Media

One of the joys of returning home is the ability to post many stories from the local beat on the RailCats...Check out these items...

Post Tribune: Circuitous Start

NWI Times: RailCats End Nearly Two Weeks on the Road

Saints Get Naked

Check out these uniforms the St. Paul Saints will be wearing for tomorrow...There is a reason why they are looked at as a kind of the flag bearer or standard setter for indy baseball...

RailCats at Kansas City T-Bones: May 19, 2011

So here's the deal with tonight...Win, and its a winning road trip...Lose, and its headed home with a 3-4 record...I get the feeling that everyone is eager to put last night's loss behind them, and the great thing about baseball is the ability to have a game almost every night...The dilly yo yo for me is that I am feeling under the weather, though perhaps better than last night but I think now I sound sick, something you couldn't have necessarily noticed yesterday...Also, Scott Shaw still has my tape recorder so we will see how the pregame goes tonight (He's working on The Shaw Report for this week's Woody's RailCats RoundUp)...Also, the photos of CommunityAmerica Ballpark will either be posted tomorrow or perhaps on the bus ride back depending on how productive I feel...A little bit of a different look to the lineup tonight...Kansas City throws a familiar name, but a guy who also had control problems in his first go-round...Lineups, game notes, and preview are below...Let's end this on a high note...I'm fired up (Literally) for the opener tomorrow...

GAME NOTES

GAME PREVIEW


RAILCATS (3-3)
Adam Klein - LF
Mike Massaro - CF
Kyle Haines - SS
Cristian Guerrero - RF
Jeff Beachum - DH
Mike Rohde - 1B
Chris Carrara - 3B
Johnny Bowden - C
Brian Kolb - 2B

RHP Nolan Nicholson (0-1, 3.85) - SP

T-BONES (4-2)
Keanon Simon - CF
Jimmy Mojica - SS
Rico Washington - 2B
Ray Sadler - RF
Dwayne White - DH
Aharon Eggleston - LF
Brian Joynt - 3B
Alberto Espinosa - C
Nick Farnsworth - 1B

LHP Devin Anderson (1-0, 6.00) - SP

T-Bones 10, RailCats 3

So last night was one of those nights...From the outset...The T-Bones offense was clicking on all cylinders...They are going to be a tough lineup to get out this year...The T-Bones are currently second in the American Association in hitting, tied for the lead in homers, haven't allowed a homerun yet, rank third in stolen bases, and are tied for third in runs scored...18 hits last evening from seven different individuals with six collecting more than one hit...Ryne Reynoso settled in nicely and Kansas City walked away with the most lopsided win of the season to date...But that is saying something...The first five games of the trip were all extremely close games...Below is last night's highlights, plus the box and game recap...

BOX

RAILCATS RECAP

T-BONES RECAP

HIGHLIGHTS
Cristian Guerrero knocks in two with his first hit in 11 at bats, the fourth straight RailCats player to reach in the first inning


Keanon Simon leads off the game with a homer for the T-Bones


Ray Sadler ties the game


Aharon Eggleston drives in two in the first with a hit that tied him for the KC career record...


Brian Joynt continues the outburst


Nick Farnsworth closes the six-run first...


Rico Washington hits the second homer of the contest

RailCats WarmUp Show: Brian Bruce

Last night, I chatted with Kansas City Broadcaster Brian Bruce about the start to 2011 and Kansas City's transition into the American Association, here is the interview from the NIEMI Associates RailCats WarmUp Show...

RailCats at Kansas City T-Bones: May 18, 2011

The RailCats look to win consecutive contests for the second time in this young season tonight in a big early season game, facing the Kansas City T-Bones and a pitcher I know a ton about...Ryne Reynoso...First Pitch is at 7:05 p.m. with the NIEMI Associates RailCats WarmUp Show airing at 6:55 p.m. Tonight my guest is T-Bones Broadcaster Brian Bruce, who will talk about the T-Bones feelings on joining a new league in addition to an update on former RailCat Andy Shipman and more...

GAME NOTES

GAME PREVIEW

RAILCATS (3-2)
Adam Klein - LF
Mike Massaro - CF
Brad Boyer - 2B
Cristian Guerrero - RF
Jeff Beachum - 1B
Kyle Haines - SS
Mike Rohde - DH
Mike Valadez - C
Chris Carrara - 3B

RHP Jack Frawley (0-0, 1.80) - SP

KANSAS CITY T-BONES (3-2)
Keanon Simon - CF
Jimmy Mojica - SS
Rico Washington - 2B
Ray Sadler - RF
Dwayne White - LF
Aharon Eggleston - DH
Brian Joynt - 3B
Alberto Espinosa - C
Nick Farnsworth - 1B

RHP Ryne Reynoso (1-0, 3.60) - SP

RailCats 6, T-Bones 5

Last night that RailCats spoiled the opener for 5,134 fans with a 6-5 comeback win over the Kansas City T-Bones...Below you will find the highlights from the game in addition to the links for game recaps...

RAILCATS RECAP

T-BONES RECAP

HIGHLIGHTS
Rico Washington homers with two outs in the third for the first run of the game


Mike Rohde's fourth inning double put the RailCats in front...


Adam Klein opens the scoring in the seventh with a double


Mike Massaro follows with a double to knock home Klein...


Jeff Beachum singles home the winning runs, capping the seventh inning rally...


Jimmy Mojica homers in the bottom of the seventh, pulling the T-Bones within a run...


David Nathanson makes it 3-for-3 with another 1-2-3 ninth...

WarmUp Show: Greg Tagert

Here is my interview with Greg Tagert from the series opener with Kansas City on May 17...Tagert talks among other things about the saga that resulted in three ejections at the end of the series finale with Grand Prairie...

RailCats at Kansas City T-Bones: May 17, 2011

Following a day off, the RailCats are back at it tonight in Kansas City...Lineups are below along with the link to tonight's game preview...Manager Greg Tagert joins me on the WarmUp Show at 6:55 p.m.

GAME NOTES

GAME PREVIEW

RAILCATS (2-2)
Adam Klein - LF
Mike Massaro - CF
Brad Boyer - 2B
Cristian Guerrero - RF
Jeff Beachum - 1B
Kyle Haines - SS
Mike Rohde - DH
Johnny Bowden - C
Chris Carrara - 3B

RHP Scott Shaw (0-0, 6.75)
Second Start

T-BONES (3-1)
Keanon Simon - CF
Jimmy Mojica - SS
Rico Washington - 2B
Ray Sadler - RF
Dwayne White - DH
Aharon Eggleston - LF
Brian Joynt - 3B
Nick Farnsworth - 1B
Luis Nieblas - C

RHP Mike Rocco (0-0, 0.00)
First Start, 2nd Appearance

Grand Prairie 5, RailCats 4 - May 15

Here are the highlights from May 15's game...Hear Greg Tagert talk about the 8th Inning saga during tonight's NIEMI Associates Warmup Show...

GAME RECAP


Brad Boyer's first inning single to put the RailCats ahead...


Cesar Nicholas homers in the third with two outs...


John Alonso caps a five-run two-out rally with a double for Grand Prairie


Brian Kolb's first hit of the season brings the RailCats within a run...


Things get a little crazy in the eighth inning...


Final Out of the game...

Sunday Stuff

I will be posting the highlights and recap of Sunday's game shortly along with today's game notes for the series opener in Kansas City, but I wanted to back up a bit...Scot Drucker, who pitched in game two on Friday, is a blogger as well...His entry regarding the pace of game issue that led to three RailCat ejections on Saturday brings up some good points...

DRUCKER'S BLOG POST

Now, having said that...I was told when I was talking about this last night with my friend who is the Royals pre/post host, that even in the MLB, umpires time between innings...I watched a little closer and did notice that the third base umpire pulled out a stopwatch every half inning...

Royal Disaster

What do baseball broadcasters do on off days? Why go to more baseball games of course...For the second time on this road trip I took in a MLB game in another city, making my first ever visit to Kauffman Stadium in KC...Some pictures are below of the Royal Disaster...Vin Mazzaro allowed a KC pitching record 14 runs, something that had only been done twice previously in MLB history...Ouch! In a 19-1 shellacking at the hands of the AL Central leaders...

May 14 Recap

I think a lot can be said in a loss in how you lose...Last night, the RailCats did not go down without a fight...Here are the highlights from the game in addition to the game recap...

RECAP

HIGHLIGHTS
Greg Porter's sacrifice fly in the first inning opens the scoring


Toddric Johnson made a running catch in the second


Guillermo Martinez tripled to push the edge to 2-0


Toddric Johnson makes things interesting in the ninth


Jon Hunton settled down enough to post the final out but not without some drama

May 15: RailCats at Grand Prairie

A new look to the RailCats lineup for the final game of the series with Grand Prairie, and decidedly different with Lou Ott on the way to Winnipeg...It's on to Kansas City afterwards...Hopefully the trip out is better than the trip in...The second bus of RailCats just arrived carrying most of the position players...There is a huge Mexican music festival going on in the grounds (Festival de Mayo) and traffic took an hour to get into the ballpark...The second bus was detoured around the facility...Cars are literally from wall to wall on the grass included, and an hour before the game I can count on one hand the number of fans who are here...

GAME NOTES

LISTEN LIVE ON THE LAKESHORE

GAME PREVIEW PAGE

RAILCATS (2-1)
Adam Klein - LF
Mike Massaro - CF
Brad Boyer - 2B
Cristian Guerrero - DH
Jeff Beachum - 1B
Toddric Johnson - RF
Chris Carrara - 3B
Johnny Bowden - C
Brian Kolb - SS

LHP Derrick Gordon (0-0, 0.00)- SP
DERRICK GORDON ON WOODY'S RAILCATS ROUNDUP

AIRHOGS (1-2)
Kevin Thompson - RF
David Thomas - LF
Cesar Nicholas - DH
Greg Porter - 3B
David Espinoza - 2B
John Alonso - 1B
Guillermo Martinez - SS
Danny Jordan - C
Danny Figueroa - CF

RHP Jae Jung (0-0, 0.00) - SP

First Roster Move

The RailCats have made the first roster move of the 2011 season today...Infielder Lou Ott, a returning RailCat from the 2010 season who posted two hits in Friday night's win over Grand Prairie, was traded to Winnipeg...Winnipeg is in the North Division of the American Association (RailCats are in the Central but face Winnipeg on the next roadtrip)...In exchange, the RailCats received cash considerations and a player to be named...

Ott heads to Winnipeg with the opportunity to take over as the starting third baseman...Winnipeg's starter, Amos Ramon, tore his ACL during Thursday's season opener and has been lost for the season...

To counter the move, Brian Kolb was taken off the inactive list to keep the RailCats at 23 players...

RAILCATS RELEASE

GOLDEYES RELEASE ON RAMON