Pee Hands Likely to Retire

[E.J.]

Sounds like Alou is going to retire:

 

Six-time All-Star and twice a winner of the Silver Slugger, Moises Alou sat in the dugout this afternoon before starting in left field for Team Dominicana and said he has to listen to his body, and his body is hinting this tournament will be the last swings of his career.

 

“I’m going home after this,” Alou told a group of us reporters before playing the St. Louis Cardinals at Roger Dean Stadium in a pre-World Baseball Classic exhibition game. “I haven’t decided 100 percent. But it looks like it. It looks like it.”

 

Alou, who will turn 43 in July, didn’t even expect to play in the WBC.

 

Alou figured he wouldn’t be able to crack that lineup, but now that he has he’s not looking to use the WBC as a launchpad into a 2009 contract — like, say, Pedro Martinez is. Alou said he received some interest from Philadelphia and that he could be wooed by an American League team to be a full-time DH. But being a pinch hitter doesn’t interest him, being a part-time player doesn’t interest him and he’s all but decided playing baseball this season doesn’t interest his body.

 

“I’m tired of the nagging injuries — my calf, my quad, my hammy, everyday something different,” he said. “It got to the point that I didn’t trust going out there. … Everybody wants me to keep playing. I know the feelings inside — the pains and aches. Sometimes it is time to let it go. It’s not forever.

 

“This is my last rodeo, like you guys say,” Alou concluded, “it’s a nice one.”

 

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/bird-land/bird-land/2009/03/moise-alou-sees-wbc-as-likely-his-last-rodeo/

[bcl412]

I've always been an Alou fan. Even before he played for the Cubs. I have fond memories of him hitting the game winning double in the 10th inning of the 1994 All-Star game (I was eight and took the All Star game more seriously than I should have)

 

On a side note, Jason Bere pitched in that game. How was he ever an All Star?

[erik316wttn]

I've always been an Alou fan. Even before he played for the Cubs. I have fond memories of him hitting the game winning double in the 10th inning of the 1994 All-Star game (I was eight and took the All Star game more seriously than I should have)

 

On a side note, Jason Bere pitched in that game. How was he ever an All Star?

 

I remember a game in Montreal, I think where we got off to a huge lead and ended up eventually blowing it. I think Bere started that game.

 

I was PISSED after that game.

[bcl412]

That seemed to happen a lot there. I remember Wood pitching in a game where we blew something like an 8 run lead.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I wonder how Tim feels about this. :-"

[GhostRunner]

Raisin, you know what you must do ... one last view for the road, and in memory of 2003.

[Guest]

I wonder how Tim feels about this. :-"

:good: :thumbsup: :yahoo: :amen: :stickman: :taunt: :clap:

:old_givebeer:

[Guest]

Raisin, you know what you must do ... one last view for the road, and in memory of 2003.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/Navinda/56419_Alou2564349.jpg

[rocket]

He was awesome

[TruffleShuffle]

EqA from 1998 through 2007:

.327

.318

.306

.269

.279

.298

.315

.303

.320

 

which ones do you think he had as a cub? if you guessed "the worst three" then you're exactly right!

 

he was a very good player, but unfortunately he wasn't a very good player for the cubs. i don't like him for that reason.

[Geech]

He was a very good player. It's too bad his first two seasons with the Cobs were such busts.

[EnduringFaith]

I <3 Alouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[Bull]

EqA from 1998 through 2007:

.327

.318

.306

.269

.279

.298

.315

.303

.320

 

which ones do you think he had as a cub? if you guessed "the worst three" then you're exactly right!

 

he was a very good player, but unfortunately he wasn't a very good player for the cubs. i don't like him for that reason.

 

That wasn't his fault as much as it was the philosophy of the team. Perry doesn't get the credit he deserves.

[OleMissCub]

Alou had a really solid career and if there was a Hall of the Very Good, he might make it.

 

.303/.369/.516, 128 OPS+, 332 HR, 2,134 hits, 421 doubles, 6 All-Star appearances, 2 times in top five MVP voting.

[TruffleShuffle]

EqA from 1998 through 2007:

.327

.318

.306

.269

.279

.298

.315

.303

.320

 

which ones do you think he had as a cub? if you guessed "the worst three" then you're exactly right!

 

he was a very good player, but unfortunately he wasn't a very good player for the cubs. i don't like him for that reason.

 

That wasn't his fault as much as it was the philosophy of the team. Perry doesn't get the credit he deserves.

 

i don't really know how much a team (hitting) philosophy affects a guy like alou - he was a veteran; i suspect that he wasn't really going to change his performance based on the manager. plus his BB rate and K rate stayed basically the same - he just had a much lower BABIP and hit for a lot less power.

[kujay]

I won't miss Alou's tantrums and stupid, uh, pissing matches with the umps.

[Yeti]

I won't miss Alou's tantrums and stupid, uh, pissing matches with the umps.

and the weak check swing grounders

[cubbinalltheway]

if he could've stayed healthy, he would've been a sure hall of famer.

 

great player.