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      <title>About Chris Davis</title>
      <link>http://www.lonestarball.com/2008/7/28/581242/about-chris-davis</link>
      <author>iblum</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:03:25 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;Chris Davis debuted in 2006 at Spokane.&amp;nbsp; In 69 games he hit .277/.343/.534 with 15 home runs.&amp;nbsp; The next year he began the year at Bakersfield and in 99 games hit .298/.340/.573 with 24 homers before being promoted to Frisco.&amp;nbsp; In Frisco he hit .294/.377/.688 with 12 homers in just 30 games.&amp;nbsp; This year he went back to Frisco and hit .333/.376/.618 with 13 homers in 46 games.&amp;nbsp; That earned him a promotion to Oklahoma city, where he hit .333/.402/.685 with 10 homers in just 31 games.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Promoted to the show, he's now hit .290/.333/.699 with 10 homers in 26 games.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That makes 6 stops so far, and he's had 10 homers in every one of those stops.&amp;nbsp; That includes 3 levels this year, and 33 homers already.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The American League Home Run leader Carlos Quinten has 27, and the NL leader, Ryan Howard, has 30.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The only two people in the minors with more homers are Dallas McPherson and Nelson Cruz with 38 and 37 respectively.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We knew that Davis has power.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Imagine 2009 lineup with Kinsler, Young, Hamilton, Davis hitting 1-4 in it.&amp;nbsp; especially with Davis a year closer to his prime.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;(Edited because my head is stuck back 5 years ago)&lt;/p&gt;

  
  


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      <title>Fun stats at the ASB</title>
      <link>http://www.lonestarball.com/2008/7/17/573417/fun-stats-at-the-asb</link>
      <author>iblum</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:31:17 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;Ok, raise your hand if you had predicted the following:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;95 RBI for Hamilton on the season&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;6 MAJOR LEAGUE home runs for Chris Davis on the season&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;10 MAJOR LEAGUE wins from the combination of Eric Hurley, Josh Rupe, Doug Mathis, Warner Madrigal, Luis Mendoza, Matt Harrison, and A.J. Murray this season?&amp;nbsp; Well, this one we might have, but there are some names we didn't expect to hear from.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that we've accomplished all of these by the All Star Break.&amp;nbsp; Also, we've gotten 80 games of MVP performance from Milton Bradley, we've seen&amp;nbsp; 14 rookies (9 pitchers, 5 hitters), and most importantly, 50 wins!&lt;/p&gt;
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