Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Scooter's Southern Fried Specials

I named these specials after my parents dog, Scooter because I had to take care of Scooter, and it prevented me from blogging as much as I would have liked. Don't get me wrong here- I LOVE Scooter, and maybe more importantly, Scooter loves me. She's the best dog ever. Anyway, here are some things that have happened in the baseball world since I was tending to my beloved Scooter-



  • The new wave of batting helmets is the new S100 from Rawlings. It is built for safety, and is allegedly the only batting helmet designed to withstand 100 MPH pitches to the noggin. It will be the required batting helmet of all minor leaguers in 2010. So, we should see them at Trustmark Park next year. And the S100 has already made its Major League debut. You would think that these companies would get people like Albert Pujols to be the their guinea pig, but the first Major Leaguer to wear the S100 was none other than the feared Chicago Cubs slugger/pitcher Ryan Dempster, with a career batting average of .090. I guess that makes him a pioneer just like Charlie O'Brien, formerly of the Atlanta Braves and Greg Maddux's personal catcher, who debuted the hockey style catcher's mask in 1996, when he was appropriately with the Toronto Blue Jays. David Wright will wear the S100 tonight. For those who don't remember, Wright was placed on the disabled list after he was beaned by the Giants Matt Cain- unintentionally. The biggest drawback to the S100 appears to be it's very large size, mainly due to it's large amount of padding. Check out this video on the S100. (It's no NuttyBuddy)


  • Some MSU Bulldogs had a big weekend recently. Craig Tatum hit his first Major League home run for the Cincinati Reds, and Brandon Medders was the winning pitcher in a huge game over the Colorado Rockies where Edgar Renteria hit a grand slam to help the Giants tie for the Wild Card lead.
  • MSU fans, you want someone to watch for next year? Pitcher Devin Jones was named the top prospect in the New England Collegiate League by Baseball America. He is also a right handed pitcher, and could figure into the MSU weekend rotation. Reportedly, he has also been doing very well in John Cohen's four on one drills as well.
  • More four on one drills news- as has been speculated, Cody Freeman has been practicing at the catcher position for MSU. Allegedly, his arm strength has improved, which is a great thing to hear. As many of you know, I am of the opinion that his best position is catcher.
  • Congrats to Joey Gathright of Hattiesburg for getting called up by the Red Sox when the rosters expanded today.

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