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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 |
Minor League Notes
A couple items from MILB.com...
- Mike Butcher, on his inexperience with the Devil Rays' inexperienced staff:
"I think it will work as a positive," said the 40-year-old Butcher about coming over from the Angels farm system having only seen video of most of Tampa Bay's pitchers. "My former position was the (pitching) coordinator, and you'd get 15 to 20 new pitchers every year and you try to make an impact on those guys when you first meet them. So not knowing these guys personally, as of right now, I don't think it's going to be a problem at all."
On new recruits Edwin Jackson and Chuck Tiffany:"I think (Jackson) had some setbacks last year just because he was trying to manipulate the ball a little bit too much," Butcher said of the 22-year-old who played part of last season in the Minors. "In Double-A, he regained his form. He's really trying to be a power pitcher again. This guy has a plus-plus fastball, 92 to 98 mph. He can bring it. If we can harness him and get those pitches in the strike zone, he's going to be just fine."
- Former Angel Bubba Morton passed away at 74, following a long illness; he and pitcher Ted Richardson broke the color line at Durham, North Carolina on April 18, 1957.
In 1965, Morton nearly retired when the Angels sent him to Seattle's PCL team, but according to newspaper reports, was talked out of it by Angels manager Bob Lemon and the team's general manager, Edo Vanni. He wound up playing four seasons with the Angels, 1966-69, and then moved to Tokyo to play the '70 season with the Toei Flyers. He was a member of the Seattle Angels team that won the Pacific Coast League pennant in 1966.
- Matt Kemp, on how Andy LaRoche's promotion affected him:
"I'm not saying I was trying to get out from his shadow, because we're good friends and we've played on every team together, but everybody thinks I played better after he was gone," said Kemp. "I think the team just jelled. And people forget, I hurt my wrist sliding early in Spring Training and I was out four weeks and around the time I got healthy, he got promoted."
Kemp, on his goals for 2006:"The big leagues, that's my goal for next season," said Kemp. "Whatever happens, happens. But I'm working out hard in Arizona. You never know."
Comments:
I went to the 6 May 68 Chisox @ Halos game in which Bubba Morton hit his first home run as an Angel off of Tommie John. It came in the 2nd inning and gave the Angels a brief 1-0 lead. Chicago won 5-1 as John pitched a complete game 3-hitter.. A Tim Cullen home run iced the game in the 9th inning.
Bubba Morton's greatest day in the majors was on 5 September 67. In a twinbill sweep of the Orioles Morton had 4 rbis in EACH game for a total of 8. I missed that doubleheader. Instead I had gone to the 4 September 67 Baltimore-California split. Those were the days! Let's play two! What this world needs are more doubleheaders. So long, Bubba!
Yetijuice
Bubba Morton's greatest day in the majors was on 5 September 67. In a twinbill sweep of the Orioles Morton had 4 rbis in EACH game for a total of 8. I missed that doubleheader. Instead I had gone to the 4 September 67 Baltimore-California split. Those were the days! Let's play two! What this world needs are more doubleheaders. So long, Bubba!
Yetijuice
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