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The Rainiers played against Podsednik's team last week. Then, last night, while Adam Jones and Chris Tillman were ganging up on the Ms, Tacoma was shut down for six innings by a gentleman pitching for the Oklahoma City RedHawks by the name of Ryan Rowland-Smith:
6.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Whatever happened to Wladimir Ballentien? Bucky Jacobsen? Clint Nageotte?
Wlad is with the Yakult Swallows of the NPB
Looks like Bucky last played in the Mexican League in 2007.
Nageotte was still pitching in the independent Golden League in 2010! Not very well, though: http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=nageot001cli.
Not gonna get started on Shin-Soo (career 134 OPS+) Choo . . .