Salomon Torres!

fluharty · 09-04-2002, 01:12 PM

What a GREAT comeback story!!!! Here's the link, check it out!

http://pirates.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/pi..._pit&fext=.jsp

LivnLegend · 09-04-2002, 02:05 PM

Not as good as mine.

Sincerely,

Jose Rijo

Malleus Dei · 09-04-2002, 02:10 PM

Good story, and thanks for the link.

It makes you wonder, though. There wouldn't have been any need for a comeback if he had just done what Montreal asked him to do. But, no - instead of going down to the minors, he went ballistic.

I wonder how much money that fit of pride and anger cost him?

Malleus Dei · 09-04-2002, 02:24 PM

If you like good comeback stories, don't forget the story of ex-pitcher Norm Bass of the A's, who went on to play in the NFL and then came back much later in a totally different sport in his old age.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/par...s_tabletennis/

On a personal level I saw a great comeback last year. One of my elderly relatives had congestive heart failure and pneumonia. As if that wasn't enough, a quarter of his brain cavity had filled up with blood, badly compressing his brain. After they cut a hole in his skull to let the blood out he woke up, grabbed my hand, and said, "I'm not through yet." And he wasn't. He beat it all, came back, watched his favorite granddaughter graduate from college and managed another full year and a half of life before something snuck up on him when he wasn't looking.

One of my elderly neighbors was told in 1980 that he would be dead in a year. He didn't believe his doctors and started walking. They reissued his doom every year and he still kept walking. Finally he gave up on the doctors. I drove down his street the other day. He must be close to 100, and guess what he was out in the road on a summer day doing? Walking.

Carplos · 09-04-2002, 03:06 PM

**** Salomon Torres, that ****ing ****ty ass ****ing pitcher couldn't even beat the ****ing Dodgers to force a ****ing playoff game, that ****ing ****head!

*AHEM*

Having said that, I went nuts for him last night.

Huh?? · 08-01-2004, 04:28 PM

how's that comeback workin out

And1pg2 · 08-01-2004, 04:32 PM

Salomn Is comming into pitch right now.

Operation Shutdown · 08-01-2004, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Huh??

how's that comeback workin out

He's working out pretty damn good as a set-up guy right now.

09-04-2002, 01:12 PM	#1
fluharty All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Morgantown, WV Posts: 1,023	Salomon Torres! What a GREAT comeback story!!!! Here's the link, check it out! http://pirates.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/pi..._pit&fext=.jsp

09-04-2002, 02:05 PM	#2
LivnLegend Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 100% pure adrenaline! Posts: 5,624	Not as good as mine. Sincerely, Jose Rijo __________________ Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinking what they're selling.

08-01-2004, 04:28 PM	#6
Huh?? Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Where the Antelopes Are... Posts: 38	how's that comeback workin out __________________ "Pickiness is for fickle people."

09-04-2002, 03:06 PM	#5
Carplos Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Idaho Posts: 2,877 Infractions: 1/0 (0)	** Salomon Torres, that ing ty ass ing pitcher couldn't even beat the ing Dodgers to force a ing playoff game, that ing *head! AHEM* Having said that, I went nuts for him last night.

08-01-2004, 04:32 PM	#7
And1pg2 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 979	Salomn Is comming into pitch right now.