Remember those old Bugs Bunny cartoons, where Bugs would get lost, and then scratch his head and say “I must have made a wrong turn at Albequerque”? Imagine how Manny Ramirez feels right now. Man Ram began his comeback from suspension last night by joining the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes in a home game against the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Nashville Sounds’
15 May
The Z-Meter: 5/15/2009
The Z-meter tracks the story arcs of 25 top prospects (or players we just like) on their way to the bigs. It is named after current Washington Nationals star Ryan Zimmerman, who made the transition from anchoring the University of Virginia to starring in MLB in one year. Promoted: Jordan Zimmermann: Syracuse Chiefs (AAA) to [...]
26 May
Doesn’t Matter What Leagues You Played In: 330 Is A Big Number
A few weeks ago, after Russell Branyan hit three homeruns in one game for the Nashville Sounds, I looked up his minor league stats at Baseball-Reference.com. The results were a little surprising: Branyan had more than 200 homeruns in his minor league career, highlighted by back-to-back seasons of 40 and 39 in 1996-97. By the [...]
25 Apr
AAA Spotlight: Rehab Start Edition 4/25/2008
We started this blog right at the end of the season last year, so we didn’t have a lot of posts before we went into hibernation. But one that did attract attention was a post about the new Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (Phillies), who opened play this season. The nickname alone is noteworthy, but as [...]
18 Apr
Spotlight on AAA Ball – 4/17/2008
The International League is celebrating 125 years of baseball this season. The 2008 class of the IL Hall of Fame will be the first to receive a statuette called “Curtain Call”, meant to honor the contributions made by HOF-worthy players. I think it’s kind of cool – like the baseball version of an Oscar. [MiLB.com] [...]
2 Oct
From Minor to Major
On my other blog I have been tracking rookie hitters all season long, and I finally got a chance to do my statistical analysis. Since most of these guys spent at least part of this season in the minors, it’s fair game. NAME TEAM G AB R HITS 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO [...]
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