Meet Gary Bennett

As the front page of the Washington Post sports section will tell you, the Nats signed Gary Bennett to serve as their backup catcher in 2005. Mr. Bennett had recently refused a minor league assignment, so his obvious next stop was the Nats.

Now you may be concerned with his career .645 OPS. Sure, I am too. But look at how hot he's been in the last 7 days! A .444 OBP! Good gravy, if he could just keep that up, we may have something here.

Don Money may have some experience with Bennett - he came up through the Phillies organization. He later made a brief appearance with Dexy's Mets, where he excelled - a perfect 1.000 OBP and a 1.000 SLG! This shows you what kind of decision making is going on in the Mets organization; they got rid of a guy on a hot streak like that.

Bennett also managed to scrape up a .260 or so average in his time in Colorado, which (according to Baseball Prospectus) translates to a .437 average in the Arlington Men's Monday Night C League in which I play. In fact, Mr. Bennett, if you want to hang out at the Crystal City Sports Pub, we can probably get you on a team. Make sure you go to the Sports Pub, though. The Crystal City Restaurant might get you in trouble with Coach Robinson's curfew.