Jim Goulart

His tweet -- Huntsville's Nick Ramirez competing in the HR Derby in Chattanooga tonight.

Here's a note from Stars' GM Buck Rogers: Stars fans, we’re at the halfway point of the 2014 baseball season and here’s where we are by the numbers: The entire Milwaukee Brewers organization is above the .500 mark. The Helena Brewers and Arizona Brewers have not yet started their season. This is an awesome indicator of where the organization is headed! - MLB Milwaukee Brewers (41-29 .586) - AAA Nashville Sounds (38-33 .535) - AA Huntsville Stars (46-24 .657) - A+ Brevard County Manatees (33-30 .524) - A- Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (36-33 .522) - Rookie+ Helena Brewers (0-0 .000) - Rookie- Arizona Brewers (0-0 .000) - Rookie DSL Brewers (9-4 .692) Here are your final 1st-half standings: NORTH DIVISION 1st HALF RECORD W L .PCT GB Huntsville Stars 46 24 .657 --- Tennessee Smokies 33 36 .478 12.5 Jackson Generals 31 38 .449 14.5 Birmingham Barons 29 41 .414 17.0 Chattanooga Lookouts 26 44 .371 20.0 SOUTH DIVISION 1st HALF RECORD W L .PCT GB Mobile BayBears 42 27 .609 --- Mississippi Braves 39 30 .565 3.0 Jacksonville Suns 36 34 .514 6.5 Montgomery Biscuits 35 35 .500 7.5 Pensacola Blue Wahoos 31 39 .443 11.5 The playoffs will begin on Thursday, September 4th as follows: North 2nd half winner at Huntsville South 2nd half winner at Mobile The opening round of the playoffs is a best-of-five and the 1st half winners will host games one and two. Games three (and, if necessary games four and five) will be played at the 2nd half winners). The championship round will be the north division’s winner hosting games one and two, the south division’s winner hosting games three (and, if necessary games four and five). That means the Stars will not close out the season at Joe Davis Stadium. Our final game as the Huntsville Stars will be played elsewhere…no two ways about it. Good thing we’re a road team! There are 35 home games remaining in the regular season and at least two home playoff games. That’s 37 home games and that’s it. If you haven’t been out to a game, two-and-a-half months is all you have. The Stars are: - 24-11 (.686) at home and 22-13 (.689) on the road - 7-5 (.583) in day time games - 5-5 (.500) in extra-inning games - 3-1 (.750) in doubleheader games - 12-5 (.706) in one-run games - 7-3 (.700) in games ending in a shut-out - Currently riding a six-game winning streak after sweeping Chattanooga here last week. - Holding the best record in the Southern League and ended the 1st half of the season sitting in first place since April 6th. 15 of the 35 home games this season have been affected by rain, either at game time or afternoon showers requiring tarping the field. The tarp crew is currently on pace to tie the franchise mark for the number of tarp pulls in a season. The pre-season campaign of #JustOneGame to encourage area residents to attend one game this season and bolster interest in returning baseball to Huntsville in the future has not been successful as we had hoped, even with one of the most winningest teams in team history. Weather has played a hand in it, but we will have to step on the gas to get caught up in the second half. Please let your family and friends know that this is a season-long campaign for baseball’s future in Huntsville. Without a sense of urgency we will fall short of the goals. To those that have attended games this season, thank you for your support! To the player, coaches, and their families: thanks for a memorable season thus far! We have a long way to go until September gets here and if we can clinch the 2nd half of the season the playoff format would change dramatically in our favor (home for games one and two, on the road for game three, and home for games four and five, if necessary). That’s a huge advantage, so there’s no time to back off. For those that haven’t thought about it, the Chattanooga Lookouts are hosting the 2014 Southern League All-Star Game tomorrow night. The Lookouts have a great night of fun, history, and baseball planned, including introducing the inaugural class of inductees to the new Southern League Hall of Fame. Our very own Don Mincher and Rosemary Hovatter are in that class. They will be recognized before the game Tuesday night on field at AT&T Park. Chattanooga’s ballpark is an easy drive and we invite all Stars fans to come join in this historic moment in the league. Rock on!

Another weather update -- This ain't Maryvale, kids!

AUDIO via Jeff Hem's blog -- "Tonight’s interview is this week’s installment of “Mondays with the Manager” with Sounds skipper Rick Sweet. He discusses the team’s struggling offense (.231 team batting average in June), the recent roster moves involving Logan Schafer and Irving Falu’s return to the Sounds, and the upcoming eight-game road trip to Las Vegas and Salt Lake."

Here's your Helena Brewers preview via our own Brad and his Miller Park Prospects site.

That Helena forecast is a bit ominous. Here's the Helena roster as per what the parent club has fed MiLB.com. Nice tweet response here by Dustin.

Todd Rosiak tweet(s) -- Brewers Asst. GM Gord Ash says he doesn't expect any resolution on Brad Mills' (opt-out) situation in Class AAA Nashville today. Mills cannot unilaterally opt out of his deal. He can be assigned to a 25-man roster if there is interest.

Weather.com: Nashville, TN Viera, FL (Melbourne) Helena, MT Santo Domingo, DR

Sortable individual stat pages: Nashville Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Dominican Summer League Brewers

STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Southern Division AA - Southern League North Division High-A - Florida State League North Division A - Midwest League Western Division Rookie Advanced - Pioneer League North Division DSL - Dominican Summer League San Pedro de Macoris

Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- Nashville Media Notes - it's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Roster" banner on the Sounds' site. Brevard County Media Notes - again, it's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Multimedia" banner on the Manatees' site. *** We'll see if Helena's staff follows through with Media Notes this season and will let you know. Last year was their first season making notes available online.

To see tweets as to when the Link Report has been technically "completed" with available links, as well as to know when the new day's Report has been posted, please follow @Mass_Haas on Twitter.

Follow Monday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Nashville Brevard County Helena DSL Brewers MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Monday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Jimmy Nelson at home vs. Tacoma (Mariners), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Jeff Hem is the play-by-play voice of the Sounds; follow him on Twitter @jeffhempbp; we'll link to his blog updates at On the Air…and Off MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; all Nashville games, home and away, will be available to watch via MiLB.TV's $49.99 season-long package ($12.99 to pay for a single month). The audio feed is from the home team. All MiLB.TV details available at the link. ********** Huntsville: Idle (All-Star Game Tuesday night in Chattanooga) ********** Brevard County: RHP Jorge Lopez at home vs. Dunedin (Blue Jays), 5:05 PM pre-game, 5:35 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the proper link based on listed schedule Dave Walkovic returns as the play-by-play voice of the 'Tees; follow the Brevard broadcast booth staff on Twitter @BCManateesRadio, as all games are scheduled to be broadcast in 2014. No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Wisconsin: Idle (All-Star Game Tuesday night in Comstock Park, Michigan) ********** Helena: RHP Chad Thompson at home vs. Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link There's a new Voice of the Helena Brewers in 2014, as Dustin Daniel (@dustin__daniel on Twitter) takes over for legendary Steve Wendt. We look forward to Dustin building his own legacy moving forward. MiLB.TV -- When the H-Crew makes their way to Grand Junction, Orem, and Idaho Falls (one series each), those games will be available to watch online. ********** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Blue Jays, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until later in the day We're going to lock in the link to Brad Krause's fantastic Miller Park Prospects - Dominican Summer League primer right here, at least for the first couple of months of the DSL campaign, for your easy review. Brad will also be adding DSL Link Report duties to his Brevard coverage for us here. Thanks, Brad!

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The Nashville game post from above has been modified to include two video and two audio links, please review. Nashville loses its grip on first place after Sunday's 3rd straight loss.

RHP Chad Thompson, who missed all of the 2013 season and had shoulder surgery last July, will make the Opening Day start for Helena on Monday (Amber Kuehn tweet). Good for him. The 6'7" Thompson (27th round, 2011) made 18 starts for Wisconsin in 2012.

Doesn't seem that MiLB.com is going to post video of Kyle Heckathorn's HR earlier this weekend, so Kyle gives us Two Views

Via the Sounds: Alfredo Figaro and Jeremy Jeffress are drone enthusiasts - who knew?

Only aware of one Brewers' undrafted signee thus far -- RHP Wesley Cox, a 22-year-old senior out of the University of Texas-Arlington 2014 stats - 28 games (all in relief), 55.1 IP, 46 H, 25 BB, 49 K, .238 BAA UTSA Player Profile Page Follow Cox on Twitter (where he's got a few celebratory posts) @WCox20 Cox has been assigned to the Helena roster.

OF Kevin Mattison was dropped to Huntsville.

From Friday (Miller Park Prospects) - Brad focusing on the positives

From Thursday's Link Report -- Well, whatever it might be, he's not. Weisenburger goes on the DL, as announced by the Brewers today.

Chris' notes include video highlights from earlier in the series...

Here's a Huntsville video local news game highlight report from Saturday's game (Jed Bradley, Jason Rogers, Hainley Statia).