Here is footage of Stuart Sternberg’s statement from yesterday… THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA… We will have much more on Sternberg’s comments later this morning. The Tampa Tribune has responses from local officials to Stuart Sternberg’s stadium demands…Tampa officials sound both optimistic and very cautious. [Tampa Tribune] Carl Crawford was named [...]
One of our readers pointed us to the coolest thing we have read in a while (thanks Thad). It is The Life of the Baseball Wife. The idea in and of itself is pretty cool. But what makes it even better, is that most of the authors are married to [...]
The Rays filled their bullpen vacancy by signing Jeff Bennett, who was recently released by the Braves. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Rays released James Houser, who had recently been demoted to the bullpen. The Rays have claimed righthanded reliever Jeff Bennett on waivers from the Braves [...]
Norfolk 8, Durham 2. James Houser made his first start of 2009 and gave up 4 runs in 4 innings including 2 home runs in the first inning. He also hit 2 batters and threw a wild pitch…Chad Orvella pitched another shutout inning and now has given up 1 run [...]
Gwinnett 5, Durham 2. Mitch Talbot got roughed up for 4 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks in 5 innings. He struck out 3…Matt Joyce was 2-3 with a walk. This was his first multi-hit game with the Bulls…John Jaso was 1-4 with an RBI triple. Montgomery 5, Mobile [...]
Stacy Long of the Montgomery Advertiser has the rosters for all four of the upper-level minor league affiliates (links below). We have updated the Cork-Board (organizational depth chart) in the sidebar accordingly. Durham Bulls Montgomery Biscuits Charlotte Stone Crabs Bowling Green Hot Rods A few notes on the minor league [...]
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Click on above images to be taken to full standings, box scores or schedule… Just the links this morning…We have a plane to catch. But don’t worry, we have a couple of posts lined up and ready to go, including the latest from the “Pepper” series. See you guys tonight. [...]
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Durham 11, Norfolk 9. David Price picked up his first triple-A win, throwin 5 innings, striking out 5, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits and 3 walks…Calvin Medlock gave up 5 runs in 1.1 innings…Jonny Gomes had 4 hits in 6 at bats, driving in 3…Chris Richard drove in [...]
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Durham 6, Louisville 2. Ben Hendrickson won his 10th game, striking out 7 in 7 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits and a walk…Dan Johnson was 2-4 with 2 doubles and a walk…John Jaso finished 1-4 with a walk and an RBI…Jonny Gomes was 0-5 with a strike out. [...]
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Durham 6, Indianapolis 5. Nathan Haynes singled home the tying run in the top of the 9th and then scored the go-ahead run on a sac fly by Jon Weber…Jeff Niemann struck out 6 and walked 6 in 4.2 innings, allowing 2 hits and 5 runs. He also hit a [...]
