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After extolling the virtues of Allen Craig’s bat last night, I thought that I’d follow it up this morning with some video of the Cardinals’ Game 1 hero.  Even though it isn’t a flattering sample, here is a video of Craig from the 2008 Texas League All-Star Game, including batting practice and his hacks during the Home Run Derby.

Danny Hultzen, the second-overall pick in the 2011 MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners, has made two starts for the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League. In his professional debut against the Surprise Saguaros, a team loaded with prospects like Tim Beckham, Wil Myers, and Matt Dominguez, the left-hander allowed one run on three hits while issuing a walk and fanning two over two innings.

Hultzen’s second start against the Mesa Solar Sox was a bit rockier, as he allowed one run on six hits and one walk over three innings.  Although he didn’t record a strikeout, Hultzen escaped serious damage thanks to seven groundball outs.

Through two, brief starts, his line reads: 5 IP, 3.50 ERA, 9 H, 2 BB, 2 K, 4.50 GO/AO

Courtesy of MLB Prospect Portal, here is a clip of Hultzen warming up before his start against the Solar Sox:

2007, Dane Cook

Dane Cook. Damn, I sure don’t miss that guy and I definitely don’t miss his postseason commercials.  He was exactly what we didn’t want in our face on a nightly basis during every pitching change and half inning.  I would hope that Cook was actually ninth or tenth on the studio’s list, but was ultimately selected by default after everyone before him wisely declined. TBS basically auto-drafted Dane Cook.

2008, Bon Jovi – We Love This Town 

I think the only person who enjoyed the 2008 commercials was Dee, but only because he used to gush about his obsession with Jon Bon Jovi’s hair.  True story.  It’s probably worth your time to fast forward to the 0:42 sec mark for a Jermaine Dye sighting.  See, I told you he wasn’t extinct.

2009, Bon Jovi – We Weren’t Born to Follow 

Two years in a row, TBS? That’s Jovi-overload, or as I like to call it, Joverload. Anyway, take everything I said about Dane Cook and apply it to Bon Jovi. Sorry, Dee.

2010, Kid Rock – Born Free 

After Dane Cook and a double-dose of Bon Jovi, I guess the next logical replacement really is Kid Rock.  Maroon 5 might also qualify now that I think about it

2011, Tinie Tempah – Written in the Stars

Honestly, this makes me feel as though I took Dane Cook and Bon Jovi for granted.  It almost negates all the excitement that comes with two game-fives on the same night.  Ok not really, but you get my point. Worst. Song. Ever.

 

 

Jarrod Parker‘s MLB Debut, September 27 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers: 5 2/3 IP, 4 H, BB, K

 

September 28, 2011 will be remembered as one of the most exciting nights in baseball history; an unprecedented evening that featured four teams vying for two playoff spots.

Like everyone at home watching the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays fight for a Wild Card berth, the crew of the MLB Network’s MLB Tonight Live (Greg Amsinger, Harold Reynolds and Dan Plesac) erupted with every new development, at times uncontrollably.  But can you blame them? The significance, atmosphere, and unpredictable nature of the games reduced grown men to 7-year-old boys, as excitement and uneasiness built with every pitch.  And then finally, this:

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But hey, isn’t baseball’s capacity to provoke such emotional reactions precisely why we love it?