{"id":7889,"date":"2010-09-07T14:23:57","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T21:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=7889"},"modified":"2010-09-07T15:56:18","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T22:56:18","slug":"jeff-nettles-adds-to-family-home-run-lore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/07\/jeff-nettles-adds-to-family-home-run-lore\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Nettles Adds to Family Home Run Lore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although he already has about eight and a half major league seasons, Esteban Yan<\/strong> would like more.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I hope to get another opportunity\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, the 35-year-old said.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I know I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got a lot left.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I did not discuss future major league hopes with Willis Otanez,<\/strong> but the Long Island <\/strong>first baseman-DH would not mind seeing his son get a chance some day.\u00c2\u00a0 The proud dad says 17-year-old lefty Winston Otanez <\/strong>is throwing at about 86 miles per hour now and has a couple of scouts looking at him, but \u00e2\u20ac\u0153he has one class to graduate, and must get that done first.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The Nettles Family Home Run Story<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Another father-son team has already proven itself, even if Jeff Nettles <\/strong>has had to settle for his feats coming in the minor leagues.\u00c2\u00a0 The 32-year-old son of former major league star Graig Nettles <\/strong>has been on fire as part of Somerset\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <\/strong>22-5 run since August 10 that has the Patriots\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 <\/strong>magic number down to nine to nail down their fourth consecutive playoff berth.\u00c2\u00a0 Somerset leads Freedom Division <\/strong>rival Lancaster <\/strong>by 4.5 games with 11 to play.\u00c2\u00a0 The Barnstormers <\/strong>trail by three in the loss column, and have 14 games remaining.<\/p>\n

Nettles hit four home runs in as many at-bats against the two first-half champions the last two days, connecting three times against Southern Maryland <\/strong>Sunday and in his first trip against York <\/strong>Monday.\u00c2\u00a0 The Labor Day contest turned out to be a five-RBI game for Nettles in a 7-3 victory before a full house at home.<\/p>\n

Graig Nettles hit four home runs in a doubleheader for the New York Yankees <\/strong>April 14, 1974, and hit 390 during his major league career.\u00c2\u00a0 Currently ranked ninth on the Bombers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 <\/strong>all-time list (250), he was sixth when he left New York, trailing some fairly good names\u00e2\u20ac\u201dRuth, Mantle, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Berra.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Seven Players Within 3 of Home Run Lead<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>The best individual race in the Atlantic League <\/strong>is for home run honors.\u00c2\u00a0 Reggie Taylor <\/strong>has moved into a tie with his departed Lancaster <\/strong>teammate Jason Perry<\/strong>, who has returned to school at Georgia Tech<\/strong>, with 22 apiece, but Josh Pressley <\/strong>of Somerset <\/strong>and Bridgeport\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Steve Moss <\/strong>have 21, Eric Crozier <\/strong>of Southern Maryland <\/strong>and Bryant Nelson <\/strong>of Lancaster <\/strong>have 20 and the Barnstormers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Aaron Herr <\/strong>has 19.<\/p>\n

(Subscriptions to the Atlantic League Notebook are available on a monthly or full season basis via <\/em>www.AtlanticLeagueBaseball.com<\/em><\/a> or <\/em>www.WirzandAssociates.com<\/em><\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Bob Wirz also writes a weekly subscription column, the Independent Baseball Insider, which can be found via his blog, www.IndyBaseballChatter.com. The author <\/strong>has 16 years of major league baseball PR experience with Kansas City and as chief spokesman for two Commissioners, and lives in Stratford, CT.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Although he already has about eight and a half major league seasons, Esteban Yan would like more.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I hope to get another opportunity\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, the 35-year-old said.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I know I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got a lot left.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I did not discuss future major league hopes with Willis Otanez, but the Long Island first baseman-DH would not mind seeing his […]<\/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":[4032,4929,9369,818,871,4790,10654,10651,493,6245,7418,1013,496,9334,10653,118,444,9595,10652,6252,10170],"class_list":["post-7889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atlantic-league-notebook","category-general","tag-baseball-coverage","tag-dimaggio","tag-division-rival","tag-doubleheader","tag-first-baseman","tag-future-major-league","tag-gehrig","tag-graig-nettles","tag-independent-baseball","tag-jeff-nettles","tag-leag","tag-league-career","tag-league-seasons","tag-loss-column","tag-magic-number","tag-minor-leagues","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-playoff-berth","tag-proud-dad","tag-southern-maryland","tag-willis-otanez"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t