Nick Green Heads to the Great Beyond

May 28, 2010 at 8:42 pm | Posted in Nick Green, Scott Elbert | 13 Comments

Per everyone, Scott Elbert was recalled and Nick Green was DFA’d. With James McDonald tweaking a hammy in ABQ, Elbert was the obvious choice. His control has been iffy at best, but he’s done a good job at keeping runners off the board.

With Ramon Ortiz getting shipped off yesterday, that’s 66% of the deadwood getting chopped off the roster in just over 24 days, so no complaints here.

It’s a great start to the holiday weekend, anyway. And as I’m writing this on my phone in a bar, I’m going to get back to celebrating – and I’ll be sure to tip an extra one back in honor of Green’s departure. Discuss.

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Two down, one to go.

Comment by Harrison— May 28, 2010 #

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- I take this back. Two down, two to go. Ronnie Belliard needs to experience unemployment. I cannot use words to describe the intense, irrational hatred I have of this blob. He looks like Jabba The Hut, he’s not a big leaguer, his glove is awful, he swings at the first pitch constantly, and shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near first base. To quote Cartman, “I hate that guy, so very, very much.”
  
  Comment by Harrison— May 28, 2010 #
  
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  - I dont know about that, I’d say Belliard has been a solid bat off the bench and during his occasional start.
    
    He’s still a viable/useful piece to the team
    
    Comment by Mike G— May 29, 2010 #
    
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So what kind of drink should I get to celebrate losing a terrible player from our roster?

Comment by G.K. Larsen— May 28, 2010 #

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- I don’t know, but I am at the bar that Dylan Thomas drank himself to death at.
  
  Comment by Mike Scioscias tragic illness— May 28, 2010 #
  
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  - That’s cool! No one that interesting has ever drank themselves to death at the bar I’m hitting up later.
    
    Comment by G.K. Larsen— May 28, 2010 #
    
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  - drunkard.com says that Dylan suffered an “eighteen-whiskey knockout at the White Horse Tavern in NYC.”
    
    Comment by mk— May 28, 2010 #
    
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  - That is correct, sir.
    
    Comment by Mike Scioscias tragic illness— May 28, 2010 #
    
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  - from wikipedia…
    
    Thomas “liked the taste of whisky,” and he did quite his fair share of drinking, although the amount he is supposed to have drunk may have been an exaggeration. After Ruthven Todd, a Scottish poet, had introduced Thomas to the White Horse Tavern, it quickly became a firm favourite of the Welshman. During an incident on 3 November 1953, Thomas returned to the Chelsea Hotel in New York, from the White Horse Tavern and exclaimed, “I’ve had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that is a record.” The barman and the owner of the pub who served Thomas at the time, later told Ruthven Todd, that Thomas couldn’t have imbibed more than half that amount, after Todd decided to find out.
    
    Comment by mk— May 28, 2010 #
    
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HOLY CRAP! I hoped and I hoped but I never really believed they would do what was right. Given the worms eating Joe’s brain, I was convinced it would be DeWitt being optioned or Troncoso being sent down. Good bye Nick. I’m glad you arent wasting space on this team anymore. Go in peace.

Comment by EephusBlue— May 28, 2010 #

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Solid win today, Manny, Kemp and even GA got some hits, pen looked good and we still have Ethier and Padilla working their way back. I try not to think about how many pennants this team could have won with an Ace in these last few years.

Comment by DodgersFan323— May 29, 2010 #

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Here’s hoping Nick Green gets picked up by the giants –
I would ‘bibe a few bulleit’s to that.

Comment by BotFot— May 29, 2010 #

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Actually, I’d rather the Gnats picked up Russ Ortiz (though they’re welcome to both Ortizes).

Comment by WBB— May 29, 2010 #

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