Jim Goulart

TIMBER RATTLER DVR ALERT (tonight!) -- Thurs. 8/25 - 7:00 (MyNew32 TV)

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 Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog *** STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League South Division High-A - Florida State League North Division A - Midwest League Western Division Pioneer League North Division Arizona League Central Division Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers *** Weather.com: Oklahoma City, OK Biloxi, MS Clearwater, FL Grand Chute, WI Helena, MT Maryvale, AZ San Pedro de Macoris, DR

Follow Thursday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Thursday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Hiram Burgos at Oklahoma City (Dodgers), 6:30 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him 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: RHP Jorge Lopez at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 6:20 PM pre-game, 6:40 gametime Free Live Audio Link Chris Harris is the play-by-play voice of the Shuckers. Follow Chris on Twitter @CHarris731. We'll be linking to his fantastic "Shuck Dynasty" blog. Thaddeus Krzus (@Shucks1stIntern) joins Chris often. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be radio broadcast. MiLB.TV - Eight of the ten Southern League teams telecast their home games, and Biloxi is among them. ********** Brevard County: RHP Bubba Derby at Clearwater (Phillies), 6:00 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link (Clearwater feed) Unfortunately, the Manatees have dropped their broadcast coverage for 2016. No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. Ten of the 12 Florida State League teams provide audio (some only for home games), we'll do our best to let you know when an opponent's audio is going to be available. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Conor Harber at home vs. Peoria (Cardinals), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime; expect LHP Christian Trent to pitch in a tandem role Free Live Audio Link Chris Mehring is back to do his customary fantastic work as the Voice of the Rattlers. Follow him on Twitter @CMehring; we'll link to Chris' infamous blog often -- Rattler Radio. MiLB.TV - Eight of the 16 Midwest League teams telecast their home games, and Wisconsin, once again, is among them. We'll let you know when a road TV feed is available. NOTE: Thirty-nine (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on local TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (10) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (29) will split duties. We'll let you know when and who, and remember to refer to the Rattlers' full TV schedule (scroll to bottom of link) so you can coordinate your DVR activity. ********** Helena: RHP Scott Serigstad at home vs. Great Falls (White Sox), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link We welcome and look forward to hearing first-year Voice of the H-Crew Craig Durham (@CraigMDurham on Twitter). ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at home vs. the mini-Dodgers, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league ********** DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Tigers, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league 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.

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Final: Great Falls 4, Helena 2 Gideon's Late Homer Not Enough Brewers Fall 4-2 Helena Brewers Please read for the details... *** Helena Box Score Helena Game Log

To even things up and fill the roster, OF Troy Stokes was activated from the 7-day DL after a brief stay.

As in the past, will make notations in the initial post of this thread as necessary, have done so for LHP Brent Suter.

He won't turn 25 until March, but OF Ramon Flores qualifies for free agency this fall and has been added to the initial post in this list.

RHP's Corbin Burnes and Zack Brown have been assigned to the Maryvale roster from Wisconsin, so it appears they've reached their innings limit for the regular season and are done for now. LHP Christian Trent has been added to the Timber Rattlers roster from Maryvale.

TIMBER RATTLERS DVR ALERTS (including tonight) -- Wed. 8/24 - 7:00 (TWC SportsChannel) Thurs. 8/25 - 7:00 (MyNew32 TV)

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 Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog *** STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League South Division High-A - Florida State League North Division A - Midwest League Western Division Pioneer League North Division Arizona League Central Division Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers *** Weather.com: Oklahoma City, OK Biloxi, MS Clearwater, FL Grand Chute, WI Great Falls, MT Peoria, AZ San Pedro de Macoris, DR

Follow Wednesday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Drew Gagnon at Oklahoma City (Dodgers), 6:30 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him 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: RHP Brandon Woodruff at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 6:20 PM pre-game, 6:40 gametime Free Live Audio Link Chris Harris is the play-by-play voice of the Shuckers. Follow Chris on Twitter @CHarris731. We'll be linking to his fantastic "Shuck Dynasty" blog. Thaddeus Krzus (@Shucks1stIntern) joins Chris often. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be radio broadcast. MiLB.TV - Eight of the ten Southern League teams telecast their home games, and Biloxi is among them. ********** Brevard County: RHP Phil Bickford at Clearwater (Phillies), 5:35 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link (Clearwater feed) Unfortunately, the Manatees have dropped their broadcast coverage for 2016. No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. Ten of the 12 Florida State League teams provide audio (some only for home games), we'll do our best to let you know when an opponent's audio is going to be available. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Trey Supak at home vs. Peoria (Cardinals), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime; expect RHP Miguel Diaz to pitch in a tandem role Free Live Audio Link Chris Mehring is back to do his customary fantastic work as the Voice of the Rattlers. Follow him on Twitter @CMehring; we'll link to Chris' infamous blog often -- Rattler Radio. MiLB.TV - Eight of the 16 Midwest League teams telecast their home games, and Wisconsin, once again, is among them. We'll let you know when a road TV feed is available. NOTE: Thirty-nine (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on local TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (10) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (29) will split duties. We'll let you know when and who, and remember to refer to the Rattlers' full TV schedule (scroll to bottom of link) so you can coordinate your DVR activity. ********** Helena: RHP Nattino Diplan at Great Falls (White Sox), 7:40 PM pre-game, 8:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link We welcome and look forward to hearing first-year Voice of the H-Crew Craig Durham (@CraigMDurham on Twitter). ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at the Padres' complex in Peoria, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league ********** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Tigers, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league 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.

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Definitely not, although the Mariners are the first organization to change things up -- Baseball America: Mariners Won’t Have Traditional Instructional League

LINK includes VIDEO INTERVIEW Harrison thrilled to be back in Rattlers’ lineup Tim Froberg, Appleton Post-Crescent GRAND CHUTE - Monte Harrison bobbleheads were given to Wisconsin Timber Rattlers fans Monday night and the subject had only one complaint. “I didn’t get mine yet,” said Harrison with a laugh. “The first thing my mom asked was, ‘Did you get one for me?’ Hopefully the Timber Rattlers will help me out with that.” His bobbleheads may arrive a little late, but the timing of the night was perfect. The promising 21-year-old outfielder has just returned to the Wisconsin lineup after missing the last two months with a broken hamate bone in his left hand. He’s looking to finish a frustrating season with some momentum and help the Timber Rattlers with their playoff push. “It definitely feels good to be back,” Harrison said. “Being away from the game hurt a lot. I’m a competitor. At the end of the day, I just want to compete against the best talent and I want to win.” Harrison, a highly regarded second-round pick by the Milwaukee Brewers in the June 2014 draft, broke the hand on a swing in a June game against Beloit and underwent surgery to repair the damage. Former Timber Rattler David Denson, who was recently promoted to Brevard County, had the same injury and surgery in 2015. “After it happened, I went up to Denson and said, ‘Yo, I think I just broke my hand,’” Harrison said. “He looked at it and pushed on a certain spot and said, ‘Yeah, it’s broken.’ He told me to not push it, to take it slow and just let it heal.” The injury is becoming increasingly common to hitters. “You’re seeing it more and more today with some of the lighter bats,” said Wisconsin manager Matt Erickson. “Guys like to curl their pinkie finger around the knob and the knob digs into that part of the hand. If it catches it the right way, you have a fracture.” It’s the second straight season that Harrison has missed a big chunk of the summer with a major injury. He split the 2015 season with Wisconsin and Helena in the Pioneer League, and was sidelined the entire second half with a broken ankle suffered while running the bases for Helena. He hasn’t had much luck the last two years, but Harrison doesn’t have a long track record of injuries and was a highly sought football recruit coming out of Lee’s Summit High School in Missouri. “It’s definitely frustrating because I’ve never been a guy who’s been injured a lot,” said Harrison. “I had never had a significant injury, so it’s been kind of weird. You play football and get hit all the time. Guys get concussions and things like that.” The 6-foot-3, 216-pound Harrison has yet to put it all together in his three pro seasons, but remains a high-ceiling player and a solid prospect. He has blazing speed and has shown power throughout his brief career (12 home runs the past two years), but has struggled at times making contact and hitting for average. Harrison — rated as Milwaukee’s 16th best prospect by MLB Pipeline — is hitting .215 with six homers, 32 RBIs, five stolen bases and a slugging percentage of .349. Erickson says Harrison was just starting to tighten his game prior to the hand injury. Upon his return, Harrison spent a few weeks with the Arizona Brewers in the Arizona Rookie League, readjusting to game speed. “Obviously, he brings some athleticism and more power to the lineup,” Erickson said. “He was playing as good as I’ve ever seen him play a couple weeks before he got hurt. He was playing with a lot of confidence and doing a great job of getting himself in position to get solid contact every at-bat. And he was really taking advantage of his opportunities on the bases, stealing some bags and going first to third on hits. “He was using his physical skills and applying them to the game of baseball, and paying attention to the details. He’s had a few big hits since he came back. The Brewers sent him back here a little earlier than we thought. The plan is to play him a couple games, then give him a day off and kind of let him ease his way back.” Harrison is excited to be back at crunch time, with the Rattlers competing with five teams for the final two playoff spots in the Western Division of the Midwest League. “I just want to finish the year out strong and help the team get to the playoffs and hopefully win a championship,” said Harrison. “This team is very confident right now.”

This clip opens with a great trivia question - only one currently active Biloxi pitcher was on the Shuckers' Opening Day roster! Who is it?

VIDEO via WLOX: Tuesday's Biloxi Game

SportsLogos.net: MiLB scraps Shuckers' "Mad Potter" Jerseys Learn why at the link...

The Manatees, losers of 16 of 17, and down again tonight (3-0 in the 8th), need to win two games within the final 13 (12 after tonight) in order to avoid 100 losses. They were 37-88 entering tonight.

Happy Birthday Jeannie! Barbara Eden is 82. A simple Goggle Image search brings back memories and shows more recent photos as well.

Via the Timber Rattlers --

Congrats! Brewers’ pitching prospect Conor Harber of the Timber Rattlers has been named the pitcher of the week in the Midwest League. The 22-year-old went 2-0 last week. He threw seven scoreless innings while giving up just one hit and two walks, and striking out eight. Harber was Milwaukee’s 16th round draft choice last year.