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Jeff Weaver Finds Himself A Home

Leitch — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:30:08 EDT

Who says Scott Boras has lost it? Sure, he bombed out the Alex Rodriguez negotiations, and he ended up putting Kyle Lohse, the supposed top free agent pitching name, in St. Louis at an extreme discount. But look at what he's done with Jeff Weaver!

Weaver, who signed a one-year contract after one of the most dominant postseason performances in recent memory and ended up practically destroying the Mariners' pennant chances (and any hope at a contract this year), has finally landed with a team: The Nashville Sounds.

Yes, Weaver signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, and if everything goes perfect, he could be with the team in a month. We do hope he pitches for the Brewers at Busch at some point this year. Busch Stadium is the only place on earth that would welcome Weaver with a standing ovation ... and that includes the Weaver household.

Weaver Signs With Brewers [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

A baseball story about "big names not signed...

sussman — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:10:00 EST

A baseball story about "big names not signed with a team yet" include the names Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, Mike Piazza, David Wells, and Jeff Weaver. They did say big names, right? [MLB.com]

Our Favorite Stoned Burnout

Leitch — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:15:31 EDT

The first game we ever saw at the new Busch Stadium was also the first game Jeff Weaver pitched as a Cardinal ... and it was rather unpleasant for the both of us. (Our experience would, in fact, get worse.) We couldn't imagine Weaver lasting longer than a couple of weeks; the best compliments we could give him was that he looked like a bunch of people we went to high school with and that he was not Sidney Ponson.

And now look at him. He's 2-1 in the postseason and has become as reliable a starter as there has been. And he just pitched the Cardinals to within one game of the World Series. Many heroes emerged from the game last night, from Pujols to Preston Wilson to Josh Kinney to Adam Wainwright to the Skoal-goateed Chris Duncan, but Weaver — who's a free agent, by the way — was the most important. He has gone from a guy who was so bad a team canned him for his little brother to a big-time postseason pitcher.

And because of him, the Cardinals can win the pennant tonight. We can't believe we just typed that.

NLCS Game 5 Postgame [Viva El Birdos]

Man, This Stadium Sucks

Leitch — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:15:45 EDT

Well, we have to say, we didn't exactly expect our first game at the new Busch Stadium to have the feel of a U.S.-Japan World Cup Softball Game. By the fourth inning of the Cardinals' 15-3 loss to the Braves, we were roaming the park freely, searching for cracks in the woodwork and doing anything possible to avoid looking at what was going on on the field. (We also found this Loge Level sign from the old Busch on sale for $200; if our wave of nostalgia hadn't been extinguished by Jeff Weaver, we'd have bought that darned thing.) We probably should have known our first visit was going to end in such carnage when we saw the name "Jeff Weaver" on our scorecard.

So how is the stadium, you ask? Honestly? We hate it. 15-3 losses will do that. Last night was the perfect example of why, as much as we talk about how important a stadium is to a team and its fans, it doesn't really matter all that much. If the Cardinals would have won, we'd have had a great night at the park, but they didn't, so the park sucks. Shea Stadium might be a dump, but nobody hates it this year. Last night's game could have been played on a moonbeam leaning up to a fluffy cloud, and it would have been miserable.

That's OK, though. Baseball's memory is only 24 hours long; we'll be back again tonight, ready to love the new stadium again.

How 'Bout That Edmonds Homer? [The Birdwatch]