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20 minutes ago, AUTiger7222 said:

Makes you wonder if the Mets even did any research into him before they hired him.

The article mentioned the Mets were alerted to one incident and called Cleveland to ask about it. Cleveland's president denied the Mets ever called.

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2 hours ago, AUTiger7222 said:

Yep. He was supposed to have been only 19 years old but it turned out he was 22 years old during his 2000 ROTY season. That came out after he had a DUI arrest.

He was 21, actually and I think his age became known in like 2002 or 2003. 

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10 minutes ago, ATLBrave said:

He was 21, actually and I think his age became known in like 2002 or 2003. 

According to B/R Rafael Furcal's birthday is listed as October 24, 1977. That would have put him at 22 years old when he made his MLB debut on April 4, 2000.

As for when his age became known, it happened in spring training 2002 after all the 9/11 stuff happened. So I was wrong about when it came to be known but correct about the age.

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7 hours ago, AUTiger7222 said:

According to B/R Rafael Furcal's birthday is listed as October 24, 1977. That would have put him at 22 years old when he made his MLB debut on April 4, 2000.

As for when his age became known, it happened in spring training 2002 after all the 9/11 stuff happened. So I was wrong about when it came to be known but correct about the age.

Yeah, you’re right. I don’t know why I remember him being 19/21 when he got called up. 

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6 hours ago, ATLBrave said:

Yeah, you’re right. I don’t know why I remember him being 19/21 when he got called up. 

You remember him being 19 when he was called up because his entire rookie season he played when he was 19 years old, or at least that is what everyone thought at the time. That is why that was such a remarkable season but now that we known he was actually 22 years old, well, now that season doesn't look as amazing as it did back when it happened. Still a great rookie season but nothing amazing like what we thought at the time.

Remember he had the DUI deal and got in extra trouble for it because he was supposedly underage so when the Braves clinched the division Furcal couldn't be apart of the celebration as part of his plea deal. Furcal was one of many players that got busted during spring training 2002 after all the 9/11 stuff happened when there was a severe crackdown on immigration.

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Bauer being Bauer decided to heat up things with the Padres. He decided to pitch his entire inning with 1 eye closed. He threw a scoreless inning. After the game he said if they can't score off him with 1 eye open then it'll be difficult for them when he has 2 open. 

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