impressive stuff

He reportedly impressed the Colorado Rockies brass when he showed up in top shape for spring training. And Corey Dickerson, the ex-Meridian Community College star from McComb, hasn’t stopped making an impression. The third-year pro, now at Class A Modesto in the California League, opened the season with a 14-game hit streak and currently sits at .364 with nine homers and 38 RBIs. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound left-handed hitting outfielder slugged 45 homers in his first two seasons. A 29th-round pick in 2009, Dickerson, 23, has climbed onto the top shelf among Rockies prospects. His defense needs improvement, but that may be coming. “His effort from the off-season to this point in the current season has been just phenomenal in all aspects of his game,” Colorado farm director Jeff Bridich told Baseball America a couple of weeks into the season. P.S. On this date in history, Babe Ruth slugged the last three of his 714 home runs. The last two came against Aberdeen native Guy Bush, one of the state’s all-time top hurlers.