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September 02, 2006

it's good to be second best

The Hawaii Winter Baseball League is back, after an eight-year hiatus. And while most organizations will send six of their top prospects to the more established Arizona Fall League this October, the second-tier guys will go, yes, to the islands to play their trade beginning on Oct. 2.

So while the Dodgers will send Double-A Jacksonville right-handers Brian Akin, Scott Elbert and Danny Muegge, catcher A.J. Ellis, shortstop Chin-lung Hu and outfielder Anthony Raglani to the Mes Solar Sox, where they will ply their trade in front of a few old men in lawn chairs in the middle of the desert, a handful of less highly regarded farmhands will don leis (and hopefully not hula skirts) and head for paradise.
The lucky six are Jacksonville left-hander Wesley Wright and infielder Blake DeWitt, Single-A Vero Beach right-hander Zach Hammes, first baseman Cory Dunlap and right fielder Xavier Paul and Single-A Columbus catcher Tony Harper. They will play for the North Short Honu.
Don't misunderstand. All 12 of these players are legitimate prospects who have serious shots at reaching the majors. But seriously. Where would you rather go if you're a budding ballplayer in your early 20s? Metropolitan Phoenix, where you're probably going to be spending six weeks of spring training every year beginning in 2008 or 2009, or Hawaii?

Posted by Tony Jackson at September 2, 2006 08:01 PM

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