It came to my attention earlier this afternoon that today is the 40th birthday of Omar Vizquel, probably the most underrated shortstop in his baseball era. Omar is now playing SS for the San Francisco Giants and if it wasn't for one of his teammates being Barry Bonds I would consider rooting for the Giants. Rooting only for Vizquel will have to suffice. Omar, though he doesn't hit homeruns like the A Rod's, or the Miguel Tejada's of today's game, has got to be a lock for Cooperstown. Listen to these stats: over 2,500 hits and has only committed 12 errors in the last 318 games, not to mention the 12 Gold Gloves that he has received. He is best known for his long stint in Cleveland manning the middle of the infield for those Indians that won the World Series.
Anyway.........
I now totally consider it amazing that my high school teammates nicknamed me "Omar" when I was playing SS for the Dakota Indians.
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