In a desperate attempt to reverse their so to be lost
season, the Minnesota Twins are cycling through players in an attempt to find
someone who can help stem the losing tide.
One of those players is starting pitcher Scott Diamond.
Diamond was a Rule 5 pickup before last season and he dutifully showed up for
Twinsfest 2011 to signed autograph for fans. Not many people were interested in
getting his though, but because I was out to collect autographed baseball cards
of every living current and former Twin, I created the above card of him to
sign.
The card (see above) has a picture of him at the 2009 World
Baseball Classic where he pitched for his native Canada
I figured Diamond was finished as a Twin, and in spring
training this year he was demoted to minors quite quickly. Then a funny thing
happed, Diamond started pitching great at Triple A, and upon being called up to
the majors a couple weeks ago, he went out and pitched back to back games where
he pitched 7 innings of shutout baseball.
Now Diamond is being hailed as the Twins best starting pitcher.
Funny how a guy few people wanted an autograph from back in 2011 now probably
could draw a fairly big crowd of autograph seekers.
Because Diamond is left-handed and throws strikes, he should
have a solid major league career. Stardom is not likely, but I think he may be
around awhile. Good that I got an autograph card of him when I did. Thanks for
signing for me Scott; I think you have a lot more people interested in you now.
