The Pirates on Tuesday became the latest team to roll the dice on Lastings Milledge, triggering a four-player trade to acquire the talented yet enigmatic outfielder. In exchange for left fielder Nyjer Morgan and left-handed reliever Sean Burnett, the Pirates got Milledge and righty reliever Joel Hanrahan from the Washington Nationals.
Whether or not [Milledge] makes the team, [Willie Randolph] believes in the 21-year-old. "He's swinging the bat a little bit better," Randolph said. "[But] it's not always just hits that qualify you for making the team. It's how you look overall." Milledge went 0-for-1 in the Mets 12-0 loss to Atlanta on Tuesday. As for Milledge, he's rolling with the punches. "I wouldn't say it's hard, it's just different," Milledge said of his being a spot player. "It's a little tough, but you learn from other guys how to handle it.
NEW YORK Omar Minaya took a seat in the visitors' dugout at Yankee Stadium on Friday afternoon and Lastings Milledge followed, dressed for a flight, not a game slacks and button-down shirt. If Minaya seemed a bit uneasy with the news he was to deliver, the 21-year-old Milledge defused it, squeezing in next to Minaya and wrapping his muscular arm around Minaya's shoulder.
NL PITTSBURGH - Lastings Milledge singled home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 after blowing a late three-run lead.
New York Mets outfielder Lastings Milledge was demoted to the Zephyrs Thursday and will start in right field for New Orleans. The Mets made the move after needing to add pitcher Mike Pelfrey to their roster as the fifth starter in the rotation.
NEW YORK Lastings Milledge's first day as a major-leaguer was everything he expected and then some, he said. His second day on Wednesday, he officially became a big-leaguer. First his dad, Tony Sr., shot down any reveling in his first major league hit, telling him, "Don't be happy with just one." Then Julio Franco, 47, interrupted the rookie right fielder's court with the media, saying, "2,999 left. You've got a long way to go, kid.
RIGHT-HANDER JOE BISENIUS (5-1) baffled Tides hitters over 6? innings, allowing two hits and striking out four, while outfielder Lastings Milledge collected two RBIs and went 3 for 4 to lead Charlotte to its 11th win over the Tides this season. Bisenius didn't allow a hit until Brendan Harris hit an opposite-field single in the fifth inning. Tides starter Mitch Atkins (2-6) allowed 10 hits, six earned runs and a walk and struck out three in 4? innings. With the victory, the Knights clinch the season series against the Tides for the first time in three years. TURNING POINT came early
[David Wright] unifica criterios tras cosechar 20 jonrones y 74 carreras remolcadas antes del receso del Juego de Estrellas, para luego bajar a seis y 42 en la segunda mitad. (En los playoffs, Wright también bateó para promedio de .216 con un cuadrangular y seis carreras remolcadas en 37 turnos). [Alou] podría encajar muy bien como bateador número seis para proteger a Wright (quinto). Al igual que [Cliff Floyd], Alou estuvo limitado por las lesiones en el 2006, pero bateó para .301 con 22 jonrones y 74 carreras empujadas en 98 juegos. En el 2005, su primer año con los Gigantes, fue al Juego de Estrellas y encabezó al equipo con una averaje de .321. En el 2004 con los Cachorros, conectó 39 jonrones (mejor marca de su carrera) con 106 carreras remolcadas. La presencia de Alou podría mante...
... podría mantener al prospecto de élite Lastings Milledge fuera del lineup. Milledge podría ser us...
BRADENTON, Fla. -- A lot of kids say they want to be a major- league player when they grow up, but Lastings Milledge did more than dream. He planned for it.
When the Washington Nationals broke camp this spring and prepared for what they hoped would be a breakthrough season, they were counting on a young center fielder with a load of talent and a young closer with a cannon of an arm to help lead the renaissance. Within weeks, Lastings Milledge was in the minor leagues and Joel Hanrahan was in a mop-up role. And now neither player is employed by the Nationals.
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