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Did anyone catch what happened with the Riske to Coffey move? We were at the game and couldn't tell what was going on. We decided the ump thought Riske took too many warm up pitches or something and the ump tossed him? It was confusing from where we were sitting........anyone know what happened for sure?

Game is at 6:35, gates will open at 5:05, parking lot "should" open at 4:05. I'd say if you get there by 4-ish you should be fine. Especially with school back in session now.

I saw a guy a couple of years ago that was wearing an authentic Marcus Hanel jersey. That takes commitment. Turbo, shoot me a private message with your size if you want. I know you live just down the road from me and we've traded bobbles in the past. I have a couple games left in my package, I'll keep my eyes open for a $5 Kapler if you want.

I used to do this as a kid about 15 years ago. Handwritten letters and postage stamps were a small price to pay for getting that package in the mail a month later on a random day after school with a professional team's logo on it and goodies inside. E-mailing seems to take the fun out of it. If you have kids, try this with them, but I recommend the old fashion way.

I have two FIELD LEVEL DIAMOND BOX tickets for Friday (8/28) that I can't use. They are in Section 110, Row 4. You can have the PAIR for 40 dollars. Game time is coming up quick though, so you'll have to be in the Appleton area, or willing to pick up Thursday or Friday. I've put these on craigslist as well, so let me know ASAP! Please email or call as I might not have a chance to check the message board and/or PMs tomorrow. Josh 920-277-3481 diddynas@yahoo.com EDIT: 40 dollars for the pair? Anyone? Anyone?

Logan, thanks for the link. I think I'm maybe leaning towards those Xmods Evo things that they sell at Radio Shack (50) and the link you provided (55), specifically the Nissan GT-R. I suppose for that price it's a decent starting package that won't set me back too much if I decide I'm really not into it, and can just pass it off to my nephews. Though, it looks like as you start buying extra parts/mods/batteries, the prices can escalate quickly. I still wish there was more "assembly" that had to be done though, but I suppose I'll roll with it for the time being, and can always go back to the old model car kits if I'm looking for something more time consuming. Anyone else have any other ideas/suggestions on how to get into this hobby?

So, I'm looking for a hobby to do this summer while watching Brewers games and movies on TV. I've been leaning towards model cars, as they've always sort of intrigued me. I have absolutely no experience with them though, other than I know they sell kits for 10-15 dollars at Hobby Lobby and such, and then I assume I'd have to buy paints, knives, glue, cement and everything else seperately. So, any tips or recommendations on how or where to go to get started? If it helps, I live in the Appleton area, and work near Oshkosh. Also, while model cars interest me, I think it'd be much more fun to assemble a car that I can actually make move, hence an RC car. I was looking online and see that Radio Shack sells "mod" RC cars that you can put together, the kits seem to run about 50 dollars. I don't want to just buy an RC car that is ready to drive, I want to actually build something that I have to put time into and will occupy me for several hours/days/weeks whatever. Like I said, I'd prefer to keep it somewhat cheap though if possible in the beginning, and I know this hobby can get pretty expensive. Any suggestions? Do they sell RC kits that I can assemble, like they do with model cars? I assume there are at least a couple of people that are still into this hobby? I'm sure I can order from some sort of catalog, but if possible, I'd rather buy from a store at first, so I can see what I'm getting. Anyone have suggestions?

That's what it appears to be, jeffy. Thanks for clearing it up. Obviously, hopefully it's nothing major with Hardy and he'll stay hot.

I think those of us not watching on tv were just confused because Hardy was in the starting lineup, so it is unlikely it was a scheduled day off. Also, add to the confusion that on the box score (Yahoo) at first it said Counsell came in for Hart, because they still listed Hart as hitting 2nd. Mega confusing for those of us that can't catch tonight's game on WMLW.

Lawrie just crushed a homerun to dead center over the big green wall. According to Rattlers radio man Chris Mehring, what wind there is also blowing in from straight center. How about that for your first professional hit? Go get yourself some, Brett! T-Rats lead Quad Cities 6-1 early going in the bottom of the 2nd inning. Wisconsin has 7 hits already, Kjeldgard has 2 of them for himself. In addition, the fielding for Quad Cities in the past two games has been....below average, to put it nicely.

I guess he's not technically a minor leaguer anymore, or won't be soon, but if you didn't catch it, Jordan Zimmermann won the 5th rotation spot with the Nationals this season. This Auburndale, WI native attended UWSP and is rated as the #1 prospect in the Washington system by BA. He's going to begin the season on the AAA roster as the Nationals don't need a 5th starter for a couple weeks. (I apologize if this has already popped up in a thread somewhere else, but I don't recall seeing it)

Another poster brought up this question over on a T-rats blog/message board. But, why exactly is Jim Henderson starting the season with the T-Rats? Is it just part of the positioning shuffle still going on to start the season? Does he end up in AA/AAA soon? Or is he just roster filler for the time being until the Brewers release him? I know some were surprised to see he's opening in Appleton, but any thoughts as to why he is exactly? I doubt it's the case, but I noticed he's part of the Canadian connection...is he just another body there to help mentor Lawrie in the beginning?

I hear ya, Battlekow. I find my remote in the refrigerator, or on the back of the toilet from time to time. Go figure.

Juan Sanchez is on the T-Rats opening day roster.

The following is what I went through and did today. Okay, so this is the updated list of prospects that made their team's opening day roster. Obviously, some prospects that BA had originally predicted were either held in XST, or bumped up to start in A+. Players that BA (and I) incorrectly predicted have a strike through them, while players that BA (and in one or two cases, me) correctly predicted are marked with red. An asterisk means that player didn't appear on the original projection list, but is indeed going to start with their respective MWL team to begin the season. Keep in mind, these are only opening day rosters. They'll likely change a lot in the next few weeks as the weather warms up (hopefully), but I figured it's a good starting reference to have. Let me know if you notice any errors. I'm sure I missed something. South Bend (Arizona) Wade Miley, P, #5 Kevin Eichhorn, P, #6 Reynaldo Navarro, SS, #10 Trevor Harden, P, #13 Rossmel Perez, C, #15 Bryan Shaw, P, #17 *Isaias Asencio, OF, #24 Tyrell Worthington, OF, #30 Peoria (Chicago Cubs) Josh Vitters, 3B, #1 Andrew Cashner, P, #3 *Ryan Flaherty, SS, #8 *Junior Lake, SS, #14 Chris Carpenter, P, #18 Matt Cerda, C, #27 Dayton (Cincinnati) Kyle Lotzkar, P, #6 Neftali Soto, 3B, #7 Devin Mesoraco, C, #10 Juan Carlos Sulbaran, P, #20 Alex Bucholz, 2B, #30 West Michigan (Detroit) Casey Crosby, P, #4 *Brandon Douglas, SS, #23 Mauricio Robles, P, #24 Brandon Hamilton, P, #26 Burlington (Kansas City) Eric Hosmer, 1B, #2 Mike Montgomery, P, #4 Tim Melville, P, #5 Kelvin Herrera, P, #12 *Jason Taylor, 3B/1B, #17 Salvado Perez, C, #19 *Jose Bonilla, C, #26 *Kyle Martin, SS/3B, #27 Sam Runion, P, #28 Yowill Espinal, 2B/SS, #29 Keaton Hayenga, P, #30 Cedar Rapids (LA Angels) *Will Smith, P, #12 Manuarys Correa, P, #19 Luis Jimenez, 3B, #26 Great Lakes (LA Dodgers) Ethan Martin, P, #3 Devaris Gordon, SS, #7 Chris Withrow, P, #9 Nathan Eovaldi, P, #10 *Austin Gallagher, 3B, #11 Pedro Baez, 3B, #13 Kyle Russell, OF, #17 Jon Michael Redding, P, #18 Tony Delmonico, C/2B, #19 *Justin Miller, P, #20 Daigoro Rondon, P, #23 *Javy Guerra, P, #25 *Alfredo Silverio, OF, #27 *Jordan Pratt, P, #30 Wisconsin (Milwaukee) Brett Lawrie, C/2B, #3 Cutter Dykstra, OF, #7 Jake Odorizzi, P, #11 Cody Scarpetta, P, #15 *R.J. Seidel, P, #18 (DL, out for the year?) Wily Peralta, P, #22 Efrain Nieves, P, #23 Evan Fredrickson, P, #24 Cody Adams, P, #28 Logan Schafer, OF, #29 Beloit (Minnesota) Aaron Hicks, OF, #1 Shooter Hunt, P, #7 Angel Morales, OF, #10 Joe Benson, OF, #15 Michael Tonkin, P, #30 Kane County (Oakland) Brett Hunter, P, #19 Rashun Dixon, OF, #21 Dusty Coleman, SS, #22 Grant Desme, OF, #30 Quad Cities (St. Louis) Lance Lynn, P, #15 Niko Vasquez, SS, #18 Richard Castillo, P, #24 Fort Wayne (San Diego) Jaff Decker, OF, #3 *Allan Dykstra, 1B, #8 *James Darnell, 3B, #10 Simon Castro, P, #14 *Drew Cumberland, SS, #15 *Blake Tekotte, OF, #19 *Nick Schmidt, P, #21 Clinton (Seattle) Mario Martinez, 3B, #7 Jharmidy DeJesus, 3B, #8 Maikel Cleto, P, #16 Gabriel Noriega, SS, #19 Tyson Gillies, OF, #20 Denny Almonte, OF, #22 Aaron Pribanic, P, #27 *Brett Lorin, P, #28 Danny Carroll, OF, #29 *Nolan Gallagher, P, #30 Lansing (Toronto) John Tolisano, 2B, #13 Eric Eiland, OF, #16 Mark Sobolewski, 3B, #19 *Kenny Wilson, OF, #21 Tyler Pastornicky, SS, #23 *Markus Brisker, OF, #26 Balbino Fuenmayor, 3B, #28 *Henderson Alvarez, P, #29 Edit: keep in mind, the #'s are their rankings within their affiliated team's system, NOT their uniform numbers. You'll have to look those up on your own if you need them, as they tend to fluctuate from time to time.