Jimmy's NY Vets Teammates

The Team During the regular season, a baseball team has a 25-man roster on any given day. There are more than 25 players listed below (not including Jimmy Scott and Lyman Gaye, listed above). Players get hurt, traded and released every day, which means the roster (our secondary cast) will fluctuate. The storylines next to each character can be mixed and matched according to what the series dictates. Lyman Gaye– Hyper-intelligent, well read and well spoken with a photographic memory. Unfortunately for Lyman, he was beaten up, while a passenger in his own car, by his hopefully soon-to-be ex-fiancée in the off season. Never saw it coming, especially the broken jaw. He will get caught up in a steroids/HgH scandal when it comes out his soon-to-be ex-fiancée, a former Olympic gold medalist, was a user. Through association and some perjured comments by the woman Lyman was almost loved, he becomes a target of league and federal investigators. Then, to make matters worse, his estranged father is discovered living as a homeless man. Lyman’s pride and image will continue to take body blows all season long. Kai Goto – The “Jimmy Scott of Japan” who’s leaving not just for the money and the challenge, but to get his family away from the grip of the Japanese paparazzi. Felipe Castro – The shy mega-multi-million dollar outfielder whose mother is kidnapped in his native Venezuela. Juanes Guerra – The Cuban pitcher who may or may not have recently defected by raft and quickly signed with the team. Corey Belle – Highly temperamental outfielder – an Albert Belle/Latrell Spreewell/Ty Cobb rolled into one - who’s always close to the edge (charging mounds, arguing with other teammates and coaches, graduate of multiple anger-management academies) yet incredibly talented on the field. Gets in trouble wherever he goes. Ron Kelly – Journeyman pitcher never assured a spot on the team. J.D. Bryant – Third baseman and two-sport star (baseball and football) living a life of huge endorsements, incredible national acclaim, and very public marriage to a morning show co-host. Rico Diaz – Dull as a stick second baseman, teammates try to avoid him and his traveling boredom festival. Cal Hartman – Power-hitting first baseman and Born Again Christian making a deal with a beat reporter to co-write a book, yet upset with the conflict of interest the reporter complains about in reporting in his day-to-day job the facts of play on the field vs. Cal’s fantasy world of never swinging at a ball he didn’t like. Johnny Mathis – Young up-and-coming catcher who talks and talks and talks (probably can’t sing), bothering opposing batters but engaging teammates. Ramon Cedeno – Veteran catcher on the back nine of his career and expected by management and the press to be an unofficial player/coach. Only, he’s horrible at giving advice and almost suffers from stage fright when expected to rally and lead the team. Bobby Holdsworth – Outfielder with off-base ideas about the world; signed as a minor league free agent after serving 2-year suspension for drugs. Suffers from stage fright and a fear of flying. Ramon Escobar – Infielder playing in his sixth year with his eye toward free agency. Anxious, nervous, paranoid that he’ll underperform or get hurt and never get to cash in. Roger Leonard – A pitcher leading a double-life. Everybody knows he’s a good all-around teammate with three decent pitches and pleasant homemaker wife. The secret is the other life: the drugs, the drinking, and the women; a life that may soon catch up with him. Mike Murphy – A very rich pitcher who is always, always, always injured and gets little, if any, respect from his teammates. Diego Muniz – Pitcher who aims at batter’s heads, scuffs balls, fights with opposing players and shoots up HgH when nobody is looking. Randy Sullivan – A non-union player who crossed the picket line ten years ago; Howard and occasional pockets of players won’t let him forget it. Steven Pond – Pitcher nicknamed “Scum” by teammates, a guy who has a peanut allergy and causes a stir requesting no nuts of any kind in the clubhouse, plane or dugout while he’s on the team. Also recently detoxed his system and is a pure vegan who tries to spread his feelings about his new diet like a religion. Billy Weston – “Demoted” to set up man when Jimmy is “demoted” to closer due to injury; a sharp-tongued Southern man who press and fans don’t really like but teammates find to be a great guy. Doug Walcott – Relief pitcher trying to date the widow of a recently deceased ballplayer who played for New York’s other team. Not acceptable behavior in the clubhouse rulebook. Joe Santoriello – Starts the season on the disabled list due to depression over the murder of his sister years ago and the upcoming execution of her killer. Will eventually come back to play, perform poorly, and battle bitterly with Rick Churches before getting traded. Martin "Bruiser" Stanley– Portly lefty pitcher who loves drinking, loves the ladies, loves his kids and his Harley, always gives a good quote to the press, and forgets that a married man in his thirties probably shouldn’t act that way. Jason Tate – Good looking, serviceable pitcher in his mid-twenties who cameras and sports networks like enough to book him in the post-season to serve in the broadcast booth. Rides a skateboard to the stadium during spring training. Jon Benson – Very good pitcher with a mistress who just went public on a long-term affair. As she sues for promised funds, poses for Playboy and tries to become a reality TV star, Benson pitches one of his best seasons ever. Willie Cordero – Does steroids to help him make the team with the goal of sending as much money home to his impoverished Dominican family as possible. Derek Robinson – Decent ballplayer who accidentally kills someone at a party and is charged with reckless manslaughter. Orlando Castro – Beats his wife as a hobby, on the verge of being deported. Alex Feliciano – The recently signed minor league free agent who cries a lot, homesick for his family abroad and his old teammates. Pedro Merchado – Pothead pitcher who loves the weed. Roberto Santos – The Latino John Rocker who has a powerful fastball, wicked unedited mouth and bushel of illegitimate children. Reggie Perez & Reggie Perez Jr. – Father & son, but what if the twenty-year veteran wasn’t as supportive as everyone assumed he would be when his twenty-year old son was called up from the minor leagues to play on the team – and compete against his father for a job? Rick Hubert – A Ripken-esque shortstop who never misses a game, but probably should, his streak becoming more important than wins and losses for the team. Paul Hudson – Going through a very public and expensive divorce, about to lose out on millions of dollars to his estranged future ex-wife. Dan Reynolds – Has developed a case of the “yips” - he can’t throw the ball and reach his target anymore. Generally, the ball lands in the stands, fifty yards off target. No explanation given. Rey Marcos – The 18 year old wunderkind/can’t miss shortstop/second baseman just waiting for his chance to take over the world.