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tysonlowery

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Extended Spring Training

May 17, 2005 at 01:49PM View BBCode

Anyone know who actually plays games in Extended Spring Training? Its May 17th and Juan Gonzalez is still playing in Extended Spring Training for the Indians. Who's he playing against? I can't imagine that they have enough players there to field a team - who are the other guys he is playing with?

Smocko

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May 17, 2005 at 10:00PM View BBCode

They're better off with him down on the farm Tyson, don't fool yourself. :P

tysonlowery

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May 17, 2005 at 10:12PM View BBCode

Yeah - I know. Just got me thinking this morning - i mean who are these other players in extended spring training? Do you think he's playing against local high school teams?

Duff77

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May 17, 2005 at 11:48PM View BBCode

Almost. Looks like rookie league players:

[url]http://www.freewebs.com/gcltwins/[/url]

ME

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May 17, 2005 at 11:52PM View BBCode

wow, too cheap to even get their own domain name.

tysonlowery

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May 18, 2005 at 12:05AM View BBCode

Except I thought the Rookie league was a short-season league for guys drafted in June?

tysonlowery

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May 18, 2005 at 12:13AM View BBCode

From reading the FAQ here:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/help/faq.html

And looking at the Angles Extended roster:

http://www.futureangels.com/extended/roster.html

and this:

http://yankees.scout.com/2/368923.html

It looks like its kind of a place for the really young kids to play until the Rookie leagues start in June.

tysonlowery

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May 18, 2005 at 12:14AM View BBCode

And also from looking at the Angels roster especially, it looks like they really take a look at the newly drafted and hispanic players to see what they actually have before sending them off to a minor league team.