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BCB Interview: Don Money (Part Two)
Here is the second part of my interview with Huntsville manager Don Money (You can read the first part here). BCB: Up until this year Alcides Escobar has been considered a defense-first shortstop, but this year he seems to have taken a step forward with the bat. What was the turning point for...
BCB Interview: Don Money (Part One)
The last tidbit from my trip to Huntsville is the interview with Stars manager Don Money. I got over an hour of time with Coach Money so this transcript is only a partial transcript. Part Two will be coming shortly. BCB: When did you decide that coaching was something you were interested in? Don...
General info from the Huntsville trip
Hopefully you have already checked out my article at the Hardball Times about some of the players I saw during my trip but there was too much stuff to fit into that article so I am adding some general thoughts and a few more player reviews here.First, some background about Huntsville. Huntsville is...
Friday's Crystal Callix
Did the Brewers have a game yesterday? Hmm, must not have noticed. The biggest news this morning, courtesy of Ken Rosenthal, is that Matt LaPorta is officially on the trading block, and that Alcides Escobar might be packaged with him to acquire C.C. Sabathia. That price sounds a little steep to...
Breaking Down the Prospect List
Recently, after being deluged with requests (okay, there were two), I added a prospect ranking to the left-hand sidebar. The off-day today seemed like a good time to expand a bit on my reasons and thinking. Besides, nothing generates good debate like somewhat arbitrary, mostly uninformed...
Huntsville Game Thread
Get the bitter taste of today's debacle out of your mouth with a heaping helping of minor league awesomeness. Steve Hammond is pitching for the Stars; opposing him is way-overrated Cubs prospect Jeff Samardzija. It's already 2-0 after an inning thanks to these two gentlemen: Listen to the...










