yourenotagolfer.mlblogs.com - 3/29/2008
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Greetings from Springfield, where it's a lot chillier than it was back in Florida. Your faithful correspondent has earned his money recently, having to drive from Atlanta to STL last night after the second leg of my flight home was canceled. Then drive to Springfield this afternoon for the games down here. However, I am here. It appears that Rico Washington is going to be on the team. Ryan is ...
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Daily Farm Report 3/28/08
Future Redbirds —
... Reese Havens and like what they see, although they don’t expect the power he is hitting for right now to carry over into the big leagues. But he should definitely hit. That blog has quickly jumped up to one of my daily “must reads”.
SI has an interesting article about the astounding 2005 draft, which of course includes Colby.
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Andrew Miller lasted five innings on Friday in the Marlins' 5-3 win over the Yankees, striking out six while giving up three runs on nine hits. It may have been an exhibition game, but to Miller it was another step toward becoming the type of pitcher ...
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