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LaPorta Interview - May 2008

Below is a link to an interview I conducted with Matt LaPorta in Huntsville in May 2008. 

He seems like a classy guy with his head on straight.  I think we will be a quality major league/middle of the lineup hitter for the Indians for years to come.  I think at a minimum he will become a player in the mold of Pat Burrell of the Phillies.  I think he'll hit 40+ homers in his prime.  We at The Brew Crew Review had LaPorta ranked as the #1 Brewer prospect and easily one of the top 20 prospects in baseball. Good luck and go Brewers and Tribe!

EDITOR'S NOTE:  Jay here.  The link this guy posted goes to a page that has been crashing many people's systems — horrible coding.  So I have removed the link.  The address for the link was "www.brewcrewreview.com" — check it out at your own risk.

For those who don't feel like crashing, check out MiLB.com's 2008 Player Journals, including six entries each from Buffalo 1B Jordan Brown and our new megaprospect Matt LaPorta — hat-tip to palcal.  [Jay]

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here is the link to Matt’s journal on MilB

by palcal on Jul 7, 2008 1:43 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hello prince of power,

Thanks for the link – I hope you’re right about LaPorta! :-)

The "cream of the crop" doesn't always rise to the top.

by indiansfan on Jul 7, 2008 5:55 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thanks palcal and Jay for providing us with an alternative to finding out more about LaPorta (and Brown as well!)

The "cream of the crop" doesn't always rise to the top.

by indiansfan on Jul 9, 2008 8:10 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’ve tried the link twice, and it has crashed my system twice. Probably it senses my complete hatred for anything having to do with the state of Alabama…

"A good body with a dull brain is as cheap as life itself."

by Fiddlesticks on Jul 7, 2008 6:10 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He mentioned praying for guidance as an injured junior in college – hopefully this means he’s out of the Hamilton Nexus.

by joeee on Jul 7, 2008 7:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Took me awhile to understand what you meant by “Hamilton Nexus”. Dry, dry dry.

by jhon on Jul 8, 2008 2:54 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I also crashed a couple of times, so I stripped the link out of the entry.

Also, the customary new avatar for pre-first-Comment-FanPost-ing.

by Jay on Jul 7, 2008 7:15 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Really more of a compliment than anything.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jul 7, 2008 7:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Folks are welcome to see it that way.

by Jay on Jul 7, 2008 9:04 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the customary new avatar

Lordy, Jay. Freud much?

by fleerdon on Jul 7, 2008 11:54 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Link

Sorry guys, try this link instead: http://youtube.com/watch?v=4uT-t3Iu-Lk

"In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the Bigs." - Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker

by prince of power on Jul 8, 2008 1:28 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Here is an interview back from his days as a Gator. It gives a little more color on his personality:

LaPorta June, 2005 College World Series Interview

by ShawnK on Jul 8, 2008 10:57 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

From the end of that interview:

Hall: Non-dirty Web site you frequent?

LaPorta: Baseball America. What else? We got this thing called thefacebook.com. You can get your friends on there from almost any college in the country. You can stay in touch with your friends. You get a profile of you on there, and you look up somebody’s name that you played baseball with in a summer league who goes to a different school. And you get their picture and their profile. It’s pretty cool.

by NickFantana on Jul 9, 2008 10:19 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He hasn’t responded to my friend request.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jul 9, 2008 10:45 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Facebook’s been going downhill ever since it dropped the “The.” I’m more of a MySpace user now; they’re both trying to attract stalkers to sell banner ads, it’s just that Tom’s so much more forthright about it.

by fleerdon on Jul 9, 2008 11:23 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Facebok’s been going downhill since they removed the “Join date” from user’s profiles.

by Gradyforpresident on Jul 9, 2008 12:32 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Applications…were the death knell for me

by Luis (Tribe Fan in London) on Jul 10, 2008 6:11 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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