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2007 After three seasons in the Texas League, Brown finally moved to the Pacific Coast League, where he played like a Triple-A catcher. The A`s recalled Brown four times during the year to serve as a place-holder; he didn`t bat during his first three big league tours. He`s still behind Kendall and Melhuse on the depth chart, and as soon as 2007 he might find himself behind Kurt Suzuki. But a catcher who can stay healthy, get along with his managers, and throw reasonably well can make a good living in this game. Sal Fasano doesn`t look good in jeans, either, but he`s been kicking around in the majors for more than a decade now. The margin between having a Fasano-like career and being an organizational soldier is paper thin; Brown will have to catch a few breaks to achieve that modest dream. 2005 How vindictive are some people within the game? To the point that, courtesy of Moneyball, you have scouts saying they hope Brown never pans out. That seems like a radical departure from professionalism: If a guy BP says won't work out does, we treat it as an example to learn from, to improve our modeling and fill in a potential gap in our knowledge of the game. Actively hoping Brown fails is one of those things like breaking Galileo to get your way. He's still not considered much of a physical specimen, but he's improved behind the plate; if he doesn't start adding power, though, he'll be strictly bench material.
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