Playoff baseball - Minors 9/5

by spurdynasty on Sep 5, 2008 6:13 PM CDT

Spokane is involved in a back-and-forth affair in Game 2 of their best-of-five series with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. The Volcanoes called up their 23 yo ace-of-the-Rookie League staff to start Game 2 and he got the better of Martin Perez through the first four innings. Trailing 4-2 in the sixth, the Indians scored four times to take a lead that they lost when the Volcanoes scored 3 in the top of the 7th. The Indians have scored 3 in the bottom of the 7th to take a 9-7. Want to listen to the exciting conclusion? Go to www.spokaneindiansbaseball.com and click the "listen live" button on the left-hand side of the page.

According to Shroom, we'll be treated to Michael Main pitching Game 2 of the Clinton-Cedar Rapids series. Clinton faces elimination in the best-of-three series. I suspect that the Main man will be fired up for this one.

Schlact will get the shell-shocked Missions in Game 3 of the Frisco-San Antonio series. Don't be surprised to see the Roughriders finish off the sweep tonight.

Gordon is scheduled to face the I-Cubs in Oklahoma City at 7:00. The PCL best-of-five series is currently tied at 1-1.

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10-9 Salem-Keizer, mid 8

bah

There seems to me no question that the Batman film "The Dark Knight"... is at some level a paean of praise to the fortitude and moral courage that has been shown by George W. Bush in this time of terror and war. -- Andrew Klavan

by Lucas on Sep 5, 2008 6:24 PM CDT 0 recs

10-10

on Kyle Higgins’ first professional homer.

by Lucas on Sep 5, 2008 6:28 PM CDT up 0 recs

HR by Higgins to tie the game at 10 in the 8th

Seriously guys, if you haven’t already, you need to tune in to this one.

by spurdynasty on Sep 5, 2008 6:29 PM CDT up 0 recs

It's a coach pitch game

Kasey Kiker Interview

by jparks77 on Sep 5, 2008 6:35 PM CDT up 0 recs

jparks in the house!

Welcome back, Hombre

by spurdynasty on Sep 5, 2008 6:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

Thanks

Just got back from my honeymoon.

Kasey Kiker Interview

by jparks77 on Sep 5, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up 0 recs

Congrats

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Sep 5, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up 0 recs

Where'd you go?

by LiamP on Sep 5, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up 0 recs

Wedding/Honeymoon

We married in Santa Fe proper but then took a brief honeymoon at a Japanese spa in the mountains outside of Santa Fe.

Kasey Kiker Interview

by jparks77 on Sep 5, 2008 6:58 PM CDT up 0 recs

No shit?

Ten Thousand Waves? My parents love visiting that place.

by LiamP on Sep 5, 2008 7:03 PM CDT up 0 recs

Yep

It’s really beautiful up there.

Kasey Kiker Interview

by jparks77 on Sep 5, 2008 7:06 PM CDT up 0 recs

Does Japanese Spa = Korean Massage Parlor??

if so, your new wife is certainly a keeper!!

by rothe on Sep 5, 2008 9:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

Congrats

JP!

"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley

by Rodney on Sep 5, 2008 6:48 PM CDT up 0 recs

How's he treating you so far?

Badoomsky!

j/k.

Congrats, of course.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Sep 5, 2008 9:11 PM CDT up 0 recs

Hogan ends game in 11

with HR.

by gamerabcd on Sep 5, 2008 7:02 PM CDT 0 recs

make it the 10th

by gamerabcd on Sep 5, 2008 7:03 PM CDT up 0 recs

The extra inning, walk-off, playoff homerun

Every kid’s dream.

by spurdynasty on Sep 5, 2008 7:06 PM CDT up 0 recs

Perfect timing to listen to the Main event

by gamerabcd on Sep 5, 2008 7:08 PM CDT up 0 recs

Smoak

2-3 so far with a 2B. Clinton up 3-2.

Frisco up 7-1

by FirebatM3 on Sep 5, 2008 8:55 PM CDT 0 recs

It is probably just a small sample

but what on earth is up with Max, he’s 0-3 today with 3 Ks, and his playoff performance has been bad with 1-11 with an inordinate amount of Ks.

by FirebatM3 on Sep 5, 2008 8:57 PM CDT 0 recs

Probably trying to do too much

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Sep 5, 2008 9:05 PM CDT up 0 recs

Timing

could be off, or he’s trying too hard.

O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!
Sondern laßt uns angenehmere anstimmen,
und freudenvollere.

by t ball on Sep 5, 2008 10:52 PM CDT up 0 recs

Mark Hamburger

14 pitches, 13 fastballs. 1 K, 2 popouts.

This guy is a 1 pitch pitcher.

(And yes, the puns have already started – I quote “and Jeremy Moore just got a taste of Hamburger.”)

by FirebatM3 on Sep 5, 2008 9:08 PM CDT 0 recs

Main's night

5.2 IP, 3H, 2ER, 3BB, 7K. Except for a rough 2nd inning (HBP, groundball single, RBI ground out, K, RBI groundball single, long fly out), he was dominant through five. A couple of walks and outs in the 6th ended his night.

by spurdynasty on Sep 5, 2008 9:14 PM CDT 0 recs

Pitch count I guess? From the box score it didn’t look like he had anyone on in the sixth…

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Sep 5, 2008 9:26 PM CDT up 0 recs

I’m unsure. He walked the 2nd and 3rd batters whom he faced. Micucci might have been concerned that he was running out of gas.

by spurdynasty on Sep 5, 2008 9:29 PM CDT up 0 recs

Smoak

Anyone think he’s a RoughRider to open 2009? Would they put Gac there?

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Sep 5, 2008 9:37 PM CDT 0 recs

With the struggles of guys like

Borbon, Whittleman, et all in Bakersfield and the horrible hitter’s eye, I wouldn’t be surprised if he did end up in AA.

by FirebatM3 on Sep 5, 2008 9:44 PM CDT up 0 recs

Frisco wins 9-3

San Antonio has been swept

Schalact

6.0 IP, 6 H, 4K

by FirebatM3 on Sep 5, 2008 9:47 PM CDT 0 recs

3 more wins til championship

by gamerabcd on Sep 5, 2008 9:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

Hogan being welcomed at homeplate

after the walk-off HR last night.

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Sep 6, 2008 1:06 PM CDT 0 recs

That scene will never get old,

regardless of Rangers MLB or MiLB.

Thanks shroom!

by Rodney on Sep 6, 2008 1:26 PM CDT up 0 recs

Yep

I love seeing that no matter what level it is at.

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Sep 6, 2008 1:28 PM CDT up 0 recs

at first glance

it kinda looks like the umpire wants to jump in too

by FirebatM3 on Sep 6, 2008 1:38 PM CDT up 0 recs

and then you realize

Hogan just stepped on his foot

"So you have no frame of reference here, Donny. You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie and wants to know... "

by Walter Sobchak on Sep 8, 2008 12:57 AM CDT up 0 recs

Derek Holland slideshow

Took me a while to get this uploaded – I’ve been sick as a dog. Slideshow Link
The last pic is the barrel of a broken bat that nearly decapitated me in the stands.

From Holland vs SA Missions

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Sep 6, 2008 7:41 PM CDT 2 recs

They look like

they’re enjoying the attention and being talked about as a dynamic duo. Cool pics.

O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!
Sondern laßt uns angenehmere anstimmen,
und freudenvollere.

by t ball on Sep 6, 2008 9:05 PM CDT up 0 recs

Faves

799, 802, 814, 839. Got some Cartier-Bresson just rights in there, dude, especially the real grainy ones. Keep it coming.

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Sep 7, 2008 12:25 AM CDT up 0 recs

The Cartier-Bresson bits

are due to the learning curve for how to use the Tv setting on the Canon for action shots. The rest is all Picasa2. I ruined 90% of the pics I took because I’m a sucktographer – but I learned a lot. So, maybe next time …

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Sep 7, 2008 11:43 AM CDT up 0 recs

Nice Nice Nice!

Those two look like best buds…and really nice dudes.

Thanks shroom.

by Rodney on Sep 7, 2008 11:24 AM CDT up 0 recs

Spokane Indians

Have come back from a 10-2 deficit on the road to tie it at 10-10 in the top of the 8th.
Better recognize.

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Sep 7, 2008 12:17 AM CDT 0 recs

They have 10 runs on 3 hits

no, I did not mistype that. 10 runs on 3 hits. They have walked 14 times, and 2 Salem errors.

This is the baseball equivalent of…you know, I don’t even have analogy for this that wouldn’t get me banned. But yeah, wow. This is the type of game that’d drive fans to suicide.

by FirebatM3 on Sep 7, 2008 12:35 AM CDT up 0 recs