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The never ending Series

Posted by Carl on October 29, 2008

And to add insult to injury, tonight viewers will have to endure a 1/2 hour bit of propaganda infomercial featuring “The One”.  Fortunately, it gives me time to kick out a post before the thing comes to a merciful end.  Could MLB have envisioned a worse set-up than what they wound up with?  Rain delay after rain delay, a near miss with a less than regulation Series winning game, a 10 p.m. EST start, …?

Friend of the blog Tricia was kind enough to pass along a series of links - MLB’s website put up a nice piece on FLP Clay Condrey here.  And in the “better late than never” department, the Phillies World Series roster included some interesting names - Happ, Condrey, Chris “the Complainer” Coste, and -

The Phillies have brought four other players to St. Petersburg in case of injury: pitcher Kyle Kendrick, catcher Lou Marson, first baseman Andy Tracy and outfielder Greg Golson.

Interesting to note that Lou Marson has jumped ahead of FLP Jason Jaramillo.  Funny, JJ’s numbers slipped a bit this year (more Ks, fewer walks, lower average, fewer runs, hits and RBI) - even though he was playing in baseball’s climatological paradise also known as Allentown.  Go figure.

2008 Season
Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS
LHV INT .266 115 421 48 112 20 0 8 39 156 42 82 1 1 .340 .371 .710
Minors   .266 115 421 48 112 20 0 8 39 156 42 82 1 1 .340 .371 .710
2007 Season:
Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS
OTT INT .271 118 435 52 118 13 4 6 56 157 50 79 0 1 .350 .361 .711

 

Not that were bitter about any of that stuff.  Adding insult to injury today comes the news that I’ve run afoul of the copyright police:

Dear carlk23,

Video Disabled

A copyright owner has claimed it owns some or all of the audio content in your video Junior Lynx Day. The audio content identified in your video is Centerfield by John Fogerty. We regret to inform you that your video has been blocked from playback due to a music rights issue.

Nice.  And I was making so much money on the back of Fogerty too.  Swamp music.  Who needs it?

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Lynx World Series connection

Posted by Carl on October 21, 2008

More later, but for now, the poll.

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FLP update

Posted by Carl on October 11, 2008

Blog favorites Howie Clark, Joe Thurston and Brian Sanches were all granted free agency (by the Twins, Boston and Washington respectively).  The “line” on Howie in 2008:

2008 Season
Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS
ROC INT .293 93 338 50 99 17 6 6 48 146 25 30 2 1 .341 .432 .772
Minors   .293 93 338 50 99 17 6 6 48 146 25 30 2 1 .341 .432 .772
MLB   .250 4 8 0 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 .250 .500 .750

 

Until I checked over at The Baseball Cube, I didn’t realize how consistent Mr. Clark was - a MiLB career .285 hitter, .262 at the MLB level:

 Batting Statistics
Year Team Lg Age Org. Level   Pos Ln G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO HBP IBB SH  SF DP  AVG OBP SLG OPS GB%
1992 GCL Oriols GCL 18 Bal Rk   2b-3b   43 138 12 33 7 1 0 6 1 2 12 21 2 2 1 0    .239 .309 .304 613 –
1993 Bluefield App 19 Bal Rk   2b-of   58 180 29 53 10 1 3 30 2 2 26 34 4 2 1 4    .294 .388 .411 799 –
  Albany SAL 19 Bal A   2b   7 17 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0    .235 .235 .235 470 –
1994 Albany SAL 20 Bal A   1b-2b   108 353 56 95 22 7 2 47 5 4 51 58 7 3 4 1 7  .269 .371 .388 759 –
  Frederick Caro 20 Bal A+   2b   2 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1  .143 .143 .286 429 –
1995 High Dsert Calif 21 Bal A+   3b   100 329 50 85 20 2 5 40 12 6 32 51 4 0 3 3 4  .258 .329 .377 706 –
1996 Bowie East 22 Bal AA   2b   127 449 55 122 29 3 4 52 2 8 59 54 2 1 10 7 8  .272 .354 .376 730 –
1997 Bowie East 23 Bal AA   3b-2b   105 314 39 90 16 0 9 37 2 2 32 38 1 2 1 3 5  .287 .351 .424 775 –
1998 Bowie East 24 Bal AA   of   88 276 37 79 16 0 9 45 1 1 29 42 3 2 0 1 7  .286 .359 .442 801 –
  Rochester IL 24 Bal AAA   1b-2b   30 95 13 22 4 1 3 8 1 2 9 11 0 0 0 0 2  .232 .298 .389 687 –
1999 Bowie East 25 Bal AA   2b-of   39 126 17 37 6 0 2 12 2 0 10 12 3 0 0 0 0  .294 .360 .389 749 –
  Rochester IL 25 Bal AAA   of   79 279 33 82 19 4 6 28 1 2 34 24 1 2 1 2 8  .294 .370 .455 825 –
2000 Bowie East 26 Bal AA   of   13 53 11 18 6 0 1 9 0 0 3 6 1 0 0 1 1  .340 .379 .509 888 –
  Rochester IL 26 Bal AAA   2b-of   54 189 25 54 10 0 3 21 3 1 26 14 1 0 1 1 4  .286 .373 .386 759 –
2001 chico West 27   Ind   2b   4 15 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0  .533 .563 .667 1230 –
2002 Rochester IL 28 Bal AAA   of-1b   105 418 57 129 21 4 7 43 3 4 41 28 2 2 2 5 11  .309 .369 .428 797 –
  Baltimore AL 28 Bal MLB   dh-lf 7,2 14 53 3 16 5 0 0 4 0 0 3 6 2 0 0 0 5  .302 .362 .396 758 66%
2003 Syracuse IL 29 Tor AAA   2b   66 252 29 65 14 1 4 30 1 0 21 20 3 2 3 6 3  .258 .316 .369 685 –
  Toronto AL 29 Tor MLB   3b-dh 9,8,5 38 70 9 25 3 1 0 7 0 1 3 6 2 0 2 0 3  .357 .400 .429 829 58%
2004 Syracuse IL 30 Tor AAA   of-2b   72 256 43 80 14 2 6 32 1 0 40 18 3 2 3 3 3  .313 .407 .453 860 –
  Toronto AL 30 Tor MLB   rf-1b 1 40 115 17 25 6 0 3 12 0 0 13 15 0 0 3 2 2  .217 .292 .348 640 50%
2005 GCL Pirtes GCL 31 Pit Rk   of-3b   8 27 7 13 3 1 0 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1  .481 .533 .667 1200 –
  Altoona East 31 Pit AA   of   31 110 15 41 3 0 2 13 2 1 19 5 0 0 0 1 1  .373 .462 .455 917 –
2006 Ottawa IL 32 Bal AAA   3b-2b   86 308 41 81 16 1 3 27 2 2 36 28 2 2 2 2 5  .263 .342 .351 693 –
  Baltimore AL 32 Bal MLB   dh-3b 9 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0  .143 .333 .143 476 67%
2007 N Hampshre East 33 Tor AA   3b   1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0  .333 .500 .333 833 –
  Syracuse IL 33 Tor AAA   2b-ss   22 81 8 22 3 0 3 15 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 2  .272 .322 .420 742 –
  Toronto AL 33 Tor MLB   3b-2b 9,8 31 49 6 10 2 0 0 2 1 0 7 5 0 1 0 1 1  .204 .298 .245 543 48%
2008 Rochester IL 34 Min AAA       93 338 50 99 17 6 6 48 2 1 25 30 2 4 1 5 12  .293 .341 .432 773 –
  Minnesota AL 34 Min MLB   1b-3b   4 8 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0  .250 .250 .500 750 –
 
Major League Totals - 6 Season(s) 134 302 36 79 18 1 3 26 1 1 28 36 4 1 6 3 11  .262 .329 .358 687 –
Minor League Totals - 17 Season(s) 1341 4613 633 1314 257 35 78 548 45 38 516 508 41 26 33 45   .285 .359 .406 765 –

 

The story is similar for Joe Thurston - in 2008 he hit .316 in Pawtucket, 21 points above his MiLB career .295 average:

Batting Statistics

Year Team Lg Age Org. Level   Pos Ln G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO HBP IBB SH  SF DP  AVG OBP SLG OPS GB%
1999 Yakima Nwest 19 La A-   ss   71 277 48 79 10 3 0 32 27 18 27 34 21 1 6 3 3  .285 .387 .343 730 –
  San Bernar Calif 19 La A+   ss   2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0  .000 .250 .000 250 –
2000 San Bernar Calif 20 La A+   ss-2b   138 551 97 167 31 8 4 70 43 25 56 61 17 1 9 8 8  .303 .380 .410 790 –
2001 Jcksnvlle Sou 21 La AA   2b   134 544 80 145 25 7 7 46 20 18 48 65 12 0 9 3 5  .267 .338 .377 715 –
2002 Las Vegas PCL 22 La AAA   2b   136 587 106 196 39 13 12 55 22 9 25 60 12 1 5 2 10  .334 .372 .506 878 –
  LA Dodgers NL 22 La MLB   2b 9 8 13 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0  .462 .429 .538 967 33%
2003 Las Vegas PCL 23 La AAA   2b   132 538 77 156 27 6 7 68 1 12 31 48 18 0 11 8 10  .290 .345 .401 746 –
  LA Dodgers NL 23 La MLB   2b 9 12 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0  .200 .273 .200 473 71%
2004 Las Vegas PCL 24 La AAA   2b   101 317 38 90 17 3 4 23 7 2 20 46 17 3 3 3 5  .284 .356 .394 750 –
  LA Dodgers NL 24 La MLB   2b 9 17 17 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0  .176 .167 .353 520 50%
2005 Columbus IL 25 Nyy AAA   2b   29 107 13 25 3 3 2 7 2 2 7 19 1 0 3 0 1  .234 .287 .374 661 –
  Las Vegas PCL 25 La AAA   2b   84 257 32 74 10 2 6 35 4 5 13 36 3 0 10 3 3  .288 .326 .412 738 –
2006 Scr/wb IL 26 Phi AAA   2b   127 479 74 135 29 9 9 55 20 10 43 65 7 0 14 1 3  .282 .349 .436 785 –
  Philadelph NL 26 Phi MLB   2b-lf 9 18 18 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0  .222 .300 .278 578 41%
2007 Reading East 27 Phi AA   2b   4 13 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0  .308 .400 .462 862 –
  Ottawa IL 27 Phi AAA   2b-of   129 496 70 149 29 9 5 59 16 14 44 55 11 3 16 5 9  .300 .367 .425 792 –
2008 Pawtucket IL 28 Bos AAA       126 507 83 160 28 5 11 64 19 11 35 75 11 1 14 8 8  .316 .367 .456 823 –
  Boston AL 28 Bos MLB   lf   4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0  .000 .111 .000 111 –
 
Major League Totals - 5 Season(s) 59 66 7 15 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 10 2 0 1 2 0  .227 .264 .303 567 –
Minor League Totals - 10 Season(s) 1213 4676 720 1380 250 68 67 516 182 127 351 566 131 10 102 44 65  .295 .358 .421 779

 

When it comes to pitching stats, I’m more than a little lost - I can report that Brian Sanches’ had a respectable season in AAA Columbus with an ERA of .241.  Unfortunately, the average balooned to 7.36 over twelve appearances in Washington:

Pitching Statistics

Year Team Lg Age Org Level   W L ERA G GS CG SH GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK  H9 HR9 BB9 K9 WHIP GB%
1999 Spokane Nwest 20 Kc A-   1 1 4.76 9 9 0 0 0 0 34.0 32 19 18 2 12 51 0 0  8.47 0.53 3.18 13.50 1.29 –
2000 Wilmington Caro 21 Kc A+   6 12 3.53 28 27 2 1 0 0 158.0 132 77 62 9 69 122 11 3  7.52 0.51 3.93 6.95 1.27 –
2001 Wichita Tex 22 Kc AA   7 9 5.98 29 21 0 0 3 0 134.0 152 96 89 12 61 95 12 1  10.21 0.81 4.10 6.38 1.59 –
2002 Wichita Tex 23 Kc AA   10 6 4.40 33 15 0 0 7 0 116.2 111 60 57 8 43 101 7 1  8.56 0.62 3.32 7.79 1.32 –
2003 Wichita Tex 24 Kc AA   1 5 3.16 38 6 0 0 13 2 85.1 84 38 30 8 17 73 3   8.86 0.84 1.79 7.70 1.18 –
2004 Reading East 25 Phi AA   4 2 2.71 41 0 0 0 14 3 69.2 55 22 21 10 25 60 1   7.11 1.29 3.23 7.75 1.15 –
  Scr/wb IL 25 Phi AAA   0 0 7.50 4 0 0 0 1 0 6.0 9 5 5 1 3 4 0   13.50 1.50 4.50 6.00 2.00 –
2005 Scr/wb IL 26 Phi AAA   5 3 3.69 51 2 0 0   1 83.0 81 36 34 9 27 75 1 0  8.78 0.98 2.93 8.13 1.30 –
2006 Scr/wb IL 27 Phi AAA   3 2 1.86 36 0 0 0 28 19 43.2 24 9 9 2 13 52 1 1  4.95 0.41 2.68 10.72 0.85 –
  Philadelph NL 27 Phi MLB   0 0 5.91 18 0 0 0 5 0 21.1 23 14 14 5 13 22 0 1  9.70 2.11 5.49 9.28 1.69 29%
2007 Ottawa IL 28 Phi AAA   2 3 4.75 36 1 0 0 29 16 47.1 57 29 25 5 8 52 6 0  10.84 0.95 1.52 9.89 1.37 –
  Philadelph NL 28 Phi MLB   1 1 5.53 12 0 0 0 4 0 14.2 13 11 9 6 12 9 1 0  7.98 3.68 7.37 5.53 1.71 43%
2008 Columbus IL 29 Wan AAA   2 1 2.41 32 0 0 0 26 13 33.2 24 9 9 2 9 45 3 0  6.42 0.53 2.41 12.03 0.98 –
  Washington NL 29 Wan MLB   2 0 7.36 12 0 0 0 2 0 11.0 16 10 9 2 5 10 0 0  13.09 1.64 4.09 8.18 1.91 –
 
Major League Totals - 3 Season(s) 3 1 6.13 42 0 0 0 11 0 47.0 52 35 32 13 30 41 1 1  9.96 2.49 5.74 7.85 1.74 –
Minor League Totals - 10 Season(s) 41 44 3.98 337 81 2 1   54 811.1 761 400 359 68 287 730 45   8.44 0.75 3.18 8.10 1.29 –

 

All three are still young enough (34, 29, 30 respectively), and certainly productive enough that they should have no difficulty re-signing with an affiliated or Independent league team.

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Jamey Carroll

Posted by Carl on October 1, 2008

Hat tip to good friend, and friend of the blog, Tricia for the pictures of Jamey Carroll, taken on a recent road trip.  We’re still concerned that Jared may be upset, but what are you gonna do?

8999-Carroll-e.jpg picture by carlk23

Play of the game - nicely timed visit, Trish!

9401-Carroll-2e.jpg picture by carlk23

A-ha!  The unshaven “J.L” look!

Now that the Zip.ca era has ended at Lynx Stadium, I look forward to the day that Jamey’s jersey along with FP Santangelo and Jackie Robinson will be returned to the centerfield wall.

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