No, I didn’t forget to finish the headline … though, it could’ve gone “Might Emaus Win the 2B Job?”.
Instead, I’m going to tab rookie Brad Emaus with a nickname, right here, and right now: “Might Emaus” … as in, “Mighty Mouse”.
Baseball needs more nicknames these days, and the moniker fits. After all, Emaus is similarly well-muscled and has been described as “… short and kind of squat…” by one onlooker, which is sort of how one could describe Mighty Mouse. And, Emaus did kind of come out of nowhere / drop out of the sky; if he “flies in” to take the second base job, it will be due to a heroic effort. I’m not sure if he has X-ray vision or telekinetic skills, nor if he has a girlfriend named Mitzi, but I bet he can beat up Oil Can Harry Boyd.
Brad “Might” Emaus – will he save the day?
Does Harry Boyd have an evil twin named Dennis?
Do the Oil Can-Can, baby!!
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Shoot, am I the only one old enough to remember MIghty Mouse and his arch enemy, “Oil Can Harry” ?
Got your back –even if it includes shaking a cane at all those young whipper-snappers…
I’m kiddin’, Joe – but you are definitely on the wrong side of 30…LOL
Any day I can work in a Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd reference is a good one.
Back to Emaus, he looks better around 2nd than Murphy. Smoother, not as mechanical at this point.