| One of baseball's less sacred numbers in danger |
Tue, 03 July 2012 09:55  |
 Marty Otto
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Pretty cool story here, going on down in single A ball. Run baby run!
"The biggest story in the Minor Leagues just reached a new level. Or rather, a new digit.
Billy Hamilton stole two bases Monday night to give him an even 100 on the season in his 78th game of the season. He finished 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored for Class A Advanced Bakersfield, but the Blaze fell to Lake Elsinore, 3-2.
The Reds' top prospect reached the century mark in steals for the second straight season after swiping 103 for Class A Dayton one year ago, although it took him 134 games to reach triple digits. He becomes the second California League player to total 100 steals in a season since Donell Nixon had 144 -- also for Bakersfield -- in 1983. "
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120703&conten t_id=34365342&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb
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| Re: One of baseball's less sacred numbers in danger |
Mon, 16 July 2012 23:24  |
ER_Sports
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| Marsh Munroe wrote on Mon, 16 July 2012 15:47 |
Put him at the head of the Reds line-up ?? MM
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Dusty will be licking his chops for an old-school speedster batting lead-off. Hamilton's on-base % has really, really improved this season as his walk to strikeout ratio. Not that Dusty is paying attention.
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| Re: One of baseball's less sacred numbers in danger |
Wed, 22 August 2012 11:53 |
Marty Otto
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PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Cincinnati Reds minor leaguer Billy Hamilton bolted to his record 146th stolen base of the season and kept running Tuesday night, swiping four in the first game of a Double-A doubleheader.
Hamilton added his 147th steal in the final inning of Pensacola's 4-2 loss to Montgomery. Hamilton stole 104 in the first half of the season with Class A Bakersfield, then was promoted to the Southern League.
Hamilton broke the record for steals by minor league teams affiliated with big league organizations set by Vince Coleman in 1983 with 145 for Macon in the Class A South Atlantic League.
The modern major league record was set by Rickey Henderson with 130 in 1982.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8291219/billy-hamilton-cin cinnati-reds-prospect-sets-steals-record-147
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