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Thursday, August 14, 2003
baltimore at tampa bay, 8-13-2003
the rays have some sexy young players:
young rays ab wal con pow pra
rocco baldelli 463 .039 .799 .324 3.79
aubrey huff 462 .072 .868 .347 6.43
carl crawford 437 .044 .810 .301 2.89
toby hall 336 .054 .932 .309 4.48
damian rolls 236 .048 .797 .326 3.96
these guys could be future champions . . . once they become free agents! ha! ha!
year team lg age ab wal con pow pra
rocco baldelli cf-r
2000 Princeton A 18 232 .049 .759 .309 2.84
2001 Charleston A 19 406 .054 .781 .326 3.84
2002 Bakersfield A 20 312 .057 .798 .345 5.07
2002 Durham AAA 20 96 .000 .760 .339 3.68
2002 Orlando AA 20 70 .103 .843 .326 5.06
0 walks 96 at-bats last year in durham! so that's a skill he has to work on. needs a little contact. power will develop. walks will determine whether its a long, great career or just a long career.
aubrey huff of-l
1998 Charleston A 21 265 .083 .849 .349 6.40
1999 Orlando AA 22 491 .115 .843 .350 6.79
2000 Durham AAA 23 408 .111 .824 .360 7.06
2000 Tampa Bay AL 23 122 .047 .852 .325 4.52
2001 Tampa Bay AL 24 411 .053 .825 .316 3.79
2002 Durham AAA 25 126 .094 .897 .318 5.13
2002 Tampa Bay AL 25 454 .077 .879 .340 6.19
certified motherfucker.
carl crawford of-l
1999 Princeton A 18 260 .049 .819 .302 3.06
2000 Charleston A 19 564 .054 .819 .311 3.49
2001 Orlando AA 20 537 .063 .832 .300 3.15
2002 Durham AAA 21 353 .059 .805 .329 4.31
2002 Tampa Bay AL 21 259 .044 .842 .311 3.62
sucks right now but he's got enough contact and more than enough speed to ensure a long career. walks and power will determine greatness.
toby hall c-r
1997 Hudson Valley A 21 200 .062 .835 .283 2.41
1998 Charleston A 22 377 .095 .915 .310 4.81
1999 St Petersburg A 23 212 .076 .958 .311 5.16
1999 Orlando AA 23 173 .023 .942 .332 5.93
2000 Durham AAA 24 184 .016 .897 .335 5.38
2000 Orlando AA 24 271 .059 .911 .320 5.08
2001 Durham AAA 25 373 .072 .941 .344 7.44
2001 Tampa Bay AL 25 188 .036 .915 .319 4.81
2002 Durham AAA 26 92 .071 .891 .308 4.18
2002 Tampa Bay AL 26 330 .052 .918 .310 4.39
contact will keep him in the majors but he may never develop the patience and power necessary to excel.
damian rolls 3b-r
1996 Yakima A 19 257 .027 .821 .307 3.08
1997 Savannah A 20 475 .074 .825 .304 3.36
1998 Vero Beach A 21 266 .080 .838 .285 2.61
1998 San Antonio AA 21 160 .038 .825 .292 2.57
1999 Vero Beach A 22 474 .071 .861 .313 4.16
2001 Tampa Bay AL 24 237 .040 .802 .301 2.81
2002 Durham AAA 25 244 .096 .824 .318 4.32
2002 Tampa Bay AL 25 89 .053 .820 .304 3.18
at 26, you'd like to see more, but he's got young player's skills. won't be great but could stick around. third base is a weird position for a speedster.
seventh inning:
the orioles pitched out on carl crawford but he stole it anyway. that's the third time i've seen that in the last three days. it happened to roy halladay last night with mike cameron.
bottom of the eighth, 1 out:
rocco baldelli layed down a perfect bunt. he was at first before anyone could get to it. it was his 139th hit, a new rays rookie record.
top of the ninth:
wow, that was a bad call. brian roberts on first luis matos hits a single. runs too far bang bang play at first. they nailed him. the glove hit the thigh with the foot twice its length from the base.
second base ump jerry layne called him safe.
he was behind the runner so he couldn't see what was going on. the first base ump had run down to cover a possible play at the plate, because the plate ump was covering a possible play at third, because the third base ump had gone up the left field line.
lou piniella lost it. his face turned red, then exploded. steam shot out of his ears. he yelled at the ump. he got tossed. he didn't leave. he staggered around the diamond spewing insults. ". . . this fucking shit" and ". . . go fuck yourself" were 2 choice fox close-ups.
he kicked his hat. he put it back on his head. he tried to get the third base ump to help him. third base ump just looked at him. he kicked his hat again. he jumped up and down and screamed. then he wandered off.
bottom of the ninth, 5-5, 2 outs:
damian rolls steals second. julio lugo walks.
jared sandberg pinch-hits for jason tyner. would piniella have made that decision? yeah, it's b.j. ryan, and he's terror on lefties: .132 .470 .301 but couldn't they have found someone better?
sandberg flew out to right.
now he's playing third.
10th:
jack cust struck out for the second time. lance carter is pitching.
deivi cruz struck out on a high fastball. 3-2 he almost walked. .017 .918 .319 that would have helped!
larry bigbie ground ball second base.
rays: huff flies out. ryan still pitching.
rocco's up. bloop single.
travis lee. ryan doesn't seem as dominant as his stats imply. line double to left rays win. rocco can run.
the rays had a plan to steal bases. they executed it:
crawford 3
rolls 1
baldelli 1
lugo 1
6 stolen bases is the new club record.
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