Jay Bell

They traded away all the other high-priced talent during the offseason.

Guys like Jay Bell and Jeff King.

They went to Kansas City and Orlando Merced and Danny Plesak.

Carlos Garcia, they were all shipped up to Toronto.

The original employee wasn't few inches, and he stuck with a bit of breaking ball, and finally threw a good one that time, but Snyder's told him not to invest.

Jay Bell, 21 years old.

In fact, he won't be 22 until December.

Here's the bench, and he takes it high.

He's got second and third and one out.

worry about when this happens.

And if you have a young pitcher out there, a 23-year-old in Red Armsburg, and you hope that he keeps his composure, keeps his control, you can see he has no place to put the next hitter, Jay Bell.

If he's looking at more than nothing, where's the ball? Over to Corey Snyder.

I was always push, go, hard, you know, tomorrow, next pitch, you know.

Jay Bell came up to me one time, and I had known Jay.

Jay, we had played against each other for a long time, and Jay's a great guy.

Ended up playing with him with the Mets.

He's not even a Hall of Famer.

I'm going to take Jay Bell over Gonzo because he was the first player signed and he scored the winning run.

That's because you golf with him.

Come on.

It was a few inches, and he stuck with it at breaking ball, and finally threw a good one that time, but Snyder's told him not to miss.

Jay Bell, 21 years old.

In fact, he won't be 22 until December.

Here's the bench, and he takes it high.

The Indians have really got second and third and one up.

No matter who he's playing, he's worry about when this happens.

And if you have a young pitcher out there, a 23-year-old, and you're at Armsburg and you hope that he keeps his composure, keeps his control, you can see he has no place to put the next hitter, Jay Bell.

If he's looking at more than nothing, there's a call forward to Corey Sander, and now he's running Thank you.

Snyder will be in right field.

In batting eighth, the shortstop, Jay Bell.

Bell will play short in bat eight.

In batting number nine, Andy Allenson, the catcher.

Think about the situation at Ardford where it worked out.

Even though he walked, Snyder intentionally had set up that bases on a jam where he had fouled it off, and it's 4-1 now.

The luxury he had was the fact that he was able to work to the number 8 and 9 hitters in the lineup, Jay Bell and Andy Allenson.

At least he didn't have to face Tabler or Jacoby or Mel Hall.

[crowd cheering] They get the lead man.

Jay Bell was going to be the shortstop coming out of spring training.

He fielded well, was hitting about .195, so Ron Washington, a spare part, has played real well.

But as soon as he backs up on this ball, instead of charging and getting off the big hop or short hop, the double play was gone.

Wayne Tolleson activated last Friday.

Actually, a week ago yesterday.

Well, Jay, Doc Edwards was just going to play Ron Washington maybe three or four days till he lets Jay Bell watch a few games, hopefully get out of his slump, take extra hitting, but he's played so well that he just kept him out there.

He's on a pretty good roll.

Deep drive, left field, way back.

In this episode, we connect with Jay Bell, a two-time All-Star, Gold Glover, Silver Slugger, and 2001 World Series champion over 18 major league seasons.

Jay was active in union leadership for much of his career and played a pivotal role in 1994 and 1995 when players held firm during a 232-day strike in opposition to a salary cap.

As National League player representative, Jay articulated many of the players' positions publicly while constantly dispensing information and keeping his fellow players focused and unified behind the scenes.

It is great that you are making the money that you're making today.

But in order for it to continue to grow as it has, you need to stay unified.

Thanks to Jay Bell for the look back at his baseball career and his years of service to the Players Association.

This has been an episode of Stitch by Stitch, connecting players from the past, present, and future.

There's a blend of old, Grichuk, Benintendi, with the new and the younger guys.

Jay Bell, a former teammate of mine with the Diamondbacks, had a great saying, Tom.

He said, "The key to winning and being good is to have your young players play like they're old, and your old-

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