Crushers First Pitch: Outside the Lines with General Manager Ryan Gates

Lake Erie General Manager Ryan Gates dropped by Crushers First Pitch yesterday to talk about many things including where the idea behind Keep LBJ in the C-L-E Night came from, all of the publicity behind the event, his background and exactly what a General Manager does...Enjoy the Outside the Lines Segment where I talk about things outside the on field team...

Winners of four consecutive series, the Crushers look for their seventh straight at home...My guest on Crushers First Pitch is Ryan Gates, Lake Erie General Manager, in the first edition of Outside the Lines...Airtime will be slightly earlier today due to the lengthy interview with Ryan...Game notes and lineups are below...

GAME NOTES FOR WINDY CITY FINALE

CRUSHERS (16-13)
Dom Duggan - CF
Jodam Rivera - SS
Andrew Davis - 3B
Eddie Tisdale - 1B
Travis Vetters - DH
Drew Saylor - 2B
Wayne Bond - LF
Arden McWilliams - RF
Julio Rivera - C

LHP Esmelvin Jimenez (2-2, 4.44 -- 3rd Start)

WINDY CITY T-BOLTS (15-14, 4th Place)
Gilberto Mejia - 2B
Guillermo Martinez - SS
J.T. Restko - 1B
Ryne White - CF
Tim Alberts - LF
Mike Sullivan - DH
Mike Torres - 3B
Dan Jordan - C
DOnnie Ecker - RF

RHP Joe Scumaci (0-1, 6.75 -- 2nd Start)

Crushers First Pitch: Phil Rummel

The interview with Phil Rummel from June 21 on Crushers First Pitch...

Keep LBJ in the C-L-E!!!! Part Tres...

I don't even know if I spelled that correctly...Did you see the Crushers as the lead story on Sportscenter this evening??? Wow! This puppy is taking off!

T-Bolts at Crushers: June 21

Crushers look to equal their longest win streak of the season tonight...Lake Erie starting pitching has been awesome of late, posting victories in six of the last eight games...Remember when they didn't have win 11 games into the season?
GAME NOTES FOR GAME #29

CRUSHERS (15-13)
Dom Duggan - CF
Jodam Rivera - SS
Andrew Davis - 3B
Travis Vetters - LF
Eddie Tisdale - 1B
Drew Saylor - 2B
Lee Huggins - DH
Joel Collins - C
Arden McWilliams - RF

RHP Matt Smith (4-1, 2.42)

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS (15-13, T-2nd FL East)
Gilberto Mejia - 2B
Guillermo Martinez - SS
J.T. Restko - 1B
Ryne White - LF
Tim Alberts - DH
Donnie Ecker - RF
Mike Torres - 3B
Dan Jordan - C
Kent Gerst - CF

LHP Ricky Meinhold (0-1, 4.19)

Keep LBJ in the C-L-E!!!! Part Deux...

So an update from the last post...The Crushers are currently featured on the front page of espn.com under headlines for the Keep the LBJ in the C-L-E promotion...CHeck out the link!!!

ESPN Brief

Keep LBJ in the C-L-E!!!!

You may have heard me talking about this on the broadcasts but I think it will be pretty cool...Keep LBJ in the C-L-E Night...June 30...The picture is of the jerseys that the Crushers will be showcasing...

And to help drum up publicity, the Crushers have officially offered LeBron a Frontier League max contract...Details on everything are below...

Crushers Offer LeBron Max Contract