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4-18-05
Who's Hot In Minor League Baseball
Through Games of 4-17-05
Ryan Howard .441 1HR 6RBI
Ryan Doumit .364 6HR 11RBI
Mitch Jones .419 5HR 11RBI
Chris Shelton .394 3HR 10RBI
Robinson Cano .370 4HR 12RBI
Willy Aybar .432 2HR 6RBI
Carlos Quentin .400 4HR 10RBI
Jeff Mathis .364 1HR 3RBI
Jeremy West .441 1HR 3RBI
Dustin Pedroia .412 1HR 9RBI
Hanley Ramirez .381 5(3B) 9RBI
Matt Murton .421 0HR 6RBI
Casey Rogowski .394 0HR 4RBI
Paul McNaulty .385 1HR 5RBI
Brandon Sing .344 4HR 11RBI
Felix Pie .342 2HR 4RBI
Andre Ethier .471 3HR 7RBI
Brant Colamarino .450 1HR 2RBI
Alberto Callaspo .341 0HR 7RBI
Matt Rogelstad .571 0HR 11RBI
Jud Thigpen .543 1HR 12RBI
Billy Butler .432 4HR 14RBI
Howie Kendrick .365 3HR 10RBI
Kevin Kouzmanoff .464 2HR 6RBI
Jarrod Saltalamacchia .367 1HR 5RBI
Danilo Sanchez .367 4HR 12RBI
Matt Tuiasosopo .469 1HR 9RBI
Hunter Pence .391 2HR 5RBI
Gio Gonzalez 0.00ERA 2-0 11IP 19K
Ray Liotta 0.75 ERA 1-0 12.0IP 16K
Casey Janssen 0.47ERA 2-0 19IP 15K
Eric Hurley 1.64ERA 2-0 11IP 13K
Chuck Tiffany 0.90ERA 2-0 10IP 17K
Chris Schutt 0.00ERA 1-0 8.0IP 14K
Anibal Sanchez 0.90ERA 1-0 10IP 22K
Richard Stahl 1.50ERA 1-1 12IP 18K
Ricardo Rodriguez 0.00ERA 1-0 8.2IP 15K
Sean Thompson 0.71ERA 2-0 12.2IP 13K
Fernando Nieve 1.06ERA 1-0 17IP 23K
Ricky Nolasco 0.00ERA 1-0 9IP 16K
Scott Olsen 0.00ERA 2-0 10IP 14K
Hayden Penn 1.13ERA 1-0 16IP 26K
Brian Bannister 0.00ERA 3-0 16.1IP 23K
J.D. Martin 0.00ERA 0-0 14IP 17K
Matt Cain 1.38ERA 2-0 13IP 13K

4-18-05
Miami Little League Coach Stabbed By Player's Mom's Boyfriend During Game
--Local6.com

4-18-05
High School Player Killed Crossing The Street
--KPHO.com

4-18-05
Prince Fielder Is Working On More Quality At Bats
--Nola.com

4-18-05
Roger Kahn and Frank Deford Have New Baseball Books Out
--Bloomberg.com

4-18-05
Story on AAGPBL Player Audrey Deemer
--TimesLeaderOnline.com

4-18-05
Former Philly Mickey Morandini Talks About His Unassisted Triple Play
--PittsburghLive.com

4-18-05
Padres Owner John Moores Joins In The Corpus Christi Hooks Opening Weekend
--Caller.com

4-18-05
Former Big League Utility Man Mike Mordecai Talks About Being A Minor Leauge Manager
--AL.com

4-18-05
Books Kieschnick Talks About Being Back In Double-A
--Caller.com

4-18-05
Mississippi Braves Are Set For Their First Opening Day
--ClarionLedger.com

4-18-05
A Wide Range Of Players Come Out To Golden League Open Tryouts
--AZCentral.com

4-18-05
College Stats of 2003 & 2004 USA Team Players

4-17-05
Reds Top Pitching Prospect Homer Bailey Talks About Being Healthy
--MLB.com

4-17-05
Rick Ankiel Has Not Yet Arrived In Springfield
--News-Leader.com

4-17-05
Top Ranked High School Prospect Cameron Maybin Talks About His Days As A Bat Boy For The Asheville Tourists
--CitizenTimes.com

4-17-05
A Friend Of Twins Pitcher Dave Gassner Talks About What A Great Guy Dave Is
--Boca Raton News

4-17-05
Frank Thomas Is Back In Chicago & Ready To Rehab With Charlotte
--ChiSox.com

4-17-05
Former Red Sox Prospect Greg Montalbano Talks About His Move To The Independent Leagues
--MetroWestDailyNews.com

4-17-05
Jim "The Rookie" Morris Talks In Rural Missouri
--Neosho Daily News

4-17-05
Cleveland Pitcher Matt Miller Is Mad He Got Sent To AAA When C.C. Sabathia Was Activated
--Ohio.com

4-16-05
Arizona Diamondbacks Pitching Prospect Kellen Raab Talks About His Solid Start To The Season and Rates His Trip To Lansing, In His Latest Top Prospect Alert Player Journal
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4-16-05
Autograph Collector Smashes Chess Master Garry Kasparov Over The Head With A Chess Board He Had Just Signed
--Winnepeg Sun

4-16-05
Former Duke Baseball Players Say The Used Steroids
--WRAL.com

4-16-05
Billy Wagner Talks About Fans Jumping Out Of The Stands
--PhillyBurbs.com

4-16-05
Story on Former Yankee Clay Bellinger
--TheDailyStar.com

4-15-05
Host Families Talk About Living With Minor League Players During The Season
--Macon.com

4-15-05
Story on Minor League Promotions
--Macon.com

4-15-05
Dioner Navarro Talks About Meeting His Wife On The Internet
--Las Vegas Sun

4-15-05
Brian Schnider Talks About Being A National
--PennLive.com

4-15-05
Parents Of Slain Pony Leaguer Speak Out
--NBCSanDiego.com

4-15-05
Hispanic Activists Deliver A Coffin To Bud Selig
--MLB.com

4-15-05
Former Japanese Player Hiroaki Fukushi Dies At Age 54
--JapanToday.com

4-15-05
Story on New Sioux City Explorers Manager Steve Shirley
--Sioux City Journal

4-15-05
Story on Nebraska Red-Shirt Freshman Andy Gerch
--Daily Nebraskan

4-15-05
Cesar Izturis, Omar Vizquel, & Alex Gonzalez Talk About Their Venezuelan Heritage
--Whittier Daily News

4-15-05
Orlando Cabrera Talks About His New Found Stardom
--NCTimes.com

4-15-05
Cal Ripken Attends Benefit For Former Single-A Teammate's Son
--Detroit News

4-15-05
Story on Tidewater Tides G.M. Dave Rosenfield
--PilotOnline.com

4-15-05
15 Years Ago Kevin Orie Was Hitting .560
--Pittsburgh Post Gazette

4-15-05
Former Pirates Farmhand Frank Lucarelli Is Now A Horse Trainer
--Seattle Times

4-14-05
Pony League Pitcher Loses To Worst Team In The League & Then Takes Out His Frustration By Bashing Another Kid In The Head With A Bat Killing The Boy
--SignOnSanDiego.com

4-14-05
Man Sues the Yankees, Cardinals, Dunedin Blue Jays, City of Dunedin, & The Florida State League, Claiming He Was Blinded By A Foul Ball
--SPTimes.com

4-14-05
I stumbled on the site today and had to post a link. Dodgerblues.com. It's a Dodgers comedy site run by a Dodgers fan. I spent an hour laughing like crazy at some of the stuff. Great site. (WARNING: Some Adult Language)
--DodgerBlues.com

4-14-05
Story on the Jackie Robinson Little League
--NewsArgus.com

4-14-05
Story on the Golden League's Japan Team
--InsideBayArea.com

4-14-05
Indicted Florida Doctor Would Not Pay $1 To Park At Minor League Games
--HeraldTribune.com

4-14-05
People Living Near The Ballpark Are Upset The Binghampton Mets Will Have 20 Fireworks Shows This Year
--WSTM.com

4-14-05
Story on Mets Prospect Grant Psomas
--Charleston Daily Mail

4-14-05
Story on the Pawtucket Red Sox
--AnchorWeb.org

4-14-05
Conroe Texas Decided Against An Independent League Team
--Houston Community News

4-14-05
Red Sox Intern Miguel Paquette Talks About Getting A World Series Ring
--SLAMSports

4-14-05
Steve Kline Can't Stand Being An Oriole
--STLToday.com

4-14-05
Alex Sanchez Suspension Leaves Other D-Rays Paranoid About Anything That Could Be Halfway Considered A Performance Enhancer
--Tampa Tribune

4-14-05
Story on Ceremonial First Pitches
--Washington Times

4-14-05
Twins Pitcher David Gassner Talks About Making It To The Bigs
--Purdue Exponent

4-14-05
Carlos Silva May Not Be Done For The Season After All
--MLB.com

4-13-05
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Maicer Izturis · Clint King · Drew Macias ·
Chris Nelson · Jake Postlewait ·
Sean Smith · Fernando Valenzuela Jr ·
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4-13-05
J.J. Hardy Talks About Adjusting To The Big Leagues
--LaCrosse Tribune

4-13-05
Babe Ruth Autographed Baseball
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4-13-05
Virginia Baseball Coach Brian O'Conner Talks About Steroids
--The Cavalier Daily

4-13-05
Story on One Armed Pitcher Bert Shepard
--Fredericksburg.com

4-13-05
Cal Ripken Jr. Is Developing Business Interests
--Washington Post

4-13-05
Mets Shortstop Jose Reyes Talks About Life Off The Field
--RecordOnline.com

4-13-05
Rochester College Outfielder Tony Grabowski Is A 39 Year Old Freshman
--Detroit News

4-13-05
Texas Longhorns Reliever J. Brent Cox Named National Pitcher Of The Week
--TexasSports.com

4-13-05
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4-12-05
Jorge Piedra Claims He Took Pain Killers
--ABCNews.com

4-12-05
Brewers Fans Are Happy Jeff Cirillo Is Back
--GazetteExtra.com

4-12-05
Johnny Pesky Gets A World Series Ring
--WPRI.com

4-12-05
Story on A's Prospect Andre Ethier
--MyWestTexas.com

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4-11-05
Top Prospect Alert's 2005 Top 75 Pitching Prospects
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4-11-05
Top Prospect Alert Interview With Texas Rangers 2004 1st Round Pick Eric Hurley
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4-11-05
In This Week's Player Journal, Diamondbacks Pitching Prospect Kellen Raab Talks About Adjusting To Life In South Bend & The First Games Of The Season Versus The Dayton Dragons
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4-11-05
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4-11-05
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4-11-05
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4-11-05
Who's Hot In Minor League Baseball
Through Games of 4-10-05
Ryan Doumit .583 4HR 7RBI
Andy Marte .400 3HR 4RBI
Robinson Cano .353 3HR 5RBI
Carlos Quentin .538 2HR 6RBI
Jason Stokes .333 2HR 7RBI
Brad Eldred .500 3HR 6RBI
Dustin Pedroia .385 1HR 4RBI
Jeff Francoeur .471 2HR 7RBI
Delmon Young .467 1HR 5RBI
Joaquin Arias .444 0HR 3RBI
Billy Butler .429 2HR 4RBI
Mitch Maier .500 1HR 6RBI
Jarrod Saltamacchia .571 1HR 5RBI
Matt Moses .471 2HR 7RBI
Curtis Thigpen .385 1HR 2RBI
Blake DeWitt .364 1HR 2RBI
Ian Desmond .333 1HR 2RBI
Greg Golson .375 0HR 0RBI
Gio Gonzalez 1-0 0.00ERA 9K
Anthony Swarzak 1-0 0.00ERA 8K
Chuck Tiffany 1-0 0.00ERA 11K
Justin Orenduff 0-0 0.00ERA 8K
Wendall Starling 1-0 0.00ERA 6K
Jon Castellanos 1-0 0.00ERA 9K
Ervin Santana 1-0 0.00ERA 3K
Scott Olsen 1-0 0.00ERA 8K
Hayden Penn 1-0 1.80ERA 9K
Jon Papelbon 1-0 0.00ERA 7K
Jesse Foppert 1-0 0.00ERA 9K
Felix Hernandez 0-1 0.00ERA 4K
Brandon McCarthy 0-0 1.29ERA 10K

4-11-05
Jeff Allison Is Back In Baseball
--ECNNews.com

4-11-05
High School Player Back On The Field After Losing A Lung To Rare Form Of Cancer
--MLive.com

4-11-05
Rockies Outfielder Jorge Piedra Lands The Major's Second Drug Suspension
--MercuryNews.com

4-11-05
Friday Night Lights Author Writes A Baseball Book
--DFW.com

4-11-05
Story on Blue Jays Prospect AJ Wideman
--Mississauga.com

4-11-05
Former Angels Farmhand Jeff Stockton Is Now A Marine
--BlackAnthem.com

4-11-05
Little League Team Retires The Number Of Former Player Who Was Killed On Active Duty
--TheJournalNews.com

4-11-05
Story on Yankees Prospect Eric Duncan
--APP.com

4-11-05
Devil Rays Owner Vince Naimoli Flips Out On A Fan Outside Tropicana Field
--Saint Petersburg Times

4-11-05
Vintage Signed Yankee Stadium Scrapbook
--Cool Ebay Item

4-9-05
Steve Stone Shows Up At Wrigley
--SunTimes.com

4-9-05
Padres Farmhand Roger Deago Is The Latest Steroid Bust
--AL.com

4-9-05
Blue Jays Farmhand Julius Matos Joins The List
--Syracuse.com

4-9-05
Eric Young's Arm Is A Mess After Crashing Into Wall On Thursday
--Padres.com

4-9-05
Independent Northern League To Decide If They Should Honor MLB's Drug Suspensions
--Winnipeg Sun

4-9-05
Story on Twins Outfield Prospect Denard Span
--News-Press.com

4-9-05
Midget Wrestling Only Draws 1,500 To West Tenn DiamondJaxx Game
--The Jackson Sun

4-9-05
Story on Autograph Collecting
--MLive.com

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