Jim Goulart

BROADCAST NOTES for this evening -- Note that this Timber Rattlers road series is available on MiLB.TV (the West Michigan feed, naturally). Also, at AA, Pensacola is among the Southern League teams to broadcast on MiLB.TV.

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! All times are Central Colorado Springs: TBD at home vs. Oklahoma City (Dodgers), 7:00 PM pre-game, 7:35 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: LHP Josh Hader at Pensacola (Reds), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 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 Eric Hanhold at home vs. Lakeland (Tigers), 5:35 PM gametime Sorry, no audio is available for this series... 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 Jon Perrin at West Michigan (Tigers), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime 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.

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Final: Lakeland 4, Brevard County 2 Pankake’s two-run double dooms Manatees in series opener Donald Rieber, Jr., Manatees Examiner *** Brevard County Box Score The Sky Sox tried to set up a good day in the matinee, but what an uninspiring organizational evening, from Cincinnati through the three minor league night games... Brevard County Game Log

Apparently Garrett Cooper was hit in the hand, am told it "looked bad" upon his exit, but we'll see...

Early exit for Garrett Cooper tonight -- Biloxi Top of the 1st Tyrone Taylor flies out to right fielder Sebastian Elizalde. Brett Phillips singles on a ground ball to third baseman Eric Jagielo. Jacob Nottingham singles on a soft line drive to center fielder Beau Amaral. Brett Phillips to 3rd. Garrett Cooper hit by pitch. Jacob Nottingham to 2nd. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Nick Ramirez replaces Garrett Cooper. With Victor Roache batting, passed ball by Joe Hudson, Brett Phillips scores. Jacob Nottingham to 3rd. Nick Ramirez to 2nd. Victor Roache strikes out swinging. Javier Betancourt strikes out swinging.

Final: Colorado Springs 6, Round Rock 4 Sky Sox Rally To Take Finale 6-4 Three runs in the eighth inning gave the Sky Sox the victory over the Express By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox http://www.milb.com/assets/images/2/7/2/176417272/cuts/05_04_1387sm_pk_r1j5osn8_b1mnffu8.jpg Nate Orf delivered three hits, two runs batted in, and two steals to lead the Sky Sox to victory on Thursday. (Paat Kelly photo) *** Colorado Springs Box Score Sky Sox rotation scrambled now, as Friday's scheduled starter, Tyler Cravy, needed in Cincinnati (Wily Peralta paternity leave). Colorado Springs Game Log

Brewers announced the signing of 25-year-old LH reliever Brett Lee, released late in April by the Twins from their AA Chattanooga squad. From the linked bio: Ranked third in the Midwest League in ERA in 2013. ... Selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 10th round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft out of St. Petersburg College. Listed at 6'4", 210, assigned to extended spring training for now... VIDEO: Three years ago vs. the Timber Rattlers

Via @BrewersPD: SS Angel Ortega has been named Brewers player of the month for April. He hit .337 (29x86) with 6 runs scored and 8 RBI RHP Jon Perrin has been named the Brewers pitcher of the month for April. He went 1-0 with a 2.63 ERA. 29 SO, 0 BB in 24 IP

Minimum 7-day stay for Ghelfi -- via Chris Mehring: C Natanael Mejia transferred to Helena (Pioneer League) C Mitch Ghelfi activated from Wisconsin's Disabled List

This was the April 21st update --

VIDEO via MLB Network: Chris Carter joins the crew on MLB Central to talk about his first season with the Brewers and his mindset before games

AUDIO via WTMJ Tue. 5/3: Craig Counsell *** AUDIO via WTMJ Wed. AM 5/4: Jeff Levering *** AUDIO via WTMJ's Sports Central Wed. 5/4: Tom Haudricourt *** AUDIO via WTMJ Thurs. AM 5/5: GM David Stearns *** VIDEO via WTMJ: Brewers have hot bats, cold pitching entering Reds series

AUDIO via MLB.com Mon. 5/2: The Brewers had a wild weekend against the Marlins. MLB.com's Matt Waymire caught up with Brewers reporter Adam McCalvy to reflect on their wild weekend and how their starting pitching needs a jolt of energy. *** AUDIO via ESPN Milwaukee 540 Tue. 5/3: Bill Schroeder *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show Tue. 5/3: Adam McCalvy *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show Tue. 5/3: Third base coach Ed Sedar *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM Tue. 5/3: GM David Stearns via "The Big Show" *** AUDIO: Lane Grindle's latest "Brewers on Tap" podcast, Wed. 5/4 - Alex Presley stops by (05:20 minute mark) as does Colorado Springs manager Rick Sweet (10:00 minute mark). Gotta love Rick Sweet... *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show Wed. 5/4: In lieu of the latest news surrounding steroids, does Major League Baseball have this problem under control? Are we making too much of a big deal out of it? Bill's MLB Insider Seth Everett weighs in. *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Post-Game Show: Adam McCalvy *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show Thurs. 5/5: Will Joey Votto ever return to his MVP form? Mo Egger of ESPN 1530 in Cincinnati joins the show. What is the current status of the Cincinnati Reds' rebuilding process?

Gatewood gets his footing Rattlers third baseman growing comfortable after switch from short By Curt Rallo / Special to MiLB.com http://www.milb.com/assets/images/1/7/8/176206178/cuts/Gatewood_960_ignik0h7_uh9icqa4.jpg Jake Gatewood has made eight errors in his first 23 starts at third base for Wisconsin. (Ricky Bassman photo/MiLB.com)

First, the Sky Sox transactions -- RHP Jaye Chapman up from Biloxi. C Adam Weisenburger placed on the 7-day disabled list (no word on nature/extent, or if phantom/taxi squad related). RHP Tim Dillard activated from the 7-day DL. RHP Brooks Hall placed on the Helena paper "taxi squad" list. *** RHP Tyler Spurlin bumped up from Brevard County to Biloxi. *** LHP Zach Hirsch activated at Brevard (from the Helena paper "taxi squad" list).

Back home from Milwaukee after the quick but busy two-day, two-game visit -- Really glad to see "the Selig Experience" on Wednesday. Actually, had my own personal "Selig experience" on Tuesday, brief as it was. Was walking the downtown, and actually came upon the Pfister hotel -- the Angels' bus was outside as their departure time neared, did not stick around for that, not a memorabilia guy, but would have been cool to see. Regardless, at this time, Bud emerges from the hotel, jumps into and drives his own car a valet had prepared, and I got to do my own quick shoutout.

AUDIO: Lane Grindle's latest "Brewers on Tap" podcast - Alex Presley stops by (05:20 minute mark) as does Colorado Springs manager Rick Sweet (10:00 minute mark). Gotta love Rick Sweet...

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Wednesday --

AUDIO via the Rattler Radio Blog from earlier in the week includes pregame interview with IF Blake Allemand

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 *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin *** Weather.com: Colorado Springs, CO Pensacola, FL Viera, FL Comstock Park, MI

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

BROADCAST NOTES for this evening -- Note that this Timber Rattlers road series is available on MiLB.TV (the West Michigan feed, naturally). Also, at AA, Pensacola is among the Southern League teams to broadcast on MiLB.TV.

Thursday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Hiram Burgos at home vs. Round Rock (Rangers), 11:30 AM pre-game, 12:05 PM 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 Ortega at Pensacola (Reds), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 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: LHP Kodi Medeiros at home vs. Lakeland (Tigers), 5:35 PM gametime Sorry, no audio is available for this series... 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 Jordan Yamamoto at West Michigan (Tigers), 5:15 PM pre-game, 5:35 gametime; expect RHP David Burkhalter 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.