I'll just let this one explain itself:
Lefty reliever Javier Lopez has done an excellent job since the Giants traded for him. Through Monday, he had not allowed a run and retired 13 of his 16 hitters. He cannot, however, gun down a potential base-stealer from home plate, though longtime Atlanta Braves catcher Javy Lopez could 28 percent of the time.
Aside from their names and nationality - both were born in Puerto Rico - there is no relation, but some folks do not seem to understand that they are not the same guy.
"I get a lot of 'welcome backs' when I go to Atlanta," said Lopez the Giant, who has not donned a Braves uniform in his eight-year major-league career. [...]
Javier Lopez still gets Javy Lopez cards in the mail even though the latter retired in 2006.
"I usually send them back with a note," the new Giant said. "I really love it when you're a pitcher and they send you a card with a picture of a catcher."
Anyone else think we should cut education in Georgia?
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hahahaha that’s great
MBL1 - August 11, 2010
Mississippi exists
to make Georgia proud of 49th place
Londonjoe - August 11, 2010
Miss, South Carolina, Alabama...
Georgia is not in 49th place.
Mr. Sanchez - August 11, 2010
Let’s not be so quick to judge. Who knows where those cards are sent from? There are Braves fans EVERYWHERE.
UMDBHIK - August 11, 2010
That’s ok, they still send Brian Wilson copies of Surfin USA to sign.
CharlotteChop - August 11, 2010
Clearly, their positions aren’t what differentiate them. It’s the fact that Javy Lopez is HOT.
For my fellow ladies…
coldriver10 - August 11, 2010
I wish we keep him around another year or two
taney71 - August 11, 2010
Best post ever.
TheLetter2 - August 11, 2010
Simply put…I want that.
NCChopper - August 11, 2010
And this and this. :-)
NCChopper - August 11, 2010
Two questions.
One: When did we convert Javy to a pitcher?
Two: When did we trade him to the Giants?
bwellnjonesco - August 11, 2010
Both are great guys.
cbwilk - August 11, 2010
Me and Javy
Cheryl96sc - August 11, 2010
You’d be amazed how many times players get cards of guys with the same name. There was a pitcher named Chris Smith who was with Pawtucket, the Red Sox AAA team and people would hand him cards of a Chris Smith who was with the Orioles. The O’s Chris Smith was a lefty and born in a different year and was out of baseball after only a year or 2, but people still gave the Red Sox guy his cards. Funny thing was, the Red Sox Chris Smith was kind of a rude guy and would sign them because he didn’t care enough to look at what he was signing, he just grabbed the pen, scrawled a doodle on it, grunted, and walked away.
cbwilk - August 11, 2010
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