RailCats at Goldeyes: May 28, 2011

Gameday in Canada...It was a 'Beautiful Day' to borrow a U2 term since they are in town, but now it is getting cold and dark...Jack Frawley will join me today on the NIEMI Associates RailCats WarmUp Show...

GAME NOTES

GAME PREVIEW

LISTEN LIVE

LINEUPS
RAILCATS (7-7)
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 Nolan Nicholson - SP

GOLDEYES (8-7)
Price Kendall - 2B
Kody Kaiser - CF
Wes Long - SS
Brian Myrow - LF
Luis Alen - C
Justin Bass - 1B
Victor Ferrante - RF
Alan Rick - DH
Lou Ott - 3B

RHP Dustin Glant - SP

Early On Air

So on Saturdays, Winnipeg also has an extended radio program...Paul Edmonds, the fine Voice of the Goldeyes, has invited me to be his guest in his first segment...He is on air at 4:30 and I will join him from the outset...The link is below...

AROUND THE ASSOCIATION

NIEMI Associates RailCats WarmUp Show

This is called catchup in one full swoop...Here are some of the most recent interviews from the NIEMI Associates RailCats WarmUp Show...The most recent is at the top with last night's visit with Manager Greg Tagert...FYI the rule of thumb for interviews will be Greg Tagert for the first game and then filling in the others from there...

May 27 vs. Winnipeg: Manager Greg Tagert


May 20 vs. Fargo-Moorhead: Greg Tagert

RoundUp Recap: May 28

Missed the show? Shame on you! But here is the audio from this week...Woody's RailCats RoundUp airs every Saturday at 9am on The Lakeshore...

Radley Robinson, The Community Relations Manager for the RailCats opened the show talking about the Kids Day Games and about the community relations department...


Scott Shaw's Inner Circle: Shaw chatted with Jeff Beachum and Chris Carrara about the new uniforms and with Kyle Haines about the bench clearing incident against Fargo-Moorhead last weekend...


Manager Greg Tagert dives into the Mailbag to answer your questions plus talks about some memories of wild promotions...


Andy Viano closes things out with a wrapup of the opening homestand and a look ahead...

RoundUp Preview

Here is what to expect on this week's Woody's RailCats RoundUp, airing t 9am on Saturday on The Lakeshore...Manager Greg Tagert drops by to answer your questions and more...Radley Robinson stops in to discuss the Kids Day Games and where to find the RailCats this Memorial Day Weekend...Andy Viano will wrap up the first homestand and look ahead...And Scott Shaw takes you into the Inner Circle...This week Scott talks with Chris Carrara and Jeff Beachum about the new uniforms and Andy Haines about the incident with Fargo...9am on The Lakeshore...Woody's RailCats RoundUp...

RailCats at Goldeyes: May 27, 2011

Greetings from Shaw Park in Winnipeg where it is cold!! It looks as though we will be on time following some initial weather problems...Greg Tagert is the guest for today's NIEMI Associates RailCats WarmUp Show...

GAME PREVIEW

GAME NOTES

LINEUPS
RailCats (6-7)
Adam Klein - DH
Mike Massaro - CF
Brad Boyer - 2B
Cristian Guerrero - RF
Toddric Johnson - LF
Kyle Haines - SS
Mike Rohde - 1B
Mike Valadez - C
Chris Carrara - 3B

RHP Jack Frawley (0-2, 10.09) - SP

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES (8-6)
Price Kendall - 2B
Kody Kaiser - CF
Wes Long - SS
Brian Myrow - LF
Justin Bass - 1B
Victor Ferrante - RF
Luis Alen - DH
Lou Ott - 3B
Alan Rick - C

RHP Barry Fowler (1st Pro Start) - SP

RoundUp Catch Up

So...Before I tell you all about this week's edition of Woody's RailCats RoundUp, its probably a good idea to give you last week's edition...

Scott Shaw opened the show...Taking you inside The Inner Circle...


Third Base Coach C.J. Thieleke talks about joining the 'Cats and other things...


RailCats Manager Greg Tagert talks about the start of the season and more in addition to this week's MailBag...


The show closed with President/General Manager Andy Viano talking about What's Next on the remainder of the homestand...

RailCats in the Social Media

You often hear me talk about the RailCats and their social media...Well, here the RailCats were featured in an article about social media...

SOCIAL MEDIA A HIT

Hitting Coach Dennis Pelfrey Article

RailCats Hitting Coach Dennis Pelfrey was featured in an article on ESPNdallas.com about his upcoming summer with the 'Cats...

Summer Job

Major Announcement

So...The internet didn't cooperate on the bus...But I have plenty of time to update stuff today from the hotel as we have finally arrived in Winnipeg following an approximate 17-hour trek...First though, we might be here when a potential major announcement breaks in Winnipeg...There is talk that the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers may be on the move to Winnipeg...Check out the story below...If it indeed breaks you know I will be outside snapping photos of any celebrations (The TV Was just talking about a giant conga line actually)

NHL Could Return

Opening Night Photos

Pictures from around U. S. Steel Yard on opening night, May 20...Click for a larger picture...

Posing with Tom Maloney of The Lakeshore during my interview on opening night...

The crowd outside the gate...

Crowd entering...

Bouncing stuff in the right field corner...

Tommy Williams interviewing The Burning Man

Billy and I posing with The Burning Man

Misbehavin performing pregame in front of the Diamond Club...

Billy

Me

Crowd

Even the players stayed to watch The Burning Man

Opening Night fog...

Kansas City Randoms

So here are some of the random photos from Kansas City that I thought you might enjoy...Click for the full size image...

Follow the Yellow brick road at the mall next to the ballpark...

This was as close as I got to Kansas Speedway before being kicked out (Really??)

Negro Leagues Museum...Legends Field where they have a statue of a legend at each position...

Standing behind Satchel Paige looking in at homeplate on Legends Field...

The entrance to the Negro Leagues Museum (Pictures weren't allowed inside except for on Legends Field)

I rocked the Bulls jersey for Game two of the series with the Heat and also Game two with the T-Bones...No luck on either account...

CommunityAmerica Ballpark

Here are some photos from Kansas City's home...Captions are underneath each picture...Click on the picture for a larger view...

The layout of the outfield...

View from my broadcast booth

Looking right to the videoboard

Looking left...The wall is but 300 feet away

My broadcast perch...

Entrance to the park...

Looking down the left field line...

Dead on view from center...

Night game action...

Check out how the plate is layered with the T in the dirt...

Left field corner

Concourse...

Fargo Moorhead 10, RailCats 0

Here is some of the media from yesterday's game...Catch up stuff will start in a few moments...The photo comes from the Post-Tribune and is of Toddric Johnson...

NWI TIMES: RailCats Shut Out for Second Straight Game

NWI TIMES: Losing Man is a Loss

POST-TRIBUNE: Offense, Pitching in Slump

Media

So as you might imagine things have been a little frenetic with the opening of the home portion of the schedule and with three day games thrown in to the mix as well...Here is the first attempt to get you caught up here on Calderwood's Cats Corner...Media coverage from night one and night two with Fargo-Moorhead...

OPENING NIGHT
NWI Times: RailCats Open with Win

NWI Times: RailCats Claw Open Ninth Season

POST-TRIBUNE: Hustle Pays Off

NWI Times: Bullpen Opens Clean

NWI Times: From Worst to First

GAME TWO
NWI Times: RailCats Shutout

POST-TRIBUNE: Two Ejections in Loss