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  1. 1-1 in the bottom of the 10th in Brevard -- that starting pitcher matchup lived up to all expectations given early season pitch counts, and the bullpens have been flawless...
  2. Suspended, snow: West Virginia 1, Lake County (Indians) 0, bottom of the 3rd in Charleston Nice three innings for RHP Mike McClendon... Partial West Virginia Box Score West Virginia Site: POWER AND CAPTAINS POSTPONEDSnowy, unplayable conditions at Appalachian Power Park postponed Friday night?s game between the West Virginia Power and Lake County Captains. The two teams will pick up where they left off on Saturday at 4:05 PM (3:05 Central). The game will resume in the bottom of the third inning with Taylor Green on third base and nobody out, with the Power ahead 1-0. The two teams will finish a nine inning game in game one, and then play a seven inning game approximately a half hour after the completion of the first contest. In game two, Lake County will start right hander Jeanmar Gomez (0-0, 0.00) and the Power will counter with left hander Zach Braddock (0-0, 0.00).
  3. In progress: Daytona (Cubs) 0, Brevard County 0, bottom of the 4th in Melbourne Will Inman has only allowed a bunt single through four... Delay, snow: West Virginia 1, Lake County (Indians) 0, bottom of the 3rd in Charleston Kenny Holmberg a first inning home run...
  4. RHP Will Inman's first three pitches of the season are strikes for a K. 1-2-3 first inning. Getting ready to switch over to the big league boys, but it is very sweet that we get to listen to Manatee baseball this year, almost for Inman's starts alone. The 'Tees even have a third member of the broadcast team, a young lady providing on-field reports. Sounds like a great atmosphere in Melbourne tonight for this pitching matchup.
  5. 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): Not posted as regularly as Nashville's... www.huntsvillestars.com/i...eNotes.pdf
  6. Saturday's Daily Menu: Huntsville matinee today... All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP R.A. Dickey at home vs. New Orleans (Mets), 5:40 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: RHP Mike Jones at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 1:50 PM pre-game, 2:05 gametime Audio link: www.huntsvillestars.com/ Brevard County: LHP Steve Garrison at Daytona (Cubs), 7:05 PM Audio link: www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp West Virginia: First, it's the completion of Friday's suspended game, then LHP Zach Braddock in a seven-inning nightcap at home vs. Lake County (Indians), 2:50 PM pre-game, 3:05 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp
  7. Follow Saturday'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 Completion of Suspended Game: Linescore and game log won't be functional, but box score stats will be... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Regularly Scheduled Game: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1
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  9. On the home page of MiLB.com right now, one of the main screen choices is video highlights of the Sounds' game from Thursday, including Ryan Braun's double: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p?cid=milb
  10. I'd like to put my Brewerfan Hall-of-Fame vote in for Woogie. He's the man with these graphics. Good work It's a little early for Hall-of-Fame, but the Woogster has a huge lead in the running for Brewerfan Rookie of the Year.
  11. Just tried the audio link to WUMP off of the Huntsville site, and it's working now. Going forward, we'll link to the Stars' home page for their audio link: www.huntsvillestars.com/
  12. From poster John Briggs last night: For those with Directv's sports package, the Nashville game is being shown on channel 625. There's an occasional Sounds game on TV, apparently, but it's pretty rare. Whenever a minor league game is televised anywhere, it's available via MiLB.com's TV package for the computer, for $29.95 for the season, plus monthly and daily rates: www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../video.jsp Whenever a Brewer affiliate game is available via this package, we'll remind subscribers as part of the Daily Link Report setup.
  13. While you could listen live last night, the Manatee audio feed was one of only three in the MLBAM system that did not archive as well. We've asked the Manatees for an update. Tonight's an example, with the Inman - Samardzija matchup, that would be nice to listen to after the fact, particularly with a big-league Brewer game tonight. We'll keep you posted.
  14. Manatees vs. Cubs Rivalry Trophy: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503
  15. Standings through Thursday's action: Hey, the Sounds are still tied for first! Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 0 1 .000 - 0-0 0-1 L1 Memphis 0 1 .000 - 0-1 0-0 L1 Nashville 0 1 .000 - 0-1 0-0 L1 Omaha 0 1 .000 - 0-0 0-1 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carolina 1 0 1.000 - 0-0 1-0 W1 Huntsville 1 0 1.000 - 1-0 0-0 W1 Tennessee 1 0 1.000 - 0-0 1-0 W1 Chattanooga 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 L1 West Tenn 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daytona 1 0 1.000 - 0-0 1-0 W1 Palm Beach 1 0 1.000 - 0-0 1-0 W1 St. Lucie 1 0 1.000 - 1-0 0-0 W1 Brevard County 0 1 .000 1.0 0-1 0-0 L1 Jupiter 0 1 .000 1.0 0-1 0-0 L1 Vero Beach 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greensboro 1 0 1.000 - 0-0 1-0 W1 Hickory 1 0 1.000 - 0-0 1-0 W1 Lexington 1 0 1.000 - 1-0 0-0 W1 West Virginia 1 0 1.000 - 1-0 0-0 W1 Delmarva 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 L1 Hagerstown 0 1 .000 1.0 0-1 0-0 L1 Lake County 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 L1 Lakewood 0 1 .000 1.0 0-1 0-0 L1
  16. The Charleston Daily Mail reported that in order to get the West Virginia squad's roster of 27 down to the official South Atlantic League limit of 25, the Power placed outfielder Darren Ford and pitcher J.T. King on the 7-day disabled list. Injury news not available at this time. You'll notice that when you click on the various team pages from the sidebar off of our home page, you'll see the roster broken down by active and non-active. When the cause of an injury is known, it will be listed.
  17. Link while active, text follows: www.dailymail.com/story/S...defensive/ Despite victory, Power will need to get defensive Jacob Messer Charleston Daily Mail sportswriter West Virginia Power Manager Mike Guerrero didn't need to say a word to his players Thursday to make his point after their often-atrocious-but-ultimately-victorious Opening Night effort against Lake County. All he had to do was show them his T-shirt, one of the many layers of clothing he wore under his jersey to stay warm on a chilly, windy and, at times, snowy night at Appalachian Power Park. On the front, over his heart, it read: "No errors." On the back, in the middle, just below his shoulders, it read: "Defense wins championships." Two timely hits saved the Power from three errors -- it would have been four if the scorekeeper hadn't given a player the benefit of the doubt on a questionable call -- against the Captains. West Virginia (1-0) hung on for a 4-3 South Atlantic League win over Lake County (0-1). Andrew LeFave hit a two-out, two-run homer in the first inning and Michael Brantley hit a two-out, two-run triple in the seventh inning to account for all of the Power's scoring. Brantley, whose triple snapped a 2-2 tie, was 3-for-4 and would have hit for the cycle if he would have hit a homer. "I just go out there and try to hit the ball hard," Brantley said. "Wherever it ends up, it ends up. If it's a single, double, triple, homer, it doesn't matter." LeFave was 2-for-2 with two walks, two runs and two RBI. The left-hander battled Lake County starter Carlton Smith to a full count during a 10-pitch at-bat in which he fouled off four do-or-die pitches before he smashed an opposite-field shot over the left-center field fence. LeFave said a pre-game chat with Power hitting coach Corey Hart prepared him for that at-bat. "We discussed what that pitcher's plan was for the day," LeFave said. "He really works away to a lot of guys. He threw pretty straight and his velocity was all right. "What I was trying to do was keep my hands inside the baseball and go which way the pitch takes me. "It was nice that we had that chat before the game because I knew he was going to go away. He left it up a little bit. I just threw my hands and got my barrel on the ball and it took off. I wasn't trying to hit a home run. I was just trying to put the ball in play and hit it in the gaps." Credit the Power pitchers for persevering through a tumultuous game in which their teammates often let them down in the field and at the plate. Starter Brae Wright (seven hits and two runs in 4 1/3 innings) and reliever Patrick Ryan (two hits and no runs in 1 2/3 innings) got the Power through the first six innings. Reliever E.J. Shanks and closer Omar Aguilar did the rest. Shanks pitched the seventh and eighth innings, yielding one unearned run on no hits and two walks, to record the win. Aguilar struck out the side in the ninth inning to get the save. "Our pitching staff was the star for the night," Guerrero said. In addition to its errors, West Virginia stranded 10 runners and finished with 14 strikeouts. "We had a lot of opportunities to blow the game away," Guerrero said. "But you have to tip your hat to them. They made great pitches when they needed to." No one had a worse night than Power shortstop Brent Brewer, a 2006 second-round draft pick who had no hits and three strikeouts in five at-bats. He also had a hand in all of the Captains' runs. His first-inning throwing error and eighth-inning fielding error -- both on grounders -- allowed runners to score from second base. He made another miscue -- the aforementioned questionable call -- in the third inning when he misjudged a shallow popup. The ball fell to the ground untouched, again allowing a runner to score from second base. "When teams don't execute the little things, that's when they get into trouble," Guerrero said. "But give credit to the kids. We have a lot of young guys and we are inexperienced and we are going to make mistakes. But we battled out there." POWER POINTS: The teams will play the second of their three-game series at 7:05 tonight (6:05 Central). Lake County will start right-hander Steve Wright. West Virginia will throw right-hander Mike McClendon. ... Thursday's official attendance was 3,642, the smallest crowd for a home opener at the three-year-old stadium. West Virginia drew 5,354 for its 2005 home opener and 5,742 for its 2006 home opener. Charleston Daily Mail Photo: Craig Cunningham Lake County?s Roman Pena is out at second as the West Virginia Power?s Kenny Holmberg makes a throw for a failed attempt at a double play in the fourth inning of the season opener on Thursday night at Appalachian Power Park. http://www.dailymail.com/images/Opener0406.jpg
  18. Well, I guess I'm to blame because of the off-the-cuff remark about America's Top Model, it was just kind of a fun "locker room" type comment. I'm sure the guys would all agree those photos weren't taken at Glamour Shots or anything. Let's just end the discussion on that topic now, this is one of our key threads for the season, and it will return to Manatee feature articles and such shortly. Thanks.
  19. Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...amp;coll=1 Stars get extra credit Heether's single in 10th gives Huntsville win By BRAD SHEPARD For The Huntsville Times The pitchers' arms are still loosening. The fielding isn't as sharp as normal. Good thing for the Huntsville Stars, their clutch hitting was in midseason form against the Mississippi Braves on opening night Thursday. Adam Heether ripped a solid single down the left-field line to score Steve Sollman in the bottom of the 10th as the Stars pulled out a 4-3 thriller in front of an announced crowd of 2,128 at Joe Davis Stadium. Former Atlanta Braves first-round draft pick Joey Devine took the loss after walking Sollman, giving up a Guilder Rodriguez infield hit and allowing Heether's game-winner. "A perfect way to start the season," Heether said. "Wins like that bring you together as a team." A handful of bright spots was enough for Huntsville on a chilly night when neither team looked particularly strong offensively. The Stars and Braves combined for 26 strikeouts, and nobody came close to hitting one out of the park. That said, Steve Moss was excellent. The Stars center fielder went 3-for-4 with an RBI and ignited the offense all night. "The way I started is how I want to finish," Moss said. "I just want to keep this mind-set. "We didn't hit up to our capabilities tonight, but what we did do is have timely hits, and that wins games." Leadoff hitter Hernan Iribarren drove in the game-tying run in the seventh and sped around the bases on a throwing error by Mark Jurich for the go-ahead run. Iribarren got hung up between first and second after the hit and would have been picked off, but Jurich's throw one-hopped and the race began. A good throw from shallow right could have gotten Iribarren at home, but it also bounced as he slid in safely. "He ran through a stop sign," Stars manager Don Money said. "He's a dead duck at the plate." The Braves came right back in the eighth off Grant Balfour when Brandon Jones blooped a two-out single to center to score Greg Creek and tie the game 3-all. Huntsville's final comeback took the umpires off the hook from a controversial call in the sixth. After the Stars loaded the bases down 2-1 with two outs, Lou Palmisano sent a weak grounder to shortstop. Moss hustled from first, though, and appeared to narrowly beat the throw from Brent Lillibridge on what should have been an easy force play. Moss was called out to the dismay of the Stars and stood several seconds on second base in disbelief. The hustle play could have tied the game but instead ended the inning. "Oh, Moss was safe, no doubt," Money said. None of that wound up mattering. The game started with a flourish for the Braves and 21-year-old pitching prospect Matt Harrison, who'd wowed Atlanta Braves brass in spring training a month ago. He pitched five strong innings, and Huntsville starter Adam Pettyjohn countered with seven strikeouts in four innings of his own. Pettyjohn ran into trouble in the third when leadoff hitter J.C. Holt got things going for Mississippi, singling to center. He stole second and came home on another single by Lillibridge, who scored easily on Jones' triple to give the Braves a 2-0 lead. The Stars got one in the fourth and continued to fight back all night. "Just a great job," Money said, "all the way around."
  20. Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Sounds start season off cold Nashville gets only one run, two hits in loss to New Orleans By MAURICE PATTON Tennessean Staff Writer It was a cold opening night ? in more ways than one ? Thursday for the Nashville Sounds. Managing just one hit through the first six innings, the Sounds lost 4-1 to New Orleans. With a 43-degree temperature limiting the Greer Stadium crowd to 4,297, Nashville lost its season opener for the second straight year and fell to 14-16 all-time in openers ? and to 20-10 in home openers. "In Arizona we played in warmer weather," said third baseman Ryan Braun, who scored Nashville's only run after doubling in his first Class AAA at-bat. "We haven't had too many at-bats in this; we're trying to adjust. But everybody's got to deal with it." Braun's second-inning leadoff double and a throwing error by New Orleans catcher Mike DiFelice, a former Vol, were all the offense the Sounds managed against starter Philip Humber. The No. 3 pick overall in the 2004 draft by the Mets worked around some trouble in the fourth inning but otherwise held Nashville in check. Relievers Jose Santiago (three hitless innings) and Lino Urbaneta combined to allow just one hit over the final four innings. "He threw his breaking ball for strikes, and that makes your fastball that much better," Nashville Manager Frank Kremblas said of Humber. "He did a good job of mixing it up and making pitches when he needed to." Zach Jackson allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits over 4 1/3 innings to take the loss. "I made some quality pitches; I was happy with that," Jackson said. "But I may have been a little too aggressive. On a couple of 3-2 (counts), they got some big hits. They had a couple of balls here and there that got through. There's not much you can do about it."
  21. Photo Slideshow from the Tennessean of the Sounds' Opening Night: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....s=Itemnr=1
  22. Link while active, text follows: www.nashvillecitypaper.co...s_id=55532 Sounds open year 30 at Greer with a loss By Nate Rau, Nashville City Paper Sports Correspondent Happy 30th birthday, Greer Stadium. The big blue dinosaur of a ballpark opened its 30th season of baseball Thursday amid behind-the-scenes posturing by Sounds management, the city of Nashville and Baltimore developer Struever Bros., Eccles & Rouse over the construction of a new riverfront ballpark. A new stadium seems less and less likely, but the Nashville Sounds opened up their season at the old standby anyway. The game ended with Nashville taking a 4-1 loss to New Orleans in front of 4,297 fans at Greer. The Sounds managed just two hits on a frosty April evening with temperatures in the 30s. ?It?s not the way you want to start the year off, but we know what we?ve got [talent-wise],? Sounds first baseman Brad Nelson said. ?It?s not like we?re going to read into it too much.? Nashville?s first hit came in the second inning when top offensive prospect Ryan Braun made a memorable Music City debut by smashing a double off the wall in right field. Braun went on to score on a throwing error by Zephyrs catcher Mike DiFelice to give the Sounds a shortly-lived 1-0 lead. That was the only offensive noise the Sounds made all night. A fair amount of the credit goes to New Orleans starter Phillip Humber, who made his Triple A debut. Humber went five innings, but allowed just one hit. Reliever Jose Santiago followed with three perfect innings. ?Humber did real well,? Nelson said. ?He had a sharp curveball. We hung in there. We didn?t look bad up there. We just couldn?t get any hits and any rally started.? Sounds starter Zach Jackson wasn?t lackluster exactly, but allowed six hits and two earned runs over 4.1 innings. New Orleans got to Jackson with a run in the third to tie the game. The Zephyrs took the lead with another in the fourth then added insurance runs in the fifth and ninth. Nashville didn?t manage its second hit until the ninth when Drew Anderson notched a single. The Sounds only had seven baserunners all game. Dickey returns to Nashville: Montgomery Bell Academy alum R.A. Dickey will return to Music City as a member of the home team when he takes the ball as the Sounds? starting pitcher on Saturday. Tim Dillard will get the start tonight and Chris Oxspring gets the nod on Sunday. Parking lot trimmed down: Prime parking spots in the main lot in front of Greer Stadium were fenced off and won?t be available to Sounds fans, because of construction of a visitors center for adjacent Fort Negley.
  23. From an opponent's perspective, links on Cubs' prospect Jeff Samardzija, a name many of you are familiar with, and Will Inman's opponent tonight: www.news-journalonline.co...040607.htm www.news-journalonline.co...040607.htm By the way, best sense of humor in the entire Brewers' organization belongs to Manatees GM Buck Rogers: "The Manatees have received 41 media press credential requests from local and national media outlets for the game. That's about 40 more than we receievd all of last year. This must be what it feels like when the Washington Post came to Mayberry to cover an art show at Aunt Bea's house. We'll make sure that they all get his name spelled correctly...I know it can be tough, but here goes....I...N...M...A...N. If you can't get excited about this game, remember, it's Good friday and even the Bible begins "In the Big Inning."
  24. Link for photo of Nestor Corredor while active, text follows: www.floridatoday.com/apps...002/SPORTS Cubs rain on Manatees' opener BY JEFF NAVIN FLORIDA TODAY As is customary this time of the season, Derek Miller of the Brevard County Manatees had a pitch count Thursday night and ended up with a no decision as the Daytona Cubs spoiled the season opener for the Manatees in the Florida State League with an 8-3 victory. The Cubs scored six runs in the final three innings to break a 2-2 tie. "I thought Derek threw well," Brevard County manager John Tamargo said. "In the first couple of innings, he was a little excited out there. He threw a lot of pitches in that first inning. But he settled down and really changed speeds well after that." Miller, a left-hander, gave up two runs on three hits in five innings. He struck out four and walked two. He was restricted to a pitch count of 85 and came out after throwing 81 pitches. The Cubs scored a first-inning run on a controversial balk and extended their lead to 2-0 in the third inning as Tyler Colvin singled to right field, stole second and scored on a bloop single to right by Ryan Norwood. Brevard County's Chris Errecart lined a solo home run to left field to left field in the third inning to whittle the Cubs' lead to 2-1. Charlie Fermaint's triple to center field in the fourth inning drove in Cole Gillespie, who had singled, to tie the game. "I thought we swung the bats well," Tamargo said. "We hit the ball on the nose and we were aggressive at the plate. They just didn't fall in for us." Matt Matulia's run-scoring double off the wall in center field in the seventh inning off reliever Josh Wahpepah gave Daytona a 3-2 lead, but it was a four-run uprising in the eighth which doomed the Manatees. Nate Spears singled off left-handed reliever Rafael Lluberes to lead off the eighth, and Jim Adduci reached on a bunt single when second baseman Ryan Crew was late in covering first base on the play. Two batters later, reliever David Johnson gave up a two-run single to Jesus Valdez. Matulia added a two-run single off Johnson later in the inning to break open the game." "(The bunt play) was just a mental lapse," Tamargo said. "These are good players. We just looked a half-step behind all night. We've got to pick up the speed more and move forward." Errecart drove in a run with an infield grounder to account for the Manatees' final run in the ninth inning. The two teams will play again at 7:00 PM (6:00 Central) today at Space Coast Stadium. Former Notre Dame standout wide receiver Jeff Samardzija will pitch for the Cubs. Will Inman will start for the Manatees. Tamargo has returned to manage the Manatees after a one-year stint as manager of the Triple-A Durham Bulls in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays organization. The 55-year-old former major league catcher with the St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants and Montreal Expos had the unenviable task of managing minor-league standout outfielders Delmon Young and Elijah Dukes, who both thought they should have been playing for the Devil Rays rather than toiling in the minor leagues. "The players at this level (Single-A Manatees) need to go out and play and try to learn," Tamargo said. "We want to help them develop a good character. Character is important and the Brewers want guys who play with enthusiasm and want to learn how to play. . . . I've been in baseball 34 years, and things definitely have changed. And, some of it has not been for the better. Our job is to get things going in the right direction." Fred Dabney, who played 11 seasons in the minor leagues for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees organizations, is entering his third season as the pitching coach for the Manatees. This will be his seventh season as a minor league pitching coach and his fourth season in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. Ken Berry has joined the Milwaukee Brewers organization and will be the hitting coach for Brevard County. Berry played in the major leagues from 1962 to 1975 with the Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers and Cleveland Indians. Berry was a gold glove outfielder in 1970 and 1972. His best batting average for a season was 1972 when he hit .289 for the Angels. During his career, he had a combined 22 hits in 79 at-bats (.278) against Hall of Fame pitchers Catfish Hunter, Gaylord Perry and Nolan Ryan. "We want to teach as much as we can," said Berry, who will turn 66 on May 10. "I hope to get our hitters to use the whole field. . . . Hitting is balance and timing. I can recognize when something is off. Some instructors need to break it down with video, and some kids can see it and figure it out better that way. Everyone is different." Berry, who played most of his career in the 1960s when pitchers had a decided advantage with a higher pitching mound, was known for his ability to time his leap near the outfield wall to rob hitters of home runs. He also had to make a difficult decision to play professional baseball rather than join the old American Football League where he was coveted as a wide receiver. "We didn't fraternize with the other teams in those days," Berry said. "I didn't take (batting) tips and I didn't talk to players from the other team. But now I wish that I had had the brains to talk to Al Kaline about hitting. Nowadays, guys from both teams stand around the batting cage and talk. I guess they're able to turn it on and off." The Florida State League definitely will test a player's love for the sport. Despite playing most games at night, the heat and humidity will be tiring for even the most physically fit of the Manatees. "The biggest jump is from Single-A to Double-A ball," Tamargo said. "The biggest challenge is at the next level. That's the best part about this job -- seeing guys improve to step up and how they handle the next level. If they handle that, then we've done our job."
  25. This photo gallery from Florida Today includes close-up face shots of each and every Manatee, player and staff. Nice to be able to place faces with names. Tyra Banks America's Top Model has nothing to worry about http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif : www.floridatoday.com/apps...amp;Ref=PH
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