Ojeda

by sandbergformanager on Jan 3, 2006 5:58 PM CST

Augie Doggie has returned....

I heard that my favorite all-time Cubs Augie Ojeda will be invited to camp this spring. I know he is a very below average hitter with no power and has an above average glove and probably won't make the team . What other players would you guys like to see the Cubs invite to camp based soley on a personel affection for the player. And does anyone else think that Marquis Grissom is worthless. I think this may be one of only a few guys worse than Corey Patterson.

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Sosa

1998-2003 were good times....

He can still hit lefties

by RobG @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Jan 3, 2006 6:10 PM CST reply actions

I pray to god

Ojeda doesn't make the team cuz that will be the official end to me supporting the Cubs, but I never really HATED Augie. He's a scrappy player who never left anything on the field and I always respected that about him.

Now, was he any good? HELLZZ NOZ!

by SoBlueCal on Jan 3, 2006 6:15 PM CST reply actions

define 'any good'

I dunno if I completely agree with that statement...I mean, he shouldn't be considered someone who's gonna push Neifi out of the starting lineup (yes, there's a bit of sarcasm there), but he's useful. Guy can pick it at three infield positions, run the bases, handle the bat (to feed Dusty's bunt fetish), and take a walk every once in a while. Not the worst choice for your 25th man.

Sorta like Jose Macias, except that Macias couldn't play D, run, bunt, or take a walk. Oh, and the thing about how Macias WAS the worst choice for your 25th man. You know.

by dustyisdonnie on Jan 3, 2006 6:31 PM CST up reply actions

AUGIE!!!!!!

Honest to god my Favorite Cub of all time!!! Other than Gracie, but seriously bring Augie back!!

I'd rather look at the glass half full, rather than half empty!!

by bolson1076 on Jan 3, 2006 6:15 PM CST reply actions

I've always loved Augie

This is no joke. Augie has always been one of my favorite Cubbies. While it is true that I could probably hit for power better than him, he is a heck of a late inning defensive favorite. Augie is a fan favorite and I was sad to see him go a couple of years ago. When I saw that they signed him to a minor league contract I was thrilled. I called my wife on her cell phone to tell her the good news. Back in the 2001 season Augie had some very timely hits. Ever since then I have said that "Augie is clutch" I know that he is a below average player, but I honestly would not mind to see him back on our bench. GO AUGGIE!!!

Madog93. There is only one good season of the year -- BASEBALL SEASON!

by madog93 on Jan 3, 2006 6:19 PM CST reply actions

The name alone...

You have to admit, skills aside, that Augie Ojeda is a great baseball name.

by daubs on Jan 3, 2006 6:48 PM CST reply actions

Augie Ojeda...

... geez, he'd have been way better than Jose Macias just to have on the team the last couple of years. He might have an outside shot at making the roster; if not, he'll be at Iowa as an injury replacement.

This is nice news; not earthshaking, but nice.

by Al Yellon on Jan 3, 2006 6:55 PM CST reply actions

What about GREENBERG?

I adore Augie but for if he is invited
where is my nice Jewish boy. Any news

FYI The Heckler article on Augie
being lost in the tall infield grass and
found badly dehydraded weeks later
is one of my favorites

by jessica on Jan 3, 2006 7:21 PM CST reply actions

Check out cubs.com

Greenberg posted his final journal from the VWL, he signed it off with "GO CUBS!", so I assume he cleared waivers and is still with the organization.

by RobG @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Jan 3, 2006 7:23 PM CST up reply actions

Grissom

Oh, God, yes. Definitely done. The Giants got him for a couple good seasons after the Dodgers (mistakenly) decided that Dave Roberts was qualified to be a starting centerfielder, but his hammies blew up last year, and he spent most of the season on the DL. I expect he'd have to have a Bondsian spring training before the Cubs would seriously entertain giving him a major league role.

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

by scareduck on Jan 3, 2006 7:47 PM CST reply actions

Cubs Sign Augie- This is the year!!!!

Oh at last my prayers have been answered. Augie Ojeda, my all-time favorite utility infielder, has been signed to a minor league contract and invited to spring training! And even better yet, I'm going this spring for the first time. O.K. maybe I'm getting too excited about Augie re-signing with the Cubs.

He is 31, has only played in 178 games and is a career .219 hitter, but I love to watch him field. He use to glide through the infield taking grounders; scooping and throwing in, seemingly, one motion.

There is one moment that really sticks out in my memories of Augie. It was a Cubs Brewers game. Augie was playing second. There were two out. The brewers batter hit a fly ball to short right field and Sosa actually tried for it. His cap must have been as surprised as I was because it fell off the moment he started running. Augie, like always, was making a full sprint to back-up Sosa. Sosa made a shoe string catch and the inning was over. Augie didn't stop sprinting until he got to Sosa's cap. He picked it up, sprinted to Sosa and handed it to him as the game went to a commercial break. I laughed so hard that I knocked over my Old Style.

Click CubbieJake to see my all-time favorite line-up.

by CubbieJake on Jan 3, 2006 10:13 PM CST reply actions

Didn't he...

strike out all the time?

I thought we had Corey Patterson for that :)

by nickler on Jan 4, 2006 9:03 AM CST up reply actions

Augie did...

... have one signature moment for the Cubs, on September 2, 2003, in the first game of a doubleheader against the Cardinals.

He came in in a double-switch in the 12th inning. In the bottom of the inning he hit a ball that would have been a game-winning HR on any other day, but the wind held it in the park and it was caught at the wall by Orlando Palmeiro.

Two innings later he led off with a single and scored on Sammy Sosa's walkoff HR.

Take a close look at that boxscore. Only three years later, there are only TWO Cubs (Ramirez and Zambrano) who played in that game who are still on the team, and only five Cardinals (Pujols, Rolen, Edmonds, Isringhausen and Taguchi).

by Al Yellon on Jan 4, 2006 9:11 AM CST reply actions

Best play I have ever seen

That play by Palmeiro was the best defensive play that I have ever seen. The bases were loaded with two out with every person in the house on their feet when the ball was crushed. I thought it was out of the park or at least off the wall. Palmeiro never broke his stride and snagged the ball at the top of the wall. Ivy was flying everywhere. The crowd was stunned and momentarily silent. Thank goodness the Cubbies went on to win so that I can remember that catch without cringing.

by greggie44 on Jan 4, 2006 10:01 AM CST up reply actions