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Give yourself enough time to enjoy the final version ESPN the Magazine feature article on the Biloxi opening-season mega road trip. NOTE: Here's the digital documentary as well, so well done, kudos Will Cain. *** Also enjoying Jeff Levering's media-attachment friendly recap of his trip to Biloxi and meetings with various Shuckers via his Minor Details Blog. *** From our old friend Mark McCarter in Huntsville, more good takes: How Biloxi got what Huntsville had -- and how Huntsville could get it back some day and Stars fell on Biloxi: A look at the new park where Huntsville's old team plays (Each link also posted within our season-long Biloxi feature article thread for archiving purposes...)

Well, there have been some nice development stories, and the mid-season trade haul looks inspiring, but boy, have there been a lot of organizational losses littering the Link Report landscape this year. We need to throw the big league club in there, too: Milwaukee 51-68 Colorado Springs 51-69 Biloxi 67-50 Brevard County 49-67 Wisconsin 40-78 Helena 19-33 Maryvale 21-25 DSL Brewers 30-36 We'll spare you the math and tell you the organization is a collective 328 - 426 (.435 winning percentage).

By the way, this is the last week of the Dominican Summer League season, last game is Saturday 8/22.

To see tweets as to when the Link Report has been technically "completed" with available links, as well as to know when the new day's Report has been posted, please follow @Mass_Haas on Twitter.

Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- Colorado Springs Media Notes - Home games only, it's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Multimedia" banner on the Sky Sox' site. Brevard County Media Notes - It's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Multimedia" banner on the Manatees' site. *** 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 de Macoris *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers *** Weather.com: Colorado Springs, CO Daytona Beach, FL Ogden, UT Mesa, AZ San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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

Monday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP's Zach Davies and Josh Roenicke in a doubleheader at home vs. Reno (Diamondbacks), 1:30 PM pre-game, 2:00 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Free Live Audio Link We welcome Dan Karcher, who is the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox; follow him on Twitter @SkySoxKarch 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 ********** Brevard County: RHP's Jorge Ortega and Brandon Woodruff in a doubleheader at Daytona (Reds), 3:35 PM pre-game, 4:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Free Live Audio Link Dave Walkovic returns as the play-by-play voice of the 'Tees; follow the Brevard broadcast booth staff on Twitter @BCManateesRadio, as all home games and the "commuter" road games are scheduled to be broadcast in 2015. ********** Wisconsin: Idle *** Helena: RHP Joshua Torres at Ogden (Dodgers), 7:40 PM pre-game, 8:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link We welcome back and again look forward to hearing second-year Voice of the H-Crew Dustin Daniel (@dustin__daniel on Twitter). NOTE: This series in Idaho Falls is available for subscribers (live and archived) via MiLB.TV (Chukars' audio feed accompanies the video). *** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at the Athletics' complex in Mesa, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league *** DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Pirates, 9:30 AM, although 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.

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Final: AZL Giants 4, AZL Brewers 3 A-Crew only 2-7 at home in Maryvale in the 2nd half, 7-2 on the road; 9-9 leaves them two games out of first place. Maryvale Box Score Team RISP: 6-for-11. Team LOB: 5. Team RISP: 2-for-17. Team LOB: 12. Winning team listed on top above. Seven errors in the game, three by the Brewers (two by SS Gilbert Lara). One of RH starter Jack Finnegan's three runs allowed over his four innings was unearned. RHP's David Lucroy and Gentry Fortuno each fared well. Maryvale Game Log CF Trent Clark walked twice more (.413 OBP) and -- AZL Giants Top of the 6th Byron Murray lines out to shortstop Gilbert Lara. Tyler Brown singles on a line drive to center fielder Trent Clark. Jean Angomas pops into a force out, pitcher David Lucroy to second baseman Julio Mendez. Tyler Brown out at 2nd. Jean Angomas to 1st. With Nathanael Javier batting, wild pitch by David Lucroy, Jean Angomas to 2nd. Nathanael Javier singles on a line drive to center fielder Trent Clark. Jean Angomas scores. With Kleiber Rivas batting, passed ball by Zach Taylor, Nathanael Javier to 2nd. Kleiber Rivas singles on a ground ball to center fielder Trent Clark. Nathanael Javier out at home on the throw, center fielder Trent Clark to catcher Zach Taylor. RF Yerald Martinez is playing well in Demi Orimoloye's Canadian Junior National Team's Japan trip absence, as he doubled twice.

VIDEO via WLOX: 1-on-1 interview with CF Brett Phillips (yes, asked about David Denson as well) *** VIDEO via WLOX: Nice package of Biloxi game highlights

Manatees Examiner -- Omar Garcia, who not only singled, but stole two bases in that first inning for the Manatees, was taken out of the game in the third inning, after being hit in the face. “Hopefully Omar’s alright,” said Manatees manager Joe Ayrault, who said the pitch got Garcia on the bottom part of his chin. “It was pretty swollen, but I have to look at it on video to see if it hit the bat first, or what. It’s a good thing it didn’t hit him square and kept going to the backstop.” Johnny Hellweg (1-5) pitched well for the Manatees, allowing two hits in five innings of work. His only issue for much of the night was his control. He walked six batters and struck out two. “He’s healthy,” said Ayrault of Hellweg. “He’s starting to run the ball up there with his velo, just needs to put the hammer down on his command and he’ll be good to go.” When asked about the walks, Ayrault stressed that Hellweg is still coming back from Tommy John surgery. “He’s still rehabbing and getting a feel back for it,” he said.

Final: Idaho Falls 6, Helena 5 Brewers fall for the 17th time in 20 games... No game summaries yet, we'll post this like we would a DSL or Maryvale game for now. Helena Box Score H-Crew scored four in the top of the 6th to tie, highlighted by Malik Collymore's first Helena home run, a two-run shot, but a two-run (both unearned) Chukars 7th gave the home squad a lead they would not relinquish. SS Jake Gatewood hit his 6th Helena HR in 48 games (just two in 40 Wisconsin games). Gatewood also doubled, his league-leading (tie) 20th. Catcher Milan Post doubled twice. David Denson, DH'ing in this one, was 0-for-2 but with two walks. Helena Game Log 18-year-old RHP Marcos Diplan went seven full innings eight starts ago on June 24th (his second start of the season), but has only pitched into the 5th inning once since, and that was only a 4.1 inning effort. After walking ten in 9.1 innings over his prior three starts, Diplan did not issue a free pass in this one (3 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 4 K). Just as LHP Jake Drossner was about to pitch out of trouble, an ill-fated pickoff attempt by Milan Post -- Idaho Falls Bottom of the 7th Pitching Change: Jake Drossner replaces Milton Gomez. Cody Jones triples (2) on a fly ball to center fielder Malik Collymore. D. J. Burt walks. Roman Collins lines out to second baseman George Iskenderian. Joshua Banuelos strikes out swinging. With Brawlun Gomez batting, throwing error by Milan Post on the pickoff attempt, Cody Jones scores. D. Burt scores. Brawlun Gomez strikes out swinging, catcher Milan Post to first baseman Steven Karkenny.

Actually, Ben Guez is in tonight's Maryvale starting lineup.

It is a leg injury for Guez, sorry no more specific... Wow, in the we linked to Friday, Colorado Springs Manager Rick Sweet indicates that Ben Guez' leg injury (still no exact details) was likely season-ending. Just an awful blow for the 28-year-old; Sweet indicates how much the Brewers like him, and that Milwaukee would like to continue with him (Guez would once again be a minor league free agent this fall). *** UPDATE: Apparently Guez' injury is similar to that suffered by Rickie Weeks in August of 2013 (Adam McCalvy article from that time that provides quite a bit of detail). Obviously a major injury, and we wish Ben the very best, as noted earlier. Wow, Guez tweets (in a unique way) he's on his way back soon. Cool.

Every time I think the Manatee offensive production is just pitiful (and yes, it's pretty darn bad), I slide over to the Florida State League sortable team batting stats page. Brevard County does consistently rank in the lower half of each offensive stat, but usually falls in that 2/3 to 3/4 of the way down position. So it's not good, but it's not historically awful or anything, despite what may appear to be on the surface. You hate to see such a significant gap in clearcut future big league everyday position player talent at two consecutive levels in the chain, though (High-A and A).

Update about the Sky Sox status for Monday -- Reno and Colorado Springs will play a doubleheader Monday with both games being seven innings. Game one is set to start at 1:00 PM Mountain Time (2:00 PM Central) with game two to follow 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one at Security Service Field. Aces right-hander Aaron Blair (5-1, 3.38) is expected to oppose Sky Sox right-hander Zach Davies (1-0, 5.40) in game one. Game two starters have yet to be determined.

Manager Matt Erickson's answers were insightful, but the Dylan Scott questioning of Medeiros was total overkill. I'm sure the last thing that Denson wants is for his former, current, and even potential future teammates to be bombarded like that. But all should likely be prepared in the early stages of this story for such.

Was this another "teachable" exit? It was 85 at gametime, perhaps a planned switch? Wisconsin Bottom of the 4th Tucker Neuhaus grounds out, third baseman Jesse Hodges to first baseman Matt Rose. Elvis Rubio doubles (22) on a fly ball to center fielder Rashad Crawford, deflected by left fielder Charcer Burks. With Greg McCall batting, wild pitch by Zach Hedges, Elvis Rubio to 3rd. Greg McCall strikes out swinging. Wild pitch by pitcher Zach Hedges. Elvis Rubio scores. Luis Aviles grounds out, shortstop Bryant Flete to first baseman Matt Rose. South Bend Top of the 5th Defensive Substitution: Natanael Mejia replaces catcher Greg McCall, batting 6th, playing catcher. *** Guess we need to remember not only are the Timber Rattlers carrying only eleven position players, but arguably their three most productive hitters (Dustin Demuth, Carlos Leal, and Brandon Diaz) are all on the DL.

Sky Sox "inclement weathered" out. Makeup details later on...

I do think it's huge that Billy Bean (as noted in the Haudricourt piece, and not the A's GM as TMZ thought) is in place to coordinate things from an MLB front office perspective. Bean was an initial contact and confidant, made sure he consulted with the Denson family, and will certainly have a hand in slowing the pace of media coverage in the future. This process for Denson would have been exceedingly more difficult without Bean's availability (and newfound friendship with David). Kudos to MLB on having Bean already in place to assist with this situation.

To see tweets as to when the Link Report has been technically "completed" with available links, as well as to know when the new day's Report has been posted, please follow @Mass_Haas on Twitter. *** Enjoy your summer Sunday, everyone!

Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- Colorado Springs Media Notes - Home games only, it's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Multimedia" banner on the Sky Sox' site. Biloxi Media Notes - Linked on the Shuck Dynasty blog Brevard County Media Notes - It's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Multimedia" banner on the Manatees' site. 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 de Macoris *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers *** Weather.com: Colorado Springs, CO Biloxi, MS Viera, FL Grand Chute, WI Idaho Falls, ID Maryvale, AZ

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

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Zach Davies at home vs. Reno (Diamondbacks), 5:35 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link We welcome Dan Karcher, who is the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox; follow him on Twitter @SkySoxKarch 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 Hobbs Johnson at home vs. Pensacola (Reds), 4:55 PM pre-game, 5:10 gametime Free Live Audio Link We also welcome Chris Harris as the very first play-by-play voice of the Shuckers! Follow Chris on Twitter @CHarris731. We'll be linking to his fantastic "Shuck Dynasty" blog. 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! All the Biloxi games for the rest of the season are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Brevard County: RHP Javier Salas at home vs. Daytona (Reds), 3:35 PM pre-game, 4:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Dave Walkovic returns as the play-by-play voice of the 'Tees; follow the Brevard broadcast booth staff on Twitter @BCManateesRadio, as all home games and the "commuter" road games are scheduled to be broadcast in 2015. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Jon Perrin at home vs. South Bend (Cubs), 12:45 PM pre-game, 1:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link - WNAM 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. NOTE: Forty-two (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (9) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (34) 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 Marcos Diplan at Idaho Falls (Royals), 4:40 PM pre-game, 5:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link We welcome back and again look forward to hearing second-year Voice of the H-Crew Dustin Daniel (@dustin__daniel on Twitter). NOTE: This series in Idaho Falls is available for subscribers (live and archived) via MiLB.TV (Chukars' audio feed accompanies the video). *** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at home vs. the not-so-giant Giants, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league *** DSL Brewers: Idle 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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