Also at RattlersReport.com Major Leaguer Larry Bigbie is making some rehab starts for the SWING at Fox Cities Stadium. Dan Kohn has a chat with him and you get to find out what an umbilical hernia is.
Tom Hardricourt at jsonline.com reports that Doug Melvin doesn't want to make a trade just because the Astros and Reds have. Also, Why are pitchers doing fine for Triple-A Nashville, but getting shelled for the Brewers and if Tom Glavine reaches 300 wins, who will be next, or will there even be a next?
Larry Stone has another in his Art of Baseball series. This time it is switch-hitting. A few of his ten greatest moments in switch-hitting:
6.) The Los Angeles Dodgers in 1965 had the distinction of fielding the only all-switch-hitting infield in history, with Wes Parker at first base, Jim Lefebvre at second, Maury Wills at shortstop and Jim Gilliam at third.
10.) Against Toronto, on April 23, 2000, Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada of the Yankees became the first (and so far, only) teammates to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game. The king of that feat, however, is Hall of Famer Eddie Murray, who did it 11 times, one more than Mickey Mantle, Ken Caminiti and Chili Davis. Mantle, however, had done it 10 times before anyone else in history had done it three times.
Mark Lowe's rapid rise from Inland Empire to the Mariner bullpen this season is recounted at sbsun.com. I have to include a Bud quote. Former Rattler pitching coach Scott Budner is with the 66ers and has this to say:
"It's hard to make that jump in one year, let alone six weeks," Sixers pitching coach Scott Budner. "But I'm not surprised because his stuff is that good and he has a great competitive attitude."
GBfan at The Wisconsin Sports Bar is getting a bit frustrated with Brewer closer Derrick Turnbow in an unfortunately named post from yesterday.
More later. Maybe
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