http://www.hallofscrubs.com/flashback The Baseball Scrub Experts Tue, 26 May 2009 00:51:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   The June draft is approaching and there is a lot of excitement in Michigan about the top high school player,  Daniel Fields from U-D Jesuit.  There is a good story of how Daniel hit a home run at Comerica Park off of the batting practice pitcher at the age of ... http://www.hallofscrubs.com/flashback/?p=68 After Fernandomania hit Major League Baseball in 1981, several teams started looking to Mexico for pitching. The White Sox thought they had quite the find in 1982 when they purchased 25 year old Salome Barojas from the Mexico City Reds on April 1st. They immediately placed Salome in ... http://www.hallofscrubs.com/flashback/?p=66   The 2009 baseball season is a week underway and fans are undoubtedly projecting the stats of all players based on the results of the first week.  For example, players who have hit 4 homers in the first week will certainly lead the league in homers by the end of the ... http://www.hallofscrubs.com/flashback/?p=63   Our next inductee into the Hall of Scrubs is yet another example of why Spring Training performances mean nothing.  Scott Pose entered his first Spring Training in 1993 with the expansion Florida Marlins.  He was not one of the Marlins expansion draft picks.  They picked him up in the Rule ... http://www.hallofscrubs.com/flashback/?p=61 Image courtesy of CheckOutMyCards.com Major League Spring Training camps are full of Triple-A sluggers who generally have no shot at making the team.  While scrappy mediocre prospects like Pittaro impress the heck out of major league managers, big sluggers from AAA rarely gain attention even though they hit monstrous homers during Spring ... http://www.hallofscrubs.com/flashback/?p=59 It happens every Spring.  Some crusty old manager goes nuts for a marginal prospect who is grinding hard to make a good impression during Spring Training.  It happens to the best of managers.  Recently, we have heard how much Jim Leyland likes Will Rhymes.  Hopefully, better judgement will prevail and ... http://www.hallofscrubs.com/flashback/?p=57   Karim Garcia is another former major leaguer making news in the World Baseball Classic.  As the leader of a potent Mexican offense, Karim is hitting .385 with three homers and 5 RBI.  Fans of Garcia are certainly not surprised to hear this.  He has been tearing up the Japanese, Korean and ... http://www.hallofscrubs.com/flashback/?p=55   Gene Kingsale was the typical no-hit, speedy centerfielder who was always so close to becoming a great leadoff hitter when he was a top prospect for the Baltimore Orioles in the late nineties.  If only he could bunt more or hit it on the ground more.  If only he could ... http://www.hallofscrubs.com/flashback/?p=53 The second Iorg brother is being inducted into the Hall of Scrubs. Like his brother Dane, Garth was a valuable utility infielder in the 80's. He was a right-handed third base platoon partner to Rance Mulliniks for Toronto Blue Jays. Garth spent his entire career in ... http://www.hallofscrubs.com/flashback/?p=51   After a three year stint in Japan, Tony Bernazard signed with the Tigers before the 1991 season in what he hoped would be a grand return to Major League Baseball.  The Tigers' GM, Bill Lajoie, was on a roll with signing  free agents from Japan after picking up Cecil Fielder the year before, ... http://www.hallofscrubs.com/flashback/?p=49