Longtime relief pitcher Brian Shouse is retiring after 21 seasons in professional baseball, writes Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports.
“It has been a long and fun career,” the 42-year-old said. “It lasted much longer than I anticipated.”
By age 33, Shouse had just 13 major league games to his credit. After spending some time with Kansas City in 2002, the reliever hooked on with Texas and established himself as a major-league caliber pitcher. He arguably enjoyed his best season in 2008 when at age 39 he registered a 2.81 ERA with 5.8 K/9 and 2.5 BB/9 in 69 games for the Brewers.
Shouse signed a minor-league deal with Boston in January but was cut before the start of the season. He then secured a minor-league contract with Tampa Bay in July but couldn't find his way back to the majors.
Where have I been? I’ve never even heard of this guy.
You’re right, where have you been?
thanks for some good years of solid ball in arlington
Nah – just a good grammar and spell checker away from a writing career.
Um… Okay. This is news? Must be a slow day.
Thanks guys….. this is the funniest thread I have read in quite a while…. ROFLMAO….
Sooooo……… Brian Shouse is retiring after 21 seasons in professional baseball, huh? ***He says awkwardly yet slyly changing the topic from illiterate monkeys to invisible and unknown relief pitchers***
haha Kris!
The only reason I am very familiar with Shouse is because Theo Epstein brought him into spring training to potentially fill one of the bullpen vacancies created by the departure of Saito and Wagner. Despite accumulating great (and obviously meaningless) numbers in spring training, Shouse was let go so they could take a look at Alan Embree.
Yes, it was an absolute shocker the Red Sox finished with the third-worst bullpen in the league. LOL
And Scott Schoenweiss and Joe Nelson as well.
Yup, and Schoeneweis was designated for assignment by the Red Sox on the one-year anniversary of his wife’s tragic death. Classy move, Theo.
There was also Robert Manuel, who was claimed off waivers from the Mariners.
And Boof Bonser, who was traded from the Twins.
And Fernando Cabrera, who was re-signed as a free agent.
And Scott Atchison, who was signed as a free agent after not pitching in the majors since 2007. Despite his awful high leverage numbers (.333 BA, .400 OBP, .983 OPS, .357 BAbip) he was probably the 3rd-most reliable Red Sox reliever this year.
That says it all about the 2010 Red Sox bullpen.
He was my 12th grade science teachers brother.. haha
SHOUSE! SHOUSE! STRIKE ‘EM ALL OUT!