Certainly the 2009 baseball season was a a special one for BlueClaws fans, seeing the home team win a second SAL title, and a month later seeing some former BlueClaws on the Phillies World Series roster. So for Thanksgiving, we decided to list a few highlights for us, moments that we were thankful we got to see during the 2009 baseball season at the Jersey Shore.
- Anthony Gose spending about $600 of his own money bidding on BlueClaws red jerseys during our live auction for the American Cancer Society
- The spirited bidding war over Jim Murphy’s pink jersey on Mother’s Day, with the winner being the Susan G. Komen Foundation
- Brendan Akashian hitting his first (and only) affiliated baseball home run with his father in attendance on Father’s Day at FirstEnergy Park
- Jason Knapp in a complete zone, striking out 14 Lake County Captains over seven shutout innings to tie Robinson Tejeda’s franchise record, though the BlueClaws would lose the April 21st game 2-0
- Seeing hitting coach Greg Legg win his first minor league championship in 27(!) years in the organization
- A special day in BlueClaws history: August 24th, 2009…not only does Brett Myers do a rehab appearance during a BlueClaws double-header against Lake County, but between games, Matthew Currie (age 7) of Toms River becomes the 4-millionth fan in BlueClaws history
- 27 straight scoreless innings by reliever BJ Rosenberg before a deserved promotion to Reading
- Pedro Martinez
- The Cha-Cha Claws (see below)
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!