re why spanky sherri nichols writes in article ql binn s postoffice psc edu boone psc edu jon boone writes spanky is too slow if he were quicker he would still be here but with slaught and tom prince they didn t want to lose prince in order to bring up that th pitcher slaught is about as good as spanky and prince is coming along nicely tom prince is a year old no hit catcher think of him as a young dann bilardello or a young don bordello i can t begin to fathom why the pirates have been so afraid of losing this guy who s been in aaa most of the last seasons the pirates released kirk gibson last year because prince was out of options then eventually sent prince down anyway and he cleared waivers without a peep he s another year older and still can t hit why do they think he wouldn t clear waivers now why would they care there s a strong possibility that the bucs have absolutely no other catching prospects in the minors at this point at least nobody ready for any serious aaa majors duty the main reason they might have stayed with prince could be just age especially if spanky was creeping toward his mid s or something all things considered though i d be a lot more comfortable with spanky behind the plate than prince isn t there decent backup backstop out there looking for work sherri nichols snichols adobe com david j dwarner journalism indiana edu blue riddle productions it s on the rap is an art ep is coming out on tape this time for real e mail me for the
