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Ken Griffey’s 600th Home Run Coming Soon

June 4th, 2008 by Dave cross

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Ken Griffey Jr., who has been approaching his 600th career home run has sat out the last few days in the Reds vs Phillies series at Philadelphia. While the reports are Griffey is not feeling up to snuff, we all know the real reason is that the Cincinnati Reds organization would rather see him make his 600th strike on Reds territory in front of the home town fans. You’d have to be a jet fuel genius to realize that a scenario such as Griffey’s 600th would account for higher than average ticket sales at the box office and I don’t think there’s many true baseball fans out there who would disagree with the organization’s intentions to please their fans and take them to the show.

Here’s an excellent article about Griffey’s 600th from of all places, a NY Yankee blog, but the author brings several insightful and overall positive opinions to the table. Including this quote which is indicative of a true MLB baseball fan…

Griffey deserves to be treated just like those who hit 600 prior to him. He deserves to have more people talking about him and praising him. So why don’t we? As baseball fans I think that we should all be excited for this historical happening, regardless of what team we root for.

Couldn’t agree any more with that bit of logic especially these days when players move from team to team at the blinking of an eye. Regardless of the current team a player is part of the starting linuep, we should respect them when they accomplish greatness which only furthers the game we love as fans.

SportsPhile also has another fantastic article entitled Where’s All The Hoopla For Ken Griffey Jr’s 600th Home Run? that echoes similar opinions to the previously mentioned article. One especially intriguing observation is when the the author, Chuck, states the following…

What you WON’T see is much of any celebration on Ken Griffey Jr. approaching the 600th home run milestone. I believe this is so unfair and hypocritical because Ken Griffey may be the first player in the last 35 years to reach 600 without cheating. He’s being forced to quietly make history in the shadows.

A statement we here at BaseballTalkPro are in total agreement with. The truest of MLB baseball fans are watching Griffey humbly advance into the elite 600 crowd occupied by only five other sluggers: Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Sammy Sosa. The closest active players behind Griffey is the Yankees’ bombshell Alex Rodriguez and the White Sox’s Jim Thome.

Hats off to Ken Griffey and we’ll all be watching for that 600th HR in from of the Cincinnati Reds fans !!!

Win Baseball Cards and Prizes in Our Fantasy League

March 31st, 2008 by Dave cross

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We still need at least 9 more teams in our fantasy baseball league for 2008. We will be giving away prizes all season long to the the league leaders. Prizes are TBA and will include memorabilia, baseball cardss and cash prizes. There is no cost to register but hurry up because once the league is full, we will not be accepting any more teams.

For info visit : BaseballTalkPro Fantasy League 2008 Forum

To join our Yahoo Sports! League :

1.) go to this url : Yahoo! Sports - Join Private League
2.) enter league ID : 221836
3.) enter password : allstars08

Please don’t bother joining if you’re not going to be active. The prizes we will be giving away will be an assortment of MLB memorabilia, online vouchers for MLB gear and the overall champion of the league will win a special bonus prize (TBA).

Join Now and Win Prizes !!!

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2008 Hot Prospects : Colby Rasmus - St. Louis Cardinals

March 18th, 2008 by Dave cross

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Colby Rasmus

Colby Ramus
Born: 8/11/86
Birthplace: Columbus, GA
Height: 6′ 2″
Weight: 195
Position: CF
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
College: N/A
Drafted: 2004 - 1st round (28 overall) by St. Louis Cardinals
Former Teams: none

Statistics and Profile Pages
- Minor League Profile: @ minorleaguebaseball.com
- Baseball Prospectus Players Card : Colby Rasmus
- Wikipedia Page : Colby Rasmus Wiki
- Official Website: http://www.colby-rasmus.com/

Short Bio:
Colby Ryan Rasmus (born August 11, 1986 in Columbus, Georgia) is a center fielder in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. Another high school outfielder from the 2005 draft, Rasmus is another exciting young talent with all five tools at his disposal. He played nearly all of 2007 in the Double-A Texas League at age 20 and did much more than hold his own, leading the league in home runs and finishing among the leaders in a slew of other offensive categories. He capped his season with a strong performance for Team USA at the World Cup in Chinese Taipei. He is listed as #5 on the 2008 Baseball America Top 100 Prospects

Awards and Achievements
* 2008 #5 on Baseball America Top 100 Prospects
* 2007 Baseball America Minor League All-Star
* 2007 Selected for USA World Cup Team
* 2007 MiLB Round Tripper Award, Double A

BaseballTalkPro Outlook
As of March 15, 2008 - Rasmus batting .310 and leads the team with a .500 OBP and has been hammering the ball like there's no tomorrow. He was a non-roster invitee to the Cardinals in Spring Training, 2008 to try to claim a regular spot in the lineup after the Cardinals traded Jim Edmonds on December 15, making the rare jump from AA directly to the majors without having played a game at the AAA level. However, this likely won't happen as the organization has said they'd rather not rush his development.

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