Why Jeff Salazar is my favorite player!

It all started last year, just a game or two before Salazar was called up to the DBacks.  A friend and I were at the Tucson Sidewinders one night and Salazar's younger brother was seated a row in front of us, along with either his or Jeff Salazar's girlfriend,  and across the aisle but rooting hard for his bro when he came to bat.  So, it was natural to also root for him.  He may have had one hit that night, I don't  remember, but the image that will always remain with me was a ball (he was playing CF that night) that was over his head and against the wall. I couldn't beleive what I saw! He not only raced and jumped hard against the wall, so hard you could actually hear him smack it from the stands, having actually  run part way up the wall at the same time. He did not make the catch but he made me an instantaneous fan of his. When he got called up, I was thrilled for him. Then he got sent back down and I was praying he would get recalled, which he did and then made some noise while solidifying himself as a backup player. 

When reading how he thought he had made the Rockies team, only to be released, I only rooted for him that much harder. I just like his entire demeanor but mostly his outragous hustle which shows his obvious love for the game. An underdog and a winner! Tonight, he made me proud again to be one of his biggest fans.

Sour grapes nocturnal!

As a Houston Astro fan you did not have the oportunity to watch Slazar play for us last year. In fact, his one catch, doing an imitation of Spideman to bring back an over the wall home run off Brian Giles bat, was so sensational it was voted the best defensive play of the year. His clutch pinch-hit, 3 run homer in San Francisco last year, in late September, gave our team such a lift at a critical time, that there were few, if any, more timely hits.

It is sad when know nothings and poor losers like yourself, come in here and rag on other teams. But, that is what iconclasts and losers do  and so why should you be any different. Nighty night loser...lol

Jeff Salazar rocks!!!