Link Report for Games of Sunday, June 11th

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Sunday's Daily Menu:

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: RHP Dennis Sarfate at New Orleans (Nationals), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: LHP Jeff Housman at Jacksonville (Dodgers), 1:50 PM pre-game, 2:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.espn1450.com/

 

Brevard County: LHP Manny Parra at home vs. Vero Beach (Dodgers), 3:00 PM

 

Audio link (opponent's) -- game will also archive at this link:

www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

 

West Virginia: RHP Kevin Roberts at Hickory (Pirates), 4:50 PM pre-game, 5:00 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower.

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Follow Sunday's action as it happens:

Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Window". Activate the Nashville Gameday. For the other links, choose "Log". While you're listening to your minor league game of choice (or watching/listening to the big league Crew when they are playing), simply refresh your game log browsers every so often. It's sweet!

 

Nashville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nozaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_jaxaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1

 

West Virginia:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hicafx_1

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This link will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds and/or Huntsville Stars are scheduled to play. Normally it is updated an hour or two prior to gametime:

 

Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format):

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

 

Following Nashville's lead, Huntsville now makes its media notes available as well, nice:

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/i...eNotes.pdf

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Standings through Saturday's action:

 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 33 29 .532 - 21-11 12-18 L5 Iowa 27 34 .443 5.5 14-15 13-19 W2 Omaha 25 37 .403 8.0 16-18 9-19 L3 Memphis 22 39 .361 10.5 11-17 11-22 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattanooga 39 24 .619 - 24-11 15-13 W1 West Tenn 37 26 .587 2.0 17-17 20-9 W1 Tennessee 31 33 .484 8.5 18-12 13-21 W1 Carolina 30 34 .469 9.5 19-15 11-19 W2 [b]Huntsville 23 39 .371 15.5 9-19 14-20 L6[/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Lucie 38 24 .613 - 20-14 18-10 W9 [b]Brevard County 33 27 .550 4.0 17-13 16-14 L1[/b] Palm Beach 32 30 .516 6.0 17-14 15-16 W3 Daytona 30 32 .484 8.0 18-11 12-21 L5 Jupiter 28 33 .459 9.5 13-17 15-16 W1 Vero Beach 23 39 .371 15.0 13-17 10-22 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lexington 38 23 .623 - 23-12 15-11 W2 Delmarva 35 25 .583 2.5 18-13 17-12 L1 [b]West Virginia 34 27 .557 4.0 17-12 17-15 W2[/b] Greensboro 32 30 .516 6.5 21-11 11-19 L6 Lakewood 31 30 .508 7.0 18-13 13-17 L1 Hickory 28 32 .467 9.5 14-13 14-19 L2 Lake County 27 35 .435 11.5 13-18 14-17 W1 Hagerstown 24 38 .387 14.5 13-14 11-24 W1

[Trowekamp]

I know this is out there but when does Parra start being an option for the Brewer bullpen this year.. .

 

He has already pitched well at AA and needs to have his innings monitored anyway...

 

better left hand option then Shouse

[Trowekamp]

For that matter is Sarfate proving that he miht be a better option than Winkelsas...

 

The Twins have shown that it works well to break in pitchers by starting them out of the bullpen...

 

Maybe less pressure than throwing them in as starters..

[plowjockey]

Parra great tonite, but just easing back from extended period of rehab. Tempting as it might be, jumping him from A ball to the bigs doesn't really sound that prudent.

I too hope Safate can be brought up soon, but if these last few MLB games have shown anything to us, it's that walks will kill ya. Sarfate is a walk an inning guy in the minors, and his ability to scramble and battle out of jams in the minors, where he's facing maybe 3 or 4 prospects per line up would be quite different when facing a whole line up of experienced MLB players. Let's leave him there to work on his game and be better prepared to hit the bigs. We've already had Lil Ben and Eveland meltdown before our eyes. I am really anxious about Villanueva, I sure hope he's not melt down #3.

[wibadgers23]

Not to be a downer on Sarfate's nice start tonight, but he still has to get his walks way down. He nearly has as many walks as strikeouts on the year. Does this kind of statistic warrant a call-up to the majors? I wouldnt think so.

[DHonks]

It could be that in a bullpen role where he could utilize his fastball much more, he might walk far less. As a starter he needs to blend his pitches more

[huntsvillefan]

Just keeping up the Vinnie watch, glad to see he caught again tonight, but a bit perplexed why they let it slide for so long if they have serious intentions of developing this aspect of his game.

2 throwing errors and 4 stolen bases against a team that averages 1.5 attempts per game and gets caught 33% of the time. He needs a lot of serious time on this and he probably needed it more last year at the lower level. I'd love to see something approaching a plan in this kid's development - but then why should he have it different?

 

Edit: To be fair they stole 3 times the previous night against Johnson.

[DHonks]

huntsvillefan, it might be that they wanted to be sure he could adjust to PCL pitching first. Now that he's hitting well, they can focus on the aspects of his game that they want to improve upon as a super-utility type. Just a theory. Could also be a test run to see if he could cut it as a super-sub in the bigs when the drop down to 12 pitchers

[huntsvillefan]

Sorry DHonks, but none of that explains why they dumped the experiment after about a month last year and you yourself said in a post earlier this year that Vinnie had no clue why it stopped then.

I'm just honestly permanently unimpressed with everything I hear about communications, targets and planning for these guys.

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Coaches Chat with Manager Frank Kremblas:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...206-11.wma

[Never Outhustled]

Sorry DHonks, but none of that explains why they dumped the experiment after about a month last year and you yourself said in a post earlier this year that Vinnie had no clue why it stopped then.

 

Reid Nichols stated they told Rottinno that they'd moved him from catcher because they wanted him to concentrate on getting his bat going. They thought he had too much on his mind. He hit terribly at catcher, and hit much better afterwards. Nichols said at that time they could revisit Rottinno at catcher once he was more comfortable at the plate. He made those comments on a Brewer pre-game show interview with Jim Powell right after the switch last year.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Nashville 7, New Orleans (Nationals) 5

 

Nashville Site Game Summary:

Link for Dennis Sarfate photo, text follows --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=1998

 

Sounds Avoid Sweep With 7-5 Win Over Zephyrs

 

METAIRIE, La. ? Dennis Sarfate earned his third consecutive victory as the Nashville Sounds snapped their five-game losing streak with a 7-5 win over the New Orleans Zephyrs on Sunday evening at Zephyr Field.

 

Nashville (34-29), which avoided suffering its first series sweep of the season, snapped the Zephyrs? seven-game winning streak with the win.

 

Sarfate (5-2) earned his team-leading fifth victory by holding the Zephyrs to only a pair of singles over six scoreless innings while striking out a season-best eight batters. The right-hander lowered his ERA to 2.85 on the year with the dominant outing, which resulted in his third consecutive winning start.

 

Mike Meyers and Jason Kershner, who struck out the side in the eighth, each tossed a scoreless frame of relief behind Sarfate before New Orleans broke up the shutout bid and made a game of it with five runs against Chris Demaria in the bottom of the ninth.

 

Nashville jumped out to a first-inning lead for the second night in a row, plating three runs in the initial frame despite obtaining only one hit against Zephyrs starter Anastacio Martinez.

 

With one out, Kennard Bibbs doubled before walks drawn by Brent Abernathy and Nelson Cruz loaded the bases. Graham Koonce followed with a grounder to first baseman Larry Broadway, whose throwing error allowed Bibbs to score the game?s first run. Vinny Rottino (2-for-3) then drew a four-pitch walk to plate Abernathy for a 2-0 Nashville lead and Cruz scampered home on a Jermaine Clark groundout for the third run.

 

The Sounds doubled the lead to 6-0 in the fifth, scoring the first two runs without the aid of a hit. Tony Gwynn and Bibbs opened the inning by drawing consecutive walks from Martinez, moves to second and third on a passed ball charged to Z?s catcher Brandon Harper. Martinez uncorked a pair of wild pitches during Nelson Cruz?s at-bat to allow each runner to score.

 

After Bibbs? first-inning double, the Sounds did not record another hit until Cruz singled in the fifth to chase Martinez. Following a Cruz steal of second, Rottino ripped a two-out RBI single to right off reliever David Gil to increase the visitors? lead to 6-0.

 

AUDIO: Vinny Rottino RBI Single --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...206-11.wma

 

Nashville closed out its scoring with a run in the top of the ninth inning courtesy of Cruz RBI single that brought in Bibbs, who scored three runs on the evening.

 

Cruz finished with a 2-for-4 evening to up his season-best hitting streak to 10 games (14-for-35, .400), Nashville?s seventh double-digit streak of the season.

 

The Zephyrs avoided a shutout with five runs in the bottom of the ninth. Tyrell Godwin opened the frame by reaching on a Demaria throwing error and moved to second on a Kenny Kelly walk. Pinch-hitter Alberto Castillo, Anthony Medrano, Bernie Castro, and Henry Mateo followed with four straight one-out singles off Demaria to net four runs and chase the right-hander from the game with the score 7-4.

 

Alec Zumwalt entered the contest with the potential tying run at the plate. The Zephyrs scored their fifth run of the frame on a double steal attempt combined with a throwing error by Rottino, the Sounds? catcher. Zumwalt struck out the final two batters to secure the Nashville victory and notch his third save of the year.

 

Martinez (2-3) took the loss after surrendering six runs (four earned) on two hits and seven walks over 4 1/3 frames.

 

The Sounds return to Greer Stadium on Monday to begin an eight-game homestand with the 7 p.m. opener of a four-game series against the division-rival Omaha Royals. It will be the teams? third series of the season; they have split their initial eight meetings but the Sounds won three of four at Greer in April.

 

Right-hander Justin Lehr (0-2, 5.00) will man the bump for Nashville in Monday?s series opener to face an undetermined Royals hurler.

 

Nashville Box Score:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nozaaa_1

 

Nashville Game [/b]

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nozaaa_1

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Final: Jacksonville (Dodgers) 7, Huntsville 0

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

Link, text follows --

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/n...newsId=875

 

Lundberg and LaRoche Lead Suns to Victory

 

Spike Lundberg tossed seven scoreless innings and Andy LaRoche homered and drove in four runs in Jacksonville?s 7-0 win over Huntsville Sunday afternoon in the final game of a five-game set at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. The Suns swept the series and took all ten games against the Stars this season to improve to 45-20, while the Stars lost their seventh straight to fall to 23-40 overall and 14-21 away from home. The Suns have won 12 in a row, 20 out of 21, 24 of their last 29 and finished off their third series sweep in the last four series they have played.

 

Adam Greenberg led off the fourth inning with a double, his first hit with the Suns, and then scored the first run of the game when LaRoche followed with a double. Chin-Lung Hun and Greenberg walked to open the sixth inning before LaRoche singled to left to chase home Hu to push the home team?s lead to 2-0.

 

Stars? starter Jeff Housman walked Wilkin Ruan with one out in the seventh and was taken out of the game and replaced by Khalid Ballouli, who suffered the loss in relief on Thursday night in the second game of the set. Ruan stole second base and moved to third on a base hit by Jimmy Rohan, who went 6-for-17 against the Stars this season. A.J. Zapp delivered a pinch-hit single to plate Ruan to make it 3-0 and move Rohan to third base before Ron Acuna?s throw from right field got past Adam Heether, allowing Rohan to score and Zapp to get to second base. Greenberg singled to score Zapp and LaRoche followed with his ninth home run of the season, and second in as many days, to cap off the five-run frame.

 

Lundberg kept the Stars hitless through 5 1/3 innings before a bunt base hit by Steve Moss, who finished with two hits and six multi-hit games on the road trip. Travis Ezi in the third and Moss in the sixth were the only Huntsville runners to reach second base. Lundberg allowed three singles and blanked the Stars over 14 innings on six singles in his two starts against them. Kozlowski retired six of the seven hitters he faced and worked three scoreless innings in the series.

 

The Stars return home Tuesday to open a six-game series with West Tenn. Right-hander Corey Thurman will get the starting assignment for the Stars against Diamond Jaxx?s southpaw J.R. Mathes. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 p.m. central time and can be heard on ESPN Radio 1450 AM locally and via the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_jaxaax_1

 

Huntsville Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_jaxaax_1

[homer]

Quote:

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I'm just honestly permanently unimpressed with everything I hear about communications, targets and planning for these guys.

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In your opinion, who has been mishandled other than Rottino?

[Mass Haas]

David Weiser's

 

www.starsboxscore.com/

 

ANOTHER DUBIOUS ACHIEVEMENT

Well, in a season, or a half-season of dubious achievements, the Stars have found room for more....... With this 7-0 loss to the Suns, the 8th shutout defeat of the season (halfway to the record), the Stars finish the year 0-10 to Jacksonville....... In their history, the Stars have never been beaten so badly, so cleanly by one team in a season series, but in so doing, they established a new record........ The closest they've come to being swept by one team was to the lowly Port City Roosters (anyone remember them?), a team that went 62-80 in 1996. In beating Port City in their last meeting of that season on August 23, 10-3, they finished 1-7......... They finished 1-7 against another team, the Greenville Braves in 2000, but won the first game of a final four-game series, 6-3, before losing the rest.

 

In defense of the Stars, who seem to have forgotten defense lately, this was a difficult team to beat....... Jacksonville is the class of the league this year. Almost in a class of their own with a team batting average of .273 -- 10 points above the nearest team, as luck would have it, the Stars' next opponent, the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx, and the 2nd best ERA (3.02). Guess who would have the best ERA in the league? I'm going to let you figure it out....... Jacksonville has now won 12 straight and a criminal 20 out of their last 21 and drawing at The Baseball Grounds like they were a Triple-A team. (In fact, they once were. It's where Tom Seaver once pitched.)...... The Suns are now 45-20. They had a 48-win 1st half season in 1998 when they had Gabe Kapler, Robert Fick, and 16-game winner Dave Borkowski, and 46 in 1990 with Terrel Hansen (23 HRs, 83 RBIs), catcher Greg Colbrunn, and Brian Barnes (13-7, 2.77).

 

The Stars are 23-40 in this half with six games to go....... Even the worst they can get is not as bad as their all-time worst for a half-season (22-50 in the 2nd half of the 1988 season). It can still get worst than their all-time worst for a 1st-half of a season (28-44 in 1991), but neither season can rival this one for an on-going mire....... They Stars are 8-29 since May 3......... That's a .216 percentage........ The 1988 team was 2-18 at their very worst at one point (July 9-29), but then they won 6 of their next 8 before losing 12 of their next 15, and finally, 32 of 43 games -- a .256 pct.

 

They're on a long bus ride home as I type this, then take a Monday off, and perhaps the Brewers will give us someone to replace Carlos Villanueva, who was called up to Milwaukee Saturday...... Tuesday, they begin a six-game series to end the first half, with a double-header scheduled for Thursday, the first game to continue a game that was rained out in the 2nd inning, June 1........ The Stars were leading the Diamond Jaxx, 1-0 after two innings when the game was left up in the air. Jeff Housman, tonight's starter, had driven in the single run of that game....... Tuesday, Corey Thurman (2-5, 2.22) will get the nod against J.R. Mathes (5-4, 3.75), WT's leading winner.......Mathes has faced the Stars twice this season (2.31 ERA in 11 2/3 IP), but not beaten them, but his season-high of eight Ks came in his last start against them, May 28.

 

The Suns would have all they need in the 4th inning....... After retiring seven straight batters at the start of the game, Housman served up a hanging slider to Adam Greenberg for a leadoff double to right-centerfield. Andy LaRoche, who went 7-for-14 in this series, then laced a follow-up line drive double to the warning track in left to score Greenberg.

 

How bad is this losing streak? It may be a bit macabre, but I must satisfy my curiosity and compare this 7-game losing streak with the more recent record 13-gamer....... There's a convenient little table in the center of the site link below::

 

www.starsboxscore.com/

 

While losing 29 of their last 37 games since May 3, the Stars lost 11 initial leads. In all but one case, the Stars were holding their opponent scoreless...... The largest lead, of course, was that 7-0 lead the Stars lost on Thursday. Seven of the 11 aforementioned leads were 1-0 or 2-0, a couple held as late as the 6th or 7th inning....... Travis Phelps was responsible for losing four of those leads, Russ Rohlicek, three. The remainer were scattered among Garrit Simpson, Matt Yeatman, Stephen Bray, Villanueva, Tim Dillard, and Khalid Ballouli.

 

Many people, I among them, can justifiably blame growing defensive lapses for some of these losses recently, but the Stars set another record for fewest errors in a season after 50 games with 38....... They made another 12 errors in their next 10 games (the most in any 10-game interval this season), but I stopped counting for record-keeping purposes after 50 games, except, of course, for the end of the season total.

[Mass Haas]

Link while active, text follows:

 

www.al.com/sports/huntsvi...amp;coll=1

 

Gross still pinches himself over trade

By MARK McCARTER

Huntsville Times Sports Staff, markcolumn@aol.com

 

MILWAUKEE - Gabe Gross "can't thank everybody enough" for the latest break in his career.

 

Think he's thankful? You'd be hard-pressed to find a team more appreciative than the Brewers are for Gross, the former two-sport star at Auburn.

 

Gross was acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays in a trade that send first baseman Lyle Overbay to the Jays last December, essentially freeing up the first base spot for Prince Fielder. It left Gross thankful "for bringing me here, giving me a chance to have a permanent role on this team and giving me a chance to succeed."

 

That role is as a fourth outfielder and pinch-hitter, and he's played in 56 of the first 66 games.

 

Where the Brewers had instant appreciation for him was on April 4, the second day of the season. Gross hit a two-run pinch-hit homer in his first at-bat as a Brewer, only the fifth player in franchise history to accomplish that.

 

"You're in a new situation and you're just trying to make sure you help the ballclub out and being a part of a team and meshing," Gross said. "There's not much of a better way to get things started than coming out of the gate, swinging the bat well.''

 

Spiezio sick: Scott Spiezio, who played for the Stars in 1995, has been battling a viral illness and Friday was his first start since May 27.

 

He still isn't fully recovered and spent much of his pregame time sleeping in a room adjacent to the St. Louis clubhouse. He lost 10 pounds during the illness, telling St. Louis reporters, "I never really lost my appetite. I could be starving, but I couldn't eat or drink because it hurt too much to swallow."

 

He had a two-out double (off another former Star, Joe Winkelsas) to lead the Cardinals to a win in the series opener but was limited to pinch-hit duties Saturday and Sunday.

 

World Cup kick? From the Arcane Trivia Dept., Cardinals fans should root for Italy to win the World Cup. In both years St. Louis won the World Series when the World Cup was also played (1934 and 1982), Italy won the Cup.

 

Brewings: Rickie Weeks was a bull's eye in Huntsville, setting the team record for most times hit by pitch. He's leading the majors in that category now, with 13. ... Both Corey Hart and Bill Hall, another former Huntsville player, own the distinction of hitting a home run for their first major league hit. ... The Brewers lead the majors in errors. ... Milwaukee has used 24 different pitchers this year, most in the majors and one shy of the franchise record.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Brevard County 5, Vero Beach (Dodgers) 2

 

Brevard County Site Game Summary:

 

Manatees shut down Dodgers

 

Manny Parra, Sam Narron and Luis Pena combined to four-hit visiting Vero Beach as Brevard County posted a 5-2 victory on Sunday.

 

Parra (1-1) struck out five and did not allow a walk over five innings of one-hit ball. A passed ball by Kyle Phillips allowed an unearned run to score in the third, but Parra lowered his ERA to 2.90 in eight starts for the Manatees (34-27).

 

Narron gave up one hit over three innings, striking out two without walking a batter, but a wild pitch in the eighth allowed David Nicholson to score. Pena earned his first save by inducing Cole Bruce to ground into a double play with two runners on in the ninth.

 

Phillips notched three RBIs for the Manatees, lifting a sacrifice fly in the third and delivering a two-run single in the fifth. Brendan Katin roped an RBI single in the first and Freddy Parejo hit into a run-scoring fielder's choice in the sixth.

 

Alcides Escobar went 3-for-4 with a run scored for Brevard County.

 

Kyle Wilson (1-3) allowed two runs -- one earned -- on four hits over four innings for the Dodgers (23-40). He fanned five and walked one. Reliever Brent Leach gave up three runs on four hits over 1 1/3 innings.

 

The loss extended Vero Beach's skid to five games. -- Max Lance/MLB.com

 

Brevard County Box Score:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1

 

Brevard County Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1

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Final: Hickory (Pirates) 8, West Virginia 5

 

West Virginia Site Game Summary:

 

Crawdads avoid Power sweep

 

The West Virginia Power scored five runs in the second inning of Sunday evening?s game against the Hickory Crawdads and appeared to be well on their way to a three game sweep of the Hickory Crawdads. Hickory scored eight unanswered runs and came back to avoid the sweep, beating the Power 8-5.

 

Mike Bell brought in the first two runs for the Power in the five-run second inning on a single. Scotty McKnight made it a 4-0 Power lead with a two-run double and McKnight scored later in the inning when Brent Lillibridge committed an error on a groundball hit by Lorenzo Cain.

 

The Crawdads started their comeback in the bottom of the second inning on back to back solo home runs from Mike Carlin and Brad Corley. Tony Mansolino scored the final run in the three-run second inning on a wild pitch. Hickory plated five runs in the third inning to pull away. Eddie Prasch drove in the first run on a triple and he scored during the next at-bat on Andrew McCutchen?s base hit. McCutchen scored the go-ahead run later in the inning on Mansolino?s single and Jason Delaney drove in the final two runs on a double.

 

Jean Garavito (3-5) earned the victory and Justin Vaclavik (3) earned the save. Kevin Roberts (3-7) allowed seven runs on seven hits over two innings to take the loss. Robbie Wooley went three innings allowing one run on five hits. Ryan Marion pitched two and one-third innings of three-hit relief for WV. Steve Palazzolo got the final two outs with a double-play grounder for the Power.

 

The Power are 34-28 after the loss and the Crawdads moved to 29-32 with the win.

 

The Power will begin a four game series against the Hagerstown Suns on Monday night. The first two games will be played at Appalachian Power Park. On Monday Hagerstown will start right hander Nelson Portillo (0-0, 0.00) and the Power will counter with left hander Steve Garrison (1-1, 4.11). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central).

 

West Virginia Box Score:

Kevin Roberts not pitching like 22-year-old 5th round picks should in the Sally League...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hicafx_1

 

West Virginia Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hicafx_1

[huntsvillefan]

In your opinion, who has been mishandled other than Rottino?

 

Of the top prospects, Krynzel, Hendrickson, Hart, Sarfate, Eveland and Weeks just off the top of my head. Just because some of them will survive it and even prosper doesn't mean I've been impressed by how they've been handled. Some guys have the mindset to come through no matter what happens, others need more help. I've made posts about all these guys and how I thought they were being mishandled quite frequently. That doesn't mean I'm correct, but I certainly have an argument on all of them.

But what I actually said (and you quoted) was,

I'm just honestly permanently unimpressed with everything I hear about communications, targets and planning for these guys.

I'm not going to name names and you can think me a liar if you wish, but I know more than one story of a player (not necessarily a prospect) who felt he had been given a target at the start of the season, met the target he felt he had been set and then heard - nothing. Guys who felt they had been promised promotion when they reached certain agreed targets and yet didn't receive any communications at all after it happened. Worse, they didn't even really know how to go about talking about it without feeling they were making waves.

Obviously the bigger the prospect and the more prominent the agent, the less this happens. But the Brewers can do with developing guys who aren't first or second round draft picks.

[PeaveyFury]

Of the top prospects, Krynzel, Hendrickson, Hart, Sarfate, Eveland and Weeks just off the top of my head.

 

I would LOVE to hear a reason for how Krynzel and Weeks have been mishandled.

[huntsvillefan]

Have you seen Weeks play D? Normally people work on that in the minors and don't get a free pass . They let a potentially excellent 2B pay little or no attention to his D, promoted him continually despite his failures and I hate to think that they may have left it all too late and robbed us of the privelege of seeing a guy who could have been a genius in the field as well as at the plate.

Krynzel I think is entirely more tenuous, but I think they screwed very badly with his confidence in the middle of his second year at Huntsville.

Neither of these ideas are things I didn't post at the time and I've seen nothing since to particuarily convince me that I was off track, though I'm sure you'll disagree http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif