Reds prospect steals 100th base THIS season.

[rdivaldi]

Good lord, 100 steals in 78 games, that's crazy.

[DSpivack]

Billy Hamilton, he might be the next... Billy Hamilton.

[spawn]

Originally Posted by DSpivack

Billy Hamilton, he might be the next... Billy Hamilton.

[TheVulture]

Interesting Hamilton fact gleaned from B-R: in 1901, Hamilton was the 10th oldest player in the majors at age 35. Nowadays, that would make him about the 10th oldest player on the Chicago White Sox.

I hope the new model makes it, MLB needs a good Willie Wilson type. There haven't been many true burner lead off men in the league since the 80s. Looks like he's on the fast track; last year at this time he was playing in the Midwest League.

[DirtySox]

Has the Billy Hamilton hype train just now arrived at WSI?

[Huisj]

Originally Posted by TheVulture

Interesting Hamilton fact gleaned from B-R: in 1901, Hamilton was the 10th oldest player in the majors at age 35. Nowadays, that would make him about the 10th oldest player on the Chicago White Sox.

I hope the new model makes it, MLB needs a good Willie Wilson type. There haven't been many true burner lead off men in the league since the 80s. Looks like he's on the fast track; last year at this time he was playing in the Midwest League.

I saw him last August here in Lansing against the Lugnuts. He went 4-6 with 3 R and 3 SB. He was running all over the place.

Looks like he's hitting better this year and walking a lot more too. Still strikes out a decent bit, but he's definitely an interesting player to watch.

[Deadguy]

milb.com now has a page devoted to his chase of Vince Coleman's proffesional record of 145 SBs in one season, set in 1983:

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp...vkey=news_milb

18 to go......