Homestand Day Two

It's wet right now, but with the turf there is always a high chance that the contest will be played...Talking with some of the players they are still amazed at how quickly the turf dries...Slated for the On Deck Show today, Bullpen Banter and Cahill's Corner...Lineups below for tonight's game

Beach Bums (30-22, 2nd Place East Division)
Mike Goetz - LF
Steve Young - 2B
Jake Whitesides - DH
Kyle Maunus - 1B
Mike Epping - CF
Zack Kalter - RF
Eric Newton - 3B
Patrick Perry - C
Brad Miller - SS

LHP Ryan Gehring -- 11th Start (4-3, 2.73) -- 19.1 Innings without a run at Wuerfel Park, 20.1 if you count the All-Star Game

Midwest Sliders (16-35)
Jonnie Knoble - LF
Zack Pace - CF
Miguel Magrass - 3B
Anthony Albano - RF
Sam Deluca - DH
Eric Reese - 2B
Bryan Vickers - 1B
Robbie Hine - SS
Ryley Westman - C

RHP - Ryan MacFarlane -- 3rd Start (1-2, 2.97)

Labatt Blue On Deck Show Chat with Midwest All-Star Anthony Albano

Chatted with Midwest All-Star outfielder Anthony Albano yesterday in the Labatt Blue On Deck Show...Here's the full chat about his All-Star experience and more...

Cahill's Corner: July 18, 2008

My sitdown with Jon Cahill from last night where he grades the performance of the Beach Bums in the first half of the season as well as talking about the All-Star experience...

Midwest 4, Beach Bums 1

Solid pitcher's duel last night with Kyle Kearcher of Midwest throwing seven shutout innings as the Sliders bested the Beach Bums for the first time this year...Kearcher allowed just four hits and struck out eight...David Nathanson countered with eight innings of work for the Beach Bums, allowing just two runs on a two-run homer off the bat of Bryan Vickers in the fifth inning...He took the loss, just his second of the season...The picture is of Eric Newton being greeted at first following a hit...

Full Recap

Media
Record-Eagle

Thought this was an interesting All-Star Game afterthought...From Chillicothe's Phil Gray
Catching Up With the Commish

Back to the Grind: Midwest at Beach Bums -- July 18, 2008

Tonight opens a 12-game homestand at Wuerfel Park! The Beach Bums have shuffled the pitching rotation a bit...Jon Cahill will join me in the Labatt Blue On Deck Show to talk about that as well as his All-Star experience...I'll also chat with Midwest All-Star OF Anthony Albano in the On Deck Show today which goes off at 6:30pm...Tonight officially begins the second half of the season with the Beach Bums just one game out of first...Lineups below...

Beach Bums (30-21)
Mike Goetz - LF
Steve Young - 2B
Jake Whitesides - DH
Kyle Maunus - 1B
Mike Epping - CF
Eric Newton - 3B
Patrick Perry - C
Brad Miller - SS
Brad Roblin - RF

RHP David Nathanson -- 11th Start (9-1, 2.09)

Midwest Sliders (15-35)
Zack Pace - CF
Sam Deluca - DH
Anthony Albano - RF
Miguel Magrass - 3B
Dom Lombardi - C
Jonnie Knoble - LF
Eric Reese - 2B
Bryan Vickers - 1B
Cody Hightower - SS

LHP Kyle Kearcher -- 10th Start (4-2, 4.22)

Catching up with R.C. Dickerson

This is an older interview that I just forgot to post...but it does bring up a wonderful thing about the former Beach Bums outfielder R.C. Dickerson...Dickerson came up for the All-Star Game and told me that he has been hired by ESPN...So congrats! He was the one who actually reminded me that I was going to put this up a while ago so here it is...Former Traverse City outfielder R.C. Dickerson sitting in the booth at Kalamazoo for a half inning back in June...The photo is from the last game of 2007 when the players took part in the on-field fun between innings...

July 18: Beach Bums Weekly

Here's my appearance on The Fox FM from this morning...Every Friday during the season I chat with Craig Russell on The Morning Hustle...

Andy Griggs Interview

Andy Griggs will make his appearance at Wuerfel Park on August 7...That is coming very soon! I sat down with him today for a phone interview to talk about his appearance at Wuerfel Park in addition to his new album, his experience at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, his favorite sports moment, and what he is embarassed to have in his listening arsenal...This is the full interview, roughly 15 minutes in length...Parts of it will air over the next three weeks in the Labatt Blue On Deck Show leading up to his appearance with the first of those coming this Sunday...

All-Star Interview: East Division Manager Fran Riordan

Here's my sitdown with East Division Manager Fran Riordan to talk about the All-Star Game and how the season is going for his Kalamazoo Kings...

All-Star Interview: West Division Manager Mike Pinto

I sat down with Mike Pinto to talk about the All-Star festivities and his Southern Illinois squad for a pregame interview before the All-Star Game...Pictured is the West Division All-Star team with Pinto at far left...

All-Star Recaps

What a night it was on Wednesday for the 16th Annual Frontier League All-Star Game...A homerun Derby decided the outcome with the East outslugging the West...Angel Molina of Florence was the MVP...Below is some media coverage of the event...This picture is of Beach Bums All-Star Jake Whitesides reacting after Angel Molina hit a baseball out (completely) of Wuerfel Park to force a second round of Homerun Derby...

My All-Star Game Recap

Record-Eagle Recap

Chillicothe Gazette Recap

Marion Daily Republican Recap

Evansville Courier & Press

Southern Illinois' Daily American Recap

The Southern Recap

Washington Observer-Reporter Recap

Chillicothe Gazette Story about the Paints All-Star Reps

Record-Eagle Story About the Beach Bums Teaming up with Kalamazoo

All-Star Media

Yowsers is there a lot of coverage from last night's festivities today...Two papers have sent correspondents to Traverse City to cover the events plus the full arsenal of Record-Eagle and TV 7&4 will broadcast tonight and last night while 9&10 will be here tonight as well...There's lots of cool stuff so pick up a copy of the paper today or check out all of this fun stuff!! This picture is from the All-Star luncheon when I was getting the scoop on the East Division squad from Kalamazoo Manager Fran Riordan...Fran and Mike Pinto of the West will join me in the Labatt Blue On Deck Show this evening beginning at 6:45pm...

Record-Eagle Story on the Homerun Derby

Phil Gray's Story from the Chillicothe Gazette

Marion Daily Republican

Record-Eagle Story on the Skills Competition

Record-Eagle David Nathanson Feature

Record-Eagle Mike Goetz Feature/All-Star Notebook

West Division Starters

Here is the lineup for the West Division All-Stars who are the visiting team tonight and will wear blue uniforms...Southern Illinois Manager Mike Pinto leads the squad and named Chris Little, of Southern Illinois to start...He will rotate left and right-handed pitchers throughout the evening...

1. Joe Anthonsen – 2B (Rockford RiverHawks) .351, 2HR, 31RBI
2. Mike Coles – CF (Windy City ThunderBolts) .316, 6HR, 39RBI
3. Jason James – DH (Rockford RiverHawks) .330, 7HR, 43RBI
4. Phil Hawke – 1B (Windy City ThunderBolts) .326, 7HR, 41RBI
5. Charlie Lisk – C (Gateway Grizzlies) .305, 14HR, 41RBI
6. Michael Campbell – LF (Gateway Grizzlies) .326, 7HR, 42RBI
7. Brandon Jones – 3B (Southern Illinois Miners).267, 11HR, 41RBI
8. Stephen Holdren – RF (Gateway Grizzlies) .310, 11HR, 38RBI
9. Mike Scanzano – SS (Southern Illinois Miners).297, 1HR, 25RBI

RHP – Chris Little (Southern Illinois Miners) 5-2, 2.96ERA, 67IP, 57K

Gehring to Start All-Star Game

Kalamazoo Manager Fran Riordan, who will manage the East Division All-Stars, today named Ryan Gehring as the starting pitcher for the East Division...The rest of the starting lineup is below...Gehring leads the league with three shutouts and complete games and is 4-3 this season...

My story with the Full East Lineup

Record-Eagle Coverage

EAST DIVISION ALL-STAR STARTING LINEUP

1. Mike Goetz – LF (Traverse City Beach Bums) .344, 0HR, 20RBI
2. Mike Epping – RF (Traverse City Beach Bums) .296, 6HR, 35RBI
3. Adrian Cantu – 3B (Chillicothe Paints) .329, 3HR, 36RBI
4. Mike Russell – C (Kalamazoo Kings) .285, 13HR, 48RBI
5. Angel Molina – 1B (Florence Freedom) .333, 12HR, 43RBI
6. Jacob Dempsey – DH (Washington Wild Things) .297, 7HR, 44RBI
7. Kyle Kmiecik – SS (Kalamazoo Kings) .273, 7HR, 37RBI
8. Billy Mottram – 2B (Florence Freedom) .340, 4HR, 27RBI
9. Chris Sidick – CF (Washington Wild Things) .302, 6HR, 20RBI

LHP – Ryan Gehring (Traverse City Beach Bums) 4-3, 2.73ERA, 66IP, 40K

Rascals Pregame Interview

River City broadcaster Josh Anderson had me on his pregame show before the series finale with the Rascals on Thursday night, the audio is below...

Beach Bums Weekly Catch Up

Here's a catch up on the past two Beach Bums Weekly with Craig Russell on the Morning Hustle...July 4 and July 11

July 4



July 11