Abraham Nunez

Just in case any one was wondering, Abraham Nunez is alive and having a career year in St. Louis. He's also killing us this year. He made a great play to save a hit late in last night's game, went 4-for-4 against us earlier in the year. Honestly, I never knew he was capable of it. This quote from Lloyd brought back all my good Abe Nunez memories:

There's nobody happier for that young man than I am. He was a nice player for us. Always did his job.

Lloyd had an unhealthy Nunez obsession. Somehow, despite his .238 career average with us and his whopping 11 home runs he seemed to find his way into the starting lineup three nights a week starting over more deserving people like (throughout the course of his long Pirate career) Jack Wilson, Jose Castillo, Pokey Reese (for the 10 games he was healthy I think he was benched for Nunez twice), Bobby Hill, etc. etc. Of course on the flip side of that he's hitting .270 this year with 4 homers already this year. Somehow, when Abraham Nunez is in Pittsburgh, he's one of the players that is so awful we have to absolve Lloyd McClendon of all blame for the team, but now that he's in St. Louis he's an acceptable fill in for Scott Rolen. I don't get it.