Another big article via MLB.com international signings, this one concerns the Twins Max Kepler-Rozycki, recently signed out of Germany.
At 16, Max Kepler-Rozycki already is garnering quite a bit of attention. The 6-foot-3, 193-pound outfielder from Berlin was recently signed by the Twins and given a $775,000 bonus — the largest amount ever given to a [...]
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Twins Dip into German Talent Pool
September 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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World Cup Goes to Final Eight
September 21st, 2009 · 9 Comments
Pretty good day of baseball on Sunday as the World Cup moved to the final eight. The seedings still are not quite set as there is a couple of makeup games being played today, one involving the U.S. and Australia, who will be one and two in Group G.
Team USA beat Italy 12-3 and Justin [...]
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Baseball World Cup
September 11th, 2009 · 13 Comments
Thanks to Hansioux for his persistence in posting info about the World Cup, which I’ve had no time to try and update. The U.S. team, which has some pretty good mix of vets and up and coming minor league talent, lost to Venezuela 13-9 despite a 2HR 4-for-6 performance by Rangers prospect Justin Smoak. Good [...]
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