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LHP Steve Hammond's day on Wednesday: Phoenix Bottom 1st -- Jason Pridie strikes out swinging. -- Stephen Drew called out on strikes. -- James Loney grounds out, shortstop Alcides Escobar to first baseman Michael Johnson. Phoenix Bottom 2nd -- Andre Ethier grounds out, second baseman Dan Uggla to first baseman Michael Johnson. -- Kurt Suzuki walks. -- Daric Barton singles on a ground ball to third baseman Tripper Johnson III. Kurt Suzuki to 2nd. -- Jonathan Schuerholz singles on a ground ball to shortstop Alcides Escobar. Kurt Suzuki to 3rd. Daric Barton to 2nd. -- Alex Frazier walks. Kurt Suzuki scores. Daric Barton to 3rd. Jonathan Schuerholz to 2nd. -- Elliot Johnson grounds into double play, second baseman Dan Uggla to shortstop Alcides Escobar to first baseman Michael Johnson. Alex Frazier out at 2nd. Phoenix Bottom 3rd -- Jason Pridie flies out to center fielder Jeff Salazar. -- Stephen Drew homers (6) on a fly ball to right field. -- James Loney strikes out swinging. -- Andre Ethier grounds out, second baseman Dan Uggla to first baseman Michael Johnson. Phoenix Bottom 4th -- Kurt Suzuki singles on a ground ball to third baseman Tripper Johnson III. -- Daric Barton singles on a line drive to center fielder Jeff Salazar. Kurt Suzuki to 2nd. -- Jonathan Schuerholz grounds into double play, second baseman Dan Uggla to shortstop Alcides Escobar to first baseman Michael Johnson. Kurt Suzuki to 3rd. Daric Barton out at 2nd. -- Alex Frazier walks. -- Elliot Johnson lines out to center fielder Jeff Salazar. Phoenix Bottom 5th -- Jason Pridie called out on strikes. -- Stephen Drew grounds out, first baseman Vinny Rottino to pitcher Steven Hammond. -- James Loney flies out to center fielder Jeff Salazar. You can review the exploits of Escobar, Hart, and Rottino at the plate here: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...n_pddwin_1

Got to see Corey smoke a first-pitch line drive single and Vinny hit a soft liner for a single as well. Very cool for November 9th http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Actually, it's video and audio tonight! Holy cow, that was definitely a last-minute announcement and update by MILB.com! Of course, Steve Hammond pitched five solid innings and I tune in for the sixth inning http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/ohwell.gif Vinny Rottino just entered the game, and Corey Hart is idle. Alcides Escobar has two hits, including a double, but I just saw him strike out -- fun to see, though. I doubt the game in its entirety will be archived, but here's hoping - would love to go back and watch Hammond, along with Escobar's previous at-bats...

The Javelinas (17-12) visit Phoenix (21-9) Wednesday night, 8:05 PM Central, no audio. The season is winding down, ending tomorrow, Thursday the 10th. The Javelinas will not be in the championship game, having lost the division to Phoenix. LHP Steve Hammond is hopefully still scheduled to start Wednesday night. The updating box score / game log is here: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...n_pddwin_1 Go to the AFL site home page to make use of the Advanced Gameday Feature: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p?sid=l119

Suspended game after 11 innings Tuesday: Game summary - www.minorleaguebaseball.c...;fext=.jsp Twins castoff Brian Wolfe's strong fall continued: Peo Saguaros Top 8th -- Pedro Lopez flies out to center fielder Adam Jones. -- Coaching visit to mound. -- Josh Whitesell flies out to left fielder Nick Markakis. -- Brad Eldred strikes out swinging. DH Corey Hart was 1-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base, 3B/LF Vinny Rottino 0-for-4 with a walk, and 18-year-old SS Alcides Escobar went 2-for-5 and is now at .325, zero walks in 83 AB's. With two games remaining in the season, the Javelinas have been eliminated from consideration for the championship game, even though they have the league's second-best record.

The Javelinas (17-12) host the Peoria Saguaros (8-21) Tuesday afternoon, 2:05 PM Central, no audio. The season is winding down, ending Thursday the 10th. The Javelinas trail Phoenix by three games with three to play. Corey Hart is your DH Tuesday, Vinny Rottino your third baseman and Alcides Escobar your shortstop. On Monday, as noted above, Hart (.339, OPS 1.033) and Escobar (.321, OPS .688) each had two base hits in four AB's, with Hart hitting his 5th AFL roundtripper and Escobar doubling for his 2nd extra-base hit of the fall. The updating box score / game log is here: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...n_perwin_1 Go to the AFL site home page to make use of the Advanced Gameday Feature: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p?sid=l119 LHP Steve Hammond gets the start on Wednesday.

Monday's box score / game log is here: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...n_gcrwin_1

As a reminder, here's the September 5th end-of-season conversation with Don Money again: Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...amp;coll=1 Nine Questions for a Star Mark McCarter, Huntsville Times Don Money, a former major league all-star, is wrapping up his first season as Huntsville's manager. On Friday, two hours before game time, he was at his desk, signing baseball cards that collectors had sent to him. That seemed like a good start for the first of Nine Questions with Don Money. 1. You're signing autographs for all these people who have mailed in requests. Whose autographs do you have? When I went to games (as a kid), you didn't get down to the field the way they do today. And it wasn't that big a deal. When I was a player, I got Mrs. Babe Ruth on a ball when she was at Milwaukee one year. I got some Hall of Famers I played with and against, Rollie Fingers, Robin (Yount) and (Paul) Molitor. But not a lot of them. 2. What do you think fans most misunderstand about your job? The pitching side of it. Because you can see guys hit. You look at the board and see their averages. We know who is available to pitch, and for how long, that night. They come to the park aned see five or six guys sitting down there in the bullpen, they're thinking they can pitch. A guy walks two in a row and gives up a base hit, they're saying, "Let's get somebody else up." "Take this guy out. He can't get the ball over the plate." I wish I could. In the majors, they can. They carry two more pitchers and don't have guys on a pitch count. But I don't have that (luxury). 3. What about away from the field? How much time we spend at the ballpark. I come here every day at 12:30. I know that's a lot earlier than if we have to be on the field. But I have to be ready for early work at 2:30 or 3 o'clock. I sit here and get my lineups made out. People say how long can that take, but sometimes I have to find out who's healthy, who's pitching for the other team, things like that. It's not just showing up at 5 for a 7 o'clock game. When the game's over, I have the computer work I have to put in (filing game reports on each player to Milwaukee) and if I rush to get it done, I can probably get out in an hour, but not usually. 4. What are you going to do this winter? Nothing. Get away from ball. That's what you usually do. I get home, I'm a homebody. We don't go a lot of places. I'm not a guy who says let's take a week's vacation here or there. My vacation is to go down to Maryland for a weekend and go crabbing. My brother and his family are down there. My wife's (Sharon) family is down there. We make a weekend of it, three or four days. Go crabbing on a Friday morning and eat 'em on Saturday. 5. You're a big TV guy. In the off-season, what teams will you follow? When I go home, I don't watch a lot of baseball. I'll watch golf. If the Brewers are on I'll watch. I'm a Redskins fan, because I grew up in Washington. I followed them when they were good and bad. I followed them back when they had that big white feather down the middle of their helmets. I couldn't name anybody on the team right now, but I could when the Hawgs were there. But I still follow them. 6. When you think back on the season, what are the good things you'll reflect on? We had guys move up, guys who played well enough to move up. Hopefully we had some part of that. (Dana) Eveland moved up. (Mitch) Stetter moved up. We had both of those guys last year in low-A and one guy is in the big leagues and one's in Triple-A. That's our job, to get guys to the next level. Hopefully we've done a decent job in that respect. 7. What about the negative side? Not winning more games. It's a combination. Sometimes pitching was good, hitting wasn't. Sometimes the hitting was good and pitching wasn't. 8. We know nothing is set yet, but would you be OK with a return to Huntsville next season? Yep. 9. So, what will the 2006 Stars be like? We don't know if some of those guys (at Class A ball) are ready to come here. Some of these guys here will definitely be back. They might need two years, three years in Double-A. Next year, I know I'm going to change some things. This year, you live and learn. The young men down in the other end of the clubhouse say "Treat us like men and we'll get our work done." I tried that. Next year, we're going to do it my way. You always have guys that want to push the rules right to the end. You tell them "Don't walk to within a foot of the edge,'' and they're 12 and a quarter inches away. Sometimes, you overlook that. We're going to drop the hammer on them, be a little tougher.

First, a link to the now-closed 2005 coaching thread, which had several feature articles in an eventful season: p092.ezboard.com/fbrewers...2686.topic I'd imagine we'll hear more soon in an off- season that will likely see some minimal shake-up in this regard. West Virginia needs a new pitching coach with Jim Rooney sliding back into the organizatioanl coordinator's role. Will everyone else be back? Probably not, but at least for now, Huntsville's intact: Link while active, text follows -- www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...amp;coll=1 Stars get Money back as Huntsville manager Ex-Brewers All-Star glad to return for second season By MARK McCARTER Times Sports Staff markcolumn@aol.com The cows were mooing. It was early Saturday afternoon and Don Money was hurrying to change into work clothes. The cows on his farm outside Vineland, N.J., were hungry and Money had just arrived from the airport, flying home from Milwaukee and the Brewers' organizational meetings. It was in Milwaukee that the news became official: Money, the 58-year-old former major league All-Star infielder and one of the most storied players in Brewers history, will be returning for his second season as Huntsville Stars manager. "I'm very happy about that,'' Money said Saturday before heading out to the fields. "Last year was my first year (in Double-A) and it was trial and error. Things will be a little different. But I'm happy to be coming back.'' In fact, the entire 2005 staff is coming back: Sandy Guerrero, who lives in Huntsville with wife Jessica, will be back for his fourth season as hitting coach. Rich Sauveur will be back for his second season as pitching coach. Dave Yeager, who makes his home in Athens, will be back as trainer. It is expected that former Stars manager Frank Kremblas and ex-Stars pitching coach Stan Kyles will return to Triple-A Nashville, where they led the Sounds to the Pacific Coast League championship. "I'm excited that Don's coming back,'' Stars general manager Tom Van Schaack said. "We had a good relationship, on and off the field, and I'm sure it'll be even better.'' The Stars will open their 2006 season on April 6 at Mississippi, with the home opener April 11 against Birmingham. Money managed six seasons at Beloit before coming to the Stars last season. With a young club hampered by promotions of several key players, Huntsville finished 60-79, the worst record since 1988. Money was inducted last summer into the Brewers' "Walk of Fame,'' one of 12 members; others include Commissioner Bud Selig, the Brewers' former owner, and Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Rollie Fingers and Robin Yount. He batted .264 for his major league career, with 169 homers and 690 RBIs. In 1977, he had a banner year with a .279 average, 25 homers and 83 RBIs. He was on the Brewers' 1982 World Series club. Money and wife Sharon have two grown children, Don Jr. and Shannon, and are grandparents of five. His promise Saturday that "things will be a little different'' was a continuation of an old conversation. Late one night, an hour after a game during the Stars' final homestand, he sat at the desk in his office, in a blue T-shirt and his uniform pants. Money began a litany of "ifs'' - a list of "if I come back next season'' vows. There would be things he'd do differently. He had given his players too much freedom. He had assumed they were more fundamentally sound than they were. He didn't think, as a whole, they had the proper mental approach to the game. "If I come back,'' began one vow, "they can forget those cell phones. No more phone calls after they get to the stadium.'' The "ifs" can now officially become a "when.''

Thanks to Brewerfan poster plowjockey for reminding us about this audio link of Corey Hart when he joined the radio booth Tuesday. Scroll down to the November 1st archive at this link: mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/ml...rchive.jsp Hart homered on Saturday and walked twice -- Vinny Rottino and Alcides Escobar also combined to reach four times, details are in the game box score and log linked just above.... Four games left, next one's Monday...

The Javelinas (16-11) host Mesa (12-14) Saturday afternoon, 2:05 PM Central, no audio. The season is winding down, ending Thursday the 10th. The updating box score / game log is here: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...n_perwin_1 Go to the AFL site home page to make use of the Advanced Gameday Feature: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p?sid=l119

Javelinas lose, 9-5, as former Brewer draft pick (unsigned) and now Yankee farmhand Steven White earned the win, although Corey Hart drove in four runs in his AB's vs. White. RHP Brian Wolfe worked again, as the Javelina staff is thinner than most, with losses such as Dana Eveland that weren't filled. Grand Canyon Top 9th Pitcher Change: Brian Wolfe replaces Mike Flannery. -- Reggie Abercrombie triples (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Nick Markakis. -- Matt Moses singles on a line drive to left fielder Val Majewski. Reggie Abercrombie scores. -- David Parrish singles on a line drive to left fielder Val Majewski. Matt Moses to 2nd. -- Robert Andino grounds into double play, shortstop Alcides Escobar to second baseman Dan Uggla to first baseman Michael Johnson. Matt Moses to 3rd. David Parrish out at 2nd. -- Josh Wilson lines out to shortstop Alcides Escobar. Vinny Rottino had a leadoff walk in a 9th inning pinch-hit appearance. DH Corey Hart (now 18-for-55, .327, with six extra-base hits, it's just Corey being Corey): -- strikes out swinging in the 1st, man on second, two out -- triples on a fly ball to right field in the 3rd, two out, base loaded, three RBI -- homers (his 3rd of the fall) on a fly ball to left center field, two out in the 5th -- it was the tail end of back-to-back Javelina home runs -- grounds out sharply 1-3 in the 7th, no one on, two out SS Alcides Escobar (back up to .300 at 21-for-70, one extra base hit, 11 K's, no walks). Escobar walked once every 26 AB's this past season in West Virginia (20 times in 520 AB's). -- singles on a bunt ground ball to third base in the 3rd, no one on, one out, later scores -- Gary Pettis really has Alcides focusing on his bunting this fall -- flies out to left field in the 4th, man on first, two out -- singles on a fly ball to right field in the 6th, no one on, two out -- grounds out 4-3 in the 9th, no one out, man on 1st moves to 2nd -- Escobar handled his only two fielding chances cleanly

Game still in progress, Corey Hart with a bases-loaded triple in the third inning...

The Javelinas (16-10 and still three games out of a division title) host Grand Canyon (10-15) Friday afternoon, 2:05 PM Central, no audio. The updating box score / game log is here: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...n_perwin_1 Go to the AFL site home page to make use of the Advanced Gameday Feature: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p?sid=l119

The Javelinas came from behind to win Thursday afternoon, 12-6. LHP Steve Hammond was cruising until back-to-back long balls in the third cost him a four-spot. Ground ball single, walk, then boom-boom -- a reminder how quickly an outing can turn. Hammond's day: Grand Canyon Bottom 1st -- Lastings Milledge strikes out swinging. -- Robert Andino walks. -- Eric Duncan flies out to left fielder Val Majewski. -- Garrett Jones strikes out swinging. Grand Canyon Bottom 2nd -- Bronson Sardinha grounds out softly, shortstop Alcides Escobar to first baseman Corey Hart. -- Kevin Mahar flies out to right fielder Gary Harris. -- David Parrish reaches on fielding error by third baseman Vinny Rottino. -- Mike Nickeas lines out to right fielder Gary Harris. Grand Canyon Bottom 3rd -- Chase Lambin singles on a ground ball to left fielder Val Majewski. -- Lastings Milledge out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Steven Hammond to first baseman Corey Hart. Chase Lambin to 2nd. -- Robert Andino walks. -- Eric Duncan homers (8 ) on a fly ball to right center field. Chase Lambin scores. Robert Andino scores. -- Garrett Jones homers (5) on a fly ball to right field. -- Bronson Sardinha grounds out, third baseman Vinny Rottino to first baseman Corey Hart. -- Kevin Mahar pops out to second baseman Dan Uggla. Grand Canyon Bottom 4th -- David Parrish singles on a soft ground ball to third baseman Vinny Rottino. -- Mike Nickeas strikes out on foul tip. -- Chase Lambin flies out to left fielder Val Majewski. -- Lastings Milledge strikes out swinging. Well, if you read Hammond's log above, you know where Corey Hart, Vinny Rottino, and Alcides Escobar played defensively... 1B Hart (now 16-for-51 for .314, four extra-base hits, two walks, seven K's, 2 SB's in as many attempts): -- lines out to center field in the 1st, man on first, one out -- flies out to right field with one out in the 3rd, man on second moved to third -- flies out to center field in the 5th, man on first, no one out -- grounds into 5-4-3 double play in the 7th, man on first, one out -- singles on a sharp line drive to center field leading off the 9th, then stole second base (team led at the time only 8-6) and later scored 3B Rottino (now 8-for-27 for .296, five BB's, six K's -- Vinny's average went up 79 points today http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif ) -- strikes out swinging leading off the 2nd -- committed a fielding error in the 2nd (no harm) -- singles on a soft fly ball to right field leading off the 4th, immediately caught stealing -- singles on a line drive to center field leading of the 6th, later scores -- walks in the 8th, no one on, one out, later scores on an Alcides Escobar single -- singles on a soft fly ball to center field in the 9th, men on 1st and 3rd, none out, RBI, later scores himself SS Escobar (now 19-for-66 for .288, one extra-base hit, zero BB's -- time's running out for that walk, kid -- 11 K's, and five SB's in six attempts) -- grounds into 4-6-3 double play in the 2nd, men on first and second, one out -- grounds out softly to first base in the 4th, man on first, two out -- reaches on a fielder's choice 5-2 out in the 6th, men on 1st and third, one out, later steals second base -- singles on a line drive to right field in the 8th, men on 2nd and 3rd, two out, two runs score to tie the game, huge hit (one RBI -- error, catcher), moves to 2nd on the throw, later steals third base, later scores -- grounds into a 6-4 force out in the 9th, bases loaded, one out, run scores Keep in mind Nashville hitting coach Gary Pettis is the Javelinas' manager, so he's sure to have input as to where Rottino and Hart play.

From an MILB.com Q&A: What's the status of Prince Fielder? I understand he left the AFL due to an illness to his wife and haven't heard anything since. -- John, Milwaukee Jonathan Mayo: I don't know the exact status, John, and I don't want to speculate too much. I had heard that his wife was pregnant and I don't know if there were complications with that or what exactly happened. Frankly, it shouldn't be of concern to us. Some people who saw him in the Fall League thought he looked disinterested. Some thought he was just fatigued after a long season. I think maybe he was distracted because there were some issues with his wife and her pregnancy. This is pure conjecture on my part, but I know it would be hard to focus on any job if that kind of thing was going on at home. Well, Doug Melvin had said he expected Prince back. With only a week remaining in the AFL season, I'd say chances of that are about nil. The Javelinas (15-10 and now three games out of a division title) visit Grand Canyon (10-14) Thursday afternoon, 2:05 PM Central, no audio. LHP Steve Hammond gets another start. The updating box score / game log is here: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...n_gcrwin_1 Go to the AFL site home page to make use of the Advanced Gameday Feature: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p?sid=l119

Javelinas lose, 5-0. RHP Brian Wolfe's fine fall season continues, with a 1-2-3 9th. He's setting himself up for a prominent role next spring, perhaps as a key set-up man / closer in Nashville. 18-year-old SS Alcides Escobar was 0-for-3, and is now at .295 (18-for-61), one extra-base hit, 11 K's, and no walks.

The Javelinas (15-9) visit Peoria's Saguaros (6-18) Wednesday night , 8:05 PM Central, no audio. LHP Steve Hammond is scheduled to start Thursday (not Wednesday night). The updating box score / game log is here: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...n_peswin_1 Go to the AFL site home page to make use of the Advanced Gameday Feature: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p?sid=l119

A rather uneventful combined 1-for-7 for Hart and Escobar Tuesday, except that Corey's base hit led off the ninth and led to a two-out, walk-off, two-run HR by the Padres' Dan Uggla in the 3-2 Javelinas win. Hart played third base, and handled a foul pop out and one ground ball. I remember Mike Lindskog, the former voice of the High Desert Mavs (boy, was Mike fun for those late-night California League games), calling out Uggla's name, and me thinking what an awesome name it was.

The Javelinas (14-9) host the Peoria Saguaros (6-17) Tuesday, 2:05 PM Central, there is audio available today. Note the new start time now that Daylight Savings Time has ended (most of Arizona does not adhere to savings time). This is scheduled to be the last audio broadcast involving the Javelinas this fall, unless they come back to win their division (currently two games out) and make the AFL championship game in a week and a half. Corey Hart is playing third base today, Alcides Escobar shortstop. Audio link: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p?sid=milb The updating box score / game log is here: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...n_perwin_1 Go to the AFL site home page to make use of the Advanced Gameday Feature: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p?sid=l119

Javelinas lose, 10-3. Corey Hart 1-for-4 (single), 1 K, now at .333 (42 AB's). He was the DH. Vinny Rottino played third base, 0-for-3, now at .217 (5-for-23). RHP Brian Wolfe came on in the 8th, in a one-out, bases-loaded situation. Two of the runners came on to score (error, single, then double play ball). In the 9th, Wolfe pitched out of a bases-loaded jam (error, two singles) without allowing a run.

Read AFL Q&A columns on RHP Brian Wolfe: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=l119 Corey Hart: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=l119

The Javelinas (14-8) host Phoenix (15-7) in a battle for first place Monday afternoon, 3:05 PM Central, no audio. The updating box score / game log is here: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...n_perwin_1 Go to the AFL site home page to make use of the Advanced Gameday Feature: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p?sid=l119

SS Alcides Escobar the only Brewer to see action Saturday (0-for-3), struck out swinging, flied out to center, bunt ground out to the pitcher, handled several fielding chances cleanly. APB out on Corey Hart -- DHonks, you're on the case! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

The Javelinas (14-7) visit Phoenix (14-7) in a battle for first place Saturday afternoon, 3:05 PM Central, no audio. The updating box score / game log is here: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...n_pddwin_1 Go to the AFL site home page to make use of the Advanced Gameday Feature: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p?sid=l119