Regard for Neifi
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From: Grizzlie Antagonist on 7 May 2007 03:05 On May 6, 11:40 pm, "Dr. Wayne Simon" <wayne.si...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > "Grizzlie Antagonist" <lloydsofhanf...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:1178481577.945932.167550(a)y5g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... > > > > > On May 6, 12:26 pm, radiomd <radi...(a)outthere.net> wrote: > >> In article <1178479202.380841.136...(a)l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, > >> Grizzlie Antagonist <lloydsofhanf...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > >> > Does anyone remember that back in 1998, as a Colorado Rockie, Neifi > >> > hit a Coors Field home run that ultimately wrecked the Giants playoff > >> > hopes? > > >> And was probably also the entire basis of Sabean's assessment that he > >> was worth $4 million and a 2-year commitment. > > > Probably. > >Oh, the great Rob Nen. He did hit it off Nen, didn't he? But you "robbed" him of one of his b's. Was that intentional?
From: tholen on 7 May 2007 23:17 > From the Royals' radio broadcast of the Royals-Tigers game today: > > Matthews: Neifi's batting average... Let me just tell you that he's 2 > for 13. > > Lefebvre: That's a shock. > > Matthews: You mean that he has 2 hits? > > Lefebvre: Yeah. > > I've heard these guys rag on Neifi before, but this is easily the > harshest comment about a professional baseball player I've ever heard > during a broadcast. And frankly I enjoyed it. > > Clearly there's one less "Neifi chicken" in Kansas City than there is in > San Francisco; in sum there's nothing to indicate that anyone remembers > him fondly. The same Neifi who hit a home run against the Royals in that game? As if one former Royal to come back and haunt the Royals wasn't enough, former Royal Chad Durbin pitched seven innings of two-hit baseball.
From: radiomd on 8 May 2007 00:32
In article <463febdc$0$4653$4c368faf(a)roadrunner.com>, tholen(a)antispam.ham wrote: > > From the Royals' radio broadcast of the Royals-Tigers game today: > > > > Matthews: Neifi's batting average... Let me just tell you that he's 2 > > for 13. > > > > Lefebvre: That's a shock. > > > > Matthews: You mean that he has 2 hits? > > > > Lefebvre: Yeah. > > > > I've heard these guys rag on Neifi before, but this is easily the > > harshest comment about a professional baseball player I've ever heard > > during a broadcast. And frankly I enjoyed it. > > > > Clearly there's one less "Neifi chicken" in Kansas City than there is in > > San Francisco; in sum there's nothing to indicate that anyone remembers > > him fondly. > > The same Neifi who hit a home run against the Royals in that game? Yeah, that one. Thanks for mentioning it. > As if one former Royal to come back and haunt the Royals wasn't enough, > former Royal Chad Durbin pitched seven innings of two-hit baseball. Not a good day for the hometown team, no. |