No details yet but I guess our luck of having everyone good on the DL is trickling down to the minors now.

Seth Lakso ‏@SethLakso 6m

 

@ESPNChiSox Looked like he came up limping after a double two days ago. I asked him about it yesterday and he said it was nothing.

Seth Lakso ‏@SethLakso 17m

 

Winston-Salem (A+) infielder Michael Johnson and Birmingham (AA) catcher Miguel Gonzalez have been promoted to Charlotte

As well as officially announced that catcher Hector Gimenez has been traded to the Toronto organization.

Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 9m

Left hamstring for Micah Johnson that put him on the disabled list with Triple-A Charlotte.

It has been that kind of year so far.

Someone recently posted elsewhere that Micah has been timed at 3.69 to first. Has anyone here ever seen a posted time for Billy Hamilton?

Someone recently posted elsewhere that Micah has been timed at 3.69 to first. Has anyone here ever seen a posted time for Billy Hamilton?

 

 

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Reds leadoff man Billy Hamilton has always been a blur. Today he is a whisper.

 

Word from a couple quarters in Reds camp was that the switch-hitting Hamilton was clocked in a legend-creating 3.3 seconds on a run from home to first base on his drag bunt single off Rangers ace Yu Darvish on Monday. Naturally, there was no throw. Once the ball got past Darvish, all that was left was the clock.

 

One scout who wasn't there said he had never even heard of a legitimate 3.3 time to first base, and another said the best he ever clocked was 3.5 (Brett Gardner of the Yankees). However, regarding Hamilton, that scout said, “With his speed, I wouldn't doubt it!”

 

In any case, three point three is pretty crazy, if accurate.

 

Many couldn't believe it. But I finally got back word from a Reds person who would know.

 

“True,” the Reds person confirmed of the 3.3 time.

 

Consider that on a swing a 4.0 time for a right-handed hitter and 3.9 for a left-handed hitter is considered an “8” on the 2-8 scout's scale, or all-time great. There's a legend that the Phillies' speedy Bake McBride once ran a 2.9 to first on a bunt, but that's hard to believe. Yankees switch-hitting legend Mickey Mantle, a good bunter in his day, was known to have all-time quick times.

 

Another scout said the fastest time he ever had on a bunt was football great/sprinter/sometime Yankee and Brave Deion Sanders, at 3.33, so theoretically, the 3.3 time is possible. Others mentioned as among the fastest in the game now are superstar Mike Trout plus Peter Bourjos, Jarrod Dyson, Pirates prospect Gregory Polanco and A's hopeful Billy Burns, another switch hitter who was timed on a swing at 3.77 this spring.

 

The scout who didn't doubt Hamilton said he is indeed the fastest he has ever clocked on a swing, at 3.8. Is it possible to shave a half second by bunting instead of swinging? Seems tough to believe, but Hamilton is a special case.

 

 

www.cbssports.com

Here's another list I found at wikianswers.

 

Time to first from LHBB

 

Mickey Mantle 3.1-3.3

Vada Pinson 3.2-3.3

Ichiro 3.7

Bo Jackson 3.2 (3.65 from RHBB)

Ralph Garr 3.2-3.3

Rick Manning 3.3

Miguel Dilone 3.3

Mickey Rivers 3.4

Willie Wilson 3.6-3.7

Michael Bourn 3.6

Here's another list I found at wikianswers.

 

Time to first from LHBB

 

Mickey Mantle 3.1-3.3

Vada Pinson 3.2-3.3

Ichiro 3.7

Bo Jackson 3.2 (3.65 from RHBB)

Ralph Garr 3.2-3.3

Rick Manning 3.3

Miguel Dilone 3.3

Mickey Rivers 3.4

Willie Wilson 3.6-3.7

Michael Bourn 3.6

Thanks, Caulfield. Good stuff there.