Monday, February 06, 2006
The Clint Barmes Gold Standard
Clint Barmes of the Colorado Rockies should be able to tell you as well as anyone: "All that glitters is not gold." After a torrid pace early in the year, Barmes came back from injury and watched what would have been rookie-of-the-year stats trail off to a .282 BA for the season. So who exactly is this young shortstop? Consider this: playing for eight minor league teams since 2000, he batted over .300 only once, at .328 in hit-happy Colorado Springs in '04, before being called up to the parent club.
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Doctor X -- the 'Baseball Medic' -- is an anonymous U.S. government trauma specialist with a Duke University sports medicine background and more than 20 years experience in emergency medicine. From time to time he considers MLB rumors, events and news reports as they pertain to baseball players' injuries, illnesses and various other disabilities, both on the field and off.
MLB Rumors editor Greg Fieg is a former sports news editor and award-winning writer whose bylines have appeared on the wires of the Associated Press and in numerous publications, including San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Light, Houston Chronicle and Philadelphia Bulletin. He formerly was posted in various positions on the U.S.-Mexican border with Freedom Newspapers, and was a regular, independent contributor to United Press International.