finally getting a big league shot and striking out a lot.
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That's about it. I still contend that after his September performance in 2003 (when it looked like the light bulb had gone on for him), if he had done anything in spring training in 2004 he may have gotten the nod at 3B ahead of DeRosa. Alas, he stunk up spring training, stuck around on the Braves' bench for the first part of 2004, and then hit the breeze. One of those guys who has to play every day to perform passably, but can't perform passably consistently enough to play every day. That said, there are worse players in the history of the big leagues that have earned more consistent paychecks at the big league level.
 
Knucksie said:
As of April 12, Hessman was sitting at 391, which is 12 less than the all time record. The standard was set by Ollie Carnegie, from Buffalo (my hometown). He played from 1931 to 1942.
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Ernesto Mejia will re-break the record in ten years.

As a Braves fan, I would like both the real major league and real minor league home run champions to be Braves.
 
nsacpi said:
Ernesto Mejia will re-break the record in ten years.

As a Braves fan, I would like both the real major league and real minor league home run champions to be Braves.
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He may eventually grow tired of AAA. Latinos have plenty of other options, if they don't crack/stick in the majors.
 
GovClintonTyree said:
Couldn't he make a nice living in Mexico?
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Near NYC, there's a league of ex MLB players and some who didn't quit make it. All of them are Latinos. Countries around the Carribean have higher caliber than Mexico, but at least the guy could continue to earn a living. He's one of those AAAA types. Already proved everything at AAA but just lacks something to stick at the major league level.

FWIW, Mejia was starting 1B for the Internatial League when the AAA All Star Game was hosted here in Buffalo.
 
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