Eric Byrnes on Cammy & Dean
While commuting to work I happened to flip to KFRC 99.7 FM and heard Cammy say she was going to call Eric Byrnes. The Arizona Diamondbacks are in town to play the Giants this weekend.
I stay tuned and she did call him! Byrnes and Cammy started off by ragging on Nick Swisher. Cammy said Swish was a poor substitution for the weekly phone conversation aired on the station that she and Byrnsie used to do. She said Swish liked to talk about fried chicken and being a country boy.
Byrnes said Swish was an "over the top" rookie. He said he encouraged Swish to "push the envelope." "Be yourself," Byrnes said he told Swisher.
Then the topic switched to Barry Bonds and Byrnes started this whole story about working out in the weight room with Bonds and how much pain Bonds was in and how much Bonds loves baseball. Mercifully Cammy had to end the call and the show went to commercial.
On July 14 of last year, Eric Byrnes and prospect Omar Quintanilla were traded to the Colorado Rockies for LHP Joe Kennedy and RHP Jay Witasick. Byrnes was soon traded by the Rockies to the Baltimore Orioles and in this past off-season, Byrnes moved to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
When he learned he was being shipped off to Colorado, Byrnes -- a Bay Area native who had played for Oakland his whole career up to the trade -- gave what is my favorite quote of all time, both inside and outside of baseball:
I stay tuned and she did call him! Byrnes and Cammy started off by ragging on Nick Swisher. Cammy said Swish was a poor substitution for the weekly phone conversation aired on the station that she and Byrnsie used to do. She said Swish liked to talk about fried chicken and being a country boy.Byrnes said Swish was an "over the top" rookie. He said he encouraged Swish to "push the envelope." "Be yourself," Byrnes said he told Swisher.
Then the topic switched to Barry Bonds and Byrnes started this whole story about working out in the weight room with Bonds and how much pain Bonds was in and how much Bonds loves baseball. Mercifully Cammy had to end the call and the show went to commercial.
On July 14 of last year, Eric Byrnes and prospect Omar Quintanilla were traded to the Colorado Rockies for LHP Joe Kennedy and RHP Jay Witasick. Byrnes was soon traded by the Rockies to the Baltimore Orioles and in this past off-season, Byrnes moved to the Arizona Diamondbacks.When he learned he was being shipped off to Colorado, Byrnes -- a Bay Area native who had played for Oakland his whole career up to the trade -- gave what is my favorite quote of all time, both inside and outside of baseball:
"While I was there, it didn't always seem perfect, but when I look back on it I just might think it was perfect." [mlb.com]Eric Byrnes player card [espn.com]
posted by blank book at 11:53 AM
2 Comments:
Byrnes was robbed of a home run today courtesy of Randy Wynn who was in left field since Bonds did not start. That was quite a catch.
Barry would have caught that ball too (if it was 1994).
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