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I hadnt considered that but it would be a nice thing. I think he might be able to get there.

Man if Koskie can rake like this in the regular season and OPS in the mid .800s this lineup will look awfully sweet. Jenks appears ready to start the regular season too. He looked really comfy at the plate last week when I was down their.

Is it becoming concerning that Weeks will have had only a few games next week before kicking off the regular season? This minor injury seems to be eating up his entire spring training. Is he a question mark for April 3rd?

I was in Arizona all last week so I am not sure if it was discussed but his bomb in Scottsdale was EPIC. I was in the right field grass area and when he hit it I thought it would wind up in medium cf due to the monstrous height. Instead it just kept going up and up and eventually carried just to the right or OVER the 430 ft (30 ft high) cf fence. It looked like, from my angle that it cleared the wall but I can say for certain that it WOULD have cleared it if it would have needed to. It was monstrous.

dhonks I was at the game as well. Was Powell with his wife and 3 daughters? I moved out to the rf grass and sat down because our seats sucked and a bit later a person I thought was Powell came and sat with his family right in front of us. They only stayed for something like the 7th and 8th innings and then left. I am pretty sure it was him though. I looked at him as he left and he must have known I was trying to figure out if it was him because he gave me a nod as he walked by. Anyway Cruz's shot was enormous. That was the coolest Hr I have ever seen in person. Towering beyond belief.

I hate hearing about fielder being dinged up already. ugh.

No. He sort of grazed it. The resulting wound developed an infection though. It was allergic to the medication and slipped into a coma. It only responded to the swooshing BONG! sound on "A Current Affair" and I hate that show. Obviously you can see why I hate Beltran now.

I agree. That would be a statistical miracle. .808 in back to back seasons? The odds are against it.

speaking of Beltran his early 20's look an awful lot like hall. at 22 he OPS'd at .791 dipped to .675 at 23 and popped up to 807 at age 24. Same pattern hall has displayed at ages 23, 24 and 25.

Hall should change his name to something cool like Carlos Beltran so people would forgive his numbers from when he was in his early 20's and look to the future to see how good he could be at ages 26-30.

that "good little player" ranks 6th in MLB among thirdbasemen in OPS.

why does age and progression seem to apply to every player other than bill hall?

. Now I have to be in the minority to voice my opinion? Ok boss.

That is only the begining of his troubles. Soon after that debate here he modified it and turned his season aroun, by the way. He is still light years away from being a quality big league player. He has a lot to overcome before I will consider him a key component of the Milwaukee future. He is not in the league of Weeks, Fielder or Hardy.

Bill Hall OPS at .808. Why is everyone in such a tizzy about 3b in '06 again?