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Originally Posted by Orcin
THE THREE-RING CLUB
The following players now have three World Series rings with the Colonels:
SP Ray Alexander
SP Robert Westaway
MR Bruce Brooks
MR Edgardo Garza
MR Nathaniel Jones
MR Jesus Trejo
C Duncan Bland
1B Chris Brown
2B Tom John
3B Lucio Martinez
3B Pierre-Louis Simon
LF Dennis Morgan
RF Jeffrey Jackson
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For fun and for other people's convenience, I decided to see what post number all these guys were first mentioned in.
Alexander: #242--in AAA, said to improve the rotation
Westaway: #99--in the All-Star Game for Houston
Brooks: #606--69th overall pick in 2004 draft
Garza: #390--50th prospect for 2003 and a find by Candelaria
Jones: #461--traded from Pittsburgh for Mike McIntosh
Trejo: #378--an international free agent
Bland: #102--the trade with New York
Brown: #25--one of Orcin's first moves, a trade with Milwaukee
John: #52--79th prospect in 2001
Martinez: #229--waiver claim from Nashville
Simon: #99--in the All-Star Game for Boston
Morgan: #52--1st prospect for 2001! Became a Colonel 150 posts later.
Jackson: #603--traded from San Diego
Even with all your work, I'm kind of amazed that none of these guys were on the original roster, and the humble beginnings that most started out from. It's strange to think sometimes that Westaway wasn't always on your team.