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AUDIO via Monday's Sky Sox pre-game: Interesting chat with Nate Orf, discusses his newly-needed outfield play, Garrett Cooper's maturation as a person and teammate in addition to as a player, and we learn that somehow a failure in a new drainage system caused the additional "wet grounds" rainouts in Colorado Springs after the initial downpours

@Brewers PD just mentioned that RHP Jeanmar Gomez joins the Sky Sox today (Tuesday).

The Land of Booms and Busts by Noah Nofz, BP Milwaukee Nice read on a take on a Sky Sox road game...

VIDEOS via FOX6NOW: You'll find extensive video with GM David Stearns at the link

AUDIO via Matt Pauley's Brewers Extra Innings Podcast Sun. 7/16: "The All-Star game is in the books and now the Brewers are on an 11-week sprint to try to claim the NL Central title. Will they make moves and what kind of moves will they make? How dangerous are the Cubs after the acquisition of Jose Quintana? Matt addresses those issues and more in this week's episode. Tim Muma from Brew Crew Ball joins the discussion. Matt also gets an update on the Brewers' prospects at Double-A with Biloxi Shuckers voice Chris Harris." *** AUDIO via WTMJ Mon. AM 7/17: Tom Haudricourt *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Morning Show Mon. 7/17: Adam McCalvy *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Morning Show Mon. 7/17: Ed Sedar *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show (hosted by CBS 58's Kevin Holden) Mon. 7/17: WSSP's Tim Allen *** AUDIO via the Drew Olson Show Mon. 7/17 (You will need to create a free iHeart Radio account to listen): Tom Haudricourt (go to the 72:00 minute mark) *** AUDIO via WTMJ Tue. AM 7/18: Craig Counsell *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Morning Show Tue. 7/18: WSSP's Tim Allen *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Morning Show Tue. 7/18: Jeff Hathhorn from CBS Pittsburgh breaks down the rest of the series between the Brewers and Pirates *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show (hosted by WSSP's Tim Allen) Tue. 7/18: Pirates' broadcaster Joe Block *** AUDIO via ESPN Milwaukee's "Bryan and Dan" Tue. 7/18: "Fox Sports Wisconsin's Sophia Minnaert joins discusses Brewers dugout shenanigans and just how close of an eye they're keeping on the Cubs."

AUDIO via Matt Pauley's Brewers Extra Innings Podcast Sun. 7/16: "The All-Star game is in the books and now the Brewers are on an 11-week sprint to try to claim the NL Central title. Will they make moves and what kind of moves will they make? How dangerous are the Cubs after the acquisition of Jose Quintana? Matt addresses those issues and more in this week's episode. Tim Muma from Brew Crew Ball joins the discussion. Matt also gets an update on the Brewers' prospects at Double-A with Biloxi Shuckers voice Chris Harris." Enjoy the entire podcast, to be sure, but for the focus of this Minor League Forum, Chris' appearance begins at the 36:50 minute mark.

Timber Rattler DVR Alert THURS. 7/20 vs. South Bend (Cubs), 7:00 PM Spectrum Sports are available on channel 32 and in HD on channel 1332 in Eastern Wisconsin Conveniently, the big league Brewers are idle on this evening, as they play a matinee.

Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- Colorado Springs Media Notes - Linked on the Sky Sox official blog Carolina Media Notes - Linked on the Mudcats official blog *** STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League South Division High-A - Carolina League Southern Division A - Midwest League Western Division Pioneer League North Division Arizona League Central Division Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division Dominican Summer League North Division NOTE: Divisional standings for the two DSL teams point to the same shared page link. NOTE #2: The Standings Links above will reflect second-half standings for Biloxi, Carolina, and Wisconsin. You can easily then click on "Overall Standings" once you've reached the initial link. *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Carolina Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers DSL Brewers/Indians *** Weather.com: Omaha, NE Salem, VA Ogden, UT Santo Domingo, DR

Follow Tuesday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Colorado Springs Carolina Helena DSL Brewers DSL Brewers/Indians MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Tuesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Angel Ventura at Omaha (Royals), 11:30 AM pre-game, 12:00 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him again this season is Dan Acheson (@Dan_Acheson) MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; all Colorado Springs games, home and away, will be available to watch via MiLB.TV's $49.99 season-long package ($12.99 to pay for a single month). The audio feed is from the home team. The video of each game is archived online, which is a nice feature. All MiLB.TV details available at the link. NOTE: Notice that on MiLB.TV's page, you can click on "Filter", then "Milwaukee Brewers", and you'll see just the Crew's organizational TV lineup. ********** Biloxi: Idle ********** Carolina: RHP Jordan Yamamoto at Salem (Red Sox), 9:50 AM pre-game, 10:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link We look forward to Mudcats audio with Greg Young (@gregyoungjr), especially after going without gameday audio for much of the Brewers' stay in Brevard County. MiLB.TV - Yes, Carolina home games will be on MiLB.TV, sweet. It appears three other Carolina League teams (Salem, Myrtle Beach, and Winston-Salem) broadcast as well. ********** Wisconsin: Idle *** Helena: RHP Alec Bettinger at Ogden (Dodgers), 7:40 PM pre-game, 8:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link Garrett Greene (@Garrett_Greene) has your H-Crew coverage for 2017 *** Maryvale: Idle *** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Cubs' #2 Squad, 9:30 AM DSL Brewers/Indians: at home vs. the DSL Pirates, 9:30 AM For each DSL contest, game data won't be available until later in the day We'll link to this Dominican Summer League Brewers' thread as part of the Daily Menu all season to assist you with your familiarity with these young men. You can also use that link to differentiate between Brewer and Indians' prospects on the co-op team.

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VIDEO TWEET via @BrewerProspect: Colorado Springs' RHP Bubba Derby

Final, Colorado Springs 8, Omaha 4, 12 innings Five-Run Frame Sparks 8-4 Victory Sox send 10 batters to the plate in 12th inning in series-opening win By Robby Veronesi / Colorado Springs Sky Sox So many contributed in some way, as you'll see in the linked summary. *** Red-hot Brinson continues raking for Sky Sox Top Brewers prospect, 3rd in the PCL in batting at .344, collects four hits for third time this season By Alex Kraft / MiLB.com Quotes from the mega-prospect within the feature story... The audio below is goofed up (an advertisement), but love the pitch from position-player-pitcher Brayan Pena -- you'll see... Colorado Springs Box Score Twenty-one baserunners for the Sox, not including three Omaha errors. Catcher Jett Bandy has hit .310 in his AAA stint. Nate Orf's OBP is .377 after reaching five times here. Colorado Springs Game Log

Hope you found time for what is always one of the more interesting chats of the week. We learn from Sweet that this a paternity leave for Captain Kirk. Hope all is well and congrats to the family!

Final: Helena 8, Ogden 6 Helena Stops Losing Streak With 8-6 Win Contributions up and down help the Brewers snap their four-game losing streak, set up opportunity for series splits with Raptors By Garrett Greene / Helena Brewers Thanks Garrett, for an outstanding recap at the link above, learn which H-Crew member was "finished the night 3-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, a walk, a stolen base and two runs scored." *** Helena Box Score Check out 2017 3rd rounder K.J. Harrison's game log -- hits in all six contests thus far, often multiples. Still just one game behind the plate, otherwise designated hitter. Could be fun once catching guru Charlie Greene gets a hold of him. 20-year-old Nic Pierre on base three more times and now sports a .354/.415/.438 line after 48 AB's. Venezuelan RHP Nelson Hernandez trusts his fielders. The 4th-year-pro is only 20 years old. Career-wise, only 33 walks (and only 133 K's) in 202.2 innings. Helena Game Log Gifts, accept those gifts! Helena Top of the 5th Pitching Change: Conor Costello replaces Adalberto Pena. Dallas Carroll doubles (4) on a fly ball to right fielder Nick Yarnall. Chad McClanahan singles on a ground ball to right fielder Nick Yarnall. Dallas Carroll scores. Payton Henry flies out to center fielder Romer Cuadrado. With KJ Harrison batting, Chad McClanahan steals (2) 2nd base, Chad McClanahan advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by catcher Hendrik Clementina. KJ Harrison strikes out swinging. Jay Feliciano walks. With Jose Gomez batting, Jay Feliciano advances to 2nd base on a caught stealing error by Connor Heady, assist to catcher Hendrik Clementina. Jose Gomez reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Ronny Brito. Chad McClanahan scores. Jay Feliciano scores. Jose Gomez to 2nd. Throwing error by shortstop Ronny Brito. Franly Mallen strikes out swinging.

Game story via the Biloxi Sun-Herald has multiple quotes from Manager Mike Guerrero, including -- Biloxi’s pitching also deserves plenty of credit for Monday’s win. Starter Aaron Wilkerson (8-4) struck out five while allowing two runs on five hits and one walk in five innings to earn the win. Freddy Peralta was effective in relief, allowing one hit and two walks in four scoreless frames, striking out six. Guerrero said the plan all along was to piggyback Peralta with Wilkerson’s start on Monday. “We wanted to do that at least one time around to give them breathers with their pitches,” he said. “It worked out great. Everything they did is how we gameplanned.” *** VIDEO TWEET via WLOX's Patrick Clay: Report on Jacob Nottingham's progress

VIDEO TWEET via the Shuckers: Game highlights from the nice Biloxi win *** VIDEO via WLOX: More from the Biloxi game

More from the Carolina game in Salem, VA -- VIDEO TWEETS via @BrewerProspect: "Marcos Diplan 7 K's. Nasty change-up on the 5th/6th K's." Corey Ray two doubles

Nice emphatic "Oh, No" from the Salem broadcaster --

Final: Lansing 4, Wisconsin 3, 12 innings Wisconsin's trip ends with walkoff loss in Lansing Rattlers fall 4-3 in twelve innings to Lugnuts By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers From the detailed and suggested game summary linked above: Lansing's bullpen shut down the Timber Rattlers after the fifth inning as three different relievers retired the final twenty Wisconsin hitters in the game. *** Wisconsin Box Score Save for a Wes Wilson walk, the results for the top half of the Rattlers lineup aren't for the faint of heart. Yay for respectable pitching. Wisconsin Game Log

AUDIO via the Sky Sox Soundcloud: Manager Rick Sweet (post-All Star Break but before the extended string of rainouts)

In order to make room for the optioned Michael Blazek at Colorado Springs, RHP Hiram Burgos has been transferred to Biloxi, where there was an open roster spot. The Shuckers now have a hefty 14 pitchers on staff, along with just 11 position players.

Timber Rattler DVR Alert THURS. 7/20 vs. South Bend (Cubs), 7:00 PM Spectrum Sports are available on channel 32 and in HD on channel 1332 in Eastern Wisconsin Conveniently, the big league Brewers are idle on this evening, as they play a matinee.

Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- Colorado Springs Media Notes - Linked on the Sky Sox official blog Biloxi Media Notes - Linked on the Shuck Dynasty blog Carolina Media Notes - Linked on the Mudcats official blog Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog *** STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League South Division High-A - Carolina League Southern Division A - Midwest League Western Division Pioneer League North Division Arizona League Central Division Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division Dominican Summer League North Division NOTE: Divisional standings for the two DSL teams point to the same shared page link. NOTE #2: The Standings Links above will reflect second-half standings for Biloxi, Carolina, and Wisconsin. You can easily then click on "Overall Standings" once you've reached the initial link. *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Carolina Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers DSL Brewers/Indians *** Weather.com: Omaha, NE Biloxi, MS Salem, VA Lansing, MI Ogden, UT Maryvale, AZ Santo Domingo, DR