{"id":7595,"date":"2010-08-24T15:30:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T22:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=7595"},"modified":"2010-08-24T15:30:37","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T22:30:37","slug":"atlantic-league-foes-have-great-season-diabetes-in-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/24\/atlantic-league-foes-have-great-season-diabetes-in-common\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic League Foes Have Great Season, Diabetes in Common"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 When the Atlantic League <\/strong>playoffs roll around next month, the all-but-certain first round matchup between Southern Maryland <\/strong>and Bridgeport<\/strong> will have an interesting sub-plot pitting Blue Crabs <\/strong>pitching standout Dan Reichart <\/strong>against the Bluefish\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <\/strong>versatile Joe Jiannetti.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \"\"<\/a><\/strong>Both players are having an outstanding season, Reichart with a league-leading and franchise-record 14 victories despite a tough loss Monday night, and Jiannetti with a .317 average and versatility that allows Willie Upshaw <\/strong>to depend on him almost anywhere in the infield or outfield.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 They also share the problem of being diabetic, even though this issue can be completely overlooked by the casual onlooker.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have pretty much grown up with it\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, says the 28-year-old Jiannetti, for whom the disease was detected when he was in his early teens.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was tough at first\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\u00c2\u00a0 Wikipedia says Reichart was diagnosed in 1998 when he was a highly-touted first-round draftee by Kansas City <\/strong>(seventh selection overall in 1997) and on his way to winning 21 games for the Royals <\/strong>between 1999 and 2002\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I believe it (diabetes) cost me in the draft out of high school\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, says Jiannetti, who finally was taken in the 40th<\/sup> round by the New York Mets <\/strong>(2000).\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Jiannetti, who has been playing third base regularly for much of Bridgeport\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hot second half, has Type 1 diabetes, which means he will have it for life.\u00c2\u00a0 A .288 career hitter when the season started, that average is going to jump if he continues his current pace, which has him tied for seventh in the league batting race.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pitcher of the Year Honors Possible for Reichart<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Dan Reichart <\/strong>could well be on his way to Pitcher of the Year honors in the Atlantic League<\/strong> since his 14 victories (14-8) are three more than anyone else can claim.\u00c2\u00a0 His 3.72 earned run average ranks second to the 3.37 of Lancaster\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ben Fritz<\/strong>, with whom he shares the strikeout leadership (118).\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

* * * *WANT MORE INDEPENDENT BASEBALL COVERAGE?\u00c2\u00a0 Check out\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0www.AtlanticLeagueBaseball.com<\/a> and www.IndyBaseballChatter.com<\/a> * * * *<\/strong><\/p>\n

It Was a Very Short Stay<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Veteran minor league infielder Christian Colonel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <\/strong>stay with Southern Maryland <\/strong>lasted only seven games (4-for-29, .138) before Atlanta <\/strong>signed the 28-year-old for its Double-A Mississippi (Pearl, MS) <\/strong>farm club after Monday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s game.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

This \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcn That<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Slugging Willis Otanez <\/strong>is back in the Atlantic League<\/strong>, this time with Long Island <\/strong>after winning the Mexican League <\/strong>batting championship with a robust .393 season with 26 doubles, 12 homers, 76 RBI and a .470 on-base percentage at age 37.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>He beat out Sandy Madera <\/strong>by 10 points for the batting title.\u00c2\u00a0 Madera, is now at Newark, <\/strong>where he has gone 5-for-28 (.179) in his first seven games\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Bridgeport <\/strong>rushed onetime Tampa Bay <\/strong>and New York Mets <\/strong>hurler Bartolome Fortunato <\/strong>into action after signing the right-hander Monday, and he got credit for the 2-1, 10-inning win over Newark.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 (These are excerpts from the Atlantic League Notebook.\u00c2\u00a0 Subscriptions to the full Notebook are available via <\/em>www.AtlanticLeagueBaseball.com<\/em><\/a> or <\/em>www.WirzandAssociates.com<\/em><\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Bob Wirz also writes a weekly column, the Independent Baseball Insider, as well as a blog, www.IndyBaseballChatter.com. The author <\/strong>has 16 years of major league baseball public relations experience with Kansas City and as chief spokesman for two Commissioners and lives in Stratford, CT.)\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 When the Atlantic League playoffs roll around next month, the all-but-certain first round matchup between Southern Maryland and Bridgeport will have an interesting sub-plot pitting Blue Crabs pitching standout Dan Reichart against the Bluefish\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s versatile Joe Jiannetti. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Both players are having an outstanding season, Reichart with a league-leading and franchise-record 14 victories despite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6254,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atlantic-league-notebook","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}