Archive for May, 2009
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Sunday, May 31st, 2009The Fort Wayne TinCaps welcomed their second largest crowd of the season to Parkview Field on Saturday to witness the TinCaps 6-4 victory over the Burlington Bees. The only game to attract a larger crowd was the festivities of the first game at the new ballpark, Opening Night on April 16th.
“Fort Wayne has really gotten [...]
Fort Fragments: Scales, Peavy, Luebke, Cuddyer, Baxter
Thursday, May 28th, 2009The last remainign former Wizards player from the Minnesota Twins era who is still with Minnesota, Michael Cuddyer recently hit for the cycle. He’ having a pretty good season too.
Bobby Scales hasn’t felt well the last couple days. I am sure the news that he has been demoted back to Triple-A didn’t make him feel [...]
Rincon to Rox
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009Former Fort Wayne Wizards pitcher, Juan Rincon chose to become a free agent about ten days ago after declining a minor league assignment from the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers had designated him for assignment when they brought Dontrelle Willis back into the fold. Apparently his decision was the right one, having landed with the Colorado Rockies.
Rincon, 29, was [...]
TinCaps’ News Release on Reaching 80 MLB Debuts
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009From the Fort Wayne TinCaps:
Former Fort Wayne RHP Dale Thayer made his major-league debut Friday night with the Tampa Bay Rays, delivering three innings to pick up a save. He became the fourth Fort Wayne alum to make his MLB debut this season, joining INFs Bobby Scales and David Freese along with RHP Greg Burke. [...]
Random Observation – Is there a Peavy-Scales Beef?
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009Peavy hit Bobby Scales on the right thigh with his first pitch of the second inning, drawing a warning from plate umpire Dana DeMuth, who also warned both dugouts. [ContraCoastTimes]
This caught my eye because Peavy has been in the big leagues several years, while Scales is getting his first taste at age 31 and more [...]
Dale Thayer Called Up, Makes MLB Debut
Friday, May 22nd, 2009Former Fort Wayne Wizard, Dale Thayer has been called up to the Tampa Bay Rays from Triple-A Durham. If/when he makes his Major Leage Baseball debut, he’ll become the 80th former Wizard to do so.
With the Wizards in 2003, Thayer appeared in 45 games, all in relief. He posted a 1-3 record with a 2.06 ERA [...]
This Week on Talkin Sports
Friday, May 22nd, 2009Saturday morning at 9:00, Talkin’ Sports will feature:
Adaptive Sports athlete Kevin Hughes, and we’ll talk about the Wheelchair Tennis Open taking place next weekend at IPFW.
Well also check in with Fort Wayne TinCaps President Mike Nutter as Parkview Field prepares for a large homestand beginning Tuesday and kicking off the summer season in downtown Fort [...]
Former Wizard, Tom Mott Want to ‘Keep The Dream Alive’
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009Former Fort Wayne Wizard, Tom Mott recentlydropped me a line to provide a brief update about his 1 Dream Foundation happenings. He reports tha the 1 Dream Foundation is still going strong, with three students from the class of 2009 being recipients of full scholarships to: Indiana, Montana State & Hill JC. However, the organization [...]
Greg Burke’s MLB Debut
Sunday, May 17th, 2009Former Fort Wayne Wizard, Greg Burke, made his Major League debut yesterday. He’s the third of the season and the 79th overall. He pitched a scoreless inning of releif in a game that saw former Wizard, Nick Hundley win the game for the Padres with a sixteenth inning home run.
The game became tied in the [...]
More on Greg Burke’s Callup
Saturday, May 16th, 2009As mentioned yesterday, padres RHP Greg Burke got called up to San Diego from triple-A Portland. When he appears in a game, it will mark his Major League Debut. Padres exec Paul DePodesta also adds:
Greg Burke will be making his Major League debut, and it’s a good story. A non-drafted free agent, Greg began his [...]