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A couple of Stars' notes from the Huntsville Times: Pitcher Mike Jones has been sent home from Huntsville. The Brewers want him in Phoenix at their year-round headquarters working on his strained arm. ... With his four Ks Friday, David Krynzel is in a 20-for-111 funk since his appearance at The Futures Game in July. ... Individual playoff tickets for the Sept. 3 and Sept. 4 games - game time is 6:05 for each - are on sale now at the stadium or online at www.huntsvillestars.com. ... Mark your calendar. Aug. 23 is Bucky Jacobsen Bobblehead Night at Smokies Park outside Knoxville. The ex-Star continues to lead the Southern League in homers and is making a case to be league MVP.

Huntsville Site Game Summary: Ridin' "the Horse".... www.huntsvillestars.com/s...newsId=282

Indianapolis Star Game Story: "We had an explosion tonight. We were due to break out. We've been struggling. We really needed it." www.indystar.com/print/ar...2-036.html Indianapolis Box Score: GAME DATE: 8/16/03 NORFOLK 5 AT INDIANAPOLIS 9 YTD YTD NORFOLK AB R H BI AVG INDIANAPOLIS AB R H BI AVG P.Redman LF 4 1 2 0 .255 R.Knox LF 5 1 1 0 .254 D.Garcia 2B 4 1 2 3 .273 R.Paz 2B 4 2 1 0 .271 T.Shinjo CF 3 0 0 0 .313 J.Rushford 1B 5 2 2 3 .314 P.Strange PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Zoccolillo RF 4 1 1 1 .274 P.Zamora PIT 0 0 0 0 .500 K.Luuloa 3B 3 1 1 2 .257 M.Glavine PH 1 0 1 0 .248 J.Conti CF 4 1 2 2 .232 H.Bell PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Delgado CAT 4 0 1 1 .340 R.Johnson 3B 4 0 1 0 .292 S.Scarboroug SS 3 0 1 0 .229 J.Toca 1B 4 0 0 0 .271 N.Teut PIT 2 1 2 0 .333 K.Kelly RF 3 0 1 0 .238 R.Giron PIT 2 0 0 0 .000 J.Depastino CAT 4 1 2 0 .270 J.Childers PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Velandia SS 4 1 1 2 .217 J.Roach PIT 2 1 1 0 .200 E.Snead CF 1 0 0 0 .227 TOTALS 34 5 11 5 TOTALS 36 9 12 9 NORFOLK 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0- 5 11 1 INDIANAPOLIS 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 0 X- 9 12 1 E--J.Depastino, R.Giron. DP--NORFOLK 0, INDIANAPOLIS 3. LOB--NORFOLK 3, INDIANAPOLIS 6. 2B--M.Glavine (9), J.Roach (3), K.Luuloa (26), J.Conti (16), A.Delgado (6). 3B--K.Kelly (1). HR--D.Garcia (3), J.Velandia (10), J.Rushford (9). SB--P.Redman (20), P.Zoccolillo (3). CS--P.Redman. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA NORFOLK J.Roach (L,5-9) 4.1 10 7 7 1 6 0 4.89 P.Strange 1.0 1 2 2 2 1 1 6.14 P.Zamora 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.57 H.Bell 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.72 INDIANAPOLIS N.Teut 4.2 9 5 5 0 1 2 4.84 R.Giron (W,1-5) 3.1 2 0 0 0 5 0 4.91 J.Childers 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.41 SO--D.Garcia, T.Shinjo, J.Toca, J.Depastino, J.Velandia, E.Snead, R.Knox, R.Paz 2, J.Rushford, P.Zoccolillo 2, J.Conti, A.Delgado. BB--K.Kelly, R.Paz, K.Luuloa, S.Scarboroug. T--2:42. A--11687

From Drew over at the JS: (In the ninth) veteran Eric Young, pinch-hitting for Keith Osik, drew a walk from Pirates closer Mike Lincoln. Uh, no Drew. Young reached on an error by old friend Jose Hernandez. But don't worry, it's only a sentence about the critical rally in a ninth-inning victory within your game story. Were you even there, Drew?

Bakersfield (Devil Rays) 12, High Desert 7 Mavs scored four in the eighth to make things somewhat respectable... Bill (Batman), the ninth inning audio included a lively discussion about your email to Mike Lindskog in which you asked about the origin of the term "Uncle Charlie" (dropping a curveball over for a K, I believe), whereas you preferred the term "Drop the yellow hammer", which everyone near the booth humorously relayed they had never heard of http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Additional Helena Game Details from the Ogden Site: www1.infinitydesign.net/v...s/?id=1132

Huntsville Box Score: Stars with win # 4 in a row; David Krynzel and J.J. Hardy combine to walk four times, so we can easily overlook their hitless evening; isn't it interesting that last season Greg Riddoch saw two same-level first basemen in Corey Hart and Brad Nelson, and decided to place Corey in advanced-A High Desert and Brad in low-A Beloit, and each went on to have a remarkable breakout season. Hart is absolutely on fire again... GAME DATE: 8/16/03 HUNTSVILLE 3 AT MOBILE 1 YTD YTD HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG MOBILE AB R H BI AVG A.Machado 2B 5 0 1 0 .243 F.Guzman CF 2 1 1 1 .278 D.Krynzel CF 3 1 0 0 .275 J.Gautreau 2B 4 0 0 0 .236 J.Hardy SS 3 0 0 0 .283 B.Scales 3B 4 0 0 0 .287 C.Hart 3B 4 0 2 1 .305 J.Knott RF 3 0 1 0 .252 B.Nelson LF 4 0 0 0 .212 J.Gerber 1B 4 0 0 0 .267 N.Varner RF 4 1 2 0 .282 V.Faison LF 3 0 1 0 .226 C.Barnwell 1B 4 1 1 0 .255 J.Furmaniak SS 3 0 0 0 .208 M.Kremblas CAT 4 0 1 0 .201 K.Reinking CAT 2 0 0 0 .091 J.Shelley PIT 2 0 0 1 .000 C.Oxspring PIT 2 0 0 0 .095 D.Clark PH 1 0 0 0 .238 A.Webb PIT 0 0 0 0 .250 M.Adams PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Bravo PH 1 0 0 0 .214 J.Trujillo PIT 0 0 0 0 .250 TOTALS 34 3 7 2 TOTALS 28 1 3 1 HUNTSVILLE 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0- 3 7 0 MOBILE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0- 1 3 2 E--B.Scales 2. DP--HUNTSVILLE 1, MOBILE 0. LOB--HUNTSVILLE 9, MOBILE 6. 2B--C.Hart (33). HR--F.Guzman (1). SB--A.Machado (7), C.Barnwell (6), F.Guzman 3 (31), V.Faison (12). CS--C.Barnwell. HBP--J.Knott, V.Faison. SF--J.Shelley. SH--J.Furmaniak. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HUNTSVILLE J.Shelley (W,3-0) 8.0 3 1 1 3 9 1 1.80 M.Adams (S,13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.99 MOBILE C.Oxspring (L,8-5) 6.0 5 2 1 2 7 0 2.85 A.Webb 1.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 3.56 J.Trujillo 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.68 HB--J.Shelley 2. WP--J.Shelley. SO--A.Machado, D.Krynzel, B.Nelson, N.Varner, C.Barnwell, M.Kremblas 2, J.Shelley, J.Gautreau 3, B.Scales, J.Knott, J.Gerber 2, J.Furmaniak, K.Reinking 2. BB--D.Krynzel 2, J.Hardy 2, F.Guzman 2, K.Reinking. T--2:57. A--5913

Indy Site Game Summary: INDIANAPOLIS -- One day after scoring four runs in 25 innings during a doubleheader at Charlotte, the Indianapolis Indians bats exploded for a 9-5 victory over the Norfolk Tides on Saturday night at Victory Field. Jim Rushford led an Indians offensive assault that saw all nine starters record at least one hit, including Tribe starting pitcher Nate Teut who was 2-for-2. The Indians struck first when Jason Conti's single to left in the bottom of the second inning was followed one batter later by Alex Delgado's two-out, run-scoring double down the rightfield line. Conti circled the diamond, scoring from first on the play, to give the Tribe a 1-0 lead against Norfolk starting pitcher Jason Roach (5-9). Leading off the bottom of the third inning, Teut jump-started a four-run inning with a single up the middle to lead off the frame. Ryan Knox and Richard Paz then followed suit with singles of their own to load the bases for Rushford, who stepped to the plate with still nobody out in the inning. After working the count to 2-2, Rushford hit a high chopper that landed half way down the third base line, and just inside the foul-line, for an infield single scoring Teut with the Indians second run. Pete Zoccolillo then hit a hard grounder to Norfolk first baseman Jorge Toca allowing Knox to score from third before Keith Luuloa stepped to the plate and ripped a two-run double past a diving Russ Johnson at third base to score Paz and Rushford and give the Tribe a 5-0 advantage. Norfolk closed the gap to 5-2 in the top of the fourth inning when Prentice Redman led off the frame with a single and Dan Garcia blasted a two-run homer to left field. In the very next inning the Tides again turned to the longball as Jorge Velandia ripped a two-run shot off Teut deep over the leftfield fence to bring Norfolk to within a single run at 5-4. With only one out in the inning, Roach ripped a double over the head of Conti in centerfield. Teut then gave up a single to Garcia with two outs in the inning to bring home Roach with the tying run. Roberto Giron relieved Teut following Garcia's single, and struck out Tsuyoshi Shinjo to get out of the inning with the score knotted at 5-5. The Tribe offense wasted no time in answering back, as Zoccolillo and Luuloa reached base with one out for Conti in the bottom of the fifth, who put the Indians on top to stay with a two-run double down the right field line to make the score 7-5. Rushford added the final two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning with a two-run blast to right-centerfield off reliever Pat Strange. The blast was Rushford's ninth of the season and also scored Paz who had walked with one out in the inning. Rushford finished the day 2-for-5 with three RBI. Giron (1-5) pitched 3.1 innings of two-hit relief for the Tribe while striking out five to pick up the victory, his first in 63 appearances at Triple-A over the last two seasons. The Indians (55-71) and Tides (59-68) will square off on Sunday afternoon in the final meeting of the year between the two clubs. Pasqual Coco (9-7, 4.63) will take the mound for Indianapolis to face Tyler Yates (1-2, 2.93) and Norfolk.

Jason Shelley is amazing. How did every team in baseball manage to ignore this guy? He is dominating Double-A and I think it's reasonable to assert that he's earned himself legitimate "prospect" status. This for a guy who only a few months ago was pitching in the Frontier League. Honestly, I'm just starting to wonder if the park effects throughout the Southern League make us overemphasize the good numbers coming from the AA staff. Yes, they're facing AA hitters, but c'mon already -- every Southern League game ends 3-1, or so it seems. That's what makes Luis Martinez' AAA debut encouraging. And yes, Shelley's overall performance is much more than smoke-and-mirrors. I do think however, that at some age the word "prospect" has to be outlawed. So while the 26-year-old Shelley isn't a true "prospect", he is "potential help down the road for the big club", a PHDTRFTBG. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Huntsville 3, Mobile (Padres) 1 Huntsville Line Score: SOU FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - HUNTSVILLE 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 0 MOBILE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 FINAL WP - JASON SHELLEY (3-0) LP - CHRIS OXSPRING (8-5) SAVE - MIKE ADAMS (13) HOME RUNS: MOB - FREDDY GUZMAN (1) OFF JASON SHELLEY IN THE 6TH TIME: 2:57 ATT: 5,913

Helena 6, Ogden (Dodgers) 3 Thoroughly enjoyable broadcast as the relentless Helena team continues to take no prisoners whatsoever. Two Wisconsin heroes tonight. Winning pitcher Dan Grybash came on in the 6th and pitched out of a tough one-out, two-on jam with two big strikeouts. Vinnie Rottino lined his first HR of the season in the top of the 7th to break a 3-3 tie as part of a 3-for-5 night. LHP Dana Eveland improved his K-to-BB ratio to a ridiculous 35-to-4 with his league-leading 11th save. We can not wait to see big Dana in a starting role next year. Others contributed as well, and the Helena kids have LHP Carlos Ramirez on the mound Sunday as they go for the sweep against the "new team" in Ogden. These guys must be having a blast... Details by early Sunday AM...

Indianapolis 9, Norfolk (Mets) 5 The Tribe bounces back after blowing a 5-0 lead... INTL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - NORFOLK 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 11 1 INDIANAPOLIS 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 0 x 9 12 1 FINAL WP - ROB GIRON (1-5) LP - JASON ROACH (5-9) HOME RUNS: NOR - DANIEL GARCIA (3) OFF NATE TEUT IN THE 4TH JORGE VELANDIA (10) OFF NATE TEUT IN THE 5TH IND - JIM RUSHFORD (9) OFF PAT STRANGE IN THE 6TH TIME: 2:42 ATT: 11,687Details and box score shortly...

Burlington (Royals) 14, Beloit 3 The Snappers seem to be suffering from a post-Miller Park hangover... Beloit Line Score: MID FINAL R H E - - - BELOIT 3 4 2 BURLINGTON 14 17 1Details later on...

In progress: Helena 3, Ogden 3, after 5.5 innings in Ogden Super flexible Vinnie Rottino making his first appearance at SS in this one... Enjoying my first wall-to-wall coverage of a Helena game this summer -- the new Ogden announcer is very good, reminds me of Robert Portnoy in Huntsville. The purpose of this post however, is to temper enthusiasm just a bit for the perennial success of the Brewer entry in the Pioneer League. It gets a bit confusing, but there are three levels of Rookie League short-season classifications, each one with slightly different age and experience qualifications. There's something called "Class A - Short Season". This includes the Northwest and NY-Penn Leagues. Then below that there's "Rookie Advanced". This includes the Pioneer (Helena) and Appalachian Leagues. Finally, there's just "Rookie". This includes the Arizona and Gulf Coast Leagues. Each major league organization has two short-season teams split somehow among these six leagues. In the Pioneer League, the Padres (Idaho Falls), the Rockies (Casper), and the Diamondbacks (Missoula) all have their other short-seaon entries in the more advanced Northwest League. So these teams, traditionally lower in the standings in recent years, and again this year, are really feeding a team to Helena when they play that would be the equivalent of the Brewers' Arizona team. The White Sox split their two teams on the Advanced Rookie Level, so their Great Falls team is somewhat diluted in talent as well. This explains to some extent why the Brewers always seem to have very successful Pioneer League teams in recent years. No reason for less celebration, just something to keep in mind as the somewhat older and more experienced Helena team wraps up its season. End of lesson -- back to the games http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Unlike Friday night, the Ogden audio feed of the Helena game is functioning just fine -- game just underway as of 8:00 Central...

Whoo-hoo, Scotty Po! [insert gleeful dancing in office here] http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/roll.gif Don't let Bill Hall's 0-for-5 fool you -- he's sent three balls to the right-field warning track and wall. It's Kolb time!

Indianapolis Media Notes for Saturday: TONIGHT: The Indians hope to have some legs left as they open a two-game series and five-game homestand with a 7 p.m. contest against Norfolk. The Indians hope to recover from a doubleheader that saw them play 25 innings in eight hours 14 minutes last night. The Tribe and Charlotte started game one at 6:15 last night and didn't end until 3 a.m. this morning. The Tribe was on a 12:35 p.m flight out of Charlotte this afternoon, and landed in Indianapolis shortly after 1:00. The Indians are a season-low 17 games under .500 for the second time this season. The last time the Tribe was 18 games below .500 was July 20, 1993. Tonight is Larry Walker Bobblehead Doll Night. YESTERDAY BY THE NUMBERS: Games: 2 Innings: 25 Time: 6:20 + 1:54 = 8:14 Pitchers: 17 Runs: 13 LOB: 45 Base Hits: 43 Extra-Base Hits: 6 Walks: 20 Strikeouts: 38 Outfield Assists by Jason Conti: 3 Charlotte swept the doubleheader 4-3 and 5-1. Game one went 18 innings before an unearned run proved to be the game winner. The teams left 18 runners on base from the 8th through the 18th innings. ON THE MOUND: Lefthander Nate Teut takes the hill tonight against the Tides. This will be Teut's 11th start and 16th appearance for the Indians. He earned his last win on July 10 against Norfolk despite allowing five runs over seven innings. THE MAN'S GOT A GUN: OF Jason Conti recorded three assists in the first game of a doubleheader August 15. That brought his league-leading total to 19. Conti's assist total is the most in the IL since Jay Buhner (Columbus) had 20 in 1987. When the Indians were in the American Association, New Orleans' Kevin Koslofski had 19 assists in 1995. Buffalo's William Pennyfeather had 21 assists in 1993. SCORELESS INNINGS STREAKS: LHP Shane Nance boasts an impressive scoreless innings streak. Nance, who has had two stints in Milwaukee this season, has not allowed a run since May 16. In 24 appearances since May 23, Nance has worked 34.0 scoreless innings. In that period he has allowed just 14 hits and five walks while striking out 26. The streak is the longest in the minors since Dodgers farmhand Orlando Rodriguez worked 35.0 consecutive scoreless innings last season. UPCOMING PROBABLES: Sunday vs. Norfolk - RHP Tyler Yates (1-2, 2.93) vs. RHP Pasqual Coco (9-7, 4.63) Monday vs. Toledo (Game One) - RHP Seth Greisinger (5-7, 4.12) vs. RHP Ben Ford (3-3, 2.70) Monday vs. Toledo (Game Two) - RHP Gary Knotts (4-2, 4.08) vs. TBA That TBA was Derek Lee initially, who was needed last night -- MB.

Oh, sorry Robert, I see you've remembered now: www.huntsvillestars.com/s...newsId=281

I won't comment on the game itself, because I'm not going to have a running game commentary with just myself http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif . (VDLS has coughed up two runs in the 7th, 4-3 Pirates -- ugh) Glendon Rusch has been in the booth with Jim Powell since the 2nd, and he's been very good. I think I know why Wes Helms' visit wasn't quite as successful as today's guest appearance by Glendon. Helms did OK, and he'll be back again this week, apparently, but Rusch has been jumping into the flow of the game with unsolicited comments, just as any color man would. He's been very insightful, and I think a lot of that is simply because of what he brings to the game and its nuances as a pitcher instead of as a position player. Helms only spoke after JP asked him a question, and never really got into the flow of the game. Thus, after three innings or so with Wes, the "interview material" was kind of used-up. The other point about the broadcast is that JP did indeed bring up Keith Ginter's status after Helms returns with Ned Yost. They also discussed that Bill Hall is starting at second base today, and will at SS on Sunday. That interview can be found at: www.brewersradionetwork.com/

Earlier in the week, David Weiser wrote this from Huntsville: The Huntsville Stars Booster Club will apparently go on for another year. Thursday night's turnout was very good, much better than expected, and the response was inspiring to its leadership....... Once with a membership of over 300, the Huntsville Stars Booster Club, once winning praise by outside observers as the best in the league, was in danger of dying of apathy....... Down to 130-140 members, most meetings had to dismiss for lack of a quorum........ The Rocky and Eagle awards will be handed out tomorrow at a banquet meeting under the tent after the game and hopefully we'll have good participation from the players. The Rocky award, named after former utilityman Rocky Coyle (Stars '85-'86) is awarded to the player who best exemplifies the hustle, team spirit, and love for the game that has contributed to the team's success. Last year's winner was Jared Mathis, and previous winners have included David Gibralter, Eric Fox, Miguel Tejada, and Toby Kominek........ The Eagle is a role model award that is given for sportsmanship, civic interest, inspiration, and team spirit as well. It's named after former pitcher Bob Bennett, whose Lakota Indian name was One Eagle. Bennett spent many off hours at schools promoting and educating kids on his American Indian heritage....... Put them together, and they're more popularity contests than acheivement awards, but they're awards of appreciation....... I know the winners cause I'm presenting the awards tomorrow, so you'll have to wait....... These awards are usually Sunday affairs, but there was not one cotton picking weekend home game on the schedule in August this year. Johnny Phillips has updated his own Huntsville site and message board as follows: The Booster Club treated the STARS to a Big Bob Gibson BBQ supper after last night's win over Chattanooga. The entire field staff and some 20 players, as well as spouses and girlfriends and front office workers took enjoyed the meal. As soon as they finished eating, the team left out for Mobile, the beginning of a 9-day, 8-game road trip. The annual Rocky and Eagle awards were presented. Chris Barnwell won the Rocky and Matt Parker won the Eagle. Both players received watches from the Booster Club in recognition of winning the awards and their names will be added to the plaque in the STARS front office. ******************************************************************************** Congratulations, guys. Sounds like a good time was had by all, and it's nice to see the Stars' boosters won't be fading away. It looks like there's a good chance they'll be treated to some "star quality" players again next year, pun intended. And now we know why we didn't get game summaries from Robert Portnoy and David Weiser this morning. Maybe too good a time was had by some http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

Daily Press High Desert Game Story: "It was a bad sign when I was in the bullpen and I couldn't throw anything below the belt" www.vvdailypress.com/cgi-...489,97698,

You're welcome, homer. Heck, Brian, Bill and I are going to search for and read this stuff anyway, so what's another couple of minutes to post the info? Beloit Daily News Game Story: The writer and Don Money try to put a positive spin on this loss, but too many ugly things happened to allow that to happen; you'll notice a comment about the Snapper RBI record -- remember that Brad Nelson was about to smash that record prior to his promotion to High Desert last summer... www.beloitdailynews.com/803/snap16.htm

Huntsville Times Game Story: "I think he got a little cocky in the middle innnings, started feeling pretty good about himself and he started getting the ball up." www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...118512.xml

The Huntsville Times web site was actually affected by the blackout, as its origin is in the Northeast. Here's Friday's article on Thursday night's action... Huntsville Times Game Story: "Da-da da, Da-da da.'' -- You know the song.... www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...248620.xml

Ooohhh, scintillating matchup as it's: "Morning Baseball!"Well, for the first inning anyway. And not in the Eastern time zone. But you get the idea. It's earlier than usual. And unless you're stuck in the office like myself, I can't imagine we'll have a big in-game throng here at Brewerfan. But remember to put Jim Powell on the radio as you drive to the grocery store or the hardware place today.