Today's sked:

CLN-6:30- Feliz
BAK-9:30- Reed
FRS-7:00- Schlact
OKC-7:00- Murray

The white zone is for loading and unloading only.  If you gotta load, or if you gotta unload, go to the white zone.

Clinton Herald article - 5/22 quotes:

Beavan did however face the minimum as Singleton was caught stealing second. Beavan on the night went five innings, struck out three Snappers and gave up the lone hit. Beavan was pulled out before the sixth, but after his warm up pitches.

"I’ve been working on stuff in the bullpen on the side with DC (Danny Clark). My lower back was getting stiff on me I went out and threw a few pitches and with us having a lead they thought it was better to be on the safe side" said Beavan.

...

Santana would have to be taken out of the game after sliding awkwardly into second, he would be replaced by Miguel Alfonzo.

"He rolled his ankle and we put Fonzy in. As of right now we’ll have to reevaluate and see where he is at" said Mike Micucci.

 Santana was later spotted with crutches.  I have this feeling he's going to be down for a while.  Bummer.

Daily Oklahoman  - besides news that Botts missed 3 games after suffering a mild strained oblique [might return today], they wrote up Eric Hurley's nice outing yesterday ...

Hurley (2-3) hadn't tasted victory since April 18. In between wins, he had pitched well, and not so well, at times. He scattered six hits over seven innings with three strikeouts Thursday after spending the last week tweaking his delivery. "It's been a grind," he said. "Some things needed to be changed. I definitely made some good adjustments. I've been working on that for the past six days, changing my delivery, wind up and the stretch and it worked out pretty well."

Part of Hurley's struggles involved his form, something that he hasn't felt comfortable with all season. "We're trying to get my body in a little better position so I can hold my form all the way down the hill," he said. "It's something I wanted to do. Everybody liked it today, so I'm going to keep working on it."

 My understanding is that Eric is going back to his early years in the minors with going over his head, basically slowing his motion down to  enable him to both locate his fastball down and throw his splitfinger more effectively.  Good start to the delivery changes.  Rinse and repeat.

BA's prospect blog mentions that some primo Oakland prospects are headed to the D.L.  Athletics fans have got to be nervous:

Bret Anderson - left thumb strain

James Simmons - dead arm

Faustino De Los Santos - sore elbow

Z and UT mentioned never seeing Fabio Castillo pitch in a fanpost down below.  There is an archive at the Boise Hawks' website  that has free video of several '07 Spokane starters -  here's Fabio's start - right click on picture to select full screen.

Thomas Diamond speaking with Jason Cole after his '08 debut w/Frisco:

“Hopefully in September I’ll have low enough innings that they’ll give me a chance to make a few starts in the big leagues.”

Stay optimistic, kid.