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		<title>By: Spindlebrook</title>
		<link>http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/8107/comment-page-1#comment-49102</link>
		<dc:creator>Spindlebrook</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pitcher Mark Leonette was called up by the Chicago Cubs briefly in 1987 but did not appear in a game.  He was acquired as part of the Dennis Eckersley deal.</description>
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		<title>By: Mike Gaber</title>
		<link>http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/8107/comment-page-1#comment-46523</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike Gaber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@25: I still keep in touch with Andrew Lorraine, and know his family well.

In 2009 he pitched in the Golden Independent League here in California. Then when the season ended he pitched in Venezuela and played for the Cardenales de Lara.

When that season ended he got a call from Carolina just outside of San Juan Puerto Rico and they needed him in the Puerto Rican playoffs to work in their bullpen. 
They wound up going 7 games but lost the final game 3-2. He pitched 5 games in relief.

Then in early 2010 he got a call from the Seattle Mariners to be their pitching coach for Pulaski of the Appalachian League a short season Minor League where the season starts in June.
Like a lot of ball players he lives now in Arizona and that&#039;s where they do their Mini Camp in preparation for minor league spring training in Peoria, AZ. 

He told me he was finally going to hang em up and be a pitching coach. But then again if he got a call to pitch somewhere....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@25: I still keep in touch with Andrew Lorraine, and know his family well.</p>
<p>In 2009 he pitched in the Golden Independent League here in California. Then when the season ended he pitched in Venezuela and played for the Cardenales de Lara.</p>
<p>When that season ended he got a call from Carolina just outside of San Juan Puerto Rico and they needed him in the Puerto Rican playoffs to work in their bullpen.<br />
They wound up going 7 games but lost the final game 3-2. He pitched 5 games in relief.</p>
<p>Then in early 2010 he got a call from the Seattle Mariners to be their pitching coach for Pulaski of the Appalachian League a short season Minor League where the season starts in June.<br />
Like a lot of ball players he lives now in Arizona and that's where they do their Mini Camp in preparation for minor league spring training in Peoria, AZ. </p>
<p>He told me he was finally going to hang em up and be a pitching coach. But then again if he got a call to pitch somewhere....</p>
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		<title>By: Spartan Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/8107/comment-page-1#comment-46288</link>
		<dc:creator>Spartan Bill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks  MCT and Trauty</description>
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		<title>By: trauty</title>
		<link>http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/8107/comment-page-1#comment-46246</link>
		<dc:creator>trauty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s Joe Law&#039;s page from BR&#039;s Bullpen

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Law

He is one of the many &quot;Phantom Major Leaguers&quot; that are featured there (most added by me).  If you know of any others, please add them.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Category:Phantom_Major_Leaguer</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here's Joe Law's page from BR's Bullpen</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Law" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Law</a></p>
<p>He is one of the many "Phantom Major Leaguers" that are featured there (most added by me).  If you know of any others, please add them.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Category:Phantom_Major_Leaguer" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Category:Phantom_Major_Leaguer</a></p>
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		<title>By: MCT</title>
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		<dc:creator>MCT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I did a search in Google News for Joe Law.  It looks like he was briefly called up twice during the 1988 season, as follows:

--Called up on July 5, sent down the same day following the first game of a doubleheader.

--Called up on August 8, sent down on August 10.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I did a search in Google News for Joe Law.  It looks like he was briefly called up twice during the 1988 season, as follows:</p>
<p>--Called up on July 5, sent down the same day following the first game of a doubleheader.</p>
<p>--Called up on August 8, sent down on August 10.</p>
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		<title>By: DoubleDiamond</title>
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		<dc:creator>DoubleDiamond</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@24 I remember Andrew Lorraine as a pitcher who didn&#039;t live up to its promise (he was Baseball America&#039;s top Angels prospect at least one and maybe more years) due to injuries. Another interesting thing is that his career was at roughly the same time as that of Al Levine&#039;s, and the two of them had a few things in common, as well as some opposite traits, in addition to the obvious A.L. initials. And one of those things is that Lorraine&#039;s family name was originally Levine. He came from a family of rabbis, one of whom changed their last name to reflect the section of France where he lived. Although Levine was a righthanded pitcher, he was a natural lefthander whose father envisioned him as a third baseman, so he was taught to throw righthanded.

Lorraine and Levine both began their major league careers in the areas in which they grew up. Lorraine was one of the great number of players from Southern California, and he started out with the Angels. Levine grew up in the Chicago area and first played for the White Sox. Later, the tables were turned on them, geographically, when Levine played for the Angels and Lorraine eventually put in time for both the White Sox and the Cubs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@24 I remember Andrew Lorraine as a pitcher who didn't live up to its promise (he was Baseball America's top Angels prospect at least one and maybe more years) due to injuries. Another interesting thing is that his career was at roughly the same time as that of Al Levine's, and the two of them had a few things in common, as well as some opposite traits, in addition to the obvious A.L. initials. And one of those things is that Lorraine's family name was originally Levine. He came from a family of rabbis, one of whom changed their last name to reflect the section of France where he lived. Although Levine was a righthanded pitcher, he was a natural lefthander whose father envisioned him as a third baseman, so he was taught to throw righthanded.</p>
<p>Lorraine and Levine both began their major league careers in the areas in which they grew up. Lorraine was one of the great number of players from Southern California, and he started out with the Angels. Levine grew up in the Chicago area and first played for the White Sox. Later, the tables were turned on them, geographically, when Levine played for the Angels and Lorraine eventually put in time for both the White Sox and the Cubs.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Gaber</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike Gaber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve been sorta lucky to follow closely the careers of players who made it to the Big Show, but there were many more that fell by the wayside as they got up to &quot;AAA&quot; but could never pull it off.

Since 1987, I have done the baseball scoring and stats for a High School in Santa Clarita Valley area of Southern California, just north of Los Angeles named Hart High.

My Hart Stat Web site is: http://www.hartbaseballstats.com/

I&#039;ve been fortunate to record the stats for 3 MLB Players:
Andrew Lorraine: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lorraan01.shtml
James Shields: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shielja02.shtml
Chris Valaika: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/valaich01.shtml

Andrew Lorraine pitched in 7 season for 7 teams. He had value as a LOOGY. He won over 100 games pitching in &quot;AAA&quot;.
James Shields is with the Tampa Bay Rays, currently is 13-12 with a 4.18 ERA. Jamie had the only win for the Rays against the Phillies in the 2008 World Series.
Chris Valaika of the Cincinnati Reds finally made it to the Majors on August 24 and got a hit in his first at bat and hit a homer in his 3rd game. Now that Brandon Phillips and Orlando Cabrera are back in the lineup is getting less playing time.

2 other MLB Players were in the Hart Baseball Program but never made it into my stats:
Kevin Millar: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millake01.shtml
* Note * Kevin played Freshman &amp; JV for Hart but decided to transfer in his junior year to University High in LA so never got in my stats.

Jerry Owens: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/owensje01.shtml
* Note * Jerry played JV baseball but got a football scholarship to UCLA and decided to drop baseball in his senior year, so never played on the Southern Section Championship team of 1999 with Jamie Shields.

There were 3 other Hart Ball players who made it to the Major Leagues before I did the Stats for Hart.
Gregg Garrett graduated in 1965: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garregr01.shtml
Bob Walk graduated in 1974: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkbo01.shtml
Todd Zeile: graduated in 1983: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zeileto01.shtml

We have another player possibly knocking on the door:
Mike Montgomery of the Kansas City Royals playing at &quot;AA&quot; was a 1st.round (36th.Overall) pick in 2008:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=montgo001mic

Also a very good chance for a 1st Round pick in June of 2011 will be Trevor Bauer who will be a Junior at UCLA in 2011 and was one of the 2 top pitchers for UCLA in their run to the NCAA Championship at Omaha in this years final.

Currently, we have 5 other player in the Minors and 3 in the Independent Leagues at this time.

I hope the above links will work:</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I've been sorta lucky to follow closely the careers of players who made it to the Big Show, but there were many more that fell by the wayside as they got up to "AAA" but could never pull it off.</p>
<p>Since 1987, I have done the baseball scoring and stats for a High School in Santa Clarita Valley area of Southern California, just north of Los Angeles named Hart High.</p>
<p>My Hart Stat Web site is: <a href="http://www.hartbaseballstats.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hartbaseballstats.com/</a></p>
<p>I've been fortunate to record the stats for 3 MLB Players:<br />
Andrew Lorraine: <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lorraan01.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lorraan01.shtml</a><br />
James Shields: <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shielja02.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shielja02.shtml</a><br />
Chris Valaika: <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/valaich01.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/valaich01.shtml</a></p>
<p>Andrew Lorraine pitched in 7 season for 7 teams. He had value as a LOOGY. He won over 100 games pitching in "AAA".<br />
James Shields is with the Tampa Bay Rays, currently is 13-12 with a 4.18 ERA. Jamie had the only win for the Rays against the Phillies in the 2008 World Series.<br />
Chris Valaika of the Cincinnati Reds finally made it to the Majors on August 24 and got a hit in his first at bat and hit a homer in his 3rd game. Now that Brandon Phillips and Orlando Cabrera are back in the lineup is getting less playing time.</p>
<p>2 other MLB Players were in the Hart Baseball Program but never made it into my stats:<br />
Kevin Millar: <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millake01.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millake01.shtml</a><br />
* Note * Kevin played Freshman &amp; JV for Hart but decided to transfer in his junior year to University High in LA so never got in my stats.</p>
<p>Jerry Owens: <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/owensje01.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/owensje01.shtml</a><br />
* Note * Jerry played JV baseball but got a football scholarship to UCLA and decided to drop baseball in his senior year, so never played on the Southern Section Championship team of 1999 with Jamie Shields.</p>
<p>There were 3 other Hart Ball players who made it to the Major Leagues before I did the Stats for Hart.<br />
Gregg Garrett graduated in 1965: <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garregr01.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garregr01.shtml</a><br />
Bob Walk graduated in 1974: <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkbo01.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkbo01.shtml</a><br />
Todd Zeile: graduated in 1983: <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zeileto01.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zeileto01.shtml</a></p>
<p>We have another player possibly knocking on the door:<br />
Mike Montgomery of the Kansas City Royals playing at "AA" was a 1st.round (36th.Overall) pick in 2008:<br />
<a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=montgo001mic" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=montgo001mic</a></p>
<p>Also a very good chance for a 1st Round pick in June of 2011 will be Trevor Bauer who will be a Junior at UCLA in 2011 and was one of the 2 top pitchers for UCLA in their run to the NCAA Championship at Omaha in this years final.</p>
<p>Currently, we have 5 other player in the Minors and 3 in the Independent Leagues at this time.</p>
<p>I hope the above links will work:</p>
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		<title>By: Neil</title>
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		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@20
Bill, amusing story.

Joe Law sat in a major league bullpen for a few games without ever appearing in &quot;the show&quot;. How cruel are the baseball gods? Talk about &quot;what if&#039;s....&quot;. But that&#039;s another discussion.

There should be a minor league of hall of broken dreams for the Reed Secrists of baseball.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@20<br />
Bill, amusing story.</p>
<p>Joe Law sat in a major league bullpen for a few games without ever appearing in "the show". How cruel are the baseball gods? Talk about "what if's....". But that's another discussion.</p>
<p>There should be a minor league of hall of broken dreams for the Reed Secrists of baseball.</p>
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		<title>By: Spartan Bill</title>
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		<dc:creator>Spartan Bill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is there such a thing as the Tennessee Minor League Hall of Fame?

I noticed that Reed Secrist&#039;s career took him through Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga.  That&#039;s the Grand Slam of Tennessee culture.   He also played for a Lynchburg too, but that team is based in Virginia.  It isn&#039;t the famous Lynchburg (pop. 361) TN.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is there such a thing as the Tennessee Minor League Hall of Fame?</p>
<p>I noticed that Reed Secrist's career took him through Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga.  That's the Grand Slam of Tennessee culture.   He also played for a Lynchburg too, but that team is based in Virginia.  It isn't the famous Lynchburg (pop. 361) TN.</p>
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		<title>By: Spartan Bill</title>
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		<dc:creator>Spartan Bill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>oops forgot to post a link to his minor league page.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=law---001jos</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>oops forgot to post a link to his minor league page.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=law---001jos" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=law---001jos</a></p>
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