Bad Wax listed the 2008 USA Olympic Baseball team and I did a doubletake on one of the names. Mike Hessman was a prospect trying to get the first base job for the Braves in 2003-2004, but Adam LaRoche ultimately won the job and he ended up int eh Tigers organization. He's got some really good power numbers in Triple-A (30 homers in 354 at-bats this year!), but the average has been mediocre to awful. He was the International League MVP last year so he's doing something right in AAA. I was wondering what happened to Mike, maybe a good showing in China will gtet him another shot back in the bigs. I didn't realize that the Olympics are only about 3 weeks away. I need to get a TV set up in the office to watch the softball games.
