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Danny Moskos Bombed in AFL Rising Stars Game
First, the good news from  last night's AFL Rising Stars game : Chase D'Arnaud and Jose Tabata both went 2-for-3. Neither of Tabata's hits left the infield, and the first of D'Arnaud's was a shallow fly that no one could get to, but Tabata looked good on the basepaths, and D'Arnaud's last ...
Sunday Rafters Report & Moustakas’ AFL Rising Stars Performance
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kingsofkauffman.com — Time for the Sunday Rafters Report which includes my notes on Mike Moustakas’ performance in Saturday’s AFL... Rising Stars Showcase. Thursday, November 5th (8-7 Loss) CF-Jarrod Dyson: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SO SS-Jeff Bianchi: 0-4, 1 SO, 1 E RHP-Aaron Hartsock: 2.0 IP, 3 H, ... (more) Sunday Rafters Report & Moustakas’ AFL Rising Stars ...
AFL East vs. AFL West
mlb.mlb.com — 2001- MLB Advanced Media, L.P. All rights reserved. The following are trademarks or service marks of Major... League Baseball entities and may be used only with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. or the relevant Major League Baseball ... (more) AFL East vs. AFL West
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Playing catch up
Where Have You Gone, Andy Van Slyke? — ... Meanwhile, Jose Tabata and Chase D'Arnaud both racked up two hits in the AFL Showcase on Saturday, but Danny Moskos got destroyed in his one inning of work. I was only half-watching the game, but Charlie has a good writeup of the disastrous inning. That does underscore why offensive results from the AFL can't be taken seriously, though. Besides a few high draft picks from June, most teams are sending pitchers like Moskos and Donnie Veal (who still looks excellent) to get more work and not risking giving extra work to top prospects. As a result, Jose Tabata's .366 average is only ...

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