Kirk Nieuwenhuis

[MFS62]

He's now up with Buffalo, and hitting .333.
I listened to the wrap up/ highlights of the Buffalo game last night. Kirk's last RBI was a bases loaded walk.
The AB before that, he hit a ball off the right field wall and got to second. It wasn't until I saw the box score this morning that I noticed that he was awarded a single. I guess the official scorer felt it made it to second on the throw home.
That's what happens when you're on the road.
You hit the ball off the freakin' wall and make it to second, it's a DOUBLE.
Yer kid wuz robbed, FK, robbed!

Later

[Ceetar]

Year	Age	Tm	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2010	22	2 Teams	124	566	514	91	141	43	3	18	77	13	7	41	132	.274	.327	.475	.802	244	6	2	4	5	3
2010	22	Binghamton	94	433	394	81	114	35	2	16	60	13	7	30	93	.289	.337	.510	.847	201	5	1	3	5	0
2010	22	Buffalo	30	133	120	10	27	8	1	2	17	0	0	11	39	.225	.295	.358	.654	43	1	1	1	0	3

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 3/21/2011.


Update on Kirk. This is what he did last year. Didn't fare so well once promoted to Buffalo. Seeems to have made a bunch of errors. Seems likely that he'll start there this year, and he ate at Duffy's Thursday night after he got back from Fort Myers and the Red Sox.

[Ceetar]

How does this work, does the lack of an adopted prefix mean he's available for me to raise?

[Edgy MD]

Feel free to research him and post on him. The only real thing a thread-starter has is the responsilbility to research him and know him better than the rest of us.

[Ceetar]

I didn't know if Knot was doing that or not or if he just tossed Nieuwy here for completenesses sake.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Absolutely destroying Intl Lg pitching so far, .344/.455/.609 // 1.064 (64 at bats)

If I'm Angel Pagan, I'm hoping my owies heal up soon.

[Edgy MD]

Kirk is day-to-day, recovering from the system shock of this heroic effort.

[MFS62]

As per ESPN.com:
Buffalo center fielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis underwent season-ending shoulder surgery on his left, non-throwing shoulder to repair the labrum.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Strange stuff. After seemingly two months of therapy he could still barely lift his arm.