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Julio Izturis Signs; Izturis Trifecta in Play
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 1:40 am
by Redeemer
http://www2.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Balt ... nWJsml.jpgsigned to a minor league contract. hopefully he sticks as a utility guy.
Re: He's Back....
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 1:44 am
by LittleOzzy
Who?
Re: He's Back....
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 1:47 am
by Randle McMurphy
Cesar Izturis. A John McDonald type who wasn't even good when he was good (an All-Star in 2005 when he had an OPS+ of 66) and played 46 games for the organization as a rookie in 2001. I doubt he'll be on the MLB roster considering the presence of M. Izturis and Bonifacio.
Re: He's Back....
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 1:55 am
by Redeemer
LittleOzzy wrote:Who?
you don't remember the great izzy? brother of macier
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 2:45 am
by NeverGoingToWin
I had high hopes for that guy when he was younger.
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 2:52 am
by Redeemer
AirCanada_1515 wrote:I had high hopes for that guy when he was younger.
I had greater hopes for Felipe Lopez. But JP had to come and get rid of all of Gord Ash's guys.
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:00 am
by evilRyu
man.. what a flashback.. i remember him being traded to the Dodgers for......... Luke Prokopec!!
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 8:16 am
by zong
After all these years he's still 32?
He's to born in the same year as Maicer, interesting.
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 8:48 am
by Boxxy
Mods lock 'er up! False rumor. From Ken Rosenthals twitter account:
OK everyone, I hear you that the Izturis guy is a fake. You can relax now and Happy Thanksgiving to all.
One of the game's nice guys. RT @CesarIzturis: Can you tell the fans that i have signed with Toronto.
Source:
https://twitter.com/ken_rosenthal/statu ... 1368720385 
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 8:52 am
by Randle McMurphy
No, he actually signed. The account was fake, though.
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 8:55 am
by Boxxy
Randle McMurphy wrote:No, he actually signed. The account was fake, though.
Oh I didn't know that. After seeing the tweet and no verification on bluejays.com I just assumed.
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 5:37 pm
by UN-Owen
evilRyu wrote:man.. what a flashback.. i remember him being traded to the Dodgers for......... Luke Prokopec!!
I remember that deal. It had been rumoured the Jays were interested in either Prokopec or Eric Gagne
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:32 am
by Ado05
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:36 am
by Schad
You can never have too many Izturii.
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:49 am
by evilRyu
why not, just bring in Cesar as well
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:53 am
by Randle McMurphy
Schadenfreude wrote:You can never have too many Izturii.
Isn't that what the wizards are called in the Tolkien LOTR books?
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:55 am
by Schad
Not sure, but if the three of them don't arrive at an introductory press conference on the backs of some sort of flying hellbeast, I'll now be disappointed.
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:55 am
by Ado05
Randle McMurphy wrote:No, he actually signed. The account was fake, though.
On Thursday a Blue Jays official told Sportsnet 590 The Fan the team has not signed Cesar Izturis. A short while later, Sportsnet's Shi Davidi learned the truth was the Blue Jays had actually signed another Izturis brother, in this case 23-year-old Julio.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/2012/1 ... r_izturis/
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:36 am
by Randle McMurphy
Adrian_05 wrote:Randle McMurphy wrote:No, he actually signed. The account was fake, though.
On Thursday a Blue Jays official told Sportsnet 590 The Fan the team has not signed Cesar Izturis. A short while later, Sportsnet's Shi Davidi learned the truth was the Blue Jays had actually signed another Izturis brother, in this case 23-year-old Julio.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/2012/1 ... r_izturis/
From the same article:
The source of the Cesar report -- Matt Eddy of Baseball America -- and the rationale behind the signing, both seemed credible, especially given the Blue Jays' lack of organizational depth in the middle infield.
As a result, several media outlets -- including Sportsnet.ca -- ran with the story.
Then things simply got weird.
I guess it's impossible to tell the difference between the Izturii.
Re: Cesar Izturis returns to Blue Jays on minor league deal
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:30 pm
by engageTHEmasses
Randle McMurphy wrote:Schadenfreude wrote:You can never have too many Izturii.
Isn't that what the wizards are called in the Tolkien LOTR books?
here, perhaps, i'm showing i belong on a RealGM Tolkien board... but it's actually "Istari"
sigh.
