Baylor's Scrimmage Highlights

I went to Baylor's open scrimmage today at their new athletics complex on the campus. It was a great escape from the Texas Rangers' disaster that happened last night.

The scrimmage was great to see especially considering I was about 20 feet from the field the entire time. The team as a whole seems to have a swagger with a lot of chatter on the field and the "Green" squad breaking out in song at one point.

Things I took away from the scrimmage:

No surprise but RGIII (that's Robert Griffin for the non-BU fans and pictured above in red) is simply amazing. He oozes confidence and throws amazing on the run.

Freshman Willie Jefferson (#17 in the picture) is 6-6 and looks like a basketball player. He will be an incredible red-zone target that nobody will be able to contend with in the endzone.

Junior Krys Buerck is incredibly fast. He caught several balls and no one was able to catch him once he got into open space.

Sophomore Terrance Ganaway, Houston transfer, made the lone good run of the day breaking tackles in route to a 20+ yard gain.

Last point: The Bears are going to score a ton of points this year. I know, that was a Captain Obvious moment but I am stating it nonetheless.

Thanks to my lovely wife, Amanda, for taking the pictures and sitting in the hot sun for 2 hours.

Neftali Feliz: Super Freak!

I am about to type out some stats that are not a misprint, but are freakishly awesome:

6.2 IP, 1 hit, 1 run, 13 Ks, 1.35 E.R.A.

That's right.

He has faced 21 batters and struck out 13 of them. Only 1 batter has a hit which was a home run. He has been clocked out 101 mph on several occasions and his changeup is 91 mph. He doesn't look like a rookie out there, and in fact he looks like a seasoned veteran with a cool demeanor. Rob Neyer from ESPN called him "one of the best relief pitchers in the major leagues". I don't know if I would go that far but I am thanking my lucky stars that we didn't trade him for Halladay or Lee.

Welcome to the big leagues, Feliz.

Scott Podsednik's playing time

Scott's playing time is now in question for the White Sox after they acquired OF Alex Rios from the Toronto Blue Jays. Pods has maintained a batting average around .300 all season long yet Rios is getting paid big-time money so it is highly unlikely that he will sit on the bench most of the time.

The White Sox outfield as it stands:

LF--Carlos Quentin: .239-11-29
CF--Scott Podsednik: .297-4-33 and 17 SBs, Alex Rios: .264-14-62 and 19 SBs
RF--Jermaine Dye: .270-24-67

Alex Rios brings power, speed, and incredible defense to Chicago with Pods only having one of those abilities (speed). But Scott also has an uncanny ability to bat #1 in the lineup and the Sox would miss his capabilites there if he was on the bench.

We will get an idea of Ozzie Guillen's plans after tonight's game against the Mariners. We will have to wait and see if Scott's good play continues to award him a spot in the lineup.