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Daron also giving his vote for Obermueller in the 5th spot. If spring training spats mean anything, I'd have to agree.

DP to end the 1st. royals up 1-0. The signal is better now.

It's like listening to a game at the McDonalds drive thru. Oh, it just picked up power.

It's a terrible feed and I don't recognize the voice. Royals up 1-0 in the first.

OMG, WTMJ is dropping the game to cover the shooting.

I thought the bases were loaded. How did the second guy score? I keep missing parts of the game due to late breaking news about a shooting in Brookfield.

Ginter!!!!!!!!! and company!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jenkins! Crew 2-0 I'll just beef this one up all by my lonesome.

When is Lil 'Ben pitching?

Well it's the thrid and still no game thread. Glover vs. Fossum Crew up 1-0

Jim recalled Ned being surprised how good JJ looked (healthy)! And left it open that he could make the team out of spring training. That's enough to make this game worthwhile. Yeah, what's up with a suicide double steal when your #3 hitter is up?

Nevermind, that's tomorrow. Blah.

I thought this game was supposed to be on ESPN2? All I see is college football.

Just got back myself. I have never even seen a booble head before so I guess it was worth a week worth of drinking money to watch this indy league event. I would bash the line up too, except Margruder and Durington provided most of the entertainment in the game. Polish sausage still tastes good. JDLR looked solid. I wasn't paying real close attention to his velocity but it seemed to sit at 90-93. In the first, ball 3 should have been strike 3 to Castillo. All in all I look forward to JDLR's next game.

We appreciate those kind of priorties here.

According to the web site there are tickets available from 17 and up, not sure how many you're looking for. What's the limit on standing room tickets anyway? I went to yesterday's game with a SRO ticket and it was OK when I could find a spot to stand. Pretty expensive for a sore back though, 15$ plus 6$ for ordering it over the phone (don't think you can buy SRO tickets online- I couldn't).

top of the 1st Fielder was on second with two out when I tuned in. (edit it was a 2b) Nelson HBP Knox BB Barnwell 2 run 1B Johnson RBI 1B Chavez Fouled out to CA 3-0 Stars bottom of the 1st Matt Ford pitching pop out to 2B, BB, BB, fly out to LF, BB, RBI BB, K Really tight strike zone again today. 3-1 Stars Be back later Kroeger Inning to win, 2 outs Barnwell 2B Congrats to Joyce for winning 50 Kroeger bucks Johnson BB Chavez RBI 1B, Johnson to 3rd Kade tagged out in an attempted double steal. 4-1 Stars Bottom of the 3rd - Ford Pitching 2B, RBI 1B reaches 3rd on play(ball in K. Johnsons glove as he is knocked on the ground from the collision at home plate, Barnwell ejected for arguing call, Rayburn in at 3B, RBI sac fly, pop out, ground out to 3rd. 4-3 Stars, Ford will be done due to 65 pitch limit, but will bat due to the lack of players on the bench. Top of the 4th Ford grounded out to 1B Weeks fly outs (hard) to RF Gwynn ground out (hard) 2B Bottom of 4th Rivard Pitching 1 out, 1B, RBI 2B, steal of 3rd, scores on throwing error by Johnson, ground out to SS, 1B, fly out to LF 5-4 Smokies Top of the 5th Fielder 1b Nelson K looking Knox 1b, Prince to 2nd Rayburn BB, Pitching change Johnson RBI FC Chavez ground out to 2B 5-5 Bottom of the 5th Rivard Pitching K, ground out to 2b (great spinning play), pop out to LF (great running catch in bullpen!) Top of the 6th Rivard K looking Weeks 1b (line drive) (announcer says he has been hot for 8 days) Gwynn pop up Fielder ground out to 1B Bottom of the 6th 1b, 1b, 1b, RBI HBP, Zomora pitching, RBI sac fly, 1b Nelson throws out the runner at the plate, fly out to right Smokies 7-5 Top of the 7th Nelson bouncer to 2B Knox line out to SS Rayburn BB Johnson pop out Bottom of the 7th Wasn't paying attention - RBI double by Corey Erickson 8-5 Pitcher just hit a 2-run homerun 10-5 smokies Blah- I'll let you know what happens in the Stars half and the score. Nelly records an out with his second outfield assist of the game assist at 2nd, announcer really praising Nelson's developing D. Top of the 8th Chavez BB Zamora grounds out to P, Chavez to 2nd Weeks chopper to SS, Chavez to 3rd Gwynn lines out sharply to CF Rios gives up lead off HR. 11-5 Smokies Top of the 9th Fielder K Nelson K Knox infield single Rayburn force out. Smokies win 11-5

I love that feeling where you're sitting at work and it dawns on you that you have no plans that evening and hey look, the Brewers are in town. See you there. Go Crew!

I was at the game and I have to say it was the most engaged and excieted crowd I've ever expirienced, more so than any of the opening day's I've been to. This game was fun to be at just to see what Milwaukee would be like if it had a winner. When I went in 5 minutes before game time, there must have been a thousand waiting to buy tickets. Who the hell is Victor Santos and why is he fooling everyone? I've never seen him on TV so I have no sense of what he pitches like. This crowd was PUMPED going into the ninth. They believed they were going to win, very fun atmosphere. No fun trying to get out of the parking lot. P.S. Anybody here the cowbell?

Beloit Game One Box Score: GAME DATE: 5/12/04 CR at BLT CEDAR RAPIDS 16 AT BELOIT 0 DH GAME #1 YTD YTD CEDAR RAPIDS AB R H BI AVG BELOIT AB R H BI AVG Q.Cosby CF 5 0 0 0 .236 G.Rodriguez 2B 2 0 0 0 .304 H.Kendrick 2B 5 3 5 1 .336 T.Trofholz RF 3 0 0 0 .286 M.Pali LF 5 1 1 0 .352 D.Anderson LF 2 0 0 0 .250 B.Wilson DH 4 2 2 4 .316 L.Palmisano CAT 3 0 1 0 .311 B.Wood SS 3 3 2 0 .268 V.Rottino DH 2 0 0 0 .333 M.Brown 3B 5 3 3 8 .267 A.Heether 3B 3 0 0 0 .228 C.Maher 1B 4 1 1 0 .200 S.Moss CF 3 0 0 0 .100 B.Balkcom RF 4 0 0 0 .265 M.Ramirez 1B 3 0 1 0 .210 T.Duenas CAT 2 3 1 2 .119 G.Acosta SS 3 0 2 0 .200 K.Jepsen PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Montalbo PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Hindman PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.McKenna PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Stetter PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 37 16 15 15 TOTALS 24 0 4 0 CEDAR RAPIDS 5 0 0 5 1 5 0-16 15 1 BELOIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 4 1 E--H.Kendrick, G.Rodriguez. DP--CEDAR RAPIDS 2, BELOIT 0. LOB-- CEDAR RAPIDS 5, BELOIT 8. 2B--H.Kendrick (11). HR--H.Kendrick (2), B.Wilson (2), M.Brown 3 (6), T.Duenas (1). HBP--T.Duenas, T.Trofholz. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA CEDAR RAPIDS K.Jepsen (W,4-1) 5.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 2.65 S.Hindman 2.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 6.75 BELOIT B.Montalbo (L,2-2) 3.2 9 10 10 4 0 3 5.15 D.McKenna 1.2 4 4 3 0 1 1 16.20 M.Stetter 1.2 2 2 2 0 1 2 5.40 HB--K.Jepsen, D.McKenna. WP--B.Montalbo. BALKS--K.Jepsen. SO--M.Pali, B.Balkcom, T.Trofholz, D.Anderson, L.Palmisano, V.Rottino, A.Heether, M.Ramirez. BB--B.Wilson, B.Wood 2, T.Duenas, G.Rodriguez 2, D.Anderson, V.Rottino. T--2:11. A--3235Ouch! Funny thing is it says there were 3k there to see it. Beloit Game One Game Log: www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=12478

I heard Oberbay could hit.

Did Manny Pitch past the 1st ?

Indianapolis Box Score: Six walks for DLR; Corey Hart 2-3, BB and his 4th stolen base. GAME DATE: 5/04/04 CHR at IND CHARLOTTE 3 AT INDIANAPOLIS 1 (EXTRA INNINGS) YTD YTD CHARLOTTE AB R H BI AVG INDIANAPOLIS AB R H BI AVG B.Nelson 2B 4 0 1 0 .291 M.Erickson 2B 3 0 0 0 .246 J.Reed CF 3 0 0 0 .313 J.Hardy SS 3 0 1 0 .247 J.Valentin SS 4 0 0 1 .043 C.Magruder LF 4 0 0 0 .284 J.Borchard RF 4 0 1 0 .221 J.Liefer 1B 3 1 1 1 .342 B.Smith 3B 3 1 0 0 .261 J.Nunnally CF 4 0 1 0 .220 M.Bell DH 4 1 1 2 .239 C.Hart RF 3 0 2 0 .293 R.Paz 1B 4 0 1 0 .333 S.Sheldon DH 3 0 0 0 .196 M.Valenzuela LF 3 0 0 0 .213 M.Johnson CAT 4 0 0 0 .178 R.Hankins CAT 3 1 2 0 .188 S.Scarbrough 3B 4 0 0 0 .256 J.Rauch PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.De La Rosa PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Wylie PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Wise PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 V.Darnsbourg PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Michalak PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Santiago PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Erdos PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 32 3 6 3 TOTALS 31 1 5 1 CHARLOTTE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2- 3 6 0 INDIANAPOLIS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0- 1 5 0 DP--CHARLOTTE 2, INDIANAPOLIS 1. LOB--CHARLOTTE 10, INDIANAPOLIS 6. 2B--R.Hankins 2 (3), J.Nunnally (4). HR--M.Bell (6), J.Liefer (6). SB--M.Bell (4), C.Hart (4). CS--M.Erickson. HBP--J.Borchard, B.Smith. SH--R.Paz, S.Sheldon. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA CHARLOTTE J.Rauch 5.0 1 0 0 5 3 0 3.21 M.Wylie 2.2 3 1 1 0 2 1 2.87 V.Darnsbourg 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.00 J.Santiago (W,1-1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.06 INDIANAPOLIS J.De La Rosa 4.1 2 1 1 6 3 0 7.50 M.Wise 2.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.59 C.Michalak 2.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.00 T.Erdos (L,0-1) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 1 16.20 HB--M.Wise, C.Michalak. BALKS--J.De La Rosa. SO--B.Nelson, J.Valentin, B.Smith, R.Hankins, C.Magruder, J.Nunnally 2, S.Sheldon, M.Johnson, S.Scarbrough. BB--B.Nelson, J.Reed 2, J.Valentin, B.Smith, M.Bell, M.Valenzuela, R.Hankins, M.Erickson 2, J.Hardy, J.Liefer, C.Hart. T--3:25. A--3602

Perhaps this has been discussed a long time ago, but I was wondering about the site's thoughts on Hart batting so low in the order in Indy. Is it just a way of forceing him to work on his pitch recognition to take more walks with no protection? Or are they just sheltering him from offensive pressure to adapt to yet another postion change?

What's the deal with Adams being used longer and longer in games? I thought he was being groomed to be a closer, now it looks like he is being prepared for middle relief or even starting. He might find himself in milwaukee quickly if he and the current staff keep pitching the way they have. Damn good line for him tonight.