Remember Nook Logan? or Alex Sanchez?

[Zakk_Wylde]

So in the scope of the MLB world, these guys have fallen into obscurity but I'm sure some of the posters on this board who were around in 2004-2005 remember Alex Sanchez and Nook Logan.  Both guys were unhumanly fast runners but lacked in just about every other area of the game.  So they'd routinely bunt for base hits, leading to teams frantically making wild throws, with  Nook and Alex often getting 2 and 3 bases on bunts.  Hilarity always ensued in these plays.   I think both players got caught using PEDs and each faded into obscurity.

Many of these plays where they exploited their speed resulted in plays fit for the blooper reel.  I wanted to show some to my son, but I can't find any video on YouTube or anywhere else.  Seems they are destined to be forgotten.

Do any of you have any memories of Alex and/or Nook?  Anybody know of any videos of their Tiger days posted anywhere?

[theroundsquare]

I remember both.  as i recall, the tigers traded for sanchez from milwaukee shortly after dombrowski arrived/became gm.  i saw nook logan when he played for the whitecaps.  he was as described. 

[Tiger337]

24 minutes ago, Zakk_Wylde said:

So in the scope of the MLB world, these guys have fallen into obscurity but I'm sure some of the posters on this board who were around in 2004-2005 remember Alex Sanchez and Nook Logan.  Both guys were unhumanly fast runners but lacked in just about every other area of the game.  So they'd routinely bunt for base hits, leading to teams frantically making wild throws, with  Nook and Alex often getting 2 and 3 bases on bunts.  Hilarity always ensued in these plays.   I think both players got caught using PEDs and each faded into obscurity.

Many of these plays where they exploited their speed resulted in plays fit for the blooper reel.  I wanted to show some to my son, but I can't find any video on YouTube or anywhere else.  Seems they are destined to be forgotten.

Do any of you have any memories of Alex and/or Nook?  Anybody know of any videos of their Tiger days posted anywhere?

Nook Logan's entire amazing career was like a dream. There is no way to sufficiently replicate his existence on a video.  Was he even real or was it just something we imagined?

[Hongbit]

I remember his name is pronounced like the nuclear weapon and not the breakfast area.  

[oblong]

2003.... game 161.  Tigers at 119 losses.  Saturday night.  Bottom of the 9th, tie game. Sanchez walks.  Steals 2nd.  Steals 3rd.  Wild pitch, he scores the game winning run to ensure the Tigers won't break the single season losing record.

One of the best pre-2006 moments in Comerica Park history.

[ben9753]

I see your Nook Logan and raise you a Quentin Berry

[Tigeraholic1]

He was fun to watch for sure.

 

[Zakk_Wylde]

5 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Nook Logan's entire amazing career was like a dream. There is no way to sufficiently replicate his existence on a video.  Was he even real or was it just something we imagined?

haha I mean it was a short enough window of time that it might as well have been a dream. 

[Tiger337]

2 minutes ago, Zakk_Wylde said:

haha I mean it was a short enough window of time that it might as well have been a dream. 

I definitely can relate to finding old videos of great moments.  I recently found a video from a game in 1983 where Kirk Gibson hit the ball out of the stadium in one at bat and then tripled (doubled?) and scored and knocked down the umpire in his next at bat.  I had been wanting to see that for 40 years.  

[Zakk_Wylde]

40 minutes ago, ben9753 said:

I see your Nook Logan and raise you a Quentin Berry

haha I completely forgot about Berry!!  

[Hongbit]

He was someone’s base coach right now.  Maybe the Cubs

[oblong]

I like to say that Berry had the highest Swagger to performance ratio in MLB history.

[ben9753]

Nook Logan was kind of the Chuck Norris meme on the old board. So he'll never be forgotten by us old timers

[Zakk_Wylde]

48 minutes ago, ben9753 said:

Nook Logan was kind of the Chuck Norris meme on the old board. So he'll never be forgotten by us old timers

This is true.  Man i really miss this board as it existed back in those days.  So many amazing  posters that seem to have disappeared.   We do still have some great people here however.  

[slothfacekilla]

I recall going to a game and Nook was the only Tiger that did anything / got a hit (something along those lines)....very dark times.

[theroundsquare]

3 hours ago, oblong said:

2003.... game 161.  Tigers at 119 losses.  Saturday night.  Bottom of the 9th, tie game. Sanchez walks.  Steals 2nd.  Steals 3rd.  Wild pitch, he scores the game winning run to ensure the Tigers won't break the single season losing record.

One of the best pre-2006 moments in Comerica Park history.

yes!  i was at that game.  i had won the tickets from the detroit news, which held a contest something like 'detroit's biggest tigers fan.' my entry was that i had (have) a tattoo for this **** team.  i won tickets and like some baseball cards or something -- probably all dozen or so people that entered won something.  i remember the 8th inning comeback but had forgotten the two stolen bases in the 9th

[oblong]

21 minutes ago, theroundsquare said:

yes!  i was at that game.  i had won the tickets from the detroit news, which held a contest something like 'detroit's biggest tigers fan.' my entry was that i had (have) a tattoo for this **** team.  i won tickets and like some baseball cards or something -- probably all dozen or so people that entered won something.  i remember the 8th inning comeback but had forgotten the two stolen bases in the 9th

we were there too... I think it rained.  A friend of mine ended up in the hospital with pneumonia.  I believe that was the time.

[theroundsquare]

yes, it was damp and cold. the night's weather started off decent but deteriorated.  i watched much of the game from the concourse holding my then-11 month old son

Edited Wednesday at 07:32 PM by theroundsquare

[papalawrence]

Those years my son was a toddler and I was working 3 jobs. All a blur

[Motor City Sonics]

Alex Sanchez was super fast, but one of the dumbest baserunners ever.    

 

When I think of legends of the past - how about Steven Moya?   Man, he was destined for greatness. 

 

You know, Moya is only 34.  He hit .305 with 25 HR in the Chinese League last year. 

 

Maybe?    What a comeback that would be. 

[Tenacious D]

This thread is triggering for me.  Can an admin please remove it?

[lordstanley]

Here's Sanchez bunting for a leadoff, first pitch base hit at the 10min 10s mark. He steals 2nd at the 11min 40s mark. Then at the 1:13:40 mark he bunts in a run home from 3rd base!

 

[lordstanley]

At 1:03:05 of this clip ESPN's broadcast announces the news that Sanchez tested positive for PEDs.

 

[lordstanley]

At the 37:55 mark of this clip, Nook Logan is in as a pinch runner for Rondell White. Logan is then called by the color guy "probably the fastest man on the team, for both teams". Logan goes from 1st to 3rd on a single at 39:15. Logan scores at the 42:05 when Brandon Inge beats out a potential double play ball.

 

[lordstanley]

Here's Logan beating out an infield hit at 27:24. Rod Allen laughs and says "when you've got that kind of speed, you're going to be rewarded" and adds "I would expect Logan to try to steal here". "If he can master the art of hitting the ball down the ground ... and utilizing his speed, he's going to have a bright future". At 29:10 Logan goes from 1st to 3rd on a single by Polanco to left. Logan scores on a bases loaded sac fly by Craig Monroe at 33:10. At 1:50:45 Logan hits his first of two career home runs, which would be his only one as a Tiger.

 

Edited yesterday at 05:39 PM by lordstanley