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Observations from Omaha

Got a chance to catch the O-Royals vs. Oklahoma tonight.  Some observations:

Elarton is a meatball, but nothing new there.

Jason Botts is a large human.  Looks like a big leaguer.  Absolute lazer homer in the first.  Its hard to believe looking at him tonight that he couldn't be successful in the bigs.

Angel Berroa looks done.  Looked completely disinterested all night, but then I guess that's his thing.  Still managed a couple hits.

Nelson Cruz is another large human.  Homered to center on a night when the wind was a non-factor and Rosenblatt actually plays pretty big.  It was off Elarton but still an impressive shot.  Roped a ball to deep right center of a lefty with good movement away (name escapes me) later in the game.

Lubanski looked a bit sloppy at the plate and surprisingly overmatched.  He's obviously still young but he needs to refine his game alot IMO, at the plate.

I am amazed the Rangers don't have Freddy Guzman bunting every time.  The Royals were playing Wathan in short left.

Nate Gold looks the part of classic overachiever/AAAA player.  Still a guy that puts up numbers like he does deserves a shot, ala Chris Shelton.

I kept missing Brazell and Maier's AB's with the kids acting up.

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Berroa done? Are you friggin kidding me?

Ok, jokes aside. Yes he sucks, but he's making his 3.25 million this year very happily.

Looks like you missed Luby by a day, he had a great game the night before. He has always struggled at new levels, should figure it out in due time.

by doublestix on Jul 4, 2007 4:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Was I the only one...
expecting a joke like "It's boring here" (talking about Omaha)?
"Tim Lincecum will win 1 Cy Young and 11 Tim Lincecums." -uga007

by Boxkutter on Jul 4, 2007 5:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

3/4 of a million people
in the Omaha metro area now.  There are very boring parts of Nebraska, and national telecasts love to show cornfields and silos whenever the Huskers or the CWS are on, but Omaha is not one of them.
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.

by HuskerBob on Jul 5, 2007 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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