River City at Boomers: June 9

So the first 1,500 through the gates tonight receive a fleece blanket...Nice!!! Arrive early!!! Jamie Bennett joins me in the Boomers BatterUp Show...First pitch is at 6:00 p.m. I am on at 5:40 p.m. I will also have a guest from Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights as part of Cancer Survivors' Night in the second inning...

GAME NOTES

PREVIEW

RIVER CITY RASCALS (14-5, 1st West)
Eric Williams - CF
Jeremy Synan - LF
Jason Patton - RF
Josh Workman - 3B
Chris Andreas - 1B
Gerardo Avila - DH
Bobby Burk - SS
Matt Serna - 2B
Zach Deutcher - C

RHP Keli'i Zablan (2-0, 1.88 - 3rd Start)

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS (11-8, 3 GB West)
Andrew Cohn - SS
Nick Kuroczko - 1B
Frank Pfister - 3B
Jereme Milons - CF
Chad Mozingo - DH
Karexon Sanchez - 2B
Ty Nelson - C
Sean Mahley - LF
Nate Baumann - RF

LHP Jose Rodriguez (1-1, 6.14 - 2nd Start)

Bennett: June 8

Shootin' the Bull with Bennett prior to the first game with River City

I'm Not Crazy!!

So when I arrived in the broadcast booth today check out the size of the bee type thing...I told you I'm not crazy!!!

River City at Boomers: June 8

The leaders of the West are in town...I long ago learned there is no such thing as big series when you aren't even 20 games into the season but what I will say is this...It's a solidification series...The Boomers have a chance to solidify themselves as a top team in the West Division with these three games...

Check out a new feature today, the addition of my nightly game notes...This is what I spend a lot of the day doing...Creating, writing, designing, reading, designing, you get the idea...This helps me prep for each game and is filled with more info than you could ever imagine about the team...A lot of what I created has been taken directly from Major League notes and crafted to my liking for the Boomers...

GAME NOTES

GAME PREVIEW

RIVER CITY RASCALS (13-5; 1st West Division)
Eric Williams - CF
Jeremy Synan - LF
Jason Patton - RF
Josh Workman - 3B
Chris Andreas - DH
Gerard Avila - 1B
Bobby Burk - SS
Matt Serna - 2B
Zach Deutcher - C

RHP Tony Marsala (1-0, 3.38 - 2nd Start)

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS (11-7; 3rd - 2GB West)
Andrew Cohn - SS
Nick Kuroczko - 1B
Frank Pfister - 3B
Jereme Milons - CF
Chad Mozingo - LF
Karexon Sanchez - 2B
Sean Mahley - RF
Mike Valadez - C
Brandon Hairston - DH

RHP Robbie Penny (1-1, 3.50 - 4th Start)

Boomers 5, Gateway 4

A sweep of Gateway...That was sure one of the stranger games I have been a part of...It saw both teams rally, a run be added retroactively, but ultimately ended up in the eighth home win of the season for Schaumburg, the third in walk-off fashion...

When listening back to the highlights realize I was not made aware of the retroactive run until after the fact...

RECAP

BOXSCORE

Jereme Milons homers in the seventh


Chad Mozingo homers after Milons, the first back-to-backers in franchise history


Mike Valadez Walk-Off Single


BOOMER BACKUP

Shootin the Bull with Bennett

The June 7 edition of Shootin the Bull with Bennett on the Boomers BatterUp Show

Gateway at Boomers: June 7

So the Boomers aim for a sweep today...Here are the lineups and today's preview story...

PREVIEW

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES (7-10, 5 GB West)
Jonathan Johnson - 2B
Antone DeJesus - CF
John Shelby - RF
Jerod Yakubik - 1B
Jon Myers - LF
Vladimir Frias - SS
Case Rigby - DH
Richie Jimenez, Jr. - 3B
Justin Dunning - C

RHP Jonathan Gonzalez - (1-0, 2.08; 4th Start)

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS (10-7; 2 GB West)
Andrew Cohn - SS
Nick Kuroczko - 1B
Frank Pfister - 3B
Jereme Milons - CF
Chad Mozingo - LF
Karexon Sanchez - 2B
Nate Baumann - DH
Mike Valadez - C
Sean Mahley - RF

RHP Tyler Watkins (1-1, 2.66; 4th Start)

Boomers 3, Gateway 1

That was quick...What a well played game on both sides and yet it was decided in nine innings versus the 13-inning 1-0 game against Florence...I asked Jamie Bennett today if the thought was there to let Cam Roth finish and he said the thought was definitely in his mind but the fact that the pitch count was climbing and that it was just the second game of 21 straight made going to Patrick Mincey easy...Tune in to today's Boomer Batter Up Show to hear his full thoughts...

Chad Mozingo RBI Single in the 4th




Frank Pfister's diving play in the seventh


BOXSCORE

RECAP

BOOMER BACKUP

Gateway Media

Here is an article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about how Gateway was banking on improved pitching for this year...From what I have seen thus far in two games the pitching has been vastly improved but the injuries are beginning to take a toll on the offense...

Improved Pitching Provides Hope

Shootin' the Bull with Bennett: June 6

Here is Shootin' the Bull with Bennett from last night's game...

Roster Moves

LHP Thomas Nelson was released yesterday, bringing the roster to 23 players with 12 pitchers and 11 position players...Today, IF Karexon Sanchez joined the team...Sanchez will assume the role of starting second baseman tonight, hitting sixth...Sanchez owns time in Double-A and was in spring training with the Indians this spring...

Sanchez Stats

Gateway at Schaumburg: June 6

Newbie in the lineup for the Boomers...Details on that in another post in a moment...Here are the lineups for game two...Gateway is running thin with two key injuries yesterday...

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES (7-9; 5th West)
Jonathan Johnson - 2B
Vladimir Frias - SS
John Shelby - RF
Jerod Yakubik - 1B
Jon Myers - LF
Case Rigby - DH
Antone DeJesus - CF
Justin Dunning - C
Richie Jimenez, Jr. - 3B

Tim Brown - RHP (1-1, 2.11 - 4th Start)

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS (9-7; T-3rd West)
Andrew Cohn - SS
Nick Kuroczko - DH
Frank Pfister - 3B
Jereme Milons - CF
Chad Mozingo - LF
Karexon Sanchez - 2B
Sean Mahley - RF
Mike Valadez - C
Brandon Hairston - 1B

Cam Roth - LHP (2-0, 1.77 - 4th Start)

GAME PREVIEW

Boomers 5, Grizzlies 4

The Boomers improved to 6-1 at home with the win last night, hanging on...Minor point of concern is the inability to score against bullpens, especially late to put the game away...

Some notes...Alex Theiroff became the first pitcher to record more than one save this season despite allowing his first run of the year...Thieroff, Patrick Mincey, Jason Braun, and Dave Whigham had all previously recorded saves...Frank Pfister now owns an eight-game hitting streak...Mike Valadez posted his first multi-hit game of the season and has almost doubled his season hit total over the last two contests...

Here are some of the highlights from last night's game, which can also be linked into the recap story below...

Mike Valadez hands Schaumburg the lead in the 2nd


Jereme Milons doubles home Frank Pfister


Chad Mozingo drives home the fifth and final run of the game


Boomer Recap

Every night during weekday games I record a Boomer BackUp to air on the radio station which is basically a quick audio recap of the game...Here is the one from last night...

Manager Jamie Bennett: June 5

Here is the audio from Jamie Bennett's June 5 interview prior to the series opener with Gateway...

Ballparks

Last photo updates for today...Ballparks where the Boomers have visited in 2012...Most of which are views from my booth

Windy City's Standard Bank Stadium...

Southern Illinois: Rent One Park

Boomers Stadium from Opening Night

Opener

Here is my getup from opening night in addition to the full staff picture (Which I also tweeted, have I mentioned you should follow me?? @tcpopcorn)

Tyler

As I reference in Sunday's broadcast, Southern Illinois broadcast Mike Ventola had me on his pregame show at Rent One Park that plays over the videoboard...Needless to say, this is where my newest nickname Tyler comes from because that is what he kept calling me...These pics show me posing with Mike (I tweeted this after it happened) in addition to him doing his thing...

Say What?

Sometimes people ask what goes on in the hotel rooms...Here is a photo from getaway day in Southern Illinois...Somehow Nate Baumann got his room key to flick perfectly in the wall...

Scorebook

Here is the mess that became my scorebook during the 15-inning game with Windy City...You can see I like colors :)

Boomer with a Boomer

Boomer is the name of the Windy City mascot...Here, he visits the visiting broadcast booth at Standard Bank Stadium to pose with a Boomer...

Wounded Me

You may have heard me reference my injury from the bus at Southern Illinois...Note to self...Bus vs. You, bus always wins...Check out this pic...I told you I got myself pretty good!!

Photos

So beware...Here comes a photo barrage...I guess it's a bad thing to have a camera phone because these pics stay on here forever...I want this blog to not only be audio but also video and photos so here come a bunch of photos...

For starters...Here is the very first lineup card in franchise history...

Shootin the Bull with Bennett

Here are the interviews with Jamie Bennett from Saturday and Sunday...Sunday's interview was not heard live so tis a Calderwood's Coup Exclusive!!!

Looks like my audio issues have been fixed, I had uninstall and reinstall my program plus change a few passwords and all that...

June 2


June 3

Manager of the Miners

I told you I would sit down with Southern Illinois Manager Mike Pinto, a Schaumburg resident, and here it is...I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed talking with him...It will be my goal during the season to once a series try and connect with one person from the opposing team...