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Jeff Keppinger broke his kneecap with a foul ball last night.
Looks like his career with them has been interrupted for a while.

Later


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That was brief.


metirish First Round Pick

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While waiting for the rain to stop last night SNY showed a documentary " Playing for Peanuts" , the little they showed made me want to buy the DVD .

Wally Backman is the manager of the South Georgia Peanuts , high jinks ensue ....

Anyone see the complete airing last week?


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http://www.goldenbaseball.com/PlayerPics/P1456/Lino_Urdaneta.jpgLino Urdaneta, kicking it with the St. George Roadrunners under manager Cory Snyder in the Golden Baseball League.

His open-source catcher is Wiki Gonzalez.


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Not a Met per se, but former radio guy Tom McCarthy is now serving in the Kevin Burkhardt role for the Phillies on the Comcast Sports Network. I just saw him conducting a mid-inning fan interview from the outfield at Citizens Bank Ballpark.


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Steve Traschel (2-5 with an 8.39 ERA in 10 games), DFA'ed by the O's.


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Dontrelle Willis is now the problem of Jon Matlack, who is the minor league pitching coordinator for the Tigers, based in Lakeland.


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Well, I'm guessing A+ usually where thier spring complex is, and where intensive study with their minor league coordinator can take place.


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Well, I'm guessing A+ usually where thier spring complex is, and where intensive study with their minor league coordinator can take place.[/quote:1t2bqvuf]

That is correct in this case. The A league franchise is also the Tigers spring training facility.


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I think it's their Florida State League team, which is, as you say, the highest level of Single A.

But still...

For a while it looked like Dontrelle was destined to be a Met or a Yankee. I'm sure glad he's not a Met.


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Well, I'm guessing A+ usually where thier spring complex is, and where intensive study with their minor league coordinator can take place.[/quote:3cma91xw]

That is true, but there is more. The other teams -- Erie, Toledo and here in Grand Rapids -- are short drives from Detroit and an appearance by Willis would bring much attention. Whereas the Florida State League teams can't draw flies. They want Willis to work this out in peace.

Of course, Rick Peterson can fix this guy in 10 minutes.


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ESPN pool boy Buster Olney reports that Dontrelle is 30 pounds overweight. Sending him to FLA for fat camp, basically.


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Wilson needs surgery again

Vance Wilson's career, at least as a Tiger, is probably over. Wilson, who missed all of last season because of Tommy John surgery on his elbow, found out Wednesday night that he has again torn the ligament in his elbow and will have to undergo the same surgery again -- which means at least another year on the sidelines.

The 35-year-old Wilson signed a new two-year, $1.9 million contract after the Tigers' appearance in the 2006 World Series but hasn't played since.

"I still feel I've got a lot of baseball left in me, but whether I play again or not, I don't want my arm hurting the rest of life," said a dejected Wilson, who was the Tigers' backup catcher in 2005-06. "I'm kind of in shock, to tell you the truth. It's a little scary.

"I'll give it a shot -- if not, I'll have had a great career," continued Wilson, who spent nearly four seasons in a similar role with the New York Mets. "To play, you have to have a job, and I've been out of the big leagues for two years now."

Wilson, who has been rehabbing in Florida since the end of spring training, felt something pop in his arm on throw to second base last month. He thought it was scar tissue from the surgery breaking loose. But an MRI on Wednesday revealed he had torn the ligament again.

"When I'm done playing, I imagine I'll do something in baseball so I want to get it fixed," Wilson said. "What else am I going to do?"


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Harrisburg Senators manager John Stearns was conspicuously absent from the third-base coach's box during Wednesday night's 9-8 victory over the Trenton Thunder. Was hitting coach Troy Gingrich out there as part of some slump-breaking plan, like flipping a hat around backwards to spark a late-inning rally?

Nope. Turns out Stearns can't exactly wave runners home right now. The 56-year-old tough guy, a four-time all-star catcher with the New York Mets and standout safety at the University of Colorado, separated his right shoulder during a bicycle accident on Wednesday afternoon.

Seems he was riding his bike between Lemoyne and Camp Hill along the Market Street sidewalk when a car surprised him by turning into his path. Riding an estimated 15 mph, Stearns squeezed the left hand-brake and flipped over the handlebars, smack into the pavement. Some good citizens called 911, and Stearns was taken to the hospital for X-rays. It was a painful shoulder injury, but it could have been much worse. His helmet, now resting atop a shelf in the Senators' clubhouse, features some nasty dents and scratches.

Gingrich will continue to coach third base for the foreseeable future. And Stearns might avoid two wheels for a bit.


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Kris Benson is on the comeback trail with the Allentown Ironpigs.


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Per CBS Sportsline, by way of the Washington Post, Paul LoDuca has been released by the Nats


Nationals Release Lo Duca, Lopez
Posted on: July 31, 2008 11:42 pm

The Washington Post is reporting that the Nationals released both Paul Lo Duca and Felipe Lopez following tonight's game. The move was made to free-up space on the roster for Elijah Dukes and Emilio Bonifacio.

Lo Duca was hitting .230/.301/.281 in 139 at bats this season and made $5MM on a one-year deal. Lopez was hitting .231/.303/.309 in 324 at bats and was in his final arbitration-eligible season, making $4.9MM.



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Should be noted that LoDuca was looking forward to playing the Mets 18 times this season.

Well, due injuries and poor play, he never played in any of the Mets and Nats games this season.


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