Stolen Bases - Eugenio Velez leads with 9 stolen bases. Strikeouts - Rickie Weeks leads with 20 strikeouts in 40 at bats with only 3 walks. Walks - Colby Rasmus leads with 12 walks which is a real accomplishment for a rookie. Total Bases - Ivan Rodriguez leads with 35 Josh Hamilton is next with 33. Runs Batted In - 12 players tied with 5 each Home Runs - Ivan Rodriguez (6), Carlos Guillen & Grady Sizemore (5) 351.ĭoubles - Jorge Cantu and Joe Borchard lead in doubles with 7 each. Hits - Angel Pagan is leading all spring hitters with 20 hits and hitting. It will be interesting to watch his minor league stats this season and he should be in majors sometime next season for sure if not in September of this year. I will be surprised if Brewers don't promote him to Double A this season. If he had played in four times as many games giving him 460 at bats he would have been projected to hit 48 home runs and drive in 124 runs. 2007 was his first minor league season, and he had 12 home runs and 31 runs batted in while hitting. 353 this spring, but with only 30 games of minor league experience in Rookie and A leagues last summer, he needs to get more experience. It was no surprise that Matt LaPorta was sent by the Milwaukee Brewers to minor league camp last week. Spring Training Notes Brewers Send LaPorta to Minor League Camp Other players I can think of with memorable names are Rip Repulski, Ray Jablonski, Vinegar Bend Mizell, Andy Pafko, Catfish Metkovich and if he is the majors this season Shin-Soo Choo who I have renamed (hope Chris Berman hasn't beaten me to this name) Shin-Soo Chattanooga Choo Choo. Pocoroba has one of those names that stand out in memories of baseball fans. You would think a company with 2 employees wouldn't need a president unless the other employee was the vice president. Sausage World Inc's line of business is whole meats/products. This company profile is for the private company Sausage World Inc, located in Lilburn, GA. Below is more information about his business:ĭetailed Sausage World Inc Company Profile Pocoroba only struck out 109 times in 1457 at bats while walking 182 times and only had one season in which he struck out more than he walked and that was 1981 when he struck out 15 times and walked 12 times.Ī reports that Pocoroba is in the restaurant supply business in the Atlanta area and selling meat for his Sausage World company. His middle name, Benedict, was the last name of Braves' catcher Bruce Benedict, who played on the Braves with Pocoroba for several seasons. Pocoroba is the only major league player in history to have Biff on their birth certificate. They were trailing 6-5 before his home run and won the game 9-6. The highlight of his career came on when he hit a a walkoff grand slam against Bill Atkinson of the Montreal Expos at Fulton County Stadium. He made the 1978 All Star team, but finished the season with 6 home runs, 34 RBIs and a. Pcoroba spent his entire career with the Atlanta Braves, and was an All-Star in 1978
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