Not To Get All Fire Joe Morgan, But . . .

Sunday Night Baseball, Cubs vs Mets. Joe Morgan keeps talking about how Luis Castillo has played his whole career in Minneapolis, and since he spent his whole career in the AL, he doesn't have any idea how to handle the swirling winds at Wrigley, and playing all those games on Astroturf at the Dome have killed his knees, reducing his former speed.

It's possible Castillo isn't familiar with the winds at Wrigley, and playing on 'turf in Minny may indeed have hurt his knees. But if memory serves (or, even if it doesn't) Luis Castillo has spent most of career in Florida. You remember the Marlins, right Joe? No? They won the World Series and everything. Twice. The second time with Juan Pierre and Luis Castillo; the same Castillo that's on the Mets right now. They stole a lot of bases and never hit for power, so I assumed they were two of your favorites.

Anyway, it turns out that Castillo had 26 games at Wrigley with the Marlins; his first in August of 1996, almost exactly eleven years ago. This game tonight makes his 29th. Almost 25% of the games he's played in the Metrodome. But yeah, that Turf is a bitch.