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Use the Internet to learn about the history of baseball, from baseball drafts to baseball drills.     Power 50 +/- Rank  Name  Level  Pos  Age  B  T   01 Nelson, Brad   A   1B 30 L R   A big bat to stay one level ahead of Prince, and at first base  02 Hendrickson, Ben   MLB   SP 32 R R   A well deserved invitation to spring training  03 Jones, Mike   A   MR 30 R R   A trash can to throw away all his warm clothes in and a packaging slip to send them to Beloit  04 Hardy, J.J.   MLB   SS 30 R R   Veto power for the option year of Royce Clayton's contract  05 Hart, Corey   MLB   OF 31 R R   A change in rules that allows and actually encourages third baseman to throw their glove at the ball  06 Krynzel, Dave   MLB   CF 31 L L   A video of Johnny Damon's each and every move on the baseball field  07 Parra, Manny   A   MR 30 L L   An autographed photo of Jack LaLanne  08 Fielder, Prince   A   1B 29 L R   A promissory note from the Brewers that they'll never ever move him into the outfield  09 Diggins, Ben   A   MR 34 R R   An apartment with a one-season lease in the Indianapolis area  10 Hall, Billy   MLB   3B 33 R R   A video of his 2001 season highlights  11 Belcher, Jason   A   RF 31 L R   An outfielder's glove and a place to burn his catcher's mitt new  12 Cruz, Enrique   A   SS 31 R R   A portable DVD player to watch his favorite movies with on the end of the Milwaukee bench 1  13 Murray, Josh   A   3B 28 R R   The nickname "The Next Eddie" 1  14 Clark, D.J.   A   LF 33 L R   For Brewerfan to stop calling him "Darryl" 1  15 Martinez, Luis   MLB   SP 33 L L   Mike Caldwell as a pitching coach 1  16 Pember, David   A   SP 35 S R   Amnesia of the last 2 months of the season  17 Carpenter, Calvin   A   SP 30 R R   To be named Beloit's opening day starter new  18 Ford, Matt   A   MR 32 S L   A plane ticket to Huntsville at the end of spring training 3  19 Chavez, Ozzie   AAA   IF 29 S R   To change his middle name from "Smith" to "Canseco" 2  20 Thomas, Eric M.   A   SP 32 R R   A cease and desist order against Brewerfan calling him "Mega Thomas" every again 1  21 Johnson, Kade   A   C 34 R R   A plane ticket to Huntsville (finally) at the end of spring training 3  22 Gold, J.M.   A   SP 33 R R   A rubber arm 2  23 Ballouli, Khalid   A   SP 33 R R   A career in the radio booth after his playing days are over 2  24 Liriano, Pedro   A   SP 32 R R   A positive scouting report 2  25 Mieses, Jose   A   SP 35 R R   A time machine back to go back to the beginning of the 2001 season 2  26 Guerrero, Cristian   MLB   RF 32 R R   A last name change 2  27 Morris, Chris   A   CF 33 S R   A flashlight, as a result of being in Krynzel's shadow 2  28 Zoccolillo, Peter   AAA   RF 36 L R   Respect 1  29 Moss, Steve   A   CF 29 R R   A plane ticket to Beloit and a promise that he'll be their everyday CF 2  30 Veras, Wilton   A   3B 35 R R   That Wes Helms will be traded again before the season 4  31 Childers, Matt   A   MR 34 R R   The closer's role in Indianapolis 3  32 Ramirez, Carlos   A   SP 28 L L   A different team than the Arizona Brewers in 2003  33 Adams, Mike   MLB   CL 34 R R   To be promoted another two levels in 2003 new  34 Lawrence, Joe   A   C 36 R R   To not have everyone who reads his name immediately think "Whoa!" 4  35 Plasencia, Francisco   A   CF 29 L L   A Powerflex 4  36 Scarborough, Steve   A   SS 35 R R   A restraining order against allowing the Brewers to sign any more minor league free agent middle infielders 3  37 Scott, Bill   A   1B 34 R R   That Baseball America had never brought his raking ability up 3  38 Raburn, Johnny   A   IF 34 S R   To also sign Scarborough's restraining order against the Brewers  39 Crabbe, Callix   A   UT 30 S R   An apology from Doug Melvin about his statement that Enrique Cruz was the second baseman of the future  40 Stavros, Tony   A   CL 32 R R   A defined role  41 Wilhelmsen, Tom   A   SP 29 R R   Another 5 MPH on his fastball, to push it to an even 100 6  42 Steitz, Jon   A   MR 32 R R   Glasses, a bigger strike zone and lots and lots of mojo 6  43 Villanueva, Froilan   A   C 34 R R   To not fall from grace quite as far in 2003 6  44 Ramirez, Manny   A   1B 30 R R   An afro and a $100 million contract from Boston new  45 Paz, Rich   A   UT 35 R R   For everyone to stop calling him "Pez" 4  46 Artman, Dane   A   SP 31 L L   To be taken off the Power 50, just so he can have the pressure off, finally 4  47 Richardson, Judd   A   SP 33 L R   All the Canadien jokes to stop, eh? 4  48 Breslow, Craig   A   MR 32 L L   A framed and autographed Sid Roberson jersey 4  49 Hall, Dan   A   SP 34 R R   To stop being put next to Bo Hall on the Power 50 4  50 Hall, Bo   MLB   MR 32 R R   To stop being last on the Power 50 Players removed this week: Brian Foster... Brandon Gemoll... Stephen Hunt... Manuel Melo...

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