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Gone But Not Forgotten Bye, Butch!
Craig Burley asked for it, so his wish is our command: "You know, Scott Cassidy just retired too, and I don't see anyone composing paeans to his memory. Hmph."

Saturday, Matt Holliday homered off Cassidy in a frame in which "Butch" surrendered four runs in one-third of an inning. Yesterday, he retired.

Your thoughts and "paeans to his memory"?

Posted by Mick Doherty on Tuesday, March 04 2008 @ 12:59 PM EST.
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Original Ryan - Tuesday, March 04 2008 @ 01:23 PM EST (#180613) #
He had a cool delivery.  Does that count as a paean?

The truth is, I didn't even know he was still in baseball until I read this post.

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Chuck - Tuesday, March 04 2008 @ 02:03 PM EST (#180620) #
He gave up 23 homeruns in 122 innings. More of a pain than a paean.
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Craig B - Tuesday, March 04 2008 @ 02:11 PM EST (#180622) #
Heh.  That was unexpected.

Cassidy, for eight batters out of every nine, was a pretty solid major league pitcher.  The problem was always that ninth guy, usually a big-time power hitter; Cassidy would challenge him inside with one of his flat fastballs and the ball would get pulled into the ionosphere.
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Dave Till - Tuesday, March 04 2008 @ 05:35 PM EST (#180630) #
It's better to retire than to be released - even if retirement might be preceding release by a matter of minutes.

I remember the time Cassidy tried to challenge Manny Ramirez. That ball could very well still be in orbit.

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Craig B - Tuesday, March 04 2008 @ 06:34 PM EST (#180635) #
It's better to retire than to be released - even if retirement might be preceding release by a matter of minutes.

"You want to fire me?  **** you, I quit!"
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