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Compare those numbers to those of Landon Powell, a catcher from South Carolina that was selected in the first round of the same draft by the most famous figure of stats-based scouting, Oakland GM Billy Beane. Powell batted .330-.427-.611 in 270 at-bats. If you make the overly simplifying assumption that OPS is an indicator of success, Farkes’ numbers are better. But they are also more difficult to trust...
...still haven’t seen him,” said catcher Schuyler Mann, the team’s captain. “But as soon as I do, I’m going to give him a big hug, because I’m pretty excited about...
...Japan, this year's bronze medallist, and China) are true competitors, the International Olympics Committee has threatened to drop the sport, though it's safe for Beijing in 2008. U.S. players don't understand the concerns. "I can't imagine being good at something as a bad thing," says catcher Stacey Nuveman, who also homered on Monday. "If that's the case, shame on the world. In many sports there are teams that dominate. Look at table tennis. It's China, China, China...
Apparently the Boston faithful had graduated from their “Yankees suck, Jeter swallows” routine and set their sights on New York catcher Jorge Posada. Though I was tucked away in a back-alley garden restaurant, Red Sox Nation had targeted me, too, as its inebriated agents would on several other occasions during my brief foray into the Great White North...
...Canada's 24-man roster includes 15 players with at least some big-league experience. Catcher Pierre-Luc Laforest, a power hitter, has played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and is now with the club's AAA Durham Bulls...