Vlad can still crush. #CelebSoftball pic.twitter.com/EeMQlH1vNM
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I didn’t realize how much I missed Vlady Daddy’s swing until I saw the All-Star Celebrity Softball Game last night. The Home Run Derby’s new format worked like a charm and owned the night, but seeing Vlady just hacking like he was back in Montreal was the cherry on top. No batting gloves and a strike zone from his nose to his toes. Just the coolest player in baseball.
I am still upset that the Mets didn’t sign him as a free agent back in 2004. They elected to go the Mike Cameron/Kaz Matsui route, which I think we can all agree was a mistake, even if Vlady was coming off of a back injury and Ray Ramirez had just become head trainer of the team. But still, just a typically brutal decision by the Mets.
And lets not forget Vlady’s absolute cannon in right field. Ahhh screw it, lets just stop fighting it and go down the Vlady Guerrero wormhole together.
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(That last video had it all. Pedro and Vlady on the Expos. Carlos Baerga, Edgardo Alfonzo, and Todd Hundley on the Mets. What a blast from the goddamn past).
Three home run game be damned, if I was Sandy Alderson I would cut Kirk Nieuwenhuis and sign Vlady Guerrero tomorrow. Better bat, better arm, and a slight disadvantage in running (JK, Vlady always ran like one leg was 18 inches shorter than the other).
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