Jim Goulart

These links will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds and/or Huntsville Stars are scheduled to play. Normally they are updated an hour or two prior to gametime, with Nashville's usually earlier: Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf Huntsville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.huntsvillestars.com/i...eNotes.pdf

Follow Monday'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". 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: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_dbcafa_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

Monday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Yo Gallardo at home vs. Oklahoma (Rangers), 5:40 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: LHP Sam Narron at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.huntsvillestars.com/ Here's hoping that both Brevard County and West Virginia are able to both link and archive their games at MLBAM after having difficulty on Saturday. Brevard County: RHP Jesse Harper at Daytona (Cubs), 6:05 PM Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp West Virginia: LHP Mike Ramlow at home vs. Lakewood (Phillies), 7:05 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

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Link while active, text follows: www.mailtribune.com/archi...09rowe.htm Rowe hangs up his cleats Former Ashland High, Oregon State slugger decides not to pursue a career in baseball By Joe Zavala for the Jackson County (Oregon) Mail Tribune Bill Rowe has a message for Ashland Little Leaguers who dream of some day playing in the Major Leagues: Baseball is just a game ? a brilliant and worthy pastime capable of creating lifelong memories but still, just a game. Rowe speaks from recent experience. Lots of it. The former Ashland High all-state slugger who went on to help Oregon State win the 2006 College World Series has decided to hang up his cleats after getting a taste of professional baseball, and his decision wasn't as difficult as you may think. "I got a good feel for what professional baseball is all about and it's really not the same game that it was to me the year before," said Rowe, referring to his magical final season at OSU. "You have this idea growing up of what pro baseball is and you base it on playing in your back yard. That's not what it's like." Rowe got a taste of nationwide fame in the CWS, where he blasted a clutch home run in the second game of the championship round then scored the winning run in the decisive game to cap the Beavers' stunning upset of North Carolina. Only days later, on June 28, Rowe signed a contract with the Milwaukee Brewers and wound up playing 44 games over the next two-and-a-half months for Milwaukee's rookie farm team, the Helena Brewers. He played well, bouncing back from a cold start to finish the season with the club's fourth-highest batting average (.279). He was all set to return a few weeks ago for what would have been his second season, but as spring training neared Rowe started to have second thoughts. "The day I was supposed to go I was sick physically, throwing up," Rowe said. "I was thinking about what is important in my life and what is valuable in my life and spending it playing baseball is not what it's all about. I called my parents and they were cool about it. They understood." According to Rowe, playing in the minor leagues sucked the fun right out of the game for him. Chasing a carrot of possible fame and fortune, pro ball players are focused more on moving up in the ranks individually, less on winning. Thus, the team camaraderie that made his previous baseball experiences at OSU and Ashland High memorable was virtually nonexistent. Then there were the road trips ? notoriously long, monotonous bus rides to places like Missoula, Billings, Great Falls and Ogden, Utah. Ultimately, it was the thought of those red-eyed "business" excursions, and of the bleachers devoid of family and friends that waited at the other end, that finalized Rowe's decision to call it a career. "I had to give it up," he said. Rowe now plans on completing his philosophy degree at Oregon State and possibly pursuing a career in the film industry, a path that has already been paved by both is father, Doug Rowe, and brother, Jackson, another former AHS first baseman. Reflecting on his short stint in the minors, Rowe speaks confidently about his decision. "I'm sitting in the dugout a lot with these guys and a lot of them, they don't know what they're going to do (after baseball)," he said. "I just knew that that wasn't what my life was going to be about, so I had to make that decision." While Rowe says he's done with pursuing a Major League career, that doesn't mean he's through with baseball. Recently, he's worked with the Ashland High team, which is 6-4 heading into Tuesday's Southern Sky Conference opener against Crater, and he's tentatively planning a trip to Australia next fall to play in a tournament.

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...amp;coll=1 Parra's performance far above par in win Stars pitcher hurls win, knocks in pair of runs vs. Braves By SKIP VAUGHN For The Huntsville Times, skipv@htimes.com Huntsville Stars pitcher Manny Parra had a memorable Easter - on the mound and at the plate. Parra got the win and drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single as the Stars beat the Mississippi Braves 4-1 before an announced crowd of 775 at Joe Davis Stadium. "It's a family day," the left-hander said. "Even though a lot of us don't have our families here, we're a team. We're a family here, so it's like we have a family here to spend time with." He went five innings with seven strikeouts and two walks. He allowed six hits, one earned run and committed a balk. Parra (1-0) threw 85 pitches, 50 for strikes. "Even though I pitched behind (in the count) a lot, there was a lot of battling going on," he said. "The defense picked me up a couple of times. I'm pretty happy to get through five innings." Trailing 1-0, Parra came to bat in the second inning with the bases loaded and one out. He laced a single to right field off Braves starter Kelvin Villa (0-1). The Stars would score all four of their runs in the inning. "I love hitting. It's always fun," Parra said. Asked if he was most proud of his pitching performance or his big hit, he said "definitely the pitching." But he'd grade himself a "C" on his outing. "Getting ahead early, throwing strikes early in the count, I didn't do a good job doing that," Parra said. Stars pitching coach Rich Sauveur was most impressed with how Parra worked his way out of jams. The Braves scored their lone run in the first. They had the bases loaded with no outs in the fourth and men on second and third with no outs in the fifth, but failed to score. "What I saw today was that he stayed focused even when things got a little hairy out there," Sauveur said. Parra and relievers Corey Thurman, Joe Thatcher and Grant Balfour combined for 16 strikeouts. Balfour earned the save with five strikeouts in two perfect innings. "Every win is special, but to do it on Easter Sunday it's more special," said Stars hitting coach Sandy Guerrero, serving as acting manager in the absence of Don Money. "Actually we did it by good situational hitting and excellent pitching." Steve Moss went 2-for-3 for the Stars (2-2). Lou Palmisano doubled and scored a run against Mississippi (2-2). "We got the hits with the runners on, that's how you win ballgames," Palmisano said. "It's when you've got to get your hits, with runners on base." As the Stars catcher, Palmisano had a firsthand view of Parra's pitching performance. "He threw great," Palmisano said. "He commanded the ball on both sides of the plate. He made some great pitches there, made some great pitches when he had to." The Stars and Braves will finish their five-game, season-opening series tonight at 7:05. Probable starters are left-handers Sam Narron for Huntsville and Francisley Bueno for Mississippi.

Nashville Pre-Game Coaches Chat with Hitting Coach Harry Spilman: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%204-8.mp3

Link for R.A. Dickey photo while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Dickey starts strong, falls apart in fourth First loss as Sound sees ups and downs By TYLER BLANK For The Tennessean R.A. Dickey's quest to return to the majors got off to a great start Sunday, but the former MBA and Tennessee star faltered in his Sounds debut as Nashville lost 3-2 to the New Orleans Zephyrs in the first game of a seven-inning doubleheader at Greer Stadium. The Nashville native retired the first eleven batters he faced but gave up three runs in the fourth inning on two singles and three consecutive walks. "I felt pretty good out there. Outside of a couple of weakly hit balls, it was a good outing. Obviously the back-to-back walks hurt. It's kind of inexcusable," said Dickey (0-1), who spent his first ten seasons with the Rangers organization and is trying to get into the Brewers' rotation after being signed in January. The Sounds lost a pitcher's duel 1-0 in game two as both teams struggled offensively. Dickey gave up two hits and three earned runs in game one as Nashville's late rally attempt fell short. He had five strikeouts, but the three walks proved costly. "He did well. He had one inning where he had some hiccups with a couple walks. Overall, a pretty good first start," Sounds Manager Frank Kremblas said. The Sounds made it close in the seventh inning when right fielder Vinny Rottino hit a two-run home run to left field. But New Orleans closer Lino Urdaneta got the save by retiring the side. The Sounds struggled offensively in both games against veteran New Orleans pitchers Jorge Sosa (1-0) and Chan Ho Park (1-0). Against Sosa in game one, Nashville had just two hits through six innings. The Sounds totaled four hits throughout the game and the poor hitting continued during the second game. Nashville had only two hits off Park, who went six innings with one walk and six strikeouts. Rottino and Drew Anderson were the only Sounds player to record multiple hits on the day. Both were 2-for-6. "They made pitches today," Kremblas said, "and didn't give us a lot of chances." Sounds' starter Chris Oxspring (0-1) allowed four hits and one run with five strikeouts through five innings in the second game. "I made one mistake that cost me a run and eventually cost the team the victory," he said. "It was just one of those days." The Sounds open a four-game series against Oklahoma at 6 p.m. today at Greer Stadium. What they said: "I made one mistake that cost me a run and eventually cost the team the victory." ? Oxspring on Carlos Gomez's single, which drove in teammate Anderson Hernandez for the winning run. ***Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Not facing Sounds is good news for Dickey By TYLER BLANK For The Tennessean R.A. Dickey, who spent the past 10 seasons in the Texas Rangers organization, has another reason for coming home to Nashville. The MBA grad has not fared well against the Sounds. Although he owns six Oklahoma RedHawks pitching records including wins, strikeouts and innings, Dickey has a career record of 4-11 against the Sounds. He has a 5.37 ERA against Nashville in 20 appearances and 14 starts. Dickey was named Mr. Baseball in 1993 at MBA and an All-American in 1996 at Tennessee, where he holds records in appearances, starts, innings and strikeouts. He was selected by Texas in the first round of the 1996 draft. He converted to a knuckleball pitcher in 2005 and has spent each of the last three seasons on the Rangers' opening day roster. Double trouble: The Sounds were swept in a doubleheader for the first time since Oklahoma accomplished the feat in July. The last time Nashville swept a doubleheader was August 2005 at Colorado Springs. The Sounds were 2-6 in doubleheader games last season. Turning two: Heading into Sunday's game, the Sounds were among a bundle of teams at the top with a Pacific Coast League-leading four double plays this season. They added two to that total Sunday, bringing their season total to six. On a roll: After hitting in each of Nashville's games Sunday, Drew Anderson is the only Sound to have hit safely in all four games this season. He is 4-for-14 (.286). No. 500: Sounds Manager Frank Kremblas recorded his 500th career managerial victory Friday. He is fifth in team history with 151 victories and could jump to as high as third by the end of the 2007 season. Kremblas has a winning percentage of .511 in nine season as a minor-league manager.

TopProspectAlert does a nice job: topprospectalert.com/prospectstats.htm

Monday night at home vs. Oklahoma. Fans can keep in mind that the Nashville and Huntsville media notes, available within our Daily Link Reports, display the upcoming starting rotation schedule. We'll do our best to let you know about the Manatee and Power rotations as well.

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Link while active, text follows: www.wvgazette.com/section...2007040741 Mojica shakes off cold, leads Power past Lake County By Mike Whiteford Charleston Gazette Staff Writer As he stepped to the plate Saturday night for his first at-bat as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers organization, Jimmy Mojica?s prospects didn?t look encouraging. ?I couldn?t feel my hands,?? said Mojica, alluding to the 30-degree weather. ?It was my first at-bat. I was nervous. I?m glad it?s over with.?? Despite the nerves, cold hands and swirling snowflakes, the Power shortstop rocketed a home run to left-center field leading off the first inning and added a game-tying sacrifice fly in the fifth, helping the Power to a 4-3 victory over the Lake County Captains at Appalachian Power Park. On a night of intermittent snow showers and knife-life breezes, a crowd of about 200 attended. Earlier on Saturday, the Captains rallied for six runs in the eighth inning for a 6-4 victory in the completion of a suspended game, which had been halted in the third inning on Friday night. Unlike most of his Power teammates, Mojica, a native of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, was not drafted by the Milwaukee organization but spent last year with St. Joseph, Mo., of the Independent American Association, where he played well enough to impress Brewer scouts. An everyday shortstop at St. Joseph last year, he made his first start for the Power in Saturday night?s game and expects to fill a utility role. ?I?ll play wherever my manager wants me ? second, short, third.?? said Mojica, who played two seasons at Kansas City (Kan.) Community College. After Mojica produced his team?s first two runs with the homer and sacrifice fly, Lake County?s Nick Weglarz led off the sixth inning with a homer to left for a 3-2 Captains lead. But the Power responded with two runs in the bottom of the sixth. Andrew Lefave and Chuckie Caufield opened with singles and, one out later, Lefave came home and Caufield took third on an error by second baseman Adam Davis. John Alonso followed with an infield single to the shortstop hole, bringing home Caufield with the decisive run. Davis? error was the Captains? third of the game; the Power did not make an error. ?We made all the plays, and we were playing in the same conditions as they were,?? said Mojica. ?A ground ball is still a ground ball. You?ve got to make plays.?? Reliever E.J. Shanks pitched a perfect seventh ? the game was scheduled for just seven innings ? to preserve the victory for Patrick Ryan, who yielded two runs in two innings but picked up the win. Power starter Alex Periard struck out the side in the first inning and allowed just two hits and a run in four innings. POWER POINTS: The Power is off today and will play host to Lakewood for four games beginning at 7:05 PM (6:05 Central) Monday. ... If Mojica eventually reaches the majors, he won?t be the first former Independent League player to pass through Charleston and advance to the big leagues. Pitcher Brendan Donnelly, a 1995 Charleston Alley Cat, spent five seasons with the Angels, including some playoff and World Series appearances, and is now with the Red Sox. ... Mojica is related to former Yankee Bernie Williams. Mojica?s mother is Williams? aunt. ... As an acknowledgement of the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, the Power wore pink uniform tops Saturday night, and the bases, too, were pink. The Race for the Cure, a breast cancer fund-raising 5-kilometer event, is scheduled for May 5 on Kanawha Boulevard. ... The pink bases stood out better than white ones in Saturday?s snow showers.

David Weiser's www.starsboxscore.com/ SUN SHOWS UP, BUT NOT TO PLAYWhat few people showed up today for a Magnetic Schedule giveaway were still talking about the snow that fell during the 7th inning of last night's game........ Well, the sun came brightly out today, warming the seats for the first hour of the game, making the ballpark experience comparatively more tolerable than it was last night, but the temperature at game time was 38°, five degrees colder than the start time the previous night, and the coldest temperature I have ever sat in to watch a game. After three games, the Stars' bats are as cold as the weather. They're swatting .208 after another six-hit game ....... They got their runs today eight innings apart on a sacrifice fly and a fielder's choice......... An extra-base hit here and there, but after 27 innings, the Stars have 20 hits and 14 walks with just eight runs to show for it. They have left 25 on base........ After a 2-1 start against this same team last year, they scored 10 runs on 15 hits and 17 walks and left 22 on base....... Hopefully, the rotation (0-2, 7.43) will do a better job once the warmer weather shows up. A lot of line drives and fly balls to the outfield were coming off Greenville bats this afternoon....... Mike Jones was socked hard in the 1st inning....... J.C. Holt, for the 3rd straight day, opened the game with a hit on Jones' 2nd pitch, lining a double inside the left field line...... He's now off to a 7-for-14 start and the Braves have scored in six of the eight innings he has gotten a hit........ On a 2-2 pitch, Brent Lillibridge hit a hard grounder through the right side into left for a hit, sending Holt to 3rd....... Brandon Jones fouled a ball off, then poked a soft double that rolled into left, scoring Holt and sending Lillibridge to 3rd......... Jarrod Saltalamacchia's grounder on a 1-1 pitch deep on the infield was momentarily dropped by Hernan Iribarren, but he recovered to get the first out of the inning, time enough to score Lillibridge to make it 2-0...... After Matt Esquivel walked on six pitches, Van Pope lined a double to the gap in left-center, scoring Jones and sending Esquivel to third........ Carl Loadenthal's fly ball deep to center completed the scoring, but it took Jones 25 pitches to get out of the inning. Like Steve Hammond the previous night, Jones settled down in the 2nd inning, retiring the side, and was strong in the 3rd and 4th innings as well. In those three innings of work, he threw 35 pitches, 22 for strikes. Then the roof caved in again in the 5th, as the Braves again started spraying line drives left and right......... A one-out single to right by Holt, then a double to right-center, a single, an error on a pickoff attempt at 1st, a walk to Saltalamacchia, and finally, a bases-clearing double by Luis Esquivel over the head of Steve Moss. It was all over in the 5th inning and it was just mop-up work for Robert Hinton and Mark DiFelice. The Stars tried to get back in the ballgame after the Braves took a 4-0 lead in the top of the 1st.. Mel Stocker and Iribarren both laid down bunt hits to the left side on Dan Smith's first three pitches. Hernan might have been thrown out, but 3rd baseman Van Pope took too long a look to second, thinking perhaps he had a chance to get the lead runner, and it gave Hernan that half-step extra that got him on first......... A balk before Smith threw his first pitch to Moss moved both runners into scoring position, but the Stars could only manage one run in the inning, and that on Brendan Katin's deep fly to left, his 2nd sacrifice fly in as many games, a trick last accomplished by Adam Heether, September 1-2, 2005. The Stars wore their whites for the first time this season, my favorite uniform. The pitchers call the shots here, and most of the time, it's the reds I see on the field........ Hernan is 4-for-11 (.308) after three games...... It's left-handers again on Sunday afternoon as the Braves' Kelvin Villa faces off against Manny Parra. Villa was 8-6, 3.83 for Myrtle Beach (Carolina) last year. Let's hope it's a Happy Easter for the Stars as well as for you.

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...amp;coll=1 Jones' arm a plus even if result negative for Stars Pitcher recovering from injury hits 93 mph with fastball By SKIP VAUGHN For The Huntsville Times, skipv@htimes.com Despite the final numbers, Saturday's outing against the Mississippi Braves was a triumph for Huntsville Stars pitcher Mike Jones. The Stars' 8-2 loss to the Mississippi Braves marked his comeback from four years of battling with injuries. He had surgery to his right throwing shoulder in October 2004 and again in April 2005. All that followed a slight tear in a ligament in his elbow in July 2003 in Huntsville, which resulted in cautionary rehabilitation. Now he's back. Jones had a good spring and made his first start of the season Saturday. He took the loss before an announced crowd of 986 at Joe Davis Stadium. But there was optimism afterward. "From an overall feeling standpoint, I was happy," Jones said. "I was very pleased with how my body's responding. But overall there's a pitching mental part of the game. That's what I need to work on right now. The mental, just the pitching. There's a battle that goes on between the batter and the pitcher every time you pitch. Basically I need to pitch with a little more conviction and aggression. "From a physical standpoint, everything feels terrific. I'm just looking to go out and build the pitch count and give our guys a chance to win. We've got a good team." Jones threw 71 pitches, 48 for strikes. He mostly threw his fastball, which reached 93 mph. He went 4 1/3 innings with two strikeouts and one walk, allowing eight hits and seven runs (six earned). He settled down after a four-run first inning. "Jonesy made some giant strides today," Stars pitching coach Rich Sauveur said. "I'm really happy, even after that (first) inning. He came back and made some quality pitches. Overall, I thought he did an outstanding job. I think he threw much better than what his line says." Jones, 23, a 6-foot-4, 220-pounder from Phoenix, Ariz., patiently answered questions about his outing after completing his stretching exercises in the training room. His demeanor confirmed what Stars pitcher Manny Parra had said about him before the game. Parra, a left-hander, will start today's game at 2:05 p.m. against Mississippi. "He's just a straight-forward guy," Parra said. "All-American, comes from a super family. He was raised Mormon." The Stars (1-2) didn't have a good outing defensively nor at the plate Saturday. They committed two errors and produced only two runs on six hits. "It's a tough game," said Stars hitting coach Sandy Guerrero, filling in for manager Don Money who was at home in New Jersey for personal reasons. "Offensively, we didn't do enough to win the game. We committed two errors. The errors that we're making, they're costing us some runs. We've got to play better defense and make the routine plays." Hernan Iribarren went 2-for-3 at the plate for Huntsville. Mel Stocker also had two hits, with a triple, and scored a run. Brendan Katin doubled and scored in the ninth. Dan Smith got the win for the Braves (2-1). He went five innings with five strikeouts and no walks. He allowed two hits and one unearned run.

Florida Today, Daytona News Journal: The Daytona Cubs broke open a close game with six runs in the bottom of the eighth inning in a 12-4 win against the Brevard County Manatees on Saturday night in Daytona Beach. One night after struggling at the plate -- striking out 14 times -- in a 3-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers affiliate, Daytona's lineup pounded out 16 hits and whiffed only four times. Daytona's batters also drew four walks. Chris Amador and Robinson Chirinos had three hits apiece for the Cubs (2-1), while Ryan Norwood and Jake Muyco each drove in three runs. Grant Johnson picked up the win, pitching 12/3 innings of scoreless relief. The Cubs got their swings and also took advantage of four Manatees errors, including one by each of Brevard County's outfielders. The Cubs knotted the game at 4 with two runs during a fifth inning in which they sent eight batters to the plate. Amador reached on a three-base error by center fielder Charlie Fermaint and scored on Nate Spears' single to left field. Spears ended up at third when left fielder Cole Gillespie missed the ball. Spears later scored after the Cubs loaded the bases and Alberto Garcia was hit by a pitch by Manatees reliever Josh Wahpepah (0-2). Daytona took the lead with two runs in the sixth. Matt Matulia singled and Amador bunted for a hit before Spears moved the runners over with a sacrifice bunt. Matulia scored on a groundout by Chirinos and Norwood followed with a double to plate Amador. For the Manatees (1-2), Ryan Crew had two hits, including a double. Ned Yost, Chris Errecart and Mat Gamel finished with two hits apiece. Wahpepah gave up two runs on three hits in 1 1/3 innings of relief. Brevard County starter Steve Garrison went 4 1/3 innings, allowing four runs and seven hits. He struck out five and walked two. The two teams square off again on Monday at 7:00 PM (6:00 Central) in Daytona. Daytona News-Journal Photo by Justin Yurkanin http://www.news-journalonline.com/downloads/DCUBS040807.JPG

Standings through Saturday's Action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis 2 1 .667 - 2-1 0-0 W2 Iowa 1 1 .500 0.5 0-0 1-1 W1 [b]Nashville 1 1 .500 0.5 1-1 0-0 W1[/b] Omaha 1 2 .333 1.0 0-0 1-2 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 2 1 .667 - 0-0 2-1 W1 Carolina 1 2 .333 1.0 0-0 1-2 L2 Chattanooga 1 2 .333 1.0 0-0 1-2 W1 Huntsville 1 2 .333 1.0 1-2 0-0 L2 West Tenn 0 3 .000 2.0 0-0 0-3 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Lucie 3 0 1.000 - 2-0 1-0 W3 Daytona 2 1 .667 1.0 1-0 1-1 W1 Jupiter 2 1 .667 1.0 1-1 1-0 W2 Brevard County 1 2 .333 2.0 1-1 0-1 L1 Palm Beach 1 2 .333 2.0 0-1 1-1 L2 Vero Beach 0 3 .000 3.0 0-1 0-2 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hickory 2 0 1.000 - 0-0 2-0 W2 Lexington 2 0 1.000 - 2-0 0-0 W2 Greensboro 2 1 .667 0.5 0-0 2-1 W1 West Virginia 2 1 .667 0.5 2-1 0-0 W1 Lake County 1 2 .333 1.5 0-0 1-2 L1 Lakewood 1 2 .333 1.5 1-2 0-0 L1 Delmarva 0 2 .000 2.0 0-0 0-2 L2 Hagerstown 0 2 .000 2.0 0-2 0-0 L2

This is different -- hopefully they'll do the entire roster at some point: Talking Baseball Cards Vinny Rottino -- "My favorite ballplayer is Chris Barnwell." You can just picture Barny behind the cameraman having fun with that...

West Virginia Site Doubleheader Summary: POWER AND CAPTAINS SPLIT TWIN BILL The West Virginia Power and Lake County Captains endured an extremely cold weekend that was capped off by a doubleheader on Saturday night. The teams split the twin bill, with the Captains taking game one 6-4, and the Power taking game two 4-3. The Captains rallied in the first contest to erase a four-run deficit, by scoring six runs in the eighth inning. Prior to the Captains? eighth inning eruption, the Power scored the first four runs of the game. Kenny Holmberg smashed his first home run of the season in the first inning to put the Power ahead 1-0. In the third inning, West Virginia scored three times to take a 4-0 lead. Brent Brewer tripled in Taylor Green and scored on Holmberg?s sacrifice fly before John Alonso delivered a two-out run-scoring single to cap off the three-run frame. Lake County?s incredible six-run eighth inning started with back to back solo home runs from Matt Whitney and Jared Goedert. Roman Pena walked with the bases loaded later in the inning and Matt McBride capped the rally with a three-run double to give the Captains the lead for good. The second contest involved a few lead changes. West Virginia scored first on Jimmy Mojica?s solo home run in the bottom of the first inning. The Captains tied it in the third when Alex Castillo reached on a fielder?s choice and knocked in Roman Pena in the process. Lake County jumped ahead 2-1 after Lucas Montero?s RBI single in the fifth inning. The lead didn?t last long as West Virginia tied the game in the bottom of the fifth when Steve Chapman scored on Mojica?s sacrifice fly. Lake County answered quickly in the top of the sixth inning when Nick Weglarz hit a solo home run to put the Captains back in the lead. In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Power had runners on first and second base with one out when Andy Bouchie hit what appeared to be an inning-ending double play ball, but it went between the legs of Lake County second baseman Adam Davis and allowed Andrew Lefave to score the tying run. John Alonso really made the error sting during the next at-bat when he drove in the go-ahead run on a base hit to give the Power the lead for good. In game one Paolo Espino (1-0) got the win, Neil Wagner (1) earned the save and D.J. Lidyard (0-1) got the loss. In the second game, Patrick Ryan (1-0) earned the victory, E.J. Shanks (1) retired the side in order to earn the save and Jeanmar Gomez (0-1) got the loss. The Power will begin a four-game series against the Lakewood BlueClaws at Appalachian Power Park on Monday night. The Power will start with left hander Mike Ramlow (0-0, 0.00). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central).

Final: Daytona (Cubs) 12, Brevard County 4 Those of you who took our audio advice and flipped over to the Cub broadcast (like myself) were subjected to some shoddy defense and plenty of Cubbie base hits... Brevard County Box Score: Six unearned runs will help keep ERA's somewhat respectable... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_dbcafa_1 Brevard County Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_dbcafa_1

Follow Sunday'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". 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 Game One: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Nashville Game Two: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_2 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

These links will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds and/or Huntsville Stars are scheduled to play. Normally they are updated an hour or two prior to gametime, with Nashville's usually earlier: Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf Huntsville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.huntsvillestars.com/i...eNotes.pdf

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP R.A. Dickey and RHP Chris Oxspring in a double-dip at home vs. New Orleans (Mets), 12:40 PM pre-game; 1:00 gametime; each game seven innings Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: LHP Manny Parra at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 1:50 PM pre-game, 2:05 gametime Audio link: www.huntsvillestars.com/ Brevard County: Idle West Virginia: Idle

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New Orleans (Mets) at Nashville, postponed, cold Nashville Site Update: Tonight's game between the Nashville Sounds and New Orleans Zephyrs, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at Greer Stadium, has been postponed due to extremely cold conditions. The game will be made up as part of a 1 p.m. CT doubleheader on Sunday afternoon. Gates will open at 11:30 a.m. Both contests will be seven-inning affairs. Nashville native R.A. Dickey will make his Sounds debut in Sunday's first game and face New Orleans right-hander Jorge Sosa. The Sounds will send right-hander Chris Oxspring to the hill in the nightcap to square off against Zephyrs right-hander Chan Ho Park.

Final: West Virginia 4, Lake County (Indians) 3, regularly scheduled game, seven innings West Virginia Box Score: Encouraging start for RHP Alex Periard, it'd be nice to see positive returns from some of the high-round Canadian investments -- groundouts and strikeouts, nice; newcomer SS Jimmy Mojica shows Brent Brewer the way, homering in his first at-bat, later walking and hitting a sacrifice fly... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: John Alonso's single drives in the go-ahead run; 29 degrees at game time... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1