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Friday, August 15, 2003
 
los angeles at florida, 8-14-2003
miguel cabrera went yard on kevin brown. that's hard to do:

kevin brown .057 .768 .297

this kid is gonna be a superstar:

year team lg age ab wal con pow pra
2003 Florida NL 21 169 .071 .716 .358 4.74
2003 Carolina AA 21 266 .104 .816 .358 6.75
2002 Jupiter A 20 489 .072 .826 .324 4.41
2001 Kane Co A 19 422 .081 .820 .313 3.82
2000 GCL Marlins R 18 219 .095 .790 .306 3.35

he's 21, and he's got the pow of gary sheffield.

rickey henderson is such a master. he walked for the 2,185th time. he took a strike down the middle on a 2-1 count. he don't wanna swing; he wants to get on base!

he stole a base last night (# 1,404) and kept it. every base is a new record.

adrian beltre is gonna be ok:

year team lea age ab wal con pow pra
2003 Los Angeles NL 24 397 .070 .814 .331 4.65
2002 Los Angeles NL 23 587 .059 .836 .330 4.77
2001 Los Angeles NL 22 475 .056 .827 .323 4.21
2000 Los Angeles NL 21 510 .099 .843 .335 5.60
1999 Los Angeles NL 20 538 .102 .805 .327 4.63
1998 Los Angeles NL 19 195 .067 .810 .327 4.35
1998 San Antonio AA 19 246 .137 .850 .360 7.95
1997 Vero Beach A 18 435 .133 .848 .355 7.47
1996 Savannah A 17 244 .125 .811 .371 7.83
1996 San Bernardino A 17 238 .074 .815 .339 5.16

he's been essentially the same player his entire career. that'll change, though. young players improve. stagnancy followed by breakout it the rule, not the exception. look for it.

robin ventura was a stupid pickup. the dodgers need someone who (a) is young, and (b) can hit. ventura fails on both counts.

beltre just hit a ball over that pokey-outy part of the center field fence in pro player stadium.

happy birthday juan pierre! he's 26.

year team lea age ab wal con pow spd pra
2003 Florida NL 25 497 .081 .946 .289 .033 4.55
2002 Colorado NL 24 592 .050 .912 .290 .033 4.07
2001 Colorado NL 23 617 .062 .953 .299 .033 5.21
2000 Colorado NL 22 200 .061 .925 .276 .033 3.38
2000 Carolina AA 22 439 .070 .941 .290 .033 4.46
1999 Asheville A 21 585 .061 .937 .294 .033 4.67
1998 Portland A 20 264 .067 .958 .288 .033 4.47

i used to think he sucks, cause baseball prospectus told me so. they said he was exactly the kind of player that should be helped most by altitude.

they got it backwards. they've since realized their mistake, but they still won't admit this kid can play.

he's mini-ichiro. that pra would be higher if we considered the value of his stolen bases and lack of gidp.

kevin brown got a hit. avg: .200. opb: .196.

rickey walked again. that's 2,186.

eric gagne has 100 strikeouts in 60 innings. 15 walks.

cabrera struck out. 101. gonzalez. 102. brian banks. 103.
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