Jack Cust from MLB.com

So Jack Cust signed a 2.8 million dollar deal with the Oakland Athletics this week. For most Dodger fans, you may not even know this guy. But I love this guy. I like to think as him as the working mans baseball player. In the era of Andruw Jones making a ton and not doing anything…Jack Cust paid is dues and is finally getting some good money.
Great article here on his real story.  He spent 10 years in the minors trying to get up, and when he finally did, all he did is hit homeruns…and strikeout.  That’s the thing with Cust – it is feast or famine, or walk…which is why the A’s like him.  He can hit like crazy, but he also has holes.

I think that’s why I root for him.  He’s like all us working people – he can be the hero, but he’s got holes too.  He won’t ever be Manny Ramirez, but that’s ok.  Even more, I’m glad that someone like him who can hit the ball 400′ can get paid for entertaining all the rest of us.    We all know baseball players will get paid high, but at 2.5 mil a year, it doesn’t seem crazy extravagant.  Anyone who spent that long in the minors, should get some money like the pros.

So with Holliday, Giambi and Cust, the A’s now have 3 guys who can hit 30 homeruns.  They put some speedsters up front, and they’ll have a formidable offense.

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