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Catching Up With Chris Dominguez

Chris Dominguez, the former University of Louisville baseball slugger, is in Georgia playing for the Augusta Greenjackets in the Class A South Atlantic League.

Dominguez is currently batting .289, with 22 extra base hits, including a team-leading eight home runs, and has batted in 37 runs after 52 games.

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Catching Up With Chris Dominguez

So how is Chris Dominguez, the recently drafted University of Louisville third baseman, doing during his first season in the San Francisco Giants baseball organization?

Dominguez is assigned to the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, an Oregon team based in the Class A Northwest League. He has played in 18 of the team’s first 40 games.

He currently leads the team in home runs with seven of them. He has batted in 17 runs, and owns a batting average of .254. He is also tied with two other players for most strikeouts with 23 in 71 at-bats.

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Mingo Signs With Giants

Chris Dominguez is a professional now. The popular former University of Louisville third baseball signed a contract Wednesday with the San Francisco Giants.

Chris Dominguez

A San Francisco Chronicle sportswriter indicates that Dominguez will probably be assigned to a rookie league this summer:

Dominguez was the one the Giants really needed to sign soonest because, being a college player, he is presumably closer to the bigs than the two picks ahead of him. Now, he will be able to get a lot of at-bats in the summer rookie leagues.

The Giants’ minor league system includes these franchises: Fresno Grizzlies (AAA), Pacific Coast League; Connecticut Defenders (AA), Eastern League; San Jose Giants (HiA), California League; Augusta Greenjackets (LoA), South Atlantic; Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (SS), Arizona Giants (Rookie League), Arizona League; DSL Giants (Rookie League), Dominican League.

Dominguez, his big bat and his million dollar smile, will be missed at Jim Patterson Field. The road to Major League baseball is a long and winding one, and the first stop is obscurity.

Make it Mingo. See you around in a couple of years if all goes well.

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Louisville’s Dominguez, Marks 3rd Round Picks

Chris Dominguez was picked by the San Francisco Giants in the third round of the Major League Draft, the 86th pick overall. Justin Marks was selected by the Oakland A’s, the 92nd pick.

Unlike top draft picks in the NBA and NFL, all of whom are expected to make immediate impacts, top MLB draftees are nearly always assigned to the minor leagues for several years to hone their skills. The entire 2007  first round (64 players) totaled one inning of major league playing time as of the end of the 2008 season; as of the 2009 season, the vast majority of 2007 first-rounders were still assigned to minor league organizations.

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Chris Dominguez, The Mingo Legacy

Just wondering if any thought has been given to retiring Chris Dominguez’  No. 17 for his impact on the program.  His name and hitting prowess will be associated with University of Louisville baseball for decades to come.

More than likely, Dominguez has played his last game, having powered 61 career home runs and batted in 281 runs  while leading his team to a record number of wins and post-season NCAA appearances in three seasons.

The Mingo has been around for four years but he injured a shoulder after three games during his freshman year. That forced him to take a medical redshirt. If things don’t go well in the draft, he would be eligible for another season. Yeah, but that’s a real long shot.

No. 17 should be a permanent fixture at Jim Patterson Stadium. Here’s a partial list of Mingo’s honors and numbers:

2009

Louisville Slugger All-American
Big East Player of the Year
Sporting News Preseason National Player of the Year
Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American
Brooks Wallace Watch List
Big East Preseason Player of the Year
Team Co-Captain

2008

Big East Championship MVP
Big East All-Tournament Team
Big East Co-Player of the Year
All-American (Four publications)

2007

Columbia NCAA Regional MVP
All-Columbia NCAA Regional Team
PING! Baseball All-American

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Big East Player Of The Year

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Louisville Baseball Eyes Mother’s Day Sweep

The University of Louisville baseball team is off to a good start in their three-game series against conference third-place St. John’s this weekend, having captured the first games by scores of 10-8 and 5-4 over the perennial conference contender.

The Cards are in second place in the conference, and a win on Sunday would set up a showdown of sizable proportions for next weekend with league-leading South Florida coming to Jim Patterson Stadium for a three-game series that will decide the regular season Big East championship.

Freshman Ryan Wright hammered a two-run home run over the wall in left field during the seventh inning in the 10-8 series-opening win on Friday night at St. John’s

• Louisville’s Chris Dominguez and Phil Wunderlich extended their hitting streaks to 13 and 11, respectively, in the game. Dominguez hammered his team-leading 17th home run and pushed his team-leading RBI total to 67, while Wunderlich moved back to the top of the Cards’ hitting leaders with a .373 average. Dominguez is just behind Wunderlich with a .371 average.
• After trailing 6-5 and 8-7 on Friday night to the host Red Storm, the Cardinals battled back for their 21st come-from-behind win this season.
• With his 2-for-5 day at the plate, junior Andrew Clark pushed his batting average to .351 overall and continued an impressive week at the plate. The New Palestine, Ind., native is 9-for-14 in the Cards’ three games this week, all wins, with seven RBI and seven runs scored.

In Saturday’s win, the Cards posted three runs following a lead-off triple by John Dao, who scored after a Drew Haynes singled. Adam Duvall homered to left field, sending Haynes across the plate. Dean Kiekhefer (5-4) picked up the win while Gabriel Shaw recorded his second save.

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