Our long national nightmare is over. What a difference a year makes, particularly if you’re Mike Hampton. Kicking off the 2000 season in Tokyo with the Mets, Hampton was wilder than Drew Barrymore at 12, walking seven hitters, falling behind a bunch more and barely pitching into the sixth inning. Cut to yesterday, and Hampton…
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Now that we’ve released this season’s Top 40 Prospects list, we’re evaluating our list from a year ago to see what we can learn. As we did last season, we will compare our ranking of each player with the ranking given to them by two premier publications,…
[I’d like to note that the April 1 Week In Quotes was an April Fool’s joke and entirely made up. We now return to actual quotes, already in progress] CAREER EXTENSIONS "This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey." —Rickey Henderson, Padres outfielder, in a message left on the answering machine of Padres general manager…