Correspondent Report April 6 2002

Latest Team Info

After starting the season with 2 wins the D-Backs were quick to follow that up with 2 loses, hopefully this isn’t how it is going to be all year. Tony Womack is on fire right now he is hitting for avg. and is getting RBIs, I would suggest picking him up now because of this and the fact that he is as fast as anyone in the league and capable of stealing 60 bases. I talked to Junior Spivey on Tuesday and he said that he expects to start until Matt Williams comes back at the all-star break, he would be a good addition to your team. Steve Finley has been on a home run tear as of late and would help you out if you needed a power hitter. Also if you didn’t know Craig Counsell look like he is going to be the every day 3B man until Matt Williams gets back

Local Perspective

Fans in the valley of the sun have gotten rather riled up about AZ republic writer Pedro Gomez article called “The D-Backs make mockery of the Game”. He starts off the article, "Just as this organization has managed to do so many times since it came into existence, the Diamondbacks simply could not resist the temptation to make a mockery of the game.” The only time in the article he is specific about how they made a “mockery” of the game is when he talked about Baxter our mascot popping out of the trophy. He later refers to Bank One Ballpark as an “ Oversized airplane hangar”. He also said that the diamondbacks should take and lesson in humility from the Yankees. It is my opinion that when you win the World Series you should be able to celebrate it and that’s what the ceremonies were all about.

RUMOR MILL:

No real rumors except that there is suppose to be a price on Pedro Gomez head.

INJURIES:

Matt Williams out until the all-star break. Greg Colbrunn out for 3-5 weeks, Bell on the 15 day DL Matt Mantei and Armando Reynoso are both on the 60 day DL, Erubiel Durazo is out for about 6-7 weeks with a broken hand

ON THE FARM:

Scott Hairston in 2001 Hairston was the junior college player of the year. In the same year he was taken by the diamondbacks in the third round of the June amateur draft. He started his minor league career with the rookie league team Missoula where he put up very good numbers. Baseball America lists him as one of the 3 top prospects in the diamondbacks farm system. Keep an eye on him he will start the year in AA south bend but he could be a force in years to come at the SS position.

QUICK VIEW:
Add: Miguel Batista, Junior Spivey, Steve Finley, Tony Womack, Damain Miller (if you need a catcher)
Drop: Matt Williams, Rick Helling, Jay Bell and Greg Colbrunn
Hold: Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling, Luis Gonzalez.
Trade: Byung-Hyung Kim he will help you for a while but as soon as Mantei comes back he is a middle reliever, trade him when you can.

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