MurcieOne

lets hope it pases the bronx

Well I think our questions about who's running this team will be answered once this year runs it's course.

AL MVP: Ichiro AL Cy Young: Esty NL MVP: Albert Pujols Cy Young: Mark Prior

nice

I hate to nit-pick, but Billy Koch has only returned once...... So Return of the Koch II would be the second-time.... this is a sequel to an event that never occured. P.S. I hope he's Healthy.

10 Dollars was to tempting to pass up eh?

I saw him in July and the progress that was made proved to me that slowly but surely he is shortening his stride.

The Yankees have never seen Neal...im guessing thats why JM made the change.

IMO Joe Borchard will be the best player out of everyone named on this thread. The Guy is super-intellegent and sooner or later he is going to become a unstoppable offensive force.

From Jul 11th..... However, I think it's a good read.

http://www.barons.com/nm/publish/barons49.shtml BIRMINGHAM, AL - Jeremy Reed is a Dirtbag. Thus far in his career, Reed has accumulated almost as many honors and awards as he has accumulated stolen bases. But, even after Reed was recently named by Baseball America as the number one prospect in all of the minor leagues, the honor he is still proud of is being a Long Beach State Dirtbag. “Being a Dirtbag is great, it’s a great group of guys. We’re just players who like to get dirty and play hard. We’ll always battle every inning, every at bat – it’s just a hard-nosed way to play ball,” Reed explained. Reed continues to use that hard-nosed approach each time he steps into the batters box as he rarely allows a pitcher to strike him out. Prior to his promotion to the Barons, Reed struck out only 17 times in 222 at bats with Winston-Salem. “I’m just really comfortable and confident that I can put the ball in play with two strikes. I think that’s the most important thing, to have confidence that you can put the ball in play and battle every at bat. My dad played a big role in coaching me the right way to play and to approach the game,“ Reed said. In every league he’s attempted thus far, Reed has proven he is a pure hitter. In high school, at Bonita High, CA, he batted .511, and Reed’s three-year collegiate average at Long Beach was .326. Reed even hit an impressive .324 in the Alaskan summer league and posted a team leading .366 average for Team USA. Professionally, his stats have continued to improve as he’s batted .319 for Kannapolis, .333 at Winston-Salem and he currently owns a gaudy .479 average for the Barons. It seems as the level of Reed’s competition rises, so does his average. “I can’t really attribute it to anything in particular. I just stay with the same approach and always try and play the same way. That’s the biggest thing, you can’t change yourself or your approach. I haven’t changed anything up here (with the Barons), I was just hot when I came up and luckily I’ve just kept it going,” he said. While Reed’s high batting average has certainly caught the media’s attention, scouts say it’s Reed’s Dirtbag attitude, his ability to hit to all fields and smart base running that separates him from some of the other prospects across the country. Reed’s 54 career steals at Long Beach ranks second in their history books and, since turning pro, Reed hasn’t stopped running. After swiping 17 bags at Kannapolis and 27 more at Winston-Salem, Reed is excited to be playing for Manager Wally Backman and his aggressive style of baseball. “Oh, Wally is definitely a players kind of guy. I’ve played for a few managers and Wally is right up there with the best. Wally wants us to be aggressive and I like that because he lets me play my game. He gets us to play hard and he really wants to win and that’s what I like,” Reed explained. With centerfield prospect Joe Borchard struggling in Triple-A (hitting .224) and the probability of Carl Everett leaving Chicago at the end of the season via free agency, it is possible that the name of Jeremy Reed could be at the top of the order and playing centerfield for the White Sox sometime next year. However, as Reed fast tracks his way through the Southern League and into the major leagues, he says one thing will never change. Jeremy’s spoken – he’s a Dirtbag.

Charlotte remains in the IL playoff hunt as well, currently sitting 2.0 games behind Durham in the South Division and 2.5 games off the Wild Card pace. The performance of MIKE PORZIO last Thursday in Richmond helped Charlotte’s cause as the left-hander tossed eight scoreless innings in his only start of the week. The Norwalk, CT resident limited Richmond to just a pair of hits in the win, fanning six Bravesbefore giving way to Jake Meyer who worked a scoreless ninth to preserve the 5-0 shutout. The outing was Porzio’s longest of the season, and ended a personal two-game losing skid. Mike’s 106 strikeouts lead all Charlotte pitchers and his 8 wins and 124 innings pitched rank second on the staff. The 31-year-old Porzio is in his third season with the White Sox organization and the Knights after signing with the club as a free agent in January of 2001. He won six games for the Knights in each of the past two seasons and made 32 appearances for the parent club last year. The former Villanova standout began his career in the Cubs’ system and also pitched in the Braves and Rockies’ chains before joining the White Sox organization. He made his Major League debut with Colorado during the 1999 season.

Reed has to be a canidate for Minor League Player of the Year.... his numbers are absolutely sick. Then again Jon Rauch won that same award.....and look what he's done.

as long as it's not serious it doesnt matter. Anderson Sweeny and Nanita look like STUDs to me.

have fun at the state fair???? what is he a carnie?

I think me, BMR, and Capn are the newest members of that Queer eye show. the non-queer members of course.

IM gonna hear it for this one......

Yeah Im with BMR....your a nice looking fella....in a total non-homosexual way of course.

If the Twins make the playoffs....it will be as AL CENTRAL Champs. They are 7 Gms behind Oakland and Boston. If the Twins win the Wild Card, KC or the Sox would have to put quite a run together as the AL Central Champs to put a together better than the Twins BoSox and A's.

The only knock on Neal tonight was his control....Damn jimmy why didn't you teach him your pinpoint control while he was down there? (38 BB's in 83IP)

Eventhough he got lit-up in his 2 outings I still think he has 2 nice pitches, and could become a decent major league reliever.

Not true. The entire situation would have different. Also, i believe he allowed the hit with 2 outs in the 9th. If the ump had made the proper call, that batter would never had come to bat. There is no possible way to predict what would have happened if that guy was called safe. Maybe Zambrano pitches a different way with the no-no in the ninth and gives up 5 runs and he loses. he gave up 2 hits..... bottom line.

Having spent an enitre week with jason, I can vouch for him being a good GM, but I think he might be more well suited for truck driver.... the kid just kept on drivin.....

I bought UD ticks but like most ushers at the cell, the guy at the gate to the lower deck was lazy and prolly illiterate so I got to sit in the bleechers... again in the LF stands sec 159 I believe great game, loved being able to see Cotts win his first game.

I got to watch Little Neal Cottsy pop his cherry in the majors. good show kid good show.