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Game 107: BlueClaws (62-44) vs Lake County (51-54)

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Welcome back to FirstEnergy Park on a gorgeous Wednesday for today’s game between the BlueClaws & Lake County Captains…LCO won the opener last night 4-3…game notes…audio (at 10:50).

LWD: RHP Heitor Correa (7-5, 3.84)
LCO: RHP Trey Haley (3-6, 5.80)

Walk-a-thon…Haley has walked a cool 50 hitters this year in his 54 innings, including 18 in his last three starts (13 innings pitched).

New Look…no Travis d’Arnaud or Jim Murphy today for Lakewood…Jeremy Hamilton bats 3rd then Vladimir de los Santos, Travis Mattair, Brendan Akashian and Korby Mintken.

9:03: Lakewood is just 9-11 in day games this year, 53-33 at night. We’ll see what holds.

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70 in 70: Number 1

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Simple: you guys.

 

Best fans 1

 

Best fans 2

 

   

 

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70 in 70: Number 2

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Just two days to go until the BlueClaws April 9th opener (with the World Series trophy). Today’s entry goes back a few months into the January Hall of Fame elections in which Jim Rice was elected after years of heated debate among the baseball writers. Why Jim Rice?

Jim Rice became the second player elected to the Hall of Fame after signing autographs at a BlueClaws game. Rice was here last year. Goose Gossage signed at FirstEnergy Park in 2005 and was elected last year.

The BlueClaws invited the four highest vote-getters among those that missed the HOF cut this year: Bert Blyleven, Jack Morris, Lee Smith, and Andre Dawson, with hopes that they would be able to see the obvious connection.

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70 in 70: Number 3

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Three days to go until the BlueClaws April 9th opener. Remember, open practice Tuesday night at 6 pm (details here), before the Thursday opener. But to the task at hand, as we wind down 70 in 70, today’s entry goes back to 2007, the summer when the BlueClaws welcomed their three-millionth fan.

It happened on July 16th. There was one enormous line heading into the one open turnstile. When the night started, the BlueClaws were just 344 fans away, so the process wasn’t all that time consuming, though it was dramatic. Lou Ameika followed in his wife Susan, fan 2,999,999, or Mrs. Ameika would have been the one who received the following:

  • Two BlueClaws season tickets
  • Autographed team bat and ball
  • First pitch on the field before that night’s game
  • 1/2 inning on the radio (Lou was outstanding)

Note: Mrs. Ameika surely benefitted from some of these gifts.

The BlueClaws are about 405,000 short of four-million, which will be broken sometime this summer. Stay tuned for the prize structure. I’m sure it will be worth the while of Mr. Four-million.

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70 in 70: Number 4

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

We released the roster yesterday. The players will fly up from Clearwater tonight. Baseball is four days away with the World Series trophy the guest of honor on Opening Night at FirstEnergy Park Thursday night. We’re also winding down 70 in 70 here in our tenth and final week. Today’s entry looks at Cole Hamels, 2003 Lakewood BlueClaw and 2008 World Series MVP.

Number four for the number of postseason wins that Mr. Hamels picked up last year. As you can see here, Hamels was dominant over five postseason starts. He allowed no more than two runs in any of his five starts, and went 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA. Stretching back into the regular season, Hamels allowed more than two earned runs once after August 1st, which is outstanding.

For his efforts in the World Series, which included eight shutout in game 1 and six innings/two runs in game five (pre-rain), he was given the World Series MVP.

“This is something that you have to live for,” Hamels said. “Going out there, I knew I had a job to do. I had the support of these fans, I had my teammates behind me and all I had to really do was just go throw a baseball as well I knew how.”

By the way our Hamels rehab in Lakewood on Opening Night dream (which was never a consideration) is officially dead. Hamels will pitch Thursday in the Phils’ fourth game of the season.

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70 in 70: Number 5

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

All requests for leave of absence on account of grandmother’s funeral, sore throat, housecleaning, lame back, turning of the ringer, headaches, brain storm, cousin’s wedding, general ailments or other legitimate excuses must be made out and handed to the boss not later than 10 am on the morning of the game.

The above is a traditional workplace sign was from back when games were exclusively played during daylight hours. We bring it here for today’s 70 in 70 because today’s item, number 5, has to do with this year’s 11:05 am games. Five 11:05s on the following dates:

  • April 21st, May 6th, May 27th, July 15th, and August 5th

Note that all are Wednesdays, except April 21st, a Tuesday. April 21st is the first Senior Day Tuesday (TD Bank). Seniors eat free, Baseball Bingo, and post-game bocce on the field (call Ryan at 732-901-7000 x 162 for more information).

May 6th and 27th are education days (info here), and July 15th and August 5th are camp days.

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70 in 70: Number 6

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Six days to go until the BlueClaws April 9th opener against Delmarva. Remember, the World Series Trophy will be in attendance that day. You can take your picture with the same trophy on the field and in the locker room when the Phillies won the World Series in October. Remember to bring your own camera!

Today’s 70 in 70 entry looks at the 200(6) BlueClaws South Atlantic League Championship team. Some notes…

  • The team started 0-9, which basically knocked them out of contention for the first-half title, though they won 37 of their last 60 first-half games.
  • A second-half tour-de-force saw them go 47-23, coasting into the playoffs.
  • The BlueClaws beat Lexington in the first-round two games to none before handling Augusta three games to one to win the team’s first and only SAL title.

Players on that team and where they are now:

  • Carlos Carrasco went 12-6 that year. He’ll open 2009 with Lehigh Valley and the Phils top pitching prospect could pitch in the big leagues this year.
  • Josh Outman won 14 games. Traded to Oakland in July, he’ll open 2009 as a member of the A’s rotation.
  • Matt Maloney won the SAL’s top pitcher award after going 16-9 with a 2.08 ERA. Now a member of the Reds organization, he’ll go to AAA Louisville again this year.
  • Jeremy Slayden hit .310 in 2006 and will likely open 2009 with Lehigh Valley.
  • Now one of the top catching prospects in baseball, Lou Marson will catch every day at Lehigh Valley and is considered the Phillies catcher of the future.

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70 in 70: Number 7

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

GalvisJust one week to go until the BlueClaws Opener…One week from tonight, 6:35 against Delmarva, the first pitch of the 2009 season. Today’s 70 in 70 entry looks at the most flexible way to enjoy BlueClaws baseball, the FlexiBushel.

Here is a pretty detailed story on the plan, but basically…

  • Seven undated ticket vouchers good for seven different BlueClaws games.
  • Value-pricing ($63 compared to $70 for same tickets ordered individually).
  • Ability to use the tickets whenever you want.
  • FREE tickets to a show at the Surflight Theatre and Monmouth University football.

There you have it. Don’t know your schedules in advance? No problem. The flexibility of a gymnast.

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