Where are they now? Denny Hocking and Bobby Kielty

This past weekend I was doing some yard work and had the radio on. Fox Sports radio came on (not sure how I got tuned to Fox, maybe I was trying to get some of those insightful political tidbits, more likely it has to do with syndication) and their baseball show started. As I was listening I was surprised to hear our very own Denny Hocking as the co-host of FOX GameTime Saturday ReAct (not sure what the deal with the name "ReAct" is.) Hocking was actually pretty solid (found out he is a regular guest on "Rome is Burning" as well.) Apparently his finger and feelings towards Jacque Jones have healed since that 2002 ALDS game (maybe I should call in and ask to be sure.) Guess 13 seasons in the Bigs and a career .251 BA and OBP of .310 and you can make the jump to the big time media.

When I went to look up Hocking, I got him confused with Bobby Kielty (RTS - if memory serves, you were a Kielty-guy in 2002.) As we all remember it was Kielty that the Blue Jays wanted/got for Shannon Stewart in 2003 and he later went to the A's for Ted Lilly. What I didn't remember/know was that Kielty then went to the Red Sox and hit a pinch-hit solo home run in Game 4 of the 2007 World Series (probably missed it because I was in China at the time.)

The Twins are known for producing talent. Talk about turning out star power.