Baseball Youtubing

Here are some videos that the Sixth Sense endorses:

1. The Top Homer / Home Run / Home Runs Hitters of 2007

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pOGWGDNykDM

2. The Top Best Home Run Hitters in the 21st Century ACTUAL VID

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PabJ4VtdHgk&watch_response

3. Babe Ruth's 60th Home Run 1927

Poll Update- Detroit Wins AL Central

One more poll to go.
Tigers win according to 6thSense Pollsters
Second place goes to the Kansas City Royals.

I think we may have some spammers on the 6th Sense....

Tampa Bay Rays: Update 1.3 - 1st Place in Spring Training...Plus Idiots They Draft.

There's one thing I really have to say for the Rays. They are pursuing players, very important since they finished in the AL East cellar last year. But there's only one thing wrong and it's pretty important. They're pursuing the wrong ones...

We've seen it in the past. The Rays love to sign the very young flashy baseball players who generally turn to be awful classic AAers or those who have issues: on and off the field. Let's examine three players specifically:
1. Dewon Brazelton

'Who?' you instinctively yell. But if you look at the 2003 and 2004 Prospectus Books, you will see him everywhere! Dewon was the man for the Rays -- or at least, that's what commentators told us. Dewon was flashy. Dewon was fast. But Dewon wasn't ready for the Bigs and the Rays may have ruined his career. Let's take a look at Dewon's outrageous stats.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level		W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
2001	Mddle Tenn	NCAA	21		NCAA		13	2	1.42	15	15	11	3		0	127.0	82	34	20	6	24	154	9		5.81	0.43	1.70	10.91	0.83	--
2002	Orlando	Sou	22	Tb	AA		5	9	3.33	26	26	1	0	0	0	146.0	129	69	54	7	67	109	10	2	7.95	0.43	4.13	6.72	1.34	--
	Durham	IL	22	Tb	AAA		1	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	9.00	0.00	1.80	10.80	1.20	--
	Tampa Bay	AL	22	Tb	MLB	log	0	1	4.85	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	12	7	7	3	6	5	0	0	8.31	2.08	4.15	3.46	1.38	68%
2003	Bkrsfld	Calif	23	Tb	A+		1	5	5.26	9	9	0	0	0	0	49.2	62	33	29	4	19	42	4		11.23	0.72	3.44	7.61	1.63	--
	Orlando	Sou	23	Tb	AA		2	0	2.53	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	8	6	3	0	8	5	0		6.75	0.00	6.75	4.22	1.50	--
	Durham	IL	23	Tb	AAA		2	2	4.21	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.2	23	14	12	1	11	18	0		8.06	0.35	3.86	6.31	1.32	--
	Tampa Bay	AL	23	Tb	MLB	log	1	6	6.89	10	10	0	0	0	0	48.1	57	49	37	9	23	24	1	0	10.61	1.68	4.28	4.47	1.66	54%
2004	Durham	IL	24	Tb	AAA		4	4	4.71	10	10	0	0	0	0	49.2	61	35	26	0	15	38	2		11.05	0.00	2.72	6.89	1.53	--
	Tampa Bay	AL	24	Tb	MLB	log	6	8	4.77	22	21	0	0	0	0	120.2	121	71	64	12	53	64	2	1	9.02	0.90	3.95	4.77	1.44	34%
2005	Montgomery	Sou	25	Tb	AA		0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0		0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	6.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	0.67	--
	Durham	IL	25	Tb	AAA		2	2	3.72	5	5	0	0		0	29.0	29	17	12	3	14	26	1	0	9.00	0.93	4.34	8.07	1.48	--
	Tampa Bay	AL	25	Tb	MLB	log	1	8	7.61	20	8	0	0	2	0	71.0	87	65	60	12	60	43	5	0	11.03	1.52	7.61	5.45	2.07	39%
2006	Az Padres	Ariz	26	Sd	Rk		0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.50	0.00	9.00	9.00	1.50	--
	Portland	PCL	26	Sd	AAA		5	7	4.53	17	16	1	1	0	0	91.1	100	50	46	15	25	53	4	0	9.85	1.48	2.46	5.22	1.37	--
	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	log	0	2	12.00	9	2	0	0	3	0	18.0	28	25	24	6	9	9	1	0	14.00	3.00	4.50	4.50	2.06	35%
2007	Altoona	East	27	Pit	AA		5	5	3.53	15	15	3	1	0	0	86.2	88	37	34	5	17	52	3	2	9.14	0.52	1.77	5.40	1.21	--
	Omaha	PCL	27	Kc	AAA		0	4	7.11	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.0	24	16	15	3	8	14	0	0	11.37	1.42	3.79	6.63	1.68	--
Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)							8	25	6.38	63	43	0	0	5	0	271.0	305	217	192	42	151	145	9	1	10.13	1.39	5.01	4.82	1.68	39%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)							27	38	4.02	96	95	5	2		0	517.2	532	279	231	38	187	371	24		9.26	0.66	3.25	6.46	1.39	--

STATS FROM THE BASEBALL CUBE

Now, you look at 13-2 and go "WOW!" But guess what, that's Middle Tennessee State University...That's where you should excel. In fact, Brazelton should have been tearing it up in the Minor Leagues. Six whole seasons of expertise in the minors gave him only a 4.02 ERA (which isn't bad, don't get me wrong...but it's the MINOR LEAGUES) and he went 27-38. So, he's ok, you say. No. Let's look at the Majors. 6.38 ERA, 8-25...This is pretty sad for Dewon. It's not his fault necessarily but this man was obviously not someone the Rays should have drafted. Do you know when they drafted him in 2001? Yeah. 1st round, 3RD PICK OVERALL. Do you know who was picked 5th? Mark Teixeira. Shame.

Next, we have Elijah Dukes.
He's had a few anger problems. He's been restrained twice. The guy was drafted from high school and has been acting irresponsibly the entire time. His stats, you say, should possibly make up for his behavior but no.
His career stats with the Rays:

	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG
2007	52	184	27	35	3	2	10	21	72	33	44	2	4	.318	.391	.190
Career	52	184	27	35	3	2	10	21	72	33	44	2	4	.318	.391	.190

Impressive???
If that's not bad enough: Saint Petersburg times reports "In late April, Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes barged into his wife's middle school classroom at lunchtime.

He was so irate that she ran to get the principal and a deputy, who banned Dukes from the property, records show.

His wife, who said she fears for her life, sought a restraining order and told the court it was the latest in a string of outbursts by the 22-year-old rookie player."

He got signed as a free agent and was paid 380,000 dollars. That could have been spent much more efficiently.

Lastly, the biggest head-case of them all: Delmon Young.

Now, for being so hyped up, he should have been amazing. Don't get me wrong: He's good. The Rays got Matt Garza for him via trade, which has really helped pitching out. But, Delmon did one bad mistake which involved getting banned from baseball for a year. Watch.

Why?? Why do we draft idiots from high school. Wait till they go to college, and mature a little. They'll get stronger and even better too ('roids not included).

Well. I'm a little annoyed by what has happened in our drafts. But there's time for improvement. After all, the Rays only started 10 years ago.

On a lighter note, the Rays are in 1st place of all the AL teams for spring training (7-1)

But hey, so were the Tigers in 2003, right?

Poll Update: AL East Winner

After reviewing the poll, we're shocked to see some of the results.
1. The Red Sox were voted as the winner (not a surprise)
2. The Orioles got second place
3. The Yankees received no votes.

But hey, let's watch the season first.

The Sixth Sense

Poll Update: The Diamondbacks win NL West

The Votes are In!

Diamondbacks: 6
Rockies: 3
Padres: 1
Giants: 0
Dodgers: 0

So at the conclusion of the NL Polls, you voted for the Nationals to win the NL East, the Cubs to win the NL Central, and the Diamondbacks to win the NL West.

Thanks for voting.

The Sixth Sense

Diamondbacks Team Update - Lack of hitting

I would like to start by looking back on last year and how the Arizona Diamondbacks did in their run to the playoffs. They were pitching lights out. Brandon Webb was amazing (three consecutive shutouts) and in my opinion should have won the Cy Young, but I don't believe the Diamondbacks had enough hitting, and nothing has been done about that. They have added Dan Haren -- a great pick up and a great pitcher who has made the Diamondbacks have the best 1-2 punch with Webb first, but where is the hitting? This off season they have done nothing to improve their .235 hitting. That is why we struggled in the playoffs and that is why we will continue to struggle until we get a big bat into our lineup. The front office needs to get it together in order to find some better hitting for the Diamondbacks. Pitching may help, but on its own, it can never win a game (just ask Harvey Haddix) and thus we can't expect to get to another world series. They need more than just Orlando Hudson.

Reds continue search for third man on the roster

The off-season is over. And yet the Cincinnati Reds are still trying to fill that roster spot for the third starting pitcher. Matt Belisle, Homer Bailey, Edinson Volquez, Jeremy Affeldt, and Johnny Cueto are all potentials for that postition. Manager Dusty Baker still didn't know if anyone would be added to the full forty man roster.

Spring Training is upon us, but Aaron Harang and Bronson Arroyo are the only two pitchers who are known to be starters. With so many options, it might take awhile.

Many of the Reds' senior officials were at the bullpen a few days ago, watching the hurlers hurl.

Of course, the team needs to decide soon as to who is going to take that position. But they have some time. Spring games won't open for awhile (though you can get tickets.)

Its time for the Reds to make their decision now. Who do you think should take the third starting job: Belisle, Bailey, Volquez, Affeldt, or Cueto?

-Bobby Smith