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<img src="http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/news/html/images/person_pictures/player_5535.png" style="float:right;padding-right:83px;padding-left:11px;padding-bottom:11px;">PORTLAND, ME — Maine first baseman Ian Lippert joined the club this spring armed with a minor league contract and no expectations.
"I wasn't even here for spring training," the 31-year-old Lippert says. "And there were already two first basemen on the major league club. I figured I'd have to make a big impact at triple-A to have a chance."
That's exactly what he did, hitting .380 with eight home runs in 71 at-bats for AAA Portsmouth.
With Guides' first basemen Troy Seeley and Dave Willis struggling in the season's first two months, Lippert received the call to the main club last month.
He quickly hit his way into a starting role.
The 6'0", 235 lb slugger is no stranger to Brewers League Baseball. He played parts of five seasons for Windy City in his 20s, peaking with 21 home runs in 2006.
"I feel like I've grown as a hitter," Lippert says. "I used to be up there just reacting, and while that's still kind of true, I'm trying to be a little more disciplined and look for my pitch."
With eight home runs in his first 94 Guides at-bats, Lippert seized the starting job at first base and hopes to keep it.
"This is a good park for me," says Lippert. "I like hitting here. I definitely think it favors a hitter like me."
"I wasn't even here for spring training," the 31-year-old Lippert says. "And there were already two first basemen on the major league club. I figured I'd have to make a big impact at triple-A to have a chance."
That's exactly what he did, hitting .380 with eight home runs in 71 at-bats for AAA Portsmouth.
With Guides' first basemen Troy Seeley and Dave Willis struggling in the season's first two months, Lippert received the call to the main club last month.
He quickly hit his way into a starting role.
The 6'0", 235 lb slugger is no stranger to Brewers League Baseball. He played parts of five seasons for Windy City in his 20s, peaking with 21 home runs in 2006.
"I feel like I've grown as a hitter," Lippert says. "I used to be up there just reacting, and while that's still kind of true, I'm trying to be a little more disciplined and look for my pitch."
With eight home runs in his first 94 Guides at-bats, Lippert seized the starting job at first base and hopes to keep it.
"This is a good park for me," says Lippert. "I like hitting here. I definitely think it favors a hitter like me."
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