Category: Dailies
Next up: Shane!
Name: Shane Berliner
Hometown: Staten Island, NY
College and major/degree(s): Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, Major: Sport and Recreation Management, (Graduation Date: May 2010, Degree Will Be: Bachelor of Science in Sport and Recreation Management)
Hobbies: Watching/playing sports, listening to music, hanging out, eating, reading/memorizing song lyrics
Likes: Mixed martial arts, classic rock, sarcasm, helping others
Dislikes: The New England Patriots, talking about myself
Favorite Baseball Team: New York Mets
Favorite Baseball Player of all-time: Albert Pujols
Favorite play in a baseball game: Kirk Gibson’s Game-Winning Home Run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series
Favorite Sports Movie of all-time: The Sandlot
Favorite Sports Quote: Tie between Jim Valvano’s “Don’t give up…don’t ever give up!” speech at the 1993 ESPY Awards and “Eleven seconds, you’ve got ten seconds, the countdown going on right now! Morrow, up to Silk. Five seconds left in the game. Do you believe in miracles?
YES!” – Al Michaels, “The Miracle On Ice” (1980 Winter Olympics Hockey Semifinal, U.S.A. vs. USSR)
Best sports moment as a fan or a player: Watching the New York Giants win Super Bowl XLII
Thing you like most about sports: Sports, whether watching or playing, are a great way to relax and enjoy yourself. Also, anything can happen in a given sports game – the elements of suspense and surprise are both huge factors within sports.
Why do you want to work in sports?: I have grown up my whole life watching and playing sports and it is one of the fastest-growing and constantly changing industries.
What do you want to get out of your internship with the Redbirds?: I obviously hope to learn more about my specific field, Stadium Operations, but also how to function on a fast-paced working environment where you must also be quick on your feet.
What does your specific internship entail?: My job functions include creating and maintaining a clean, safe and fun ballpark for all customers, all facets of employee supervision, including ballpark security, janitorial services, in-game custodians and overnight clean-up, and assisting in the coordination of all aspects of ballpark rentals – concerts, college games, city championships, etc., among other things.
CareerAspirations: I don’t have any specific career aspirations – I just want to be working at a job that I enjoy going to each morning and one that will help me support my family
Three things you cannot live without: Cell phone, computer, and music
If you were a beverage, what kind of beverage would you be?: Arizona Arnold Palmer Lite Half and Half because it’s half lemonade, half iced tea and it combines the best of both worlds
Theme song to your life: ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ by Joe Cocker
What is the background on your cell phone?: Exterior Background: Picture of me dressed up as a Blue Man from Halloween, Interior Background: Solo Cups in the shape of the Temple ‘T’
Here comes the birthday boy!
For today’s intern highlight, we chose our recent birthday boy and Player Operations Intern- Sam!
Name: Sam Dores
Hometown:San Diego, CA
College and major/degree(s): UCLA – Psychology, San DiegoState – Sports Business MBA
Hobbies: Gym, tan, laundry, just like JerseyShore…. But seriously, playing sports, watching sports, concerts, movies, working out
Likes: Food, funny people, music, the pac-10
Dislikes: Inconsiderate people, coffee, USC
Favorite Baseball Team: Padres
Favorite Baseball Player of all-time: Tony Gwynn
Favorite play in a baseball game: Suicide Squeeze
Favorite Sports Movie of all-time: Little Giants
Favorite Sports Quote: “They are who we thought they were… We let them off the hook” – Denny Green
Best sports moment as a fan or a player: watching UCLA beat USC in football at my final college home game or going to the final four to watch UCLA basketball make it to the championship
Thing you like most about sports: The skill level
Why do you want to work in sports?: Because it’s my first passion
What do you want to get out of your internship with the Redbirds?: A tryout with the Cardinals…or a job, whichever comes first
What does your specific internship entail?: Handling any responsibilities related to the team or players themselves as well as part of
the game day staff
Career Aspirations: To run my own sports facility
Three things you cannot live without: my ipod, my blackberry and friends/family
If you were a beverage, what kind of beverage would you be?:Capri Sun, because I’m a kid at heart
Theme song to your life: Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel or “On the Road Again” by Willie Nelson
What is the background on your cell phone?: Sunset
Signing off, I’m Jordan. And that’s your Intern Highlight for today!
Next up, one of our sales interns…
Mason!
Mason Sporting his Molly Moo Cow
Name: Mason Lace
Hometown: Wynne, Arkansas
College and major/degree(s): University of Arkansas; Sports Management
Hobbies: Watching any Razorback sporting event; Xbox 360; parties (my parents will love this one)
Likes: Arkansas Razorbacks, Beale Street, loud music, hanging out with friends
Dislikes: Florida Gators & Tebow, any other SEC West team, cold weather, quiet people (they scare me)
Favorite Baseball Team: Atlanta Braves
Favorite Baseball Player of all-time: Chipper Jones
Favorite play in a baseball game: When an outfielder throws a runner out at home to win the game
Favorite Sports Movie of all-time: Hoosiers
Favorite Sports Quote: “Come after me!… I’m a man… I’m 40!”– Oklahoma State head football coach Mike Gundy
Best sports moment as a fan or a player: Watching my Arkansas Razorbacks beat the Tennessee Volunteers my freshman year of college. ESPN Gameday was on campus.
Thing you like most about sports: Being competitive
Why do you want to work in sports? I’m just really interested in sports and business.
What do you want to get out of your internship with the Redbirds? I want to learn anything I can about the business side of a sports organization.
What does your specific internship entail? Sales; lots and lots of calls.
Career Aspirations: To work in the front office for the Dallas Cowboys
Three things you cannot live without: TV, iPhone, and RC Cola
If you were a beverage, what kind of beverage would you be? Sweet tea; it’s a classic drink from the South. What’s not to love about
that?
Theme song to your life: We Went Out Last Night – Kenny Chesney
What is the background on your cell phone? A picture of Baum Stadium, the Razorbacks baseball stadium
He loves his RC Cola…
Jordan. Out.
Weekend update with Jordan Johnson
Hell-o everyone, it is now my turn to introduce myself. I am Jordan Johnson (the blonde second from the right in the group photo) and the Redbirds’ new Communications intern. I’m very excited to be here and ready to be one of the two interns maintaining this
blog. Go Redbirds! 🙂
Some background information on me…well, I spent 22 out of the 23 years of my life in Michigan, living in Farmington Hills for most of it. I attended Michigan State University, graduating in 2008 with a B.A. in Communication. During college, I worked for the MSU sports broadcasting company, Spartan Vision, where I was able to work with 23 different varsity sports and get a feel for which sport I wanted to end up in. After graduation, I moved out to New Jersey where I worked last season with the Camden Riversharks Independent Baseball team. Born and raised a Detroit Red Wings fan, it came as a shock to me when I developed a love for baseball. And that’s how I ended up here…or at least after the grueling interviews and lightning round questions the boss put me through!
On to the weekend update:
(The gang is all here!)
(View from our $5 dollar seats)
The Grizzlies vs. Thunder game was a success and confirmed that the Memphis Redbirds interns are officially the Grizzlies’ good luck charm. It was a pretty intense game with an end score of 86-84 with Rudy Gay making the winning basket with 1.3 seconds left on the clock. Gay began to pound his chest after which I must say, looked like it hurt, but the crowd loved it. The atmosphere was perfect and a great experience overall. Two of our full-timers (Mark and Harrison) even had a surprise planned for us between the 3rd and 4th quarters: they participated in the sumo wrestling promotion, Grizz’s Power Ball, and certainly took quite a beating…to say the least. But, Mark prevailed over Harrison successfully placing more balls in the trash can while fighting against Grizz as goal tender. Slight injuries were endured, but fun was had all around. A few of the interns are even attending the Grizzlies-Orlando game tonight. We’ll see if they can bring the same luck for the Grizzlies as the group did Friday night.
(Harrison accepting his defeat)
(Grizzlies win!)
As for the Mississippi RiverKings game, which coming from someone who has seen many NHL and AHL games, it was surprisingly amusing. I’ve never seen so many fights in such a short amount of time! Six fights overall, five of them being within the last minute of play in a 30-second span of time. It almost seemed as if they were joking when one after another, they just kept fighting! Apparently this is common in the CHL, especially when the score is 5-1 with the RiverKings winning. On top of this, they even gave a shotgun away at the game…something I have never experienced. Maybe because I’m from Michigan, but who knows. To add to the excitement, we were hoping to be able to participate in the post-game skate, but were unfortunately late in signing up. On that note, we’re looking to make another trip to the Desoto Civic Center in a couple weeks for 80’s night!
(Desoto Civic Center)
If you have any questions, likes or gripes about the blog- feel free to e-mail me and let me know at jordan.johnson@memphisredbirds.com. I hope you enjoyed reading about our eventful weekend as much as we enjoyed experiencing it. Until next time, you stay classy Redbird fans.
A Big Weekend Ahead
Hey everyone! It’s Dave again, just giving you a little preview as to what we interns are up to this weekend. Tonight we’re going to the Grizzlies-Thunder game at the FedEx Forum. The Grizz are going for their tenth straight home win tonight, which means they haven’t lost at home since we have all officially become interns with the Redbirds. I’m proud to say that we have been a good luck charm for the team, and we will continue to support the Grizzlies all season long.
Then on Saturday, we’re all heading to Mississippi to see the RiverKings play some ice hockey. As warm as it’s been around here it’s tough to think of ice hockey, but we’re definitely looking forward to checking that out.
We have our cameras ready to go so be ready to check out the next blog on Monday to view all of the photos we plan on taking.
If you have any advice for a guy from the north like me I’d love to hear from you. Also, if you have any blog ideas or just want to say hello feel free to do that as well. You can e-mail me at david.portney@memphisredbirds.com.
Make sure you stay logged on to www.Memphisredbirds.com all year long for the latest news, updates and features regarding your Memphis Redbirds!
FUN WITH SPANISH
With winter ball in full swing we thought it would be a good idea to update Cardinals and Redbirds fans on the Boys of Summer that are still playing. And we’ll get to that but first we want to make sure everyone knows which team they are rooting for in the Spanish speaking leagues like the Dominican, Venezuelan, Mexican-Pacific and Puerto Rican leagues. Each team in those leagues is listed below with their English translation and a fun fact.
Dominican Winter League
Toros del Este – English Translation: Bulls of the East – This team is loaded with former PCL guys this season like former Nashville Sounds Vinny Rottino and Ozzie Chavez.
Tigres del Licey – English Translation: Tigers of the Licey – Former Redbird Timo Perez leads the team in average, home runs and RBI so far this season. These guys are good, they have 22 national championships and 10 Caribbean Series titles.
Leones del Escogido – English Translation: Lions of the Escogido – Escogido actually means chosen so the literal translation is ‘from Leon of the Chosen One’ but in this case we’re pretty sure leones means lions. Former Redbird Nerio Rodriguez is on the team pitching at 38-years-old. PCL Rookie of the Year Eric Young Jr. is also on the squad.
Aguilas Cibaenas – English Translation: Cibaenas Eagles – Former Redbird Hector Luna plays for the Eagles and is a teammate of Al Albuquerque. Seriously, they have a pitcher named Al Albuquerque.
Gigantes del Cibao – English Translation: Giants of the Cibao – This is Redbirds first baseman Mark Hamilton’s team. Unfortunately, he hit just .191 in 15 games for the Giants but hey he played left field almost exclusively, which was probably the reason he was there.
Estrellas de Oriente – English Translation: Stars of East – Former Bird Kelvin Jimenez is a Star this winter along with former Cardinal Fernando Tatis. Hey, Tatis spelled backwards is sitat.
Venezuelan Winter League
Leones del Caracas – English Translation: Lions of the Caracas – This is our very own Jon Jay’s team this winter. Jay is hitting over
.300 and has a team-high 21 RBI as of November 13. They’re also in first place as of November 13.
Navegantes del Magallanes – English Translation: Navigators of the Magallanes – The Navigators are in second place as of the publish date of this blog. The Navigators were founded way back in 1917 and boast Mets lefty Johan Santana on their all-time roster.
Bravos de Margarita – English Translation: Brave of Margarita – Again the literal translation is a little different here meaning Brave of Daisy, just think about that the next time you’re having a margarita.
Aguilas del Zulia – English Translation: Eagles of Zulia – According to legend the Eagles got their name from the label of Zulia Beer, whose label features a blue eagle. How great would it have been if the Cardinals would have dropped the Birds on the Bat for Spuds MacKenzie in the 1980s?
Tigres de Aragua – English Translation: Tigers of Aragua – The Tigers’ all-time roster reads, well like an all-time greats roster. Mariano
Riveira, Paul O’Neill, Torii Hunter, Jim Edmonds, Miguel Cabrera, Rod Carew and Dave Concepcion all played for Aragua. Former Iowa manager Buddy Bailey has led the squad to five titles in the past six years.
Tiburones de La Guaira – English Translation: Sharks of the Guaira – Hall of Famer Luis Aprecio played six seasons for the Sharks. White
Sox manager and Venezuelan Ozzie Guillen is one of six former Sharks to have his number retired by the club.
Cardenales de Lara – English Translation: Cardinals of Lara – Lara and Aragua are the only teams in the Venezuelan Winter League to share mascots with big league teams. The Cardinals colors, however, a little different than the St. Louis version, Lara’s colors are black and red.
Caribes de Anzoategui – English Translation: Caribbean of Anzoategui – The Anzoategui region has one single beach that is over 60 miles long.
Mexican-Pacific League
Venados de Mazatlan – English Translation: Deer of Mazatlan – Why does America not have a major league franchise called the Deer? The Milwaukee Bucks is close but it just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Unlike the tiny Arkansas town of Deer, whose teams are the Deer Antlers.
Aguilas de Mexicali – English Translation: Eagles of Mexicali – Former Philadelphia Phillies ballplayer and former owner of one fine
mullet John Kruk played for the Eagles 1986 championship team.
Mayos de Navojoa – English Translation: Mays of Navojoa – Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, former Cardinals skipper White Herzog and Boston Red Sox star Kevin Youkilis all played for The Tribe.
Naranjeros de Hermosillo – English Translation: Orange Sellers of Hermosillo – Orange Sellers? Redbirds hurler Fernando Salas is
pitching for Hermosillo this winter.
Yaquis de Obregon – English Translation: Yaquis of Obregon – The Yaquis were a Native American tribe who lived in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
Caneros de los Mochis – English Translation: Caneros of the Mochis – We have no idea what caneros means and we couldn’t find a logo for the team so if anyone knows what or who a canero is let us know.
Algodoneros de Guasave – English Translation: Cotton Plants of Guasave – Former Redbird Andy Cavazos is twirling for Guasave this winter.
Tomateros de Culiacan – English Translation: Once again we’ve been foiled by our lack of Spanish speaking skills and have no idea what
tomateros means, tomatoes?
Puerto Rican League
The Puerto Rican League just started on Thursday, November 12 so there isn’t a whole lot to say about this league right now other than our clubhouse managers are all Puerto Rican and working in the league. So a big shout out to Nelson Padro, Celso Collado and Ruben Allende. The league didn’t play in 2007 but it’s back now and better than ever.
Lobos de Arecibo – English Translation: Arecibo Wolves
Criollos de Caguas – English Translation: Caguas Creoles
Gigantes de Carolina – English Translation: Carolina Giants
Indios de Mayag�ez – English Translation: Mayaguez Indians
Leones de Ponce – English Translation: Ponce Lions
The Caribbean Series starts on February 2, 2010 on Margarita Island in Venezuela with each of the four leagues mentioned sending their champion to the series. Tigres de Aragua of the Venezuelan Winter League is the defending Caribbean Series champ.
And as promised a little update on the Birds still playing ball, however, be fair warned it is not pretty. Of the 11 position players that
have Cardinals ties only two of them are hitting over .300, the aforementioned Jon Jay in the Venezuelan Winter League and Tyler Henley in the Arizona Fall League. Prospect Daryl Jones is hitting under .200 and Redbirds first baseman Mark Hamilton hit under .200 in his stint in the Dominican Winter League. Daniel Descalso and Bryan Anderson have neither one put up the numbers everyone
expected so far in the Arizona Fall League. Meanwhile, on the bump Evan MacLane is still cruising. The lefty is 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA in five starts for Oriente in the Dominican Winter League. Former ‘Bird Mike Parisi is out in the Fall League as well after recovering from Tommy John surgery this past season. The Arizona Fall League concludes on Saturday, November 21.
Surprise!!! More Baseball
The Arizona Fall League starts today out in the dessert and several other Winter Leagues are already underway. The Arizona Fall League is probably the most glamorous of all the Winter Leagues due to the fact it is normally a who’s-who of top prospects from all 30 MLB teams. Let’s just run down the list of who will be in Arizona for a few extra weeks of fun in the sun. Well the top two picks from this summer’s draft will be there with Stephen Strasburg (Washington Nationals) bringing his millions of dollars and 100-MPH fastball. No. 2 pick Dustin Ackley will be there representing the Seattle Mariners. Including Strasburg and Ackley, five of the first 10 picks from last summer’s draft are scheduled to be in Arizona. The Giants uber-catching prospect Buster Posey will be there. The Marlins are sending Andrew Miller in hopes of getting the big lefty back on track. The Kansas City Royals top prospect Mike Moustakas will play third for the Surprise Rafters. Former Ole Miss Rebel and Collierville, TN-native Zach Cozart will represent Cincinnati. And all those guys are just a few of the best, future big leaguers.
So if this the best-of-the-best prospects league, who are the Cardinals sending? Since the Cardinals traded four of their Top 10 prospects from last year fans will definitely see some new, yet familiar faces wearing the Birds on the Bat while playing for the Surprise Rafters this fall. The players the Cards have slated on the Rafters Opening Day Roster are below along with their position and the highest level they reached in 2009.
- Gary Daley – RHP – Double-A Springfield – Daley pitched in just nine games, all in relief, for the S-Cards this past season going 0-2 with a 4.76 ERA. The right-hander didn’t make his debut until August 19 for Springfield after starting the year with Single-A Quad Cities, where he went 4-3 with a 6.93 ERA in 32 games, 10 starts. Daley was the Cardinals third round pick out of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2006.
- Scott Gorgen – RHP – Double-A Springfield – Gorgen reached Double-A in just his first full year of pro ball after being a fourth round pick out of California-Irvine in 2008. The right-hander went 4-5 with a 5.20 ERA in 11 starts for the S-Cardinals after posting a 3-5 record with a 2.93 ERA in 14 games, 13 starts, for Single-A Palm Beach. Gorgen’s twin brother was a 16th
round pick of the Rays last year.
- Mike Parisi – RHP – Single-A Palm Beach – Former Redbird Mike Parisi will be one of very few guys in the Fall League with MLB experience. Parisi pitched in 12 games, two starts, for St. Louis in 2008 before blowing out his elbow in a game with Memphis at Sacramento in early August. The right-hander missed almost all of 2009 recovering from Tommy John surgery.
- Adam Reifer – RHP – Single-A Palm Beach – Reifer racked up 21 saves in 54 games for the Cardinals this past summer going 4-7 with a 4.47 ERA along the way. In his first full year of pro baseball Reifer followed up a stellar 2008 when he was tabbed the third-best prospect and best pitching prospect in the New York-Penn League after punching out 41 batters in 30.1 innings.
- Bryan Anderson – C – Triple-A Memphis – Anderson is another former Redbird scheduled to get some extra at-bats in the Fall League after missing significant time due to an injury. Anderson was the ‘Birds starting catcher before going down with a shoulder injury sustained in a collision at the plate in late June. The California-native is still considered one of the Cardinals best prospects but needs to use the Fall League to vault into 2010.
- Daniel Descalso – 2B – Triple-A Memphis – The Arizona Fall League will be the icing on the cake to an amazing 2009 campaign for Descalso. After crushing the Texas League for a .323 average and 26 doubles in 73 games, Descalso was promoted to Memphis for 46 games before joining Team USA for their gold medal run in the World Cup. He’ll share the Rafters infield with Team USA teammate Ike Davis from the New York Mets organization.
- Tyler Henley – OF – Double-A Springfield – Henley just wrapped up the best season of his young career leading Springfield with a .303 average and 31 doubles in a career-best 123 games. The former Rice star hadn’t even played in 123 games in his two previous years as a pro until this past summer. Henley is on the taxi squad for the Rafters, which means he is only active on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
- Daryl Jones – OF – Double-A Springfield – Jones has been one of the Cardinals top prospects since he was drafted in the third round out of high school in 2005. However, since then his career has been up-and-down until 2008 when he was named the Cardinals Minor League Player of the Year. Jones will be making up some at-bats this fall as well after missing a lot of time in the second half of the season with a leg injury.
Other former Redbirds playing ball this fall are Jon Jay, who is hitting .400 in four games for Leones del Caracas in the Venezuelan Winter League, and Fernando Salas, who has turned in 1.1 scoreless innings for Naranjeros de Hermosillo in the Mexican Pacific League. Naranjero translates to orange seller in case you were wondering. Follow us on twitter (@memphisredbirds) and check back here for updates on our Boys of Fall. You can also follow the Arizona Fall League games pitch-by-pitch over on MiLB.com. Games start at 1:35 p.m. CT so if you’re bored at work or like us and get to say it’s part of your job check it out.
We Did It! The Playoffs!
The Redbirds are giving Memphis something it hasn’t seen since 2000, a playoff-caliber professional baseball team. So don’t spend your weekend on the standard gimmicks of exotic foods or monkeys riding dogs. Instead take a trip to AutoZone Park and see a team that represents Memphis on a national level. Come support your Memphis Redbirds!
The Redbirds first playoff game against the Albuquerque Isotopes starts Wednesday at 8:05 pm CST and can be viewed on Milb.tv or heard on Steve Selby’s radio broadcast available on Sports 560AM. The Redbirds will return to AutoZone Park Friday night for the only promised playoff game in Memphis. Games four and five, if necessary, will be at AZP on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets here.
Now, a Memphis Redbirds playoff history lesson.
The team’s last ride through the PCL postseason was a very fortuitous one, with the last game leaving a mark on AZP forever, literally…a red mark.
We’ve all seen it, all alone and out of place like Kenny Loggins at a hip-hop show. I’m talking about AZP’s red seat, the only one in the stadium, down the right field line. It wasn’t always red, and unless one gets right up next to it, they may not know its significance.
The seat commemorates Albert Pujols’ walk-off home run in the 13th inning of Game 4 of the PCL Championship Series of 2000.
Up 2-1 in the five-game series, Pujols’ solo jack won the ‘Birds their first and only PCL Championship on September 15, 2000.
The red seat offers a great view of the park and on a really crowded day, bragging rights.
Unfortunately the team’s success did not hold forth and for the following eight seasons, while the other teams were playing well into September, AutoZone Park lay dormant.
Until now.
The 2009 Redbirds squad put an end to this sour streak last Saturday night by clinching the PCL’s American North division.
Now Friday, September 11, Memphians and Redbirds fans all over can watch playoff baseball at AutoZone Park.
And if things go just right, perhaps the park will have two red chairs in 2010.
- Like 2009, the Redbirds first round opponent was against Albuquerque (the Dukes). The series went five games with the ‘Birds winning the opener and the final two.
- The Redbirds went 6-10 against Albuquerque in the 2009 regular season and hit .253 against the ‘Topes. The 2000 Redbirds were also 6-10 against ABQ.
- Albert Pujols hit the most recent Memphis Redbirds post-season home run on 9/15/00.
- Stubby Clapp is the only Redbird to have recorded a triple in the post-season.
- Albert Pujols holds the team’s most post-season stolen bases with three.
- Stubby Clapp has the Redbirds most post-season home runs with three.
- Bud Smith and Bryan Eversgerd are the only two Redbirds pitchers to record more than one postseason win, each with two.
What To Know About Bobblehead #10
Born: August 11, 1986 at Columbus, Georgia
Selected in the first round of the 2005 draft.
Colby Rasmus, the talented lefty that has been ranked as the Cardinals No. 1 Prospect from 2007-09, gets his own bobblehead Monday in the Redbirds Labor Day regular season finale.
It wasn’t until his third full-season of professional baseball that Rasmus made his debut in Memphis. He went 3-for-5 in the season opener against the RedHawks with a run and a double, but he didn’t really get hot until summer. In June, the then-21-year-old hit for .337 (34×101) with 12 extra-base hits and 15 RBI.
Rasmus’ year was cut short due to injury and made his last start at AutoZone Park on July 22, 2008.
In 2009, the four-year pro made his major league debut for the Cards, appearing on their Opening Day Roster. Rasmus has been in St. Louis since April, where he is hitting .257 (101×393) through 123 games.
Though he only played 43 games in Memphis, Rasmus rounds out the 2009 All AutoZone Park Bobblehead series on Monday. The first 1500 fans to walk through the gates, which open at noon, will receive a bobblehead.
Chasing the Pennant: On the Road
The Redbirds defeated the Sounds 9-1 Tuesday night, marking the ‘Birds first win in Nashville since June 24 of 2008. The Redbirds put up seven runs in a big third inning to retake the half-game lead in the American North division.
- Today’s line-up is as follows:
1. Jon Jay – CF
2. Tyler Green – SS
3. Allen Craig – LF
4. David Freese – 3B
5. Jarrett Hoffpaiur – 2B
6. Brian Barden – 1B
7. Mark Shorey – RF
8. Matt Pagnozzi – C
9. Todd Wellemeyer – P
- Wellemeyer pitched for 0.2 innings in Monday’s series opener, allowing four runs on three hits that put Memphis in an early hole. If Wellemeyer can’t make it past the first today, Oneli Perez is next up in the regular rotation.
- Mark Shorey was activated from the disabled list and will start in right field today.
- The Redbirds are first in the division by a half-game. The team’s record when in first is 24-13.
- The American North’s other team vying for first, the Iowa Cubs, lost last night to Omaha to fall to 1.5 games back from first.
Before arriving to Herschel Greer Stadium today, I was able to get some pictures of my home away from Memphis for the blog. Enjoy.
Just after turning on Chesnut, a bridge provides a great skyline of the city. Nashville’s famous ‘Batman Building’ is on the right. Next to it is ‘The Bullet’ also known as ‘R2D2’.
Here is Nashville’s full-scale replica of the Ancient Greek Parthenon. I’ve had many a field trip here. Inside is a giant statue of Athena.
And of course…Old Greer’s classic staple, the big guitar. Most appropriate for the Music City.
Follow us on twitter for the game today or tune in to WHBQ 560 AM with Steve Selby.
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