Saturday, June 18, 2011

Quijano WarmUp Show Interview

Alain Quijano talks about facing his former team and more in the WarmUp Show interview following his debut...

Greg Tagert: June 16

Greg Tagert's pregame interview before the series opener with St. Paul...

RailCats on YouTube

So I was randomly visiting the RailCats youtube page today and thought I would pass along a few videos from early in this 2011 season...Some have been referenced on broadcasts and others were mentioned on Woody's RailCats RoundUp...Also, if you don't know, video highlights are put together following every game...

SUPERFANS (Chicago Football Day)

BOY BAND NIGHT

OPENER: Video the RailCats Take the Field to

OPENING NIGHT FUN: Includes the Burning Man

Stadiums Unwrapped

Check out this link about a visit to U. S. Steel Yard

STADIUMS UNWRAPPED

Friday, June 17, 2011

St. Paul 6, RailCats 4


Another ninth inning rally fell a little short despite an outstanding start from Alain Quijano, signed yesterday (Pictured from Post-Tribune)...

POST-TRIBUNE: RailCats Fall Short

TIMES: Too Many Mistakes Rob Victory

Lap

Prior to the last game with Fargo, Manager Greg Tagert said he would sit on the lap of Hitting Coach Dennis Pelfrey if the RailCats recorded a win...True to his word, the skip sat on Pelfrey's lap until we made a stop on the way out following an 11-5 win...This is an image tweeted by Pelfrey capturing the moment...

Link to the Twitter Pic Page

Roster Update

Here are the long and shorts of what has been a busy week transaction wise...Jeff Beachum is out for the season with a thumb injury and has been moved from the disabled list to the inactive list...Kyle Haines was activated from the DL following a back injury...Haines was off last night but will be starting this evening...Roman Martinez was signed, started, and then released after allowing seven first inning runs on Monday...Toddric Johnson, still recovering from a leg injury, was placed on the disabled list...Zeb Engle also joined the DL...With the roster at 22 following the release of Martinez, last night's starter Alain Quijano joined the team for his second stint with the club...Quijano pitched five games out of the bullpen for the RailCats in 2009...The left-hander (Pictured) started against his former team, St. Paul, and pitched five innings, taking a shutout into the sixth...

Newman Outdoor Field

Don't think because it was rainy and that it took me a while that I didn't walk around to snap some photos of Fargo's home for yuh...I sure did...Click on the image for full size...












Greg Tagert: June 10

It's amazing how much a day game, a doubleheader, and a long bus ride with internet that cuts in and out can set me back on here...Anyway, here is the interview with Greg Tagert from the St. Paul opener before the rainout, which then turned into the end of a six-game win streak...

James Baker

What's this? Time to update the blog? Don't mind if I do...Here is James Baker from the last homestand...

Tuesday, June 14, 2011