Hoffpauir is a Ham Fighter

[davell]

Muskat tweet breaks this exciting news for fans of Nippon.

[wvcbxl]

Good for him - he wouldn't have made the 25 out of spring training and he's out of options.

 

Best of luck to Micah.

[Southpaw191679666239]

Maybe Jim can fill the Hoffpauir quota by acquiring Jarret somehow. :-"

[SouthSideRyan]

Maybe Jim can fill the Hoffpauir quota by acquiring Jarret somehow. :-"

 

We can't afford him.

[Clem Fandango]

I know he's a terrible option as a starting 1B, and we're obviously targeting a first baseman this offseason, but wasn't he our only true 1B option in the entire system that's capable of playing at the MLB level?

[jersey cubs fan]

I know he's a terrible option as a starting 1B, and we're obviously targeting a first baseman this offseason, but wasn't he our only true 1B option in the entire system that's capable of playing at the MLB level?

 

If you don't count Nady and Colvin, or just about anybody who is capable of putting a glove on their hand and is taller than 5'8".

[Clem Fandango]

I know he's a terrible option as a starting 1B, and we're obviously targeting a first baseman this offseason, but wasn't he our only true 1B option in the entire system that's capable of playing at the MLB level?

 

If you don't count Nady and Colvin, or just about anybody who is capable of putting a glove on their hand and is taller than 5'8".

 

Touché, but isn't Nady a FA?

[jersey cubs fan]

as far as I know, yes.

[Little Slide Rooter]

We all know how this turns out. Hoffpauir hits 60 home runs for the Ham Fighters and comes home in 2012 to a 1 year deal or a minor league deal with an invite and he continues to toil in mediocrity between AAA and big league benches.

[davell]

Wel, at least we get a couple hundred thousand out of this somehow.

[davearm2]

The team is "Nippon Ham".

 

The team's nickname is "Fighters".

 

Like Green Bay Packers.

[Sammy Sofa]

Nippon-Ham is the company that owns them, since Japanese baseball allows such corporate labeling, so "Fighters" is not their nickname; that's the team name.

[biittner77]

Once again I have to ask, do they fight with ham, against ham or use ham as a weapon?

[biittner77]

Once again I have to ask, do they fight with ham, against ham or use ham as a weapon?

[davearm2]

Once again I have to ask, do they fight with ham, against ham or use ham as a weapon?

They sell ham. Or more specifically, they pack ham before it's sold.

[Tracer Bullet]

Once again I have to ask, do they fight with ham, against ham or use ham as a weapon?

They sell ham. Or more specifically, they pack ham before it's sold.

 

what a waste of solid baseball talent

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Once again I have to ask, do they fight with ham, against ham or use ham as a weapon?

 

I always assumed they fight against the ham.

[SouthSideRyan]

Once again I have to ask, do they fight with ham, against ham or use ham as a weapon?

 

I always assumed they fight against the ham.

 

Sounds like a better fit for Sam Fuld.

[Post Count Padder]

Good for Micah.

[dew1679666265]

Once again I have to ask, do they fight with ham, against ham or use ham as a weapon?

They sell ham. Or more specifically, they pack ham before it's sold.

 

I'm sure the ham doesn't go into the packing without a fight. Thus . . . Ham Fighters.

[AllStarMe]

You show that ham who's boss, Micah! Hopefully he'll have the same good fortune in Japan that Matt Murton has enjoyed.