High & Inside: 3/12/11

post from Beyond the Box Score on 12 March 2011 11:03:24 PM. © Beyond the Box Score

Links from around the baseball blogosphere...My Guide to Stats: Offense | Joe PosnanskiPosnanski offers up some interesting thoughts on offensive stats.Prospectus Hit and Run: A Quality Stat, Better than Wins | Baseball ProspectusJay Jaffe[...]

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Separated at birth Lincecum's "twin" comes
forward

post from 22gigantes on 12 March 2011 11:03:12 PM. © 22gigantes

For the past 48 hours, baseball fans everywhere have wondered if San Francisco Giants ace pitcher Tim Lincecum was trying to pull a fast one on his fans in a video that popped up on the Internet.

Now, the star of that video -- a man who goes by the name of Luis -- has come forward in another video to set the record straight:

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Luis says he's a cab driver and -- like he pleaded in his first video (which went viral after it appeared on the Yahoo! Big League Stew sports blog) -- he just wants one million dollars to "get started on the right feet." In exchange for the dough, he's ready to show Timmy a good time in his home country of Brazil.

Some people beg for money on street corners. Others in front of grocery stores or other public places. Luis, however, has taken his solicitation to the web. He obviously thinks the real Lincecum might actually give him a million dollars because he's a rich baseball player and he's got several million just laying around. (Psst. Hey Luis, here's an idea. Get off your lazy ass and get a job, ya mooch.)

After seeing the first video, which was grainy and filmed in bad lighting, many viewers thought the doppelganger was actually Lincecum pulling off a prank (or maybe even fooling around with friends after smoking some pot). The audio track on the first clip was pretty lousy which made it even more questionable. See for yourself:

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The accent that Luis the Cab Driver uses in the videos is clearly more realistic and believable in the second video.

So, while the mystery of whether this guy is Lincecum or not is pretty much solved -- he's not Timmy -- one question remains: Why isn't this guy marketing himself already? If Antoine Dodson can do it, so can Luis.

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The Usual Good News/Bad News

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Top 5 Foods That Are Supposedly Healthy But I
Don't Know Why

post from Royals Review on 12 March 2011 11:01:15 PM. © Royals Review

Top 5 Foods That Are Supposedly Healthy But I Don't Know Why

Brown Rice
Wheat Bread
Yogurt
Smoothies
Apples

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Brown delivers walk-off hit to beat LA

post from 22gigantes on 12 March 2011 10:03:33 PM. © 22gigantes

Cody Ross and Pat Burrell each hit two-run homers and the San Francisco Giants rallied for a dramatic 8-7 win over a Los Angeles Dodgers split squad Saturday in front of a record crowd of 12,087 fans at Scottsdale Stadium.

Just as they did late last summer and fall when they put together a late surge to win the NL West, storm through the playoffs and capture the World Series title, San Francisco pulled a rabbit out of its hat when the team pushed across two runs with two out in the ninth inning to improve to a major league-best 13-4 this spring.

With the majority of the record crowd still on hand and chanting "Beat LA," Thomas Neal scored the tying run on a wild pitch and rookie Gary Brown ended the game with an RBI single.

"There is still a hunger. You can tell," Giants closer Brian Wilson said. "The guys come in here fired up. We have to work harder. We can't stop working. We saw last year that the time and effort does pay off."

Wilson, who turns 29 on Wednesday, pitched a scoreless sixth inning. The right-hander has worked three innings over three appearances after being slowed by a stiff back early in camp.

Jonathan Sanchez was originally scheduled to start for San Francisco, but manager Bruce Bochy decided to have the left-hander avoid the Dodgers by pitching him against minor leaguers instead.

Fellow southpaw Dan Runzler filled in admirably, allowing an earned runs off and five hits in three innings.
Other notes:

In his session against Giants minor leaguers, Sanchez pitched four innings, throwing 75 pitches and giving up two runs and four hits.
Wilson was his "normal" self after the game when talking to reporters. One reporter asked what treatment Wilson used for his sore back. Wilson's response? "I just basically had a personal talk with the pain and told it, 'I don't want you in my body anymore.'"
The Giants have won 10 of their last 12 games and are 8-1 in 9 games at Scottsdale Stadium.
Dodgers infielder Juan Uribe did not play against his former Giants teammates again, electing to play in the Dodgers' other split-squad game against Kansas City in Surprise.
The Giants are 10-1 when hitting at least one home run this spring. The team was 67-31 when homering in 2010.

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GAME SUMMARY
Final score:SF 8, LAD (ss) 7 [view box score]Winning pitcher: Kroon (1-0) Losing pitcher: Colon (0-2) Save: noneGame ball: Burrell (1-for-2, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI) Top play: Brown (1-for-1, 2-out walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 9th)Giant homers: Ross (2), Burrell (2)Giants' record: 13-4Streak: Won 4Next up: SF at TEX, Sunday, 12:05 p.m. PST [download press pass]TV/Radio: KNBR 680Starters: Ryan Vogelsong (1-1, 1.04) vs. Tommy Hunter (1-1, 7.20)Venue: Surprise Stadium

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Diamondbacks P Duke suffers hand injury (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 12 March 2011 09:25:30 PM. © MLB News Blog

Arizona left-hander Zach Duke left Saturday night’s game against a Colorado Rockies split squad after getting hit on his left hand by a line drive off the bat of Charlie Blackmon in the second inning. Duke trotted after the ball but did not attempt to make a throw. He was removed immediately after a cursory [...]

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Spring Training Night Edition: Diamondbacks @
Rockies

post from Purple Row on 12 March 2011 09:01:41 PM. © Purple Row

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Reds LHP Willis sprains right ankle (AP)

Reserve infielder Kris Negron is making a name for himself this spring. Negron hit a two-run single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday, helping the Cincinnati Reds overcome four homers by two Chicago Cubs’ players for a 9-8 victory Saturday in a game between split-squads.

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Classic Yankees: Hank Bauer

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Nationals Option Bryce Harper to Single-A
Hagerstown

Nationals Option Bryce Harper to Single-A HagerstownApparently he was shocked by this. However, he knows the move will benefit him a great deal. The 18 year old simply needs time to develop.[...]

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