03/02/06 - Giants @ Brewers, Brewers @ Angels (SS, 2:05 CT)

[Mass Haas]

Box score from Brewers / Angels Thursday:

 

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[Mass Haas]

Jonathan Mayo's MILB.com blog entry:

 

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Had that been the end of my visit to Tempe, I would have been content. But then the last gift of the day came when I saw the team the Brewers brought to Tempe to play the Angels. Now some may have been disappointed by the lack of any Major League names, but not I. Alcides Escobar, Hernan Iribarren, Brad Nelson, Adam Heether, Angel Salome, Charlie Fermaint, Lou Palmisano, Darren Ford, Drew Anderson -- need I say more? Oh, and Brewers Minor League pitcher of the year Tim Dillard started and was followed by pitching prospects like Yovani Gallardo and Mark Rogers. The fact the Brewers were spanked, 12-1, by the Angels (with some help from Kendrick and fellow prospects Kendry Morales and Jeff Mathis) is irrelevant. It's one of the best things about Spring Training -- all these players you hear about, you read about, you write about, you talk to scouts about -- you get the chance to see in action. Watching the 19-year-old Salome pick up the lone hit against AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon, showing no fear, is something that barely creates a blip on the radar of Major League Baseball, but for prospect geeks like me, it was a sight to behold.