Steve Young on the Labatt Blue On Deck Show

Veteran Steve Young talks about the the recent plight of the Beach Bums as well as his season in the Labatt Blue On Deck Show...

Deadline Moves

The Frontier League transaction deadline has come and gone...(It was Monday night at 11:59pm for those wondering)...The Beach Bums made a series of moves, signing OF Reed Welker (Pictured) of Saginaw Valley State University, and releasing OF Tycen PoVey and OF Jake Whitesides...Whitesides will miss the rest of the season with a shoulder injury...The release of PoVey opens a slot for David Nathanson, who is eligible to come off of injured reserve on August 17...The rules this season said that in order for a player to come off of injured reserve there has to be an open slot for him by the transaction deadline...

Full Details

Around the league not much noise was made...again a new rule this year...Team's can't rent players, or in other words you can't trade for a guy and then trade him back to his team which was done frequently in the past...The big move involved Southern Illinois and Gateway...Gateway traded Manny Paula (.266, 3HR, 29RBI) to Southern Illinois in exchange for All-Star Willie Keene (.287, 12HR, 37RBI)...Florence was the only other team to make a trade, snagging RHP Andy Schon from the United League...Schon Pitched in seven games for Washington last season...Its hard to deal with other leagues because players need to clear waivers in order to be traded...

Chatting With Trainer Kira Olds

Trainer Kiras Olds is on her way back to Western Illinois University...I chatted with her before her final game with the Beach Bums...

Words With Wuerfel: August 10

CALDERWOOD'S CORNER EXCLUSIVE: Catching Up With Tom Thornton: Evansville Otters

Before the final game with Evansville I caught up with former Beach Bums hurler Tom Thornton for a Calderwood's Corner Exclusive...Ironically, he pitched that night and did not receive any boos, tossing two scoreless innings of relief for the Otters...Thornton is pictured in his last start with the Beach Bums on September 1, 2007, a 5-4 walkoff win over Windy City, the 46th and final win of 2007 for the Beach Bums...

Epping Postgame

Here's the postgame interview where the Andy Griggs subject first came up...Mike Epping talking after his walk-off sacrifice fly to beat Gateway...

Bullpen Banter: August 9

The members of the Beach Bums bullpen discuss what events they would compete in the olympics

Words With Wuerfel: August 9

Brad Roblin: Farm Bureau Insurance Beach Bums After Show

Brad Roblin talking after driving in the only run of the game in a 1-0 win over Evansville...He had two doubles in the contest...

Mike Epping Sings

Mike Epping does his best Andy Griggs impersonation by singing this song...it came about after Andy Griggs sang at Wuerfel Park and I asked Mike Epping in a postgame interview if he was singing along to Griggs' music...

Mike Goetz Farewell Interview

Mike Goetz bids fareweel to his teammates and fans as he joins me in the Labatt Blue On Deck Show after getting signed by the Pirates...

Cahill's Corner: Cahill Interviewing Calderwood

This was from a while ago...Beach Bums Manager Jon Cahill opts rather than a usual interview that he would be the one asking the questions...