Gulf Coast League
- The GCL Nationals defeated the GCL Mets 5-2 Thursday. The 2009 draft was represented by 3 players. Huntington, NY’s Camden Maron started his 2nd professional game. The catcher batted 7th and was hit by a pitch in the 2nd inning. He singled and scored in the 5th, finishing the game 1 for 2. RF Cody Holliday was 0 for 2, then was pinch hit for by ZeErika Hall in the 7th who grounded into a fielder’s choice, going 0 for 1. For more see the box score and recap.
New York-Penn League
- The Brooklyn Cyclones lost the rubber game of their series with the Williamsport Crosscutters 3-1 Thursday. 4 players drafted in 2009 took part. Pitcher Michael Johnson threw a scoreless 9th inning, allowing 1 hit and 1 walk. 1B Sam Honeck took his customary 3rd spot in the order back from Angel Berroa and did Berroa proud by going 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts. LF Nick Santomauro had a 2nd inning walk but was otherwise 0 for 3. SS Robbie Shields singled in the 2nd inning and was hit by a pitch in the 4th, and finished 1 for 2. For more check out the game story, box score and recap. Cyclones manager Pedro Lopez held a closed door meeting. It looks like surgery for Matt Bouchard.
Appalachian League
- The Princeton Rays beat the Kingsport Mets 12-9 Thursday. 2 pitchers and 3 hitters from the 2009 draft played for the K-Mets. Thomas Chism pitched the 6th inning and allowed an unearned run on 2 hits and an error. Brian Needham finished the game, allowing 1 run in 2 innings. He gave up 4 hits and a walk while recording 4 strikeouts. C John Freeman went 0 for 5 at the plate, and 1 for 4 in throwing out runners attempting to steal. CF Darrell Ceciliani reached on an error and scored in the 1st inning, had an RBI double in the 5th inning and a single in the 6th to finish 2 for 5. LF Ronald Harris hit a solo homer in the 7th inning and also walked twice, he wound up 1 for 3. See the box score and recap for more. The Bluefield Daily telegraph has a game story.
South Atlantic League
- The Kannapolis Intimidators won 2-0 at the Savannah Sand Gnats Thursday. 2009 draftee LF Joseph August had a 6th inning single to go 1 for 3. For more see the game story, box score and recap. The Savannah Morning News also has a game story.
34 comments
CaseStreet
7/17/2009-11:11am at 11:11 am (UTC -4)
Got my group tix to Sunday’s Cyclones game. Hope they put on a good show for the team.
GravediggerHebner
7/17/2009-11:38am at 11:38 am (UTC -4)
That’s fantastic. I am confident that you and the kids will have a wonderful time. Go ‘clones!
CaseStreet
7/17/2009-11:29pm at 11:29 pm (UTC -4)
Beach Bums, Free Cyclones Cap, and we’ll be on the field for the National Anthem. Pretty Sweet!
wannybackstra
7/17/2009-11:47am at 11:47 am (UTC -4)
Good to see Robbie Shields getting on the stat sheet.
Now if we can only get him to go by the name Rob, Robert or Bobby even.
Something about Robbie bothers me.
GravediggerHebner
7/17/2009-11:53am at 11:53 am (UTC -4)
Not a Robby Benson fan?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077716/
GravediggerHebner
7/17/2009-11:54am at 11:54 am (UTC -4)
Oh and I just call him that because that’s what they call him.
Imagine my shock when Jeffrey Greene became Chase Greene. I have to call a Met minor league 2B “Chase.”
wannybackstra
7/17/2009-12:24pm at 12:24 pm (UTC -4)
Cole Zapata?
fongy2
7/17/2009-12:27pm at 12:27 pm (UTC -4)
Wow! That reminded me,
RIP Brian Cole.
What might have been!
wannybackstra
7/17/2009-12:37pm at 12:37 pm (UTC -4)
He sure looked like a future star with Eric Davis type skills. His career minor league record was .306 .347 .503 with 50 SBs one year and 69 the next!
stickguy
7/17/2009-12:03pm at 12:03 pm (UTC -4)
free zapata!
fongy2
7/17/2009-12:17pm at 12:17 pm (UTC -4)
ZeErika….Male OR Female?
GravediggerHebner
7/17/2009-12:20pm at 12:20 pm (UTC -4)
I think we would’ve read more about ‘her’ if he was a she. That’s kind of big news.
fongy2
7/17/2009-12:24pm at 12:24 pm (UTC -4)
ZeErika?!?
What a shame.
GravediggerHebner
7/17/2009-12:27pm at 12:27 pm (UTC -4)
Don’t get me started on modern names. I met a girl a few years ago named “Cottonelle.” No BS.
fongy2
7/17/2009-12:27pm at 12:27 pm (UTC -4)
Was she soft?
fongy2
7/17/2009-12:29pm at 12:29 pm (UTC -4)
Reminds me,I once took a statement from
a Korean shop owner in Bklyn Named Ng Ng.I kid you not.
GravediggerHebner
7/17/2009-12:36pm at 12:36 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, I used to work with a guy named Dung. I know it means a different thing in his native language than it does in mine, and I focused on that thought a lot while working with him.
wannybackstra
7/17/2009-12:38pm at 12:38 pm (UTC -4)
The Vietnamese Prime Minister is named Dung (and may very well be an accurate reflection!).
GravediggerHebner
7/17/2009-12:35pm at 12:35 pm (UTC -4)
I never got to touch her, but just in looking at her I would say yes, squeeze-ably soft.
fongy2
7/17/2009-12:39pm at 12:39 pm (UTC -4)
Nice!
trs86
7/17/2009-12:28pm at 12:28 pm (UTC -4)
The Phillies designated Tyler Walker for assignment to make room for Clay Condrey, according to MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki. Walker, 33, has only pitched 11 innings for the Phillies this year, but he’s done well, allowing ten hits and a walk to go along with five Ks and a 1.64 ERA.
fongy2
7/17/2009-12:31pm at 12:31 pm (UTC -4)
Saw it, go get him Omar.
Another fmr Met!
GravediggerHebner
7/17/2009-12:33pm at 12:33 pm (UTC -4)
Former Met 2nd round draft choice. His presence on the Mets now might allow Parnell to go down for more seasoning, although that’s a fairly obvious “white flag” move.
fongy2
7/17/2009-12:42pm at 12:42 pm (UTC -4)
I thought more along
the “throwing mud against the wall”
type move. I haven’t
raised the white flag
yet.We are however in
the trench,out of bullets and are only
support are a bunch
of kids who don’t have
to shave yet. So!?
GravediggerHebner
7/17/2009-12:46pm at 12:46 pm (UTC -4)
If I thought these kids had anything close to the same moxie as those wading ashore at the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, I would be more hopeful. And if Hitler was running the Phillies I’d be ecstatic because I’d know he’d overextend himself! But Amaro Jr. has exhibited no fascist tendencies that I’m aware of.
fongy2
7/17/2009-12:47pm at 12:47 pm (UTC -4)
Nice, BUT I
was thinking more
along the WW1
lines.
GravediggerHebner
7/17/2009-12:49pm at 12:49 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, the trenches gave that away. But my knowledge of WWI is teeny-tiny compared to my knowledge of WWII. I surely would’ve butchered the comparison had I tried to use a WWI analogy.
fongy2
7/17/2009-12:54pm at 12:54 pm (UTC -4)
Heb,you should read He Stachan’s”The First World War”I became obsessed with the Subject after
reading that book while on biz in Dallas a few yrs ago. That War,what lead up to it and its aftermath really set the stage for almost all world politics since.
The Good,the Bad AND the Ugly!
GravediggerHebner
7/17/2009-12:38pm at 12:38 pm (UTC -4)
Lugo DFA’d too. We can get Walker and Lugo in here and have a whole different mediocre-to-poor team by next week! The rearrangement of the deck chairs on the Titanic began with Frenchy, bring on Walker and Lugo.
fongy2
7/17/2009-12:46pm at 12:46 pm (UTC -4)
reminds me of the 3 priests
on the Titanic, while going
down,1st one says”save the
children”,”save the children”
2nd says “eff the children”
3rd says “ya think we have time?”
Don’t ban me its just a joke!
And I am a Catholic.
GravediggerHebner
7/17/2009-12:48pm at 12:48 pm (UTC -4)
For some reason I’m suddenly thinking about the old TV show “Touched By An Angel”
fongy2
7/17/2009-12:50pm at 12:50 pm (UTC -4)
Over my head
although my
new bride does
have the CD soundtrack.
Not awful.
Not good BUT
not awful.
GravediggerHebner
7/17/2009-12:53pm at 12:53 pm (UTC -4)
The actual content of the show has nothing to do with it. I was just following up on the idea of priests touching children with the phrase “touched by an angel.”
I can’t recall who the comedian was who said this, but I remember someone saying that if the TV show “touched by an angel” had been based on his life it would’ve been called “Touched By An Uncle.”
fongy2
7/17/2009-12:56pm at 12:56 pm (UTC -4)
LoL,for about 10seconds! Thanks! I needed that!