Conor Gillaspie Recalled by Giants

[XManCometh]

Giants recalled 3B Conor Gillaspie from Triple-A Fresno.
He's taking Brandon Belt's place on the Giants' 25-man roster after the preseason favorite for the National League's Rookie of the Year award landed on the disabled list with a fractured wrist. Gillaspie has just eight MLB at-bats to his name, all of which came in 2008. through 187 at-bats for Fresno this season, he is hitting .278 with three home runs and 32 RBI.


Great past few weeks to be a Shocker baseball fan. Despite the down season, three (that I can remember off the top of my head) former Shox got called up to the Show.

[shox1989]

:yahoo:

[ABC]

So, there are seven Shocks in the bigs now?

Blake
Dirks
Gillespie
Hill
Hottovy
Pelfrey
Robertson

Is that a record for Shocks in the Bigs at one time? If so, that is mildly ironic.

There might have been nine Shocks in the Bigs in 1990. Hard to tell if some of the former Shockers were playing in 89-90, or 90-91.

http://www.kansas.com/2011/05/19/1854905/dirks-joins-distinguished-list.html

[XManCometh]

So, there are seven Shocks in the bigs now?

Blake
Dirks
Gillespie
Hill
Hottovy
Pelfrey
Robertson

Is that a record for Shocks in the Bigs at one time? If so, that is mildly ironic.

There might have been nine Shocks in the Bigs in 1990. Hard to tell if some of the former Shockers were playing in 89-90, or 90-91.

http://www.kansas.com/2011/05/19/185...shed-list.html

Nate is in AAA right now. Mostly a rehab stint, but he isn't up with a MLB club.

[Ta town]

Was 1 for 1 yesterday, gaining his first MLB hit of the year.

I believe he had 2 or 3 hits when he got the contract required call up his first season, so not his first MLB hit.

[RoyalShock]

He collected one hit in five ABs in 2008.

http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=543216

[Shocker85]

Tough season to be a young SF Giants player. Must be like a MASH unit out there.

I hope Conor gets a legitimate shot this go 'round and does well. I still think back to how hard a worker he was when he was a Shocker and how incredibly well he was able to square-up balls on the bat.

Go Shox Big Leaguers!!!

[RoyalShock]

Conor went 1-4 yesterday, dropping his season average from 1.000 to .400. :)

[ABC]

CG goes back to Triple AAA Fresno.

http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Conor_Gillaspie/1659091/gillaspie-sent-to-minors

I was fortunate enough to be in attendance at Saturday's game, where he was a late inning replacement at 3B and had a solid line-out to center field.