Link Report for Tuesday 5/17

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Tuesday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: Keep in mind they may slide LHP Sam Freeman into a quick start here; as per MiLB.com, it's RHP's Ariel Pena and Tyler Cravy in a doubleheader at home vs. Salt Lake City (Angels), 4:30 PM pre-game, 5:00 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him this season is Dan Acheson (@Dan_Acheson)

 

MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; all Colorado Springs games, home and away, will be available to watch via MiLB.TV's $49.99 season-long package ($12.99 to pay for a single month). The audio feed is from the home team. The video of each game is archived online, which is a nice feature. All MiLB.TV details available at the link.

 

NOTE: Notice that on MiLB.TV's page, you can click on "Filter", then "Milwaukee Brewers", and you'll see just the Crew's organizational TV lineup.

 

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Biloxi: RHP Brooks Hall at Chattanooga (Twins), 5:55 PM pre-game, 6:15 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Chris Harris is the play-by-play voice of the Shuckers. Follow Chris on Twitter @CHarris731. We'll be linking to his fantastic "Shuck Dynasty" blog. Thaddeus Krzus (@Shucks1stIntern) joins Chris often. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be radio broadcast.

 

MiLB.TV - Eight of the ten Southern League teams telecast their home games, and Biloxi is among them.

 

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Brevard County: RHP Bubba Derby at home vs. Bradenton (Pirates), 5:35 PM gametime

 

Sorry, there is no audio available for this series...

 

Unfortunately, the Manatees have dropped their broadcast coverage for 2016.

 

No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. Ten of the 12 Florida State League teams provide audio (some only for home games), we'll do our best to let you know when an opponent's audio is going to be available.

 

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Wisconsin: RHP David Burkhalter at home vs. Burlington (Angels), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:35 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Chris Mehring is back to do his customary fantastic work as the Voice of the Rattlers. Follow him on Twitter @CMehring; we'll link to Chris' infamous blog often -- Rattler Radio.

 

MiLB.TV - Eight of the 16 Midwest League teams telecast their home games, and Wisconsin, once again, is among them. We'll let you know when a road TV feed is available.

 

NOTE: Thirty-nine (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on local TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (10) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (29) will split duties. We'll let you know when and who, and remember to refer to the Rattlers' full TV schedule (scroll to bottom of link) so you can coordinate your DVR activity.

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PROGRAMMING NOTE: Chattanooga is one of two Southern League teams not to provide MiLB.TV coverage, sorry Biloxi fans...

 

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DVR ALERT!

 

Timber Rattlers Game

 

Wednesday May 18th, 6:30 PM -- MyNew32 TV

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Follow Tuesday's action as it happens with box score / game log links:

 

Colorado Springs Game One

 

Colorado Springs Game Two

 

Biloxi

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

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Look for these just prior to the respective game times --

 

Colorado Springs Media Notes - Linked on the Sky Sox official blog

 

Biloxi Media Notes - Linked on the Shuck Dynasty blog

 

Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog

 

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STANDINGS:

 

AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division

 

AA - Southern League South Division

 

High-A - Florida State League North Division

 

A - Midwest League Western Division

 

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Sortable individual stat pages:

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

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Weather.com:

 

Colorado Springs, CO

 

Chattanooga, TN

 

Viera, FL

 

Grand Chute, WI

[Mass Haas]

We've been doing this since 2001, but our archives began back in 2003 due to some forum host changes and such -- you can take a peek and rummage through old Link Reports any time in our Archive Forum. What a kick -- Ruben Quevedo, minor league-style, baby (and so many other great memories).

 

Archived Link Reports (April 2003 through September 2011)

 

2012 through the present are on this Minor League Forum; there may be gaps in the archives, again due to forum host changes over the years....

[Mass Haas]

AUDIO: "Mav on the Mic Monday" with injured RH Biloxi reliever Daniel Tillman (back soon, oblique)

[Eye Black]

The Brevard County game has been postponed due to rain. They will play a doubleheader tomorrow evening.

[Mass Haas]

What a fun three minutes from Monday night!

 

[NYChez]

Any word on why Brett Phillips was pulled in the middle of the game?

[FVBrewerFan]

Burkholder with Anderson-esque outing

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Sky Sox, Bees Cancel Tuesday's Double Header Due To Rain

Game will not be made up as the Sky Sox and Bees do not play again during the 2016 season

 

Rain has caused the cancelation of Tuesday's doubleheader between the Colorado Springs Sky Sox and the Salt Lake Bees. The Sky Sox and Bees were tied 0-0 entering the top of the fourth inning when heavy rains began and the tarp was put onto the field. After a 3:11 delay, the game was canceled with continuing rain expected throughout the evening. Because the game was not official, stats for the game will not count.

 

Since the Sky Sox and Bees do not play again during the 2016 season, both games of the double header are canceled and will not be made up.

 

After a league-wide off day on Wednesday, the Sky Sox continue their homestand on Thursday, May 19 as they begin a four-game series against the Las Vegas 51s, Triple-A Affiliate of the New York Mets.

 

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Build a roof!

 

The Box Score That Isn't -- Broxton and Cecchini lose base hits, and Tyler Cravy's three sweet innings won't count...

[TheCrew07]

Shuckers snap three-game losing streak with 9-7 win over Lookouts

Chris McFarland and Jacob Nottingham homer in the win on Tuesday night

Biloxi Shuckers

 

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Chris McFarland smacked his second homer of the season in the third inning on Tuesday night (Jason Clark)

 

Biloxi Boxscore

Well the pitching wasn't great in this one, but the hitting was outstanding.

 

I was listening to the T-Rats so I don't have any information regarding Brett Phillips' exit, he left after a ground out which suggests something leg or back related. The game story always covers the multi hit games so I probably won't do that for Biloxi anymore as it's redundant, it's just always been part of my process. Anyway, poor Brandon Macias was the only Shucker who came up empty in the hit department.

 

Biloxi Recap

[TheCrew07]

Burkhalter and Greip shutout Burlington 1-0

Aviles knocks in only run of game with triple

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

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David Burkhalter pitched eight scoreless innings, allowed three hits, and struck out six to pick up the win against the Burlington Bees on Tuesday night. (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers/Ann Mollica)

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

David Burkhalter... well his delivery is essentially the same to the naked eye, I haven't done any slow mo comparisons or anything, but on the surface not much has changed. That's always something easier to see from behind home plate so maybe I'll notice improvement or changes when comparing notes after seeing him in person. He's still throwing that eephus curveball, Chris was laughing at one in the low 60s near the end of the game tonight. The biggest difference is he added a so/so change up this season which he mixes in well. He now has 3 distinct speeds, with nearly a 30 MPH spread. No one is going to project him anywhere near the top of the rotation at this time, but he's definitely making it work against this level of competition.

 

It's pretty obvious Mehring absolutely loves Nate Griep's twitter handle @GrimGrieper, he was talking about it again tonight and every time Nate has pitched for the last couple of weeks. It is creative and suits his role as a pitcher perfectly.

 

Luis Aviles (2-3, 2 3B) was the difference in this game, he's filling the super utility role for this club very well, he's been all over the IF and OF this season.

 

Wisconsin Recap

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Rattler Radio Blog Postgame Entry with AUDIO interviews

 

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VIDEO via WeAreGreenBay.com: More from the Timber Rattlers game

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Brett Phillips had a slight hamstring pull