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f-cat at 2nd... interesting.

Actually not so much, I think. The "best" conditions would be when the pitcher is in sun and batter in shadows or visa-versa. With the late start they were both in shadows. In about another 1/2 hour the sun through the window will start hitting hime plate. I thought it was when there was a shadow between the mound and home. So it would be sunlight, shade, sunlight... or something like that. shade, sunlight, shade...

Macha should have left him in for 110 pitches today no matter what. If its 15-0 oh well. This one is pretty much over already.

I hate defending him and I don't even know if I am defending him. BUT he had a routine fly ball hit to him that he lost in the sun and another tough play where he dove for a bloop hit and came up short. My thought on his reaction to his catch was that he was being playful with the crowd. Sort of like "I finally caught one". Still a moronic play.

I agree with you tommyboy about the impact he will have on the game. He may not even make it to the majors. I think their reasoning for calling him the Lebron of baseball is how talented he is in all areas of the game. Baseball is so different from basketball that you won't have a player be a dominating hitter, fielder and pitcher all in one. In basketball Lebron can be a dominating defender, scorer, passer, shooter and so on. The fact that this 16 year old hits 96 on the gun already and is a dominating defensive catcher, hits for power, hits for average and has great speed is what makes people draw comparisons to Lebron. When you add the fact that he is playing the way A-Rod and Griffey did when they were seniors you could say he is 2 years ahead of them and their talent is obvious. The fact that he went to a tournament with other talented kids his age and older and went 12 for 12 with 11 home runs and a double is amazing. It's not like he did it in little league. When you look at the fact that no one has dominated in all areas of the game the way he has at 16 years old in baseball before and Lebron dominated at 16 years old in all areas in basketball it's not that crazy of a comparison. Also when you consider these writers are trying to draw attention to their article it's not going to work by saying "He is a modern day Robin Yount that also throws a 96 mph fastball". What I'm interested in seeing is what position he ends up at. You can be extremely talented in all areas but if he ends up not being able to throw a 2nd pitch, hit MLB quality breaking balls or throw out MLB runners... what difference does it make? Like I said before I didn't want to be interested in this kid or excited to see him play before I read the article. After reading it, he doesn't seem like a bad kid and depending on his position he could be in the pros in 3 years.

Other than his own 96mph fastball? Probably not many. I'm assuming everyone read the SI article. I wanted to think that the parents were just trying to get rich off of him but then I read it and they seem like decent people. He's hitting almost .600 in high school and OPS over 1200. Honestly I'm shocked anyone is pitching to him. I think the point of wanting to get him out of high school ball is that he isn't be challenged and he isn't going to continue to develope at the high rate he currently is because he isn't being challenged. I liked that his mom said that they aren't considering moving him to a Latin American country. That would be insane. You have to like his work ethic. I wonder where you put him if you draft him. I don't think you waste him as a pitcher even though at 16 he is hitting 96 on the gun. As a catcher he's going to get banged up a little bit and eventually lose the speed that is one of his assets. With the kind of arm he has would he be best as a third basemen?

Anyone catch the Milton Bradley lowlight reel today? First he made a base running error (which I didn't see) followed that up with losing one in the sun, dove for another and missed it (not his fault) then he catches a fly ball with runners on first and third and one out, poses and then throws it into the stands. I don't think I've seen that happen live. I remember Larry Walker or someone doing that but I had only seen the video aftewards. Pretty awesome to see the Cubs having the problems they are. Cub fans were letting Bradley have it.

Todd how do you keep getting these people to do interviews? I don't want it to sound like I'm not appreciative of what you've already done but can we look forward to more interviews? You're earning yourself first ballot Brewer Fan Hall of Fame status here. I have to admit that I'm hoping some day to see you've interviewed Russell Branyan.

Another awesome interview! I was born in 83 and didn't get to watch Rollie pitch but I really enjoyed the interview.

He came into Chuck E. Cheese on Hwy 100 and Oklahoma in either 1999 or 2000, either my junior or senior year in high school. None of the kids recognized him or cared. The teen-agers that tried to talk to him he blew off. Not sure if he still lives around there.

Well all of that debate really doesn't matter when you have your best player up with the bases loaded and he strikes out. Can we have the team back that was winning just about every day please?

Not if he hits for Counsell. They just brought in a lefty, and he has to pitch to one batter.Is it 1 batter or 1 pitch? Just curious.

So you go to J.J. and they go to a RH reliever. So now you have a .238 against RH hitter up who is slumping badly and hitting .219 overall.

No matter what the outcome is of this at bat I agree with leaving Counsell in.

He sounds like a computer, a computer that stumbles over words. I can't take much more of him.

If only Macha had double switched so that Hall would be up now...

This umpires zone is crazy. It's weird looking at Gameday and seeing pitches in the zone called balls and pitches out of the zone called strikes. It happens every once in a while but with this ump its all the time.

That strike 2 call to Counsell was terrible. This team is struggling and Colorado is hot, they don't need any help from the home plate umpire. Sure would have been nice to have Counsell on with a walk to start the inning considering it would be 3-1 now.

I was totally pumped for them to do a season of the show. I guess I can settle for them being on Fallon's show. Seriously Dustin Diamond doesn't want to go on for one night?

I'm really glad he turned it down. I can look the other way with the clothing line but I don't want to see him on a reality show.

Wow! I hope this happens. I would have thought that Mark-Paul Gosselaar would be the hardest one to convince followed by Mario Lopez. Seriously Dustin Diamond is one of the two holding this up? When they say reunion show what do you think they mean? A one time hour long show or a full blown series? I'd TiVo that. Awesome, awesome clip.

I would love to see these guys cover the last round of the draft just to see if at that point there is a pick that isn't a GREAT pick with an athletic body!

You guys nailed it. Wow, I've always known people on this site kne what they were talking about but still... wow.

He was just shaking like a leaf and couldn't hear anything.That and when they asked him if he was excited to play in SF and what he knew about the organizatio. After saying Yes and that he did know about them he was able to produce 1. They have McCovey Cove 2. Bonds played there. Then he admitted that he really didn't know much about them.

Major League Baseball ought to consider a convention of sorts like the NFL does to prepare these kids for the interview. Just brutal so far. At what point do they start teaching them how to answer questions with a cliche? Between Wheeler and Matzek I've cringed a few times.