Anyone have a favorite Nick Punto moment?

[The J-Man!]

"The Cardinals announced that they signed Nick Punto to a one-year deal"

Folks either seemed to love him or hate him. I always appreciated his defense, and will always remember the cloud of dirt his belly flopping into first base left in the air. You had to wait for the cloud to settle before you knew if he was safe or not.

[blue_healer_guy]

Joy in mudville! The baserunning blotch against the yankees has to be my favorite. He was quoted the crowd noise made him attempt to score from second on an infield hit to Jeter. Priceless.

[Johnnie15]

When he signed with the Cardinals.

[Getanet]

I'll always remember that play he made where he charged a slow roller from second base, bare handed it and made a good throw to 1B in the middle of his barrel roll.

Although he was forced into playing way too much, a guy that can play that many positions well defensively is an asset to a major league club.

[GK22]

Waving good bye as he left town. Defense....yes. But the guy can't hit. I liked the guy but we need a hitter in there.

[greebs]

When he signed with the Cardinals.

+ 1. I didn't have a favorite nick moment until just now when I read this.

The guy worked hard but I always thought his defense was overrated and he had a knack for making routine plays look a lot more difficult than they needed to be. And the head first slides into first base; well, let's not even go there.

That being said, had he been used by the twins as a utility infielder and spot starter I think I would have appreciated him much more. He's just not "starter" material.

[Far-I]

[PoorWordUsage] but he worked hard and played where he was needed, and had many many outstanding plays on the field.

The Cards got a bargain. Feel bad for the guy, 4 million the last couple years was kind of high, and 5 million, no way! but to go down to 700,000 seems kinda shabby, we coulda forked that over!

[zamboni]

Rather have him than Tolbert or god forbid Denny Hocking, whom we put up with for how many years. Hocking couldn't hit OR play defense- at least Nick could do one of those

[bucketmouth64]

It's a sad time for Gardy and his man love for Nicky boy. He might need some counseling to get over not having Nicky here. Not a bad pay day for Nicky money wise(if you overlook how overpaid he was), getting 500K buy out from the club then sign for 750K to play spot duty. He's still set for life after raking Twins over all these years. Great hustle guy, not going to miss him.

[fishingstar]

Rather have him than Tolbert or god forbid Denny Hocking, whom we put up with for how many years. Hocking couldn't hit OR play defense- at least Nick could do one of those

he would have been good as a bench player but not for 5 mil. Tolbert is the same player just not as dependable.

[mrklean]

when i found out he was not going to be resigned and signed with the cards

[OnAFly]

Least favorite moment - when he signed with the Cardinals and I realized we are now counting on Tolbert for something.

Yeah, he wasn't good at the plate, but he could play 2nd/SS/3rd as good as anyone else or better.