Comments on: Have you seen a Molina?

By: KCJoe

KCJoe — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:37:06 +0000

Classic! I laughed harder at the comments than the original entry but they were both very good.

Awesome

By: Travis M. Nelson

Travis M. Nelson — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:52:31 +0000

Hey, the Flailing Molina Brothers aren’t all bad.

Last August, Yadier hit two homers off Dave Bush, on the same day Bengie hit one off Atlanta pitching. This was on August 16th, which just happened to be the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, who also had a brother, a twin, who was still born. The Molinas all look like they’re practically still when they’re trying to run. Also, Bengie was originally signed by the Angels, and of course Elvis is dead.

Coincidence? I don’t think so.

By: Mark LaFlamme

Mark LaFlamme — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:43:16 +0000

Sweetest words uttered anywhere on Sunday: “One the ground left side… diving play… long throw… GLOAD’S GOT IT!”

By: John Peterson

John Peterson — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:13:10 +0000

Did you forget about Gustavo?

By: roarke

roarke — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:02:12 +0000

I think Doug Mientkiewicz might be slower than the Molinas. I swear I once saw Doug hit a groundball to shortstop and get beat down the line by the catcher running to backup the throw.

By: Aaron M.

Aaron M. — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:45:04 +0000

Should we just rename Bengie Molina, Zombie Molina? He “runs” like a zombie, and not those new fangled zombies that run either. I’m talking Night of the Living Dead zombies. If Carl Hubbell’s zombified corpse can beat him, he must be a zombie!

By: wcw

wcw — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:48:52 +0000

There is no way anyone takes a full 1.5 Molinas down the line. Even Bengie himself when his quadriceps was at his worst this spring was making it in ~1.2 Molinas. I am completely comvinced that the zombified corpse of Carl Hubbell could make it down the line in 1.4.

Now, I have a soft spot for this Molina. For one thing, he is as noted good for hours of amusement. Even my wife sometimes looks at the teevee when he is “running” the bases and heaps a little good-natured invective on his speed. For another, he is good enough at making contact that while he is a Giants Special (a veteran hacker with a modicum of power and a surfeit of flaws that render him roughly average on balance), I forgive him more than most for swinging at balls a foot out of the strike zone, since he has pretty good contact ability even out there.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:38:29 +0000

You think watching Molina is bad, you should have been following the Blue Jays in 2006, when the only man in the Major Leagues slower than Bengie Molina was hitting right behind him in the lineup.

If we take one molina as a measurement of the time it takes Bengie Molina to get down to first base, it takes Jason Phillips a full molina and a half.

(Jose Reyes and Joey Gathright make the trip in .05 molinas.)

By: erik

erik — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:32:58 +0000

As a New Yorker living off Times Square these days, my advice to all of the Molinas is to avoid Times Square Restaurants… (of course, apparently thousands of people do come thousands of miles to eat at TGI Fridays, Red Lobster, or Bubba Gump) The Molinas should walk two blocks west to 9th Avenue (or maybe those guys would rather take a cab…) and find some of the best food in NYC. Just a pointless piece of advice.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:24:35 +0000

The T-Bones have game called “Fish, No-Fish” at Community America Ballpark. The Royals should start “Molina, No-Molina” at Kauffman.

That’d be good for hours of entertainment.