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At the moment, Grant Desme is the only 30-30 player in all of pro baseball. (Bill Mitchell/Four Seam Images)

Sept. 4, 2009

The unheralded make their marks

This year, a number of unheralded players have successfully traveled that nefarious path from "suspect" to "prospect," ensuring they won't be toiling in anonymity for much longer. More >


Cracked Bats

Who stole Ike's hat?

Where's Ike's hat? Who is Ike? These burning questions were solved (we think) in State College earlier this season.
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Mariners take AZL title


The AZL Mariners grabbed their second league championship in three years.
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Nats sweep to GCL title


After falling in last year's championship series, the GCL Nationals swept the Marlins in '09.
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Danville wins Appy


Matt Crim shut out the E-Twins to help the D-Braves sweep through the Appy Finals.
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What's On Deck

Nashville @ New Orleans
Friday, Sept. 4, 7:00 p.m. CT

Rehabbing Corey Hart will try to help the Nashville Sounds gain ground in their race to overcome Memphis for the PCL's American North division crown.

Salem Keizer @ Tri-City
Saturday, Aug. 29, 5:05 p.m. ET (G1)
The Volcanoes will visit the Dust Devils for Game 1 of the Northwest League championship. Both teams clinched last week..

Playoffs begin for 8 leagues
Wednesday, Sept. 9
Playoff fever really heats up on Wednesday as eight leagues -- the EL, CAL, CAR, IL, MWL, PCL, SAL and TL all begin their postseasons.





Staten Island Yankees

The the Yankees have won 12 straight games to take over first place from Brooklyn in the McNamara division. Zoilo Almonte has two homers and 10 RBIs, Deangelo Mack has a team-best 15 hits and Ben Watkins, Ronny Marte and Mike Solbach each have two wins in the team's last 10 games.

Minor League Statistical Leaders

MiLB hitting leaders

Making contact

Recognize the top sluggers in full-season leagues:

Average
Alex LiddiHD.348
John BowkerFRE.342
Koby ClemensLAN.340
HR
Mitch JonesALB34
Jon GastonLAN32
Cody JohnsonMIS32
RBIs
Koby ClemensLAN119
Chris CarterSAC114
Andrew LockeCC109

MiLB pitching leaders

Kings of the mound

See who was tough to hit in full-season leagues:

ERA
Brad MeyersHAS1.71
Travis WoodLOU1.77
M. BumgarnerCT1.86
Strikeouts
Matt MooreBG169
Dexter CarterFW166
Dan HudsonCHA166
Wins
Don HumeHD17
Craig ClarkSJ15
Erik DavisFW15