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Post by boydhurstlovechild on Apr 19, 2019 3:00:58 GMT -5
Saw that he may have got injured. Any update? This kid was probably my favorite 5 grand senior sign that I can really remember the Sox doing. Who's our scout out here, Woodward. Jim Woodward. He had to have been bird dogging some kid out in the Empire, the Inland Empire, when someone told him to check out a kid at one of them Clairmont Pomona schools. No one scouts that. He wouldn't have gone out there to scout that. You graduate Cum Laude from Harvey Mudd in Nuero Science? He makes more than that in a shift at John Hopkins in a couple years. Probably love baseball? Raked and OPS over 900 in Greenville last year. Guarantee he plays in the major leagues. Guarantee it.
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Post by sittingstill on Apr 19, 2019 9:09:37 GMT -5
James Kang, former Pomona-Pitzer Sagehen, former Red Sox minor leaguer, and current Red Sox international scouting assistant, might dispute that "No one scouts that."
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Post by iakovos11 on Aug 30, 2021 19:37:37 GMT -5
Apparently he announced his retirement - today.
What a way to go out - with a 2 HR game. He's been an amazing organizational player. He defined what it means to be an org player and why every organization needs them.
As Hatfield mentioned in a tweet, if he doesn't pursue med school or some other lofty pursuit, I'd be shocked if the Sox don't have a position with his name on it.
Thanks for your efforts, Tanner!
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Post by cdj on Aug 30, 2021 19:51:48 GMT -5
Whaaaaaat
Happy trails Tanner, like I said in the gdt after his two bombs he went further than anybody could have expected. He was a very useful player for this org
Really good at getting drilled by pitches too
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Aug 30, 2021 21:17:45 GMT -5
Graduated from Pomona College, so he'll have plenty of opportunities in the real world.
Best of luck, kid!
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Post by ramireja on Aug 31, 2021 11:54:33 GMT -5
Have yourself a day to go out on. Well done Tanner. Wishing him nothing but the best moving forward.
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 31, 2021 16:15:27 GMT -5
Have yourself a day to go out on. Well done Tanner. Wishing him nothing but the best moving forward. Doesn't everyone dream of retiring like that? Retiring to a career where he'll make more money eventually! What an impressive person. |
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Sept 1, 2021 0:38:46 GMT -5
I wish him all the luck in the world. He's been a great org guy with plus plus value..
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Sept 29, 2021 14:38:22 GMT -5
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 1, 2021 1:16:38 GMT -5
I have to wonder with all the Covid replacements if Tanner would have been given a shot at the bigs, like Lopez had. Something we will likely never know.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Oct 1, 2021 12:18:57 GMT -5
Eh, I don't think he'd have sniffed it. I think there were at least 5 guys ahead of him on the depth chart (Downs, CDLG, Rivera, Fitzgerald, Williams).
He's a smart kid and saw the writing on the wall, I think. He wasn't really playing a ton when Portland wasn't stretched thin by the Olympic departures. Wanted his last hurrah and got it. Good for him - that's a hell of a story.
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