Chris Britton - all aboard the Scranton Shuttle

by sluggo 2.0 on May 10, 2008 12:31 PM EDT

Back in the late 80s when the Yankees sucked (next on Yankeeograhpy, the Greg Cadaret story) - and even in the mid 80s when Mattingly, Winfield & Henderson would carry them through August before their pitching died - there was a penomenon known as The Columbus Shuttle, whereby one young player, usually a pitcher, would end up making multiple trips from the AAA Columbus Clippers & the Yankees & back again.

Sadly, the Clippers are no longer NY's AAA affiliate. The new team is in Scranton. But fear not! Fredo Steinbrenner has revived one of King George's old traditions in the person of Chris Britton, winner of the 2006 "Terry Forster Fat Tub of Goo" Award.

As of May 9, he has already been called up 3 times from Scranton. Here's wishing him luck in breaking the record which is 8 and if memory serves me right, is held by Steve Balboni & Ray Fontenot.

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"what the hell?"

Trademarked statement by Chris Britton.

by Y Not on May 10, 2008 1:10 PM EDT reply actions

Ahahahahaha

“next on Yankeeography, the Greg Cadaret story”

by zknower on May 12, 2008 10:54 AM EDT reply actions

Not to pick on 1 guy specifically

He was the 1st name from that era that came to mind.

Team wasn’t very good. Sterling & Kay had taken over as the radio team & according to them every starter was another Guidry & every reliever the next Gossage. And they just – weren’t.

Another nugget from that time, Joe Angel did NYY radio broadcasts for 1 season. And as I had gotten quite used to him & Jon Miller doing the O’s games while I was at the University of Maryland, while listening to him in NY I would occasionally find myself driving on the Northen State Parkway and wondering why I couldn’t find any of the Route 1 landmarks.

You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.

by sluggo 2.0 on May 12, 2008 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions