The Brother Elephants defeated the Sinon Bulls in the opener of the Taiwan World Series 3-2. Chang Cheng-Wai clubbed three hits and winter league sensation Jim Magrane scattered eight hits over seven plus innings. Chang also made a couple of stellar defensive plays to prevent the Bulls from scoring additional runs. The Elephants are in their third CPBL World Series, but after losing half their players to a gambling scandal it was a wonder they took the second half title to qualify for the playoffs.
The Elephants won game three as well 3-0. Orlando Roman was the star pitcher in the third game, pitching a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits and striking out seven.
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They couldn’t save Ebbets Field, but an important piece of Brooklyn Dodgers history is now being protected. Con Edison is preserving part of a 20-foot-high stone wall on Third Avenue near First Street in Gowanus that was once part of Washington Park — an early home to the Dodgers before the club moved in 1913 to Ebbets Field. The 18,000-seat park opened in 1898 and hosted the Dodgers until 1912. The Brooklyn Tip-Tops of the Federal League also played there from 1914 to 1915. Most of the park was demolished in the early 1920s
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...Most hitters never experience the feel of total relaxation through the ball. They all do in batting practice, but as game adrenaline takes hold, the tendency is to add something on impact. They want to make the impact with the ball harder, to make it go farther, and the result is funk city. The playoffs are the breeding ground for this funk. The big stage, big time TV, the best pitchers, and 24/7 face time for the big hit.
Having your stroke ready and applying the ingredients needed to hit the best pitchers in the game on the national stage is the ultimate challenge in hitting. They say hitting a round ball with a round bat, squarely, is the single most difficult thing in sports. Add baseball’s postseason pressure and baseball’s best pitchers, and believe me, it’s true
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In the 2010 Draft, there were 101 high school players taken in the first eight rounds. While we used that as a guideline, it really isn’t that simple.
Major League Baseball’s attempts to take “signability” out of the equation by clamping down on bonuses and suggesting “slot” payouts was a complete failure in 2010. If we generously consider $100,000 to be 8th-round money, there were 55 more high school players who signed for that or more taken after the 8th round (according to the Baseball America draft database). There were also numerous other high school players who were offered more but declined a pro contract. In that sense, we can say that at least 156 high school players were deemed to be first-8 round talents by the draft
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Grant (NYC): What does Matt den Dekker best project as - regular, utility, or other?
Jim Callis: He has a chance to be a regular. He's a very gifted defender in center field, and he can hit a little. Good fifth-round pick for the Mets.
Rory (NYC): Jim, given the fact that the Mets had two players on the BA all-rookie team, does that signal that their farm system is turning the corner? Churning out more guys like Niese and Davis, above average to very good players, to mix with a superstar or two via free agency has the system and team pointing in the right direction. Lots of depth in the system now.
Jim Callis: I'm not convinced. I think Niese and Davis are more solid players than above average or better, and I don't think their depth is very impressive at all.
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