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Tuesday, August 24, 2004
No optimism here...
Steve and Rex ( and even Rob, of all people) were giddy about Troy Glaus' performance during batting practice before last night's game. (In case you missed it, Troy hit several monstrous homeruns, including a couple that landed behind both bullpens and a couple that hit high off the rocks.)
Before anyone else gets excited- remember that this was BP. We're talking 60 MPH fastballs, lobbed down the center of the plate. Let's all take a deep breath and calm down here.
If Troy is going to show any ill-effects from his shoulder injury, it will be in the form of diminished bat-speed. So sure, he can square-up a BP fastball right now. That's great- it's a start. But that doesn't make me feel any better about his prospects of catching-up to a 90+ MPH fastball in a live game. Let's wait and see what he does in a real game situation in the minors before we declare him 'the old Troy'.
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