Outfielder hits for cycle
Andrew Baggarly - MercuryNews
When Nate Schierholtz hit for the cycle Monday night at Triple-A Fresno, his bat sure looked ready for the major leagues.
Actually, it's already there. Last week, infielder Travis Denker arrived from Fresno with one of Schierholtz's Louisville Slugger models in his bat bag.
It might be awhile before Schierholtz gets to swing his own bat in a major league game, though. Giants Manager Bruce Bochy doesn't want Schierholtz to fill a reserve role, and he has no plans to disrupt a starting outfield of Fred Lewis, Randy Winn and Aaron Rowand.
"It's good for his development to be there," Bochy said. "We still feel it's important that Nate gets his three or four at-bats every day. Eventually, we'll find a place for him."
Bochy talked to Fresno Manager Dan Rohn on Tuesday and asked him to pass along congratulations to Schierholtz, who has a .605 slugging percentage in May and was hitting .304 overall.
No wonder Denker wanted to borrow one of Schierholtz's bats. He didn't use that model for his first major league hit, though. It was a discarded demo model that Denker tried out on a whim.
It died a hero, as players like to say.
"It hit the label and cracked," Denker said. "Good thing I got enough of it."
• After a weekend in Miami when seemingly all of Caracas, Venezuela, made the trip to get a quote or a sound bite, Omar Vizquel emerged with something more than the all-time record for games played at shortstop When Nate Schierholtz hit for the cycle Monday night at Triple-A Fresno, his bat sure looked ready for the major leagues.
Actually, it's already there. Last week, infielder Travis Denker arrived from Fresno with one of Schierholtz's Louisville Slugger models in his bat bag.
It might be awhile before Schierholtz gets to swing his own bat in a major league game, though. Giants Manager Bruce Bochy doesn't want Schierholtz to fill a reserve role, and he has no plans to disrupt a starting outfield of Fred Lewis, Randy Winn and Aaron Rowand.
"It's good for his development to be there," Bochy said. "We still feel it's important that Nate gets his three or four at-bats every day. Eventually, we'll find a place for him."
Bochy talked to Fresno Manager Dan Rohn on Tuesday and asked him to pass along congratulations to Schierholtz, who has a .605 slugging percentage in May and was hitting .304 overall.
No wonder Denker wanted to borrow one of Schierholtz's bats. He didn't use that model for his first major league hit, though. It was a discarded demo model that Denker tried out on a whim.
It died a hero, as players like to say.
"It hit the label and cracked," Denker said. "Good thing I got enough of it."
• After a weekend in Miami when seemingly all of Caracas, Venezuela, made the trip to get a quote or a sound bite, Omar Vizquel emerged with something more than the all-time record for games played at shortstopWhen Nate Schierholtz hit for the cycle Monday night at Triple-A Fresno, his bat sure looked ready for the major leagues.
Actually, it's already there. Last week, infielder Travis Denker arrived from Fresno with one of Schierholtz's Louisville Slugger models in his bat bag.
It might be awhile before Schierholtz gets to swing his own bat in a major league game, though. Giants Manager Bruce Bochy doesn't want Schierholtz to fill a reserve role, and he has no plans to disrupt a starting outfield of Fred Lewis, Randy Winn and Aaron Rowand.
"It's good for his development to be there," Bochy said. "We still feel it's important that Nate gets his three or four at-bats every day. Eventually, we'll find a place for him."
Bochy talked to Fresno Manager Dan Rohn on Tuesday and asked him to pass along congratulations to Schierholtz, who has a .605 slugging percentage in May and was hitting .304 overall.
No wonder Denker wanted to borrow one of Schierholtz's bats. He didn't use that model for his first major league hit, though. It was a discarded demo model that Denker tried out on a whim.
It died a hero, as players like to say.
"It hit the label and cracked," Denker said. "Good thing I got enough of it."
• After a weekend in Miami when seemingly all of Caracas, Venezuela, made the trip to get a quote or a sound bite, Omar Vizquel emerged with something more than the all-time record for games played at shortstop A new appreciation for Barry Bonds.
"That's one of the things I admire about him, being able to block all that out and go on," Vizquel said. "I just know a couple days of people asking me things, that's overwhelming. It's hard to concentrate when you have a lot of people around.
"So I can't imagine what a Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Barry Bonds or Roger Clemens has to deal with. That's what people don't understand. Only a few people experience moments like that, and I don't put myself in that position at all. My record was not a humongous thing like those guys."
Vizquel can expect another glut of interview requests next month, when the Giants play at Cleveland on June 24-26. It will be Vizquel's first trip to Jacobs Field since the Indians allowed him to depart as a free agent after the 2004 season.
"That's another moment I feel nervous about," said Vizquel, who played 11 seasons in Cleveland and won eight of his 11 Gold Gloves in an Indians uniform.
• Right-hander Kevin Correia (strained left rib cage muscle) threw two innings in an extended spring game at Scottsdale and will start for Class A San Jose on Friday. Correia is expected to throw four innings. If all goes well at San Jose, Correia would make another start for Triple-A Fresno and could rejoin the Giants' rotation after that.
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