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Thank you, Sounds site, normally we link to your photos, but how odd does this appear? http://www.nashvillesounds.com/images/news/bush.jpg Details on the Sounds win shortly...

Even with all that, there will need to be another roster move Thursday for Jeff Weaver's activation from the Temp Inactive List.

Munson's activation from the DL didn't make the Sounds' media notes. No news on a correpsonding move. I've been listening to the Sounds' broadcast, but missed the pre-game show. I'm hopeful Chuck Valenches mentions something here when Munson comes to the plate in the second or third inning, otherwise we'll drop him a line. Is it possible the Sounds' lineup will never duplicate itself all season -- kind of like a snowflake, no two will ever be the same the way Frank Kremblas rotates all his players around the diamond. EDIT: Thanks for the update above! Our Transaction Pages and Player Index Updates have been busy, busy, busy...

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Omaha 14 9 .609 - 9-5 5-4 W1 Iowa 11 13 .458 3.5 6-8 5-5 L3 Memphis 11 15 .423 4.5 3-7 8-8 L1 Nashville 6 18 .250 8.5 3-6 3-12 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 17 8 .680 - 13-2 4-6 W6 Carolina 17 9 .654 0.5 9-2 8-7 W1 West Tenn 16 10 .615 1.5 8-2 8-8 L2 Chattanooga 15 10 .600 2.0 10-5 5-5 W3 Tennessee 10 15 .400 7.0 6-9 4-6 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Palm Beach 17 8 .680 - 11-3 6-5 W1 Brevard County 15 10 .600 2.0 9-5 6-5 W1 Daytona 14 11 .560 3.0 6-5 8-6 L2 Jupiter 14 11 .560 3.0 9-2 5-9 W2 Vero Beach 11 14 .440 6.0 7-4 4-10 L1 St. Lucie 4 21 .160 13.0 4-10 0-11 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lake County 16 8 .667 - 6-3 10-5 W1 Hickory 14 12 .538 3.0 6-5 8-7 W2 Delmarva 13 12 .520 3.5 7-6 6-6 W1 Greensboro 12 12 .500 4.0 5-8 7-4 L6 Hagerstown 12 12 .500 4.0 4-5 8-7 W4 Lakewood 12 13 .480 4.5 6-7 6-6 W1 West Virginia 9 16 .360 7.5 5-9 4-7 L1 Lexington 8 17 .320 8.5 3-11 5-6 L1

This link will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds are scheduled to play. Normally it is updated several hours prior to gametime. Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

Follow Wednesday's action as it happens: Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Window". Open the Nashville Gameday. For the others, choose "Log" or "Recap". While you're listening to your minor league game of choice (or watching/listening to the big league Crew when they are playing), simply refresh your game log browsers every so often. Nashville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_30_cspaaa_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_30_hunaax_monaax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_30_breafa_jupafa_1 West Virginia: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_30_wvaafx_hagafx_1

Nashville Media Notes: Right-hander Nic Ungs was placed on the disabled list. He is scheduled to report to the Brewers' extended spring training facility in Phoenix, Arizona to rehabilitate a right shoulder injury.

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Dave Bush at home vs. Colorado Springs (Rockies), 10:15 AM pre-game; 10:30 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: LHP Steve Hammond at Montgomery (Rays), 6:55 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Audio link via WUMP (game will also archive at this link): http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/multimedia/audio.jsp?sid=t559 Brevard County: RHP Mike McClendon at Jupiter (Marlins), 6:05 PM gametime; Manatees will face Jeff Allison, the first round pick who has battled serious drug issues... Audio link, Jupiter's broadcast (game will also archive at this link): web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503 West Virginia: RHP Rob Bryson at Hagerstown (Nationals), 11:50 AM pre-game, 12:05 PM gametime Audio link via WSWW, be sure to select the proper date (games will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

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Link while active, text follows: Sounds receive pitching help By MIKE ORGAN Tennessean Staff Writer The Sounds will get an infusion of Major League pitching talent this week with the additions of veteran right-handers Dave Bush and Jeff Weaver to the rotation. Bush was optioned to Nashville by Milwaukee last Sunday. He will be activated to start today's 10:30 a.m. game against Colorado Springs. The 28-year-old pitcher, who was 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA in four starts for the Brewers this season, led Milwaukee with 24 total wins over the previous two seasons. Bush went 12-10 in 2007. Weaver, 31, signed a minor-league deal with the Brewers last week. He did not pitch in spring training this season. He will be activated to start Thursday's series finale against the Sky Sox. Weaver went 7-13 with a 6.20 ERA in 27 starts last season with Seattle after spending the previous eight years with the Cardinals, Dodgers, Yankees and Tigers. To make room for Bush and Weaver in the rotation, left-hander Zach Jackson, the team's opening day starter, was reassigned to the bullpen. Rottino rolling: Sounds catcher Vinny Rottino hit a two-run triple in the third inning marking the 10th time in the last 11 games that he has hit safely. He has had an extra base hit in 8 of the last 11 games. Better start: The Sounds had been outscored 41-20 in the first two innings heading into Tuesday's game. Nashville outscored Colorado Springs 3-1 after two innings Tuesday. Whoa Nelly: Nashville's Brad Nelson, who gave the Sounds a 3-1 lead with a two-run single in the first inning, has hit safely in 17 of his 20 games this season. Streak ends: Sounds shortstop Ozzie Chavez went 0-for-4 on Tuesday and ended his longest hitting streak of the season, which had reached four games. Sky Sox ties: Mark DiFelice, Tuesday's winner, spent part of the 2001 season with Colorado Springs. He was 3-2 with a 5.28 ERA in eight starts. Sky Sox catcher Humberto Cota spent parts of four seasons with Nashville from 2001-04. He batted .256 in 299 games for the Sounds. Bowers is back: Colorado Springs added left-handed pitcher Cedrick Bowers to the roster Tuesday from extended spring training. Bowers was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth round of the 1996 draft and spent eight seasons with the organization. He has spent the last few years playing in Japan and Korea.

Link while active, text follows: Sounds light up the night It's first home win after the sun sets By MIKE ORGAN Tennessean Staff Writer The nightmare ended Tuesday for the Sounds. Nashville claimed its first home night win of the season by beating Colorado Springs 7-3 at Greer Stadium. Before Tuesday's game, the Sounds (6-18) were 1-15 in night games. Their only win under the lights had come last Saturday at Omaha. A crowd of 2,208 watched Nashville also snap a losing streak against Colorado Springs (11-13) that had reached seven games and dated back to the 2006 season. "We'll take any win right now, just to get anything started'' said Sounds first baseman Brad Nelson, whose two-run single in the first inning gave Nashville a 3-1 lead. Nelson finished with two hits and four RBIs. Nashville stretched the lead to 5-1 in the third after Zambrano (0-4) walked Laynce Nix and Joe Dillon. Vinny Rottino scored both runners with a triple to centerfield. Nashville, which had scored just two runs in its previous two games, got into an offensive groove early in the game. Sky Sox right-hander Victor Zambrano walked the first three batters before Nelson's single to right field. Sounds pitchers allowed only two hits over the last five innings. Sounds right-hander Mark DiFelice (2-0) pitched six innings to pick up the win. He struck out five and allowed just four hits after giving up two in the first inning. "We played better, we got a good start from DiFelice,'' Sounds Manager Frank Kremblas said. "He was patient in that first inning when he was a little bit wild and gave up a couple of hits which got them in scoring position." What they said: "It has to start somewhere. We just have to play more games like we played tonight and we'll be OK.'' - Kremblas.

Final: Nashville 7, Colorado Springs (Rockies) 3 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Brad Nelson photo, text follows -- Nelson, Sounds Knock Off Sky Sox, 7-3 NASHVILLE - Brad Nelson's hot bat continued to sizzle on Tuesday night, knocking in four runs for the Sounds in a 7-3 victory over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox at Greer Stadium. Nelson raised his season average to .346 with a pair of two-run singles in four at-bats and helped jump-start a Sounds offense that was shut out the previous night. It was only the Sounds' second win in 17 night games this season. Colorado Springs plated the first run of the game in the first inning when Jon Herrera led off with a bunt single and then stole second before Cory Sullivan singled him in on the next pitch. Nashville starter Mark DiFelice escaped further damage by inducing a double play from Seth Smith and striking out Ian Stewart to end the inning. Sky Sox starter Victor Zambrano followed DiFelice's rocky start by walking Hernan Iribarren, Laynce Nix, and Joe Dillon to start the bottom half of the inning. Nelson capitalized on Zambrano's control issues by continuing his hot streak with a two-run single, giving him a total of 12 RBIs in the last five games. Dillon scored the final run of the inning on the next at-bat when Vinny Rottino grounded into a double play. Zambrano's control problems continued in the bottom of the third when he issued back-to-back walks to Nix and Dillon on eight straight pitches, and Rottino came through with a two-out triple that scored both runners. Not to be outdone by Nelson, Rottino is on a hot streak of his own, batting .302 with 12 RBIs in his last 10 games after getting off to a slow start this season. AUDIO: Vinny Rottino Two-Run Triple The Sky Sox responded in the top of the fourth when Joe Koshansky belted a two-run homer to right field. It was his second home run in two days and his fifth on the year. But Nelson struck again in the bottom of the fifth inning with another two-run single to extend the Sounds lead to four after Nix singled and Dillon doubled in front of him. With that hit, Nelson raised his average to .353 with runners in scoring position on the season. Erasmo Ramirez pitched two scoreless innings in relief and handed the ball over to Luis Pena who kept the Sky Sox off the board in the ninth inning to end the game. DiFelice (2-0) earned his second win in as many starts on the season after pitching six innings and giving up three runs on six hits while striking out five. Zambrano (0-4) was handed the loss after giving up seven earned runs on six hits and seven walks while striking out seven over 5 2/3 innings. His erratic outing included 114 total pitches with only 57 of them for strikes and raised his ERA to 10.23 for the season. Sounds shortstop Ozzie Chavez had a four-game hit streak snapped after a 0-for-4 night. The teams will face a quick turnaround on Wednesday with an early start time of 10:30 a.m. for the third game of the series. Right-hander Dave Bush (NR), recently sent down from Milwaukee, will man the bump for the Sounds and face off against righty Josh Towers (2-1, 6.15) for the Sky Sox. Nashville Box Score Nashville Game Log

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Infielder Russell Branyan Chuck Valenches introduces Branyan to "3TO", which Russell was not familiar with...

Final: Hagerstown (Nationals) 7, West Virginia 1 West Virginia Site Game Summary: SUNS SILENCE POWER OFFENSE The Hagerstown Suns held the Power offense to a run on four hits on Tuesday night at Municipal Stadium and extended their winning streak to four games with a 7-1 victory to take the first game of the series. Hagerstown plated a pair of runs with two outs in the first inning. After back-to-back two out hits from Bill Rhinehart and Aaron Seuss, Michael Burgess reached on Brent Brewer's error which allowed Rhinehart to score. (NOTE: The play was later changed to a base hit.) Sean Rooney reached on R.J. Seidel's error later in the inning which plated Seuss. Jake Smolinski scored on former Brewer farmhand Francisco Plascencia's groundout in the second before Dan Lyons hit a solo home run to give the Suns a 4-0 lead. The Power scored their lone run on Jonathan Lucroy's opposite field solo home run in the top of the fourth inning. The Suns added three insurance runs in the seventh to pull away. Rhinehart knocked in the first run on a groundout and Stephen Souza knocked in the next two on a single. Colton Willems (2-2) allowed a run on three hits with four strikeouts over six innings and retired the last nine batters he faced to get the victory. Seidel (1-2) was tagged with the loss after allowing four runs, two earned on six hits with four strikeouts. The Power fell to 9-16 with the loss and the Suns improved to 12-12 with the win. Lucroy had half of West Virginia's hits, going 2-for-4. The Suns pitching staff at one point retired 17 straight West Virginia batters. Reed Dickert made his Power debut with a perfect eighth inning. The Power will continue their four game series with the Hagerstown Suns at Municipal Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Right-hander Rob Bryson (0-1, 6.23) will get the start for the Power and the Suns will counter with right hander Brad Peacock (0-1, 6.87). The first pitch is scheduled for 1:05 PM (12:05 Central). West Virginia Box Score Caleb Gindl 25 K's and six walks in 90 AB's; the "older" players (relative term only) in the bottom of this lineup are killing this offense... West Virginia Game Log

Lots of Weeks info in this thread.

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Omaha 13 9 .591 - 9-5 4-4 L1 Iowa 11 12 .478 2.5 6-8 5-4 L2 Memphis 11 14 .440 3.5 3-6 8-8 W2 Nashville 5 18 .217 8.5 2-6 3-12 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 17 8 .680 - 13-2 4-6 W6 Carolina 16 9 .640 1.0 8-2 8-7 L3 West Tenn 16 9 .640 1.0 8-2 8-7 L1 Chattanooga 15 10 .600 2.0 10-5 5-5 W3 Tennessee 10 15 .400 7.0 6-9 4-6 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Palm Beach 17 8 .680 - 11-3 6-5 W1 Brevard County 15 10 .600 2.0 9-5 6-5 W1 Daytona 14 11 .560 3.0 6-5 8-6 L2 Jupiter 14 11 .560 3.0 9-2 5-9 W2 Vero Beach 11 14 .440 6.0 7-4 4-10 L1 St. Lucie 4 21 .160 13.0 4-10 0-11 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lake County 15 8 .652 - 5-3 10-5 L1 Greensboro 12 11 .522 3.0 5-8 7-3 L5 Hickory 13 12 .520 3.0 6-5 7-7 W1 Delmarva 12 12 .500 3.5 6-6 6-6 L1 Hagerstown 11 12 .478 4.0 3-5 8-7 W3 Lakewood 11 13 .458 4.5 5-7 6-6 L2 West Virginia 9 15 .375 6.5 5-9 4-6 W1 Lexington 8 16 .333 7.5 3-11 5-5 W2

This link will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds are scheduled to play. Normally it is updated several hours prior to gametime. Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

Follow Tuesday's action as it happens: Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Window". Open the Nashville Gameday. For the others, choose "Log" or "Recap". While you're listening to your minor league game of choice (or watching/listening to the big league Crew when they are playing), simply refresh your game log browsers every so often. Nashville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_29_cspaaa_nasaaa_1 West Virginia: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_29_wvaafx_hagafx_1

Tuesday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Mark DiFelice at home vs. Colorado Springs (Rockies), 5:40 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: Idle Brevard County: Idle West Virginia: RHP R.J. Seidel at Hagerstown (Nationals), 5:20 PM pre-game, 5:35 gametime Audio link via WSWW, be sure to select the proper date (games will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

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LHP Zach Braddock's promotion to Brevard County is official as of today. To make room on the Manatee roster, RHP Shawn Ferguson has been placed on the seven-day DL with an undisclosed injury. Ferguson last pitched Sunday, tossing two innings, allowing one run. Taking Braddock's spot at West Virginia is RHP Reed Dickert, the independent league signee of this past offseason who made his affiliated debut with the Manatees the first week of the season (one appearance) and then went on the DL. He has been activated and transferred to the Power.

Brief and fairly generic update from Matt this week, so send him emails -- his faith is so key for him, obviously, which is commendable, but we need some on-field or clubhouse anecdotes, Matt: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080428&content_id=391276&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp

Our goal, explained last month, is to stick to a regular schedule with a new P50 released on the first day of each month.

Link while active, text follows: Escobar's big-league defensive skills born of youthful workouts By BRAD SHEPARD For The Huntsville Times When the other kids in La Sabana, Venezuela, were studying reading and arithmetic, Alcides Escobar was learning the art of fielding grounders. That is, when the 9-year-old could get away with it. "I skipped class all the time to go to the baseball field," the Huntsville Stars shortstop said through a translator. "I always got in trouble. My parents said I needed to go to school, but all I wanted to do was play baseball. "It's in my blood." From the time Escobar can remember uttering his first words, he was telling his mother Isbelia he wanted to play ball. She didn't understand her son's love affair with the game, but his father obliged with a special gift. Little did his parents know where buying Escobar his first plastic glove would take him. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound shortstop has blossomed into the best defensive prospect in the Milwaukee organization, according to Baseball America, and Brewers personnel insist he has the potential to become a perennial All-Star. "He reminds me of Tony Fernandez with a lot more speed and a little less power," said Stars hitting coach Sandy Guerrero. "Since he's been with us, he's shown tremendous improvement at the plate. Defensively, there's not a lot more he can do because he's major league-caliber." When Escobar was little, he would grab his schoolbooks and hide his glove when leaving his home. Instead of heading into the classroom, he would veer off to the new stadium next door to his school. He would toss his books into the dugout, take out his plastic glove and spend hours fielding balls from a local coach, the late Alnaldo Sanchez. For six years, Sanchez and the toy glove sculpted a star. "He was always telling me how good I was going to be and pushing me," said Escobar, whose cousin, Kelvim, is a pitcher with the Angels. NOTE: I love learning new stuff ... "Every time I went to the stadium, I wouldn't want to hit. I wanted to take ground ball after ground ball. I just felt home at shortstop." The hard work paid off. At 16, Escobar was signed for $30,000 by Guerrero's father, Eppy, who was in charge of scouting Latin players for Milwaukee at the time. "He was raw," Sandy Guerrero said. "But he had all the ability: Great arm and great speed, pretty good bat speed and could field with the best. It was just a matter of work and time." As a 17-year-old, Escobar hit .281 at rookie league Helena with 20 steals in 68 games. The next year, he hit .271 in lower-A West Virginia before slipping to .259 at upper-A Brevard County in 2006. All the time, though, he was earning the reputation as one of the best fielding young shortstops in the minors. Then last year, things clicked offensively. He hit .325 in 63 games at Brevard County before getting called up to Huntsville, where he was a key member of the Stars' playoff run. Shortly after his promotion, the system's third-rated prospect was invited to play at the MLB Futures Game in San Diego. There, Escobar met his idol Ozzie Smith, even taking grounders with the Hall of Famer. The picture he had made with "The Wizard" is still the background on his computer. "That was really an exciting thing," Escobar said. "But now that I'm on the 40-man roster and did so well in spring training, this is all a dream come true. I'm just waiting on my chance to play in the big leagues." That opportunity may not be far away. Along with his routine highlight-reel defense, Escobar's discipline at the plate has improved tremendously, according to scouts. He even has a pair of home runs this season, matching his career-high. "I don't think anybody looks at Alcides Escobar as a power-hitting shortstop by any means, but he will develop some strength," Brewers scouting director Jack Zduriencik said. "He's such a great defensive player ?that you just want him to become a complete offensive player. "If any power develops, that will just be a plus to his game." The Brewers witnessed all Escobar's attributes firsthand this spring. He held his own offensively during his spring training stint and made several unbelievable plays. To Escobar, though, the spring showcase was just another big step in a young career already full of them. It was also another step closer to the dream he had back when he was running around the Venezuelan streets with a plastic glove on his left hand. "It's safe to say," Zduriencik said, "that we think Alcides will be a big-league shortstop and a very good big league shortstop for a long period of time."

The Tennesean: Mound shakeup: A couple of roster moves are looming for the Sounds that will address a pitching staff ranked in the bottom quarter of the 16-team Pacific Coast League. Dave Bush, who led the Brewers with 24 total victories over the 2006 and '07 seasons - including a 12-10 mark last year - was optioned Sunday night. Bush is expected to join the team today and make his first start Wednesday. Meanwhile, Jeff Weaver threw a bullpen session prior to Monday's game and will be activated in time to start Thursday's series finale against Colorado Springs. Weaver, who did not go to spring training this year, pitched last season with Seattle after spending the previous eight years with the Cardinals, Dodgers, Yankees and Tigers. Picked 14th overall in the 1998 draft, Weaver has made just seven career minor league appearances, all starts. With the impending rotation additions, Zach Jackson - the Sounds' opening day starter - will be bumped to the bullpen. The left-hander is 1-3 with an ERA of 8.89 in his first five starts.