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Old Thu Jun 15, 2006, 03:01pm
SCUMP SCUMP is offline
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This Is Were We Do Not Agree Brother Sal.

A Good Friend Of Mine Is In His Tenth Year As A Professional Umpire, All Of These Years Are In Indy Ball. Umpires Out Of Either Pro School Would Struggle If Not Fail To Work In The Atlantic League. The Caliber Of Play Is At The Very Least A Double Aa Level If Not Aaa.

Just A Few Facts About The Atlantic League. Its On Their Web Site If Anyone Is Curious.

Since 1998 Over 300 Players With Big League Time Have Played There.

70 Of Them In 2004 Alone.

In The Last 7 Years Over 170 Players Have Had Their Contracts Sold To A Major League Orginazation

15 Managers And Coaches Have Major League Playing Time.

Sparky Lyle, Jose Lind, Tommy Herr, Bud Harelson Just To Name A Few.

Guys That Played In The Atlantic League That Played Their Way Back To The Bigs.

Reuben Sierra
Milt Cuyler
Joe Grahe
Felix Jose
Jose Canseco
David Lindquist
Curtis Pride
James Lofton
Tim Raines
Joe Borowski
Carlo Baerga
Brandon Puffer
Andy Shilbo
Bobby Hill
Brendan Donnelly
Jose Lima
Rickey Henderson
Pedro Borbon Jr
Brady Raggio
Mitch Melusky
Mike Glavine
Kirk Bullinger
Carlo Jau Pudlido
Jose Offerman
Bill Pulsipher
Chris Widger

Side Show Baseball......oh Really