Wet and Wild Washington

Wow!!!! It is raining as hard as I've seen it rain in a long time here...That gives me some time to write for y'all...Again sorry for the lack of updates but the hotel in Kalamazoo and in Washington doesn't have internet...I spent some time today with the guys watching Don't Mess With the Zohan at the movies...The rain is steady, but it looks like there's a break coming, however, the Washington crew says this is as wet as the field has ever looked...Stay tuned to The Fox FM for further updates...In the meantime here are the scheduled lineups for tonight...

Beach Bums
Mike Goetz - LF
Steve Young - 2B
Patrick Perry - DH
Jake Whitesides - 1B
Matt Imwalle - 3B
Mike Epping - CF
Brad Miller - SS
Joe Blackburn - C -- 1st Pro Start
Brad Roblin - RF

RHP J.T. King (2-3, 7.01) -- 6th Start

Washington Wild Things
Chris Sidick - CF
Phil Butch - 2B
Jacob Dempsey - DH
Nathan Messner - 1B
Matt Sutton - RF
Robbie Knapp - 3B
Drew Hoisington - LF
Pat O'Brien - C
Brett Grandstrand - SS

RHP Aaron Ledbetter (3-2, 4.46) -- 6th Start

Beach Bums at Kalamazoo -- June 17, 2008

Greetings from Homer Stryker Field!! I can't get some internet from the hotel so I'll see what I can do in the next couple days about getting some fresh stuff online...It was good to see a large contingency of Beach Bums fans at the game last night...There should be a good crew again tonight! Jon Cahill is giving a couple guys days off today, his lineup is interesting and its located below as the Beach Bums look to snap a three-game slide, their longest losing streak (And first losing streak) of the season...The Beach Bums do still have a two-game lead on the Kings in the standings...

Beach Bums
Brad Roblin - RF
Steve Young - 2B
Patrick Perry - C
Kyle Maunus - 1B
Matt Imwalle - 3B
Jake Whitesides - DH
Jeff Brown - LF
Damon Lessler - SS
Mike Goetz - CF

RHP Bryan Rembisz -- 6th Start (3-0, 2.38)

Kalamazoo Kings
Jeff Grose - CF
Brandon Anderson - LF
Joe Ramos - 2B
Brendan Murphy - DH
Simon Williams - RF
Kyle Kmiecik - SS
Matt Hudgins - C
Mike Russell - 1B
Jorge Araiza - 3B

LHP Trent Lare -- 6th Start (2-2, 4.55)

Homestand Finale: Beach Bums vs. ThunderBolts

Happy Father's Day to all the dads listening in out there! Its is a gorgeous night for baseball...The hail has stopped and its all good!!!! Here are the lineups as the Beach Bums gun for a 4-2 homestand...As an FYI I don't have internet at the hotels in Kalamazoo and Washington so we'll see what happens with blog updates...

Beach Bums
Mike Goetz - LF
Steve Young - 2B
Jake Whitesides - DH
Kyle Maunus - 1B
Patrick Perry - C
Matt Imwalle - 3B
Mike Epping - CF
Brad Miller - SS
Brad Roblin - RF

RHP J.T. King (2-2, 5.91)

Windy City ThunderBolts
Gilberto Mejia - 2B
Mike Coles - CF
Wes Long - SS
Phil Hawke - 1B
Josh Horn - 3B
Corey Stang - RF
Brett Amyx - 1B
Doug Coe - C
Scott Billak - LF

RHP Adam Dominick (1st Pro Start)

Sit Down With Sexton: June 14, 2008

The Labatt Blue On Deck SHow Interview with John Sexton from yesterday...

Bullpen Banter in the Labatt Blue On Deck Show

Those of you who tuned in for the duration of last night's broadcast probably heard this twice...Bullpen Banter is a segment that will air every Saturday with the bullpen guys or in the inaugural edition's case anyone who was around in addition to the bullpen (Bryan Rembisz, Brad Roblin, and Jake Whitesides all made appearances)...It aired in the Labatt Blue On Deck Show in addition to running again during the rain delay...Don't worry guys the full edition you wanted on here will be up in Kalamazoo...but here's the one that ran on air...Jeff Williams kind of led the discussion so I put a picture of him in here...

Windy City 6, Beach Bums 5

Season high crowd at Wuerfel Park last night...can someone please tell Mother Nature to cooperate?? Delay of 1:06 in the bottom of the eighth due to rain and lightning...As the game went into delay the Beach Bums had the tying run on, when the game resumed Windy City's closer Matt Petty, who had just two save chances this season walked the bases loaded and then retired four straight to tally the save...He set a league record with 26 saves last season...Good comeback on a tough night as David Nathanson was hit with the loss, Beach Bums trailed 4-0 and 6-2 but still had chances late...Matt Imwalle drove in three runs and was the Player of the Game...He is pictured...

Full Recap

The Record-Eagle has an early Saturday deadline so games from Saturday night always appear in Monday's paper...

More Roster Moves

Another roster move today...Bryan Cryer, a RHP and former teammate of Mike Epping at the University of New Orleans in 2006 has been signed...Cryer was the Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year and a Third Team All-American at New Orleans this season, finishing 12-2...RHP Matt Dillard was released...Dillard spent the end of last season and the beginning of this season with the Beach Bums...I wish him all the best...It was his idea to do the Bullpen Banter segment which will run on Saturdays through the season and debuted last night...He was 1-0 with a 6.75 ERA this season in five games...

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