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Admit It: You Miss Geoff Jenkins

If you didn't follow the comments in the Game Thread today, you might not have noticed: Geoff Jenkins batted leadoff today for the Phillies.  Yes, that Geoff Jenkins.

He had plenty of fun with the idea:

"I told [Manuel] I had to have the green light. He said, 'Hey ... no,'" said Jenkins, who stole a career-high 11 bases in 12 attempts in 2000. "They say you can see something in this game you've never seen. I just saw it. But hey, we have a glitch in the system right now. A few guys are banged up and we have to pick up the slack. That's what good teams do.

"I'm Rickey Henderson."

You will not be surprised to learn that Jenkins had never led off before. 

Naturally, he struck out in his first at-bat.  He did manage a couple of singles, and if he had been a bit more productive, MAYBE THE CUBS WOULD HAVE LOST!  Thanks a lot, Jinxie.

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This made me laugh out loud - thanks. Jenkins always seemed like a nice guy. But I can't say I miss him even a little. It's a better spot for Braun, and besides the outfield news right now is Kapler, Kapler, Kapler.

by MSOBB on Apr 14, 2008 12:45 AM CDT   0 recs

But admit it...

I'm going to be first in line for the series against the Phillies, I think it will be great to remember all the times I sat at Miller Park wondering why they put 'Jenkins Jungle' in left field, where he could obviously rarely pull off an opposite field shot.

by Peepsalicious! on Apr 14, 2008 1:22 AM CDT   0 recs

only twice in my life have professional sports made me cry

the first time was watching Reggie Miller walk off the court for the last time, the second was watching Geoff Jenkins do the same at Miller Park.

by SunglassesAtNight on Apr 14, 2008 11:40 PM CDT   0 recs

Geoff who?

I cried everytime he left runners on base

by statsinc on Apr 15, 2008 4:15 PM CDT   0 recs

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