Today in the APP
Friday, April 16th, 2010Two good articles today from Tony Graham on the BlueClaws getting ready for tonight’s opener, but from two different perspectives.
First, this article looks at the opener from the front office perspective, reflecting back on the first nine years in team history.
“The first day we put season tickets on sale at 9 or 10 on a Saturday morning, the first guy got there at noon on Friday,” BlueClaws General Manager Geoff Brown said.
“By the time we opened up, the line had to be two, three hundred, four hundred people deep.
“The line was all day long. That office at Airport Road was off the beaten path. I don’t think 10 years ago anyone had a GPS in their car. They were all pulling out maps to find out where this office was.
And this article talks about BlueClaws hitting coach Greg Legg, now in his fourth season with the BlueClaws, first as the original manager and his third straight as hitting coach.
Legg said each season presents a different set of challenges. “We try to keep them (hitters) on a good plan,” he said.
“Most of the time we have the young hitters on a two-strike approach. The breaking ball is one of the things you have to address a lot.
“You don’t see too many 3-2 sliders in high school.”





Today is a special day in BlueClaws history. It’s the 10th anniversary of the unveiling of the name BlueClaws to the general public.
Just over a week left on a couple of special offers. These are good through February 28th, so time is running out to act…
Big night for us (Tuesday night). Our free Kids Club (
In the accompanying picture to this post, you see two lucky Little Leaguers with Ryan Howard, during his rehab in Lakewood in May of 2007. These Little Leaguers took advantage of the Future BlueClaws program, and others have taken advantage of the ClawStars program, through which teams can play catch on the field before the game. Along those lines,
Just confirmed from our concessions arm, we’ll be unveiling a (Hot) Dog House in 2010. A hot dog stand featuring dogs named after Hall of Famers. As follows…