Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (Mass Haas) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:57:41 GMT

More on 2008 Star and 2009 likely Sounds closer Omar Aguilar from MLB.com's Adam McCalvy

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (Mass Haas) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:50:35 GMT

Our friend David Weiser has a thorough summary of Huntsville news, on and off the field, from this offseason -- tidbits galore, many of them gleaned from our updates, but others as well, and as always, we appreciate his efforts....

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (TheCrew07) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:47:55 GMT

Angel gets 3 times the pub from MLB and MiLB than he ever did from BA... the haters!

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (Mass Haas) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:31:11 GMT

More interview with Angel Salome, this time on video -- even Angel's earlobes work out (you'll see)

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (Mass Haas) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:45:53 GMT

The well-spoken and new American citizen Angel Salome is interviewed by Lisa Winston in this podcast -- scroll to the bottom of the linked page to go to the 10:00 minute mark.

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (Mass Haas) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:38:15 GMT

Link, text follows:

Perspective: Giving a helping hand

By Lisa Winston / MiLB.com

Milwaukee Brewers catching prospect Angel Salome has spent most of his life embracing...

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (3jack) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:13:58 GMT

Not that an inch or two makes any difference (in most cases!) but I would be inclined to say he is closer to the 6' mark......either way the guy can deal and has filthy stuff. By the way, the Brewers have him as a RH thrower and a RH hitter....he swings it from the left side.

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (filthyfrog) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:55:50 GMT

6'5" Carlos vs. 5'11" Omar

In case anyone else was surprised to see that sub-six foot mark from Maas Haas, the Baseball Cube has Aguilar at 6' 1", Brewerfan has him at 6', and brewers.com has him at 5' 11". Since height listings are usually exagerrated, it's probably safe to say the shortest listing is the most accurate. So while I was hoping to prove Maas wrong, he's probably right.

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (3jack) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:33:26 GMT

He said looks like Zambrano, and yes he may not be a tall as Zambrano but definately has the same physical characteristics. Definately not height-challeneged.Go see for yourself, he'll be in town this weekend for the On Deck FanFest. I also can't wait to see what he does in Arizona this spring.....He looks to be in pretty good shape to me.....

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (Mass Haas) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:11:21 GMT

6'5" Carlos vs. 5'11" Omar

Can't wait to see how Aguilar produces that smoke from such a height-challenged (for a RHP) frame...

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (3jack) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:29:25 GMT

It's not you. He is a lot like Carlos Zambrano, without all of the antics and bravado. Built the same though. Great call.

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (Crew2323) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:14:53 GMT

Is it just me, or does he look a little bit like Carlos Zambrano?

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (Mass Haas) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:56:59 GMT

Link while active, text follows:

Aguilar on cusp of Opening Day roster
By SEAN LYNCH, Merced (CA) Sun-Star
slynch@mercedsun-star.com

Things are happening quickly for Omar Aguilar.

After a trip to Washington D.C. last week, the former Merced College...

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (Mass Haas) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:21:53 GMT

Link to Trading Post thread regarding the Huntsville jersey sale

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (Mass Haas) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:11:39 GMT

Alex Periard interview at RightFieldBleachers.com -- nice job, guys!

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (molitor fan) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:11:58 GMT

I have a few thoughts to add:

1. BrewCrewStu needs a word of thanks for adding Holly Molly to my lexicon, and I may just use it more than Holy Moly in my future.

2. I lurve Buck Rogers, but whoa Buck, these disparaging words are getting back to LaPorta, for sure, and they are just not something you see often out of baseball management...pretty forthcoming, to a fault.

3. In spring training this March, I thought LaPorta personified arrogance, and that he and...

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (twobrewers) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:13:00 GMT

I think that you need to sign autographs and be fan friendly in general until you experience some success at the MLB level. I realize that at some point, the demands are too much and you just want to be left alone. But when you are in AA - you need to be more fan friendly.

I am really shocked that Buck even mentioned those things. While I don't doubt they are true, he must have really disliked Matt to throw him under the bus.

It certainly makes me like the...

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (X ellence) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:22:53 GMT

I can understand a player not signing for a fan, but not signing for an MDA fundraiser? What a lowlife. Worst of luck to ya Matt.

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (brucrustu) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:26:30 GMT

Mass Haas wrote:
Huntsville GM Buck Rogers put together a Top 10 List from the Stars' season after compiling suggestions from Stars' fans -- Buck's not a big Matt Laporta fan, by the way, at least off the field --

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#5: The Trade
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LaPorta could hit the long ball but had a reputation for not being fan-friendly with...

Re: Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (Mass Haas) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:11:12 GMT

Huntsville GM Buck Rogers put together a Top 10 List from the Stars' season after compiling suggestions from Stars' fans -- Buck's not a big Matt Laporta fan, by the way, at least off the field --

Because you can't watch a post-game interview in the world of sports without hearing some of the cheesiest clichés I thought that this would be a good time to keep the tradition alive a la Nuke LaLoosh...you know, I'm just happy to be here, I...

Your 2008 Huntsville Stars -- Latest: Jersey Sale; Omar Aguilar; Angel Salome

feeds@yuku.com (Mass Haas) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:38:55 GMT

As we have done for several seasons, each affiliate will have a season-long running thread of player profile and feature article links that are not related to game-day actvities (those will appear in the Daily Link Reports). At the end of the season, we have a nice reference thread for all such articles. If a single story is so impactful that it will spurn extensive discussion, we would break that off into its own thread.