Jim Goulart

Standings through Friday's action: Things looking dicey for the punchless Sounds; it's a shame the Stars don't play Tennessee again -- they'll need some help, but we like their chances with that rotation; the Manatees missed their chance in the first-half with an inexplicable at-the-time two-week slide -- a total non-factor in the second half; wonderful individual performances for Power players all season -- somehow never translated to consistent winning on the field, odd and disappointing; it's not hard to make the playoffs in the Pioneer League (half the teams do) -- Billings won the first-half title, so Helena only needs to beat out Missoula and a weak Great Falls team to make the post-season; hopefully the Maryvale kids that will move on in the system learned some things along the way this summer... Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 63 57 .525 - 35-25 28-32 L4[/b] Iowa 62 57 .521 0.5 35-27 27-30 W2 Memphis 46 73 .387 16.5 26-34 20-39 L2 Omaha 45 75 .375 18.0 27-33 18-42 L5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 29 19 .604 - 16-9 13-10 W4 [b]Huntsville 25 22 .532 3.5 12-12 13-10 W5[/b] Chattanooga 25 23 .521 4.0 16-12 9-11 L3 West Tenn 23 25 .479 6.0 14-6 9-19 W1 Carolina 20 28 .417 9.0 14-9 6-19 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daytona 28 19 .596 - 19-10 9-9 W2 St. Lucie 27 20 .574 1.0 14-9 13-11 W2 Palm Beach 26 23 .531 3.0 15-9 11-14 W1 [b]Brevard County 19 28 .404 9.0 9-9 10-19 L3[/b] Jupiter 19 28 .404 9.0 11-13 8-15 L2 Vero Beach 19 29 .396 9.5 11-14 8-15 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lakewood 31 16 .660 - 15-5 16-11 W2 Lake County 26 19 .578 4.0 13-9 13-10 W1 Hickory 25 22 .532 6.0 13-15 12-7 L1 Greensboro 24 22 .522 6.5 13-12 11-10 W2 [b]West Virginia 23 24 .489 8.0 12-9 11-15 L1[/b] Hagerstown 19 28 .404 12.0 10-17 9-11 L5 Lexington 19 28 .404 12.0 13-11 6-17 L1 Delmarva 16 30 .348 14.5 9-13 7-17 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billings 8 5 .615 - 5-2 3-3 W3 [b]Helena 7 6 .538 1.0 6-2 1-4 W2[/b] Missoula 7 6 .538 1.0 5-1 2-5 L2 Great Falls 4 9 .308 4.0 3-2 1-7 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Giants 10 3 .769 - 4-2 6-1 W5 AZL Angels 9 4 .692 1.0 2-0 7-4 W1 AZL Royals 9 4 .692 1.0 5-3 4-1 L1 AZL Padres 7 5 .583 2.5 4-3 3-2 L4 AZL Athletics 7 6 .538 3.0 6-2 1-4 W3 AZL Mariners 6 7 .462 4.0 5-2 1-5 W2 AZL Cubs 4 9 .308 6.0 1-6 3-3 L1 AZL Rangers 3 9 .250 6.5 3-3 0-6 L2 [b]AZL Brewers 2 10 .167 7.5 2-4 0-6 W1[/b]

Standings through Saturday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 64 57 .529 - 35-25 29-32 W1[/b] Iowa 63 58 .521 1.0 35-27 28-31 W1 Memphis 47 74 .388 17.0 27-35 20-39 L1 Omaha 45 76 .372 19.0 27-33 18-43 L6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 30 19 .612 - 16-9 14-10 W5 [b]Huntsville 25 23 .521 4.5 12-12 13-11 L1[/b] Chattanooga 25 24 .510 5.0 16-13 9-11 L4 West Tenn 23 25 .479 6.5 14-6 9-19 W1 Carolina 21 28 .429 9.0 15-9 6-19 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daytona 28 20 .583 - 19-11 9-9 L1 St. Lucie 28 20 .583 - 14-9 14-11 W3 Palm Beach 27 23 .540 2.0 16-9 11-14 W2 [b]Brevard County 20 28 .417 8.0 9-9 11-19 W1[/b] Jupiter 19 29 .396 9.0 11-13 8-16 L3 Vero Beach 19 30 .388 9.5 11-15 8-15 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lakewood 32 16 .667 - 16-5 16-11 W3 Lake County 26 20 .565 5.0 13-10 13-10 L1 Hickory 26 22 .542 6.0 13-15 13-7 W1 Greensboro 24 23 .511 7.5 13-12 11-11 L1 [b]West Virginia 23 25 .479 9.0 12-9 11-16 L2[/b] Hagerstown 20 28 .417 12.0 11-17 9-11 W1 Lexington 19 29 .396 13.0 13-11 6-18 L2 Delmarva 17 30 .362 14.5 10-13 7-17 W2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billings 8 6 .571 - 5-2 3-4 L1 Missoula 8 6 .571 - 6-1 2-5 W1 [b]Helena 7 6 .538 0.5 6-2 1-4 W2[/b] Great Falls 4 9 .308 3.5 3-2 1-7 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Giants 10 4 .714 - 4-3 6-1 L1 AZL Royals 10 4 .714 - 6-3 4-1 W1 AZL Angels 9 5 .643 1.0 2-0 7-5 L1 AZL Padres 7 5 .583 2.0 4-3 3-2 L4 AZL Athletics 7 7 .500 3.0 6-2 1-5 L1 AZL Mariners 7 7 .500 3.0 5-2 2-5 W3 AZL Cubs 5 9 .357 5.0 1-6 4-3 W1 [b]AZL Brewers 3 10 .231 6.5 3-4 0-6 W2[/b] AZL Rangers 3 10 .231 6.5 3-4 0-6 L3

This link will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds and/or Huntsville Stars are scheduled to play. Normally it is updated an hour or two prior to gametime: Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf Following Nashville's lead, Huntsville now makes its media notes available as well, nice: www.huntsvillestars.com/i...eNotes.pdf

This link will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds and/or Huntsville Stars are scheduled to play. Normally it is updated an hour or two prior to gametime: Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf Following Nashville's lead, Huntsville now makes its media notes available as well, nice: www.huntsvillestars.com/i...eNotes.pdf

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_albaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_msbaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_dbcafa_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_delafx_1 Helena: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_grfrok_1 Arizona Rookie: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_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: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_albaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_msbaax_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_delafx_1 Helena Completion of Suspended Game: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_grfrok_1 Helena Regularly Scheduled Game: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_grfrok_1 Arizona Rookie: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_giarok_1

Saturday's Daily Menu: Everybody hits the road 'cept the Maryvale bunch, and some impressive arms lead the way tonight... All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Carlos Villanueva at Albuquerque (Marlins), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: RHP Tim Dillard at Mississippi (Braves), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.espn1450radio.com/ Brevard County: RHP Mike Jones at Daytona (Cubs), 6:05 PM Audio link (opponent's): www.daytonacubs.com/ West Virginia: RHP Will Inman at Delmarva (Orioles), 5:55 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime Audio link: www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower. Helena: RHP Brock Kjeldgaard at Great Falls (White Sox), 7:45 PM pre-game; 8:00 gametime Audio (click on "Listen Live"): www.helenabrewers.net/html2/index.php Arizona: TBD at home in Maryvale to face the Angels' kids, 9:00 PM Central time, never any web audio for the Arizona League

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Dana Eveland at Albuquerque (Marlins), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: LHP Manny Parra at Mississippi (Braves), 12:50 PM pre-game, 1:05 gametime Audio link: www.espn1450radio.com/ Brevard County: Idle West Virginia: RHP Shawn Ferguson at Delmarva (Orioles), 12:25 PM pre-game, 12:35 gametime Audio link: www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower. Helena: First, the completion of Saturday's suspended game, then TBD at Great Falls (White Sox) in the regularly-scheduled nine-inning affair, 4:45 PM pre-game; 5:00 gametime Audio (click on "Listen Live"): www.helenabrewers.net/html2/index.php Arizona: TBD at the Giants' complex to face the San Fran kids, 9:00 PM Central time, never any web audio for the Arizona League

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Thanks, minigoon! Nice find, and nice job resurrecting this thread, we obviously don't see as many features on the Marryvale kids. That link also included this schedule: A day in the life Here is look at a typical day in advance of a night game for Brett Whiteside: 10 to 11 a.m. - Wakes up, eats breakfast and hangs out with teammates. 1:30 p.m. - Gets to the ballpark. 2:15 p.m. - Eats a light lunch. 3:15 p.m. - Stretching, then batting practice and fielding ground balls. 4:30 p.m. - Heads back to clubhouse, starts preparing. 5:30 p.m. - Showers to get refreshed and puts on uniform. 6:15 p.m. - Heads to dugout or bullpen depending on position that game. 7 p.m. - First pitch. 12:30 a.m. - Gets back to hotel room after team meeting discussing results and situations of the game.

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Outfielder Tony Gwynn: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...208-11.mp3 AUDIO: Andrew Beattie RBI Double -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...208-11.mp3

Friday's Helena KCAP Pre-Game Audio Chat with Clubhouse Manager David Larson (Select date for August 11th, skip to the 12:00 minute mark) -- A bit of an insight into the life of a "clubbie"... www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

Link while active, text follows: www.helenair.com/articles...206_01.txt Grand slam lifts Brewers past Osprey By TOM COTTON - Independent Record Sports Editor Chris Errecart says he is feeling confident when he steps up to the plate. Friday night?s game against Missoula should do little to dampen his enthusiasm. The University of California product swatted a grand slam in the sixth inning and drove in five runs, helping the Helena Brewers to a 10-5 win over the Osprey. Errecart was 2-for-4 at the plate and is developing into one of the most dangerous offensive players in the Pioneer League. He has eight home runs to his credit this season and has raised his batting average to .321 after hitting under .200 to start the season. ?It wasn?t so much a struggle with the wood bats, it was just me getting ahead of myself,? he said. ?As the season moved along I was getting the hits I wasn?t getting before.? Errecart?s slam highlighted a seven-run sixth inning which turned a close ball game into a rout. He drove a pitch by Missoula?s Brett Reynolds over the left field wall much to the delight of the 973 fans at Kindrick Legion Field. ?It was a 1-1 count and the first pitch I was sitting on a slider,? Errecart said. ?The pitch was up. I thought it was a ball, but it was called a strike. After that I decided just to react. It was a fastball and I hit it well.? The sixth inning was made even more miserable for Missoula thanks to a complete meltdown by their battery. Jason Neighborgall started the inning for the Brewers and he unleashed four wild pitches in a two-batter span. Missoula catcher Gerardo Bustamante had two passed balls in the frame. When the damage was done a 4-3 Missoula lead became a 10-4 blowout in favor of Helena. The Brewers punished the Osprey batters with three home runs in the contest. Zach Clem and Chuckie Caufield each had solo home runs in the second and third innings, respectively. Helena?s pitching was generally solid throughout the contest with Roque Mercedes picking up the win with five innings of good relief work. He struck out three batters and gave up two earned runs over that span. Helena is now lurking one-game behind first-place Billings in the Pioneer League?s North Division. They have won three of their last four games. ?I always thought when I got here that this team has a lot of good players and when the team gelled, it would fall into a groove,? Errecart said. The Brewers now will play two games on the road, heading to Great Falls. Both contests will start at 7:00 PM (8:00 Central).

Yo with nine K's through seven innings (one run). Little doubt that the Organizational Pitcher of the Year award can be engraved, we'll give it to Will Inman in 2007. Yo is Superman. EDIT: Yo is back out for the 8th inning...

That Brevard bunch has been in a really sorry funk for nearly a couple of months now. Someone with more knowledge of the FSL can verify this, but most of the Brevard road games don't involve hotel stays, I believe, but back and forth daily bus trips, similar to all those High Desert Cal League Southern Division games. It sure would be sweet to see the Brewers hook up with a Carolina League affiliate next season -- but the way the organization treats the high-A level in terms of philosophy, buyer beware.

In progress: Huntsville 4, Mississippi (Braves) 1, top of the 7th in Jackson, with the Stars threatening for more Ryan Braun continues to rake, Yo Gallardo has retired Chipper three times and has six fine innings in 98 degree heat, and I'm looking forward to giving my emotions to this team after another Milwaukee disappointment tonight -- listening to Brett Pollock on the mike now...

Damian Miller turned his mitt and under-caught that last pitch to Jones. If he had just plain caught it, they probably get the call. Not a good job of framing on that pitch.

Would any of us have complained if Kolb or Capellan or Helling were brought in to start the 9th and lost the game? No, we wouldn't have questioned it. But Turnbow was an obviously questionable, hideous move. Ned and Maddux's manlove for the guy has literally ruined our Brewer summer.

Turnbow needs to get a crew cut.

I'm sick. Somebody please tell Ned Yost Rick Helling doesn't have to be a long man only.

Nashville Media Notes: Vinny Rottino becomes your backup catcher to Chad Moeller for the Sounds... To make room for Tony Gwynn in Nashville, catcher Mark Johnson was placed on the Sounds? temporary inactive list. Also, reliever Mike Meyers has left the Sounds to join the Canadian National Team / Team Canada as they prepare for Olympic qualifying. The 28-year-old native of London, Ontario spent his second consecutive season with Nashville in 2006 and posted a 4-5 record and 3.43 ERA (25 ER / 65.2 IP) in 28 games (three starts). He has played for Team Canada throughout his professional career and was on the country?s entry in the World Baseball Classic earlier this year. Meyers is not expected to rejoin the Sounds during the regular season. Meyers had been placed on the Sounds' disabled list on August 7th with a left calf strain.

Nashville Media Notes: Vinny Rottino becomes your backup catcher to Chad Moeller for the Sounds... To make room for Tony Gwynn in Nashville, catcher Mark Johnson was placed on the Sounds? temporary inactive list. Also, reliever Mike Meyers has left the Sounds to join the Canadian National Team / Team Canada as they prepare for Olympic qualifying. The 28-year-old native of London, Ontario spent his second consecutive season with Nashville in 2006 and posted a 4-5 record and 3.43 ERA (25 ER / 65.2 IP) in 28 games (three starts). He has played for Team Canada throughout his professional career and was on the country?s entry in the World Baseball Classic earlier this year. Meyers is not expected to rejoin the Sounds during the regular season. Meyers had been placed on the Sounds' disabled list on August 7th with a left calf strain.

We learn more from Huntsville's site: Veteran Arm Added to Stars' Staff The Milwaukee Brewers have signed veteran right-hand pitcher Luther Hackman and assigned him to the Huntsville Stars. He is expected to be in uniform when the Stars and Mississippi Braves play the third game of their five-game set on Friday night at Trustmark Park. Hackman had been pitching for the Bridgeport Bluefish in the independent Atlantic Leauge, where he was 8-0 with eight saves and a 2.81 earned run average over 73.2 innings of work. He started the season in the bullpen and was moved into the rotation, lasting at least five innings in each of his nine starts. The 31-year-old was selected by Colorado in the sixth round of the draft in 1994 and he made his major league debut with the Rockies in 1999, making three starts and appearing twice in relief. Hackman made 10 starts and one outing in relief for the Carolina Mudcats in the Southern League earlier that season, going 4-3 with a 4.04 ERA. He pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and for the San Diego Padres during the 2003 season. Hackman owns a career big league mark of 9-10 with one save and a 5.09 ERA in 149 outings, including nine starts.