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Originally Posted by Terry D
John Mizerock was (is) from Punxsutawney PA, which no doubt means that he's heard every groundhog joke in existence. Mizerock spent twelve seasons in the minors, and only got to play regularly a couple of times. He didn't walk, his power was irregular, and he didn't play great defense either. He got one year and parts of three others in the bigs, where he was pretty much the same, so why did he get up there at all? The truth is that Mizerock was lucky, because both of the organizations he was in were short of catching. Alan Ashby was hurt for a good part of the 1983 season, and Mizerock was one of the guys the Astros used to plug the gap. He spent all of ’84 back in the minors, was third behind Bailey and Ashby in 1985, and got a season of glory as a reserve on the 1986 division-winning club, spending the whole season with the big team. Mizerock then moved on to the Braves system at just the right time. With Ozzie Virgil a disappointment and Jody Davis a disaster, the Braves were scrambling for anybody who was willing to go behind the plate. Mizerock played regularly for the Richmond AAA club in ’89 and was pretty awful, but he was a warm body and so he got to Atlanta for his last major league season. He is still around as a coach, and I hope he teaches his players the power of good luck in the game. He certainly had his share. As for us, we are lucky that Topps has finally given him to us as a Brave.
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I am an idiot.
I see Mizerock all the time at the Phillies ST complex (I live about 10 minutes from there) and I didn't recognize him,.
I'll show him these, hoping he can sign them (he should; he's a nice guy) but I am NOT going to tell him that I didn't recognize him...