Jose Mesa

Subject: Jose Mesa Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:23 am

Discuss everyone's favorite loveable loser here!

The key word is loser.
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Subject: Re: Jose Mesa Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:26 am

Thank gawd he's an OLD player...

Subject: Re: Jose Mesa Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:58 am

JOSE MESA

Subject: Re: Jose Mesa Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:59 am

JOSE MESA!!

Older than :hdrac:

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Subject: Re: Jose Mesa Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:30 pm

Which one?

Subject: Re: Jose Mesa Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:44 pm

Joe Table sucks!
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Subject: Re: Jose Mesa Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:35 pm

Your man-love worries me...

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Subject: Re: Jose Mesa Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:48 am

I tell myself lots of things... Rolling Eyes

Subject: Re: Jose Mesa Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:08 pm

We saw Jose Mesa in Cleveland it was funny. He was running in the lobby thinking someone was going to stop him and ask for his autograph! LMAO

The lady we were with says "Keep on walking Mesa nobody wants your autograph!"

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José Mesa

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José Ramón Nova Mesa [MAY-sah] (may have been born on May 22, 1966 (see Controversies) in Pueblo Viejo, Azua, Dominican Republic), is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who last pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies. He throws right-handed.

Mesa was initially signed as an amateur free agent by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1981, originally as an outfielder. He was traded to the Baltimore Orioles, during the 1987 season for starting pitcher Mike Flanagan. Mesa began his major-league career as a starting pitcher with the Orioles who hoped that Mesa's superior fastball would earn him success in the starting role. After 48 starts of below-average results during four seasons, the Orioles traded Mesa to the Cleveland Indians in 1992. Cleveland continued to use Mesa as a starter through the end of 1993; that year, Mesa pitched a career-high 208-2/3 innings, although Mesa's earned-run average was worse than the league average ERA for the fifth consecutive season.

Mesa became a relief pitcher for the Indians in 1994, and, for the first season of his career, he posted an ERA better than the league average. In the role of closer during the 1995 season, Mesa pitched superbly; in 64 innings pitched over 62 appearances, Mesa had a 1.12 ERA, saved 46 games, and won 3. Thirty-eight of Mesa's 46 saves were recorded in consecutive appearances in save situations; this was a major-league record at the time. Mesa's performance in 1995 was instrumental to the Indians'
100-44 regular-season record and their first World Series appearance since 1954. In 1997, Mesa's 2.40 ERA, 16 saves, and 4 wins helped the Indians to their second World Series appearance in three seasons.

However his inability to hold a one run lead in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 1997 World Series was a black mark on his career, and Cleveland traded him mid-way through the following season.

Through the end of the 2005 season, Mesa had compiled a 77-101 record in 17 seasons, with a 4.29 ERA and 319 saves in 1425 innings. On December 10, 2006, he signed with the Tigers. He was released by the team following their 7-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians on June 3, 2007. In 16 appearances with the team, he was 1-1 with a 12.34 ERA. On June 8, 2007 he signed a minor league deal with the Phillies, making his second stint with the team. Mesa's contract with the Phillies expired--making him a free agent--at the end of the 2007 season. It still remains to be seen if he will be resigned with the Phillies or another team; however, because of questions regarding his age and his lackluster post-season pitching performance it seems unlikely that he will return for 2008.

Jose Mesa is known for using two different colored baseball gloves, one for home games and a different one for away games (i.e. Red for Phillies home games, blue for Phillies away games).

Teams

Transaction Information

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Toronto Blue Jays (October 31, 1981).
Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to Baltimore Orioles (September 4, 1987) completing trade in which Baltimore Orioles traded Mike Flanagan to Toronto Blue Jays inexchange for Oswaldo Peraza and a player to be named later (August 31, 1987).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Kyle Washington (July 14, 1992).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Shawon Dunston and Alvin Morman to San Francisco
Giants in exchange for Jacob Cruz and Steve Reed (July 23, 1998).
Granted free agency (October 23, 1998).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (November 13, 1998).
Granted free agency (November 6, 2000).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (November 21, 2000).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (January 30, 2004).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2005).
Signed by Colorado Rockies (December 19, 2005).
Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 11, 2006).
Released by Detroit Tigers (June 3, 2007).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (June 9, 2007).

Highlights

American League All-Star (twice, 1995-96)
Relief Man of the Year Award (1995)
TSN Reliever of the Year Award (1995)
Led AL in saves (46, 1995)
Led AL in games finished (57, 1995)
His 319 career saves rank him 6th among active closers and 12th in the all-time list

Controversies

Mesa claims to have been born in 1966, and yet he has a child who was born when Mesa was 13 years old. [1] This observation has caused many to question Mesa's reported age. On June 10, 2007 sportscaster John Clark of NBC10 Philadelphia reported on the TV show Sports Final that he had uncovered documents indicating that Mesa was in fact 47 years old. This would make Mesa one of the oldest active players currently in baseball and the oldest active pitcher today.

Mesa was involved in a longstanding feud with former teammate Omar Vizquel following the publication of Vizquel's autobiography, Omar! My Life On and Off the Field. In the book, Vizquel criticized Mesa's performance in Game 7 of the 1997 World Series:
"The eyes of the world were focused on every move we made. Unfortunately, Jose's own eyes were vacant. Completely empty. Nobody home. You could almost see right through him. Not long after I looked into his vacant eyes, he blew the save and the Marlins tied the game." Mesa reacted furiously, pledging to hit Vizquel upon every subsequent opportunity: "Even my little boy told me to get him. If I face him 10 more times, I'll hit him 10 times. I want to kill him."[2] As of the end of the 2007 season, Mesa has plunked Vizquel twice.

(Edited for content) Jose Mesa was charged with one count of rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition for allegedly groping two women in a Lakewood, Ohio motel room on April 1. However, Ohio law was changed after he was acquitted to eliminate the felonious sexual penetration charge and include it into the definition of rape. [3]

Subject: Re: Jose Mesa Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:25 pm

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JOE TABLE ROCKS MY SOCKS!

much love! he's great! i love him! Wink

Subject: Re: Jose Mesa Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:16 pm

We had him here, so thought I would give the good and BAD on this loser. Did not know he was a almost convicted rapist! Sure don't know why Detroit got him, or why Phillies would take him back last year..... Evil or Very Mad

I liked the part....
"In the book, Vizquel criticized Mesa's performance in Game 7 of the 1997 World Series:
"The
eyes of the world were focused on every move we made. Unfortunately,
Jose's own eyes were vacant. Completely empty. Nobody home. You could
almost see right through him. Not long after I looked into his vacant
eyes, he blew the save and the Marlins tied the game." Mesa reacted
furiously, pledging to hit Vizquel upon every subsequent opportunity:
"Even my little boy told me to get him. If I face him 10 more times,
I'll hit him 10 times. I want to kill him."[2] As of the end of the 2007 season, Mesa has plunked Vizquel twice."

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I looked up there; what was I thinking ever typing that.

Subject: Re: Jose Mesa Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:00 pm

There he is!!!

Double Puke

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