“But soon,” he cried, with sad and solemn enthusiasm, “I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly, and exult in the agony of the torturing flames. The light of that conflagration will fade away; my ashes will be swept into the sea by the winds. My spirit will sleep in peace; or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus. Farewell.”
He sprung from the cabin-window, as he said this, upon the ice-raft which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves, and lost in darkness and distance.
With Springfield off tonight, let’s see if I managed the DFR more effectively than the Cardinals manage their 40 man roster. HEY-YOO!
Memphis 3, Nashville 1
- A pitcher I’d rather not name struck out 5 in 5 innings of 4 hit ball. He only gave up 1 ER while inducing 7 groundouts.
- Charlie Manning, the 4th spawn of Archie, picked up 1.2 innings of work. Striking out 2, he also was hit twice.
- Royce Ring continues to bide his time until Tony ‘right-hand batters’ one of his two LOOGYs into retirement for his shot. He worked an inning with 1 H, 1 BB and 1 K.
- The Destroyer faced 4 batters and struck out 3 of them for the save. This makes so much more sense now with the likely Piniero 5 year extension somewhere on the horizon.
- Tony LaRussa’s top catching prospect went deep.
- David Freese returned to Memphis a beaten man, but didn’t let that get in the way of a 1 for 3 day with an RBI.
- Tyler Greene and Nick Stavinoha both went 1 for 4, Stavinfection picking up an RBI and a double in the process.
- Shane Robinson had a run scored and a single, keeping his average over .400.
- Shaun Garceau was grosseau! He only lasted 2.1 innings with a line of 6 hits, 4 ERs, 1 SO and 2 BBs.
- Samuel Freeman however went one extra batter (2.2 innings) and didn’t allow any runs or hits, striking out 2.
- Richard Castillo gave up 2 runs, only 1 earned and even that one was a gift. A passed ball and a throwing error in the inning allowed both of those runs to come around and score. Castillo went 2 innings, walking 2 and striking out 1.
- Blake King wrapped up the game with a perfect inning.
- Pete Kozma went 0-for-3 with a throwing error, he said with a sinister laugh.
- Jermaine Curtis was 3 for 4 leading off with the teams only RBI.
- Shane Peterson was 2 for 4.
- Colt Sedbrook had a triple, a run scored and an error. And that is it for the offense.
- Two tidbits: Steve Dillard picked up his 413th managerial win and Beloit sounds like a noise you make in the bathtub.
- Kevin Thomas continue the trend of starters who will never get the wins they probably deserve by going 4 innings, giving up 1 unearned run on 2 hits. He struck out 2 and walked 1.
- Hector Cardenas poached the victory with 2 innings 1 run, 3 hit, 3 strikeout baseball.
- Ramon Delgado didn’t yield a hit in his 2 innings. He struck out 3 and walked 2.
- Casey Mulligan would like a do-over for the 1 batter in his inning he didn’t strikeout (2 Ks) and for that goofy pressbox photo he has.
- Quad Cities busted out 13 hits.
- Paul Cruz crushed a homer for one of his 2 hits. He was also caught stealing and picked off first.
- Blake Murphy and Domnit Bolivar were 2 for 4 each. Bolivar was caught stealing and picked off while Murphy had 2 RBIs.
- Niko Vasquez has a few guilty pleasures. One of which is Cheetos. For him, today’s game was a special honor to be in the hometown of the original snackfood that would launch the industry, Korn Kurls. With such reverence, he went 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored. And no errors, Petey.
- Chris Swauger had his attitude knocked down a peg with a fielding error but boosted right back up with a 2 for 4 day and a run scored.
That’s it for your DFR. Hopefully I won’t lose that Sam Freeman line from tonight to the Rule 5 draft for $50k and a song.
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That is Kozma’s 7th error in 11 games played. Yikes.
That’s ok. I imagine Rick Porcello would have even more than that if he were playing SS.
Who pitched for Memphis and what catcher went deep… Pags?
Brad Thompson and #3 on the organizations catching depth chart (behind Molina and LaRue) Pags.
It would help if names of players were used. Sorry to be smug, but I come her for information
Every player had a link to their stat page except Brad Thompson and Matt Pagnozzi.
Brad Thompson isn’t a prospect, so I don’t really care what he does.
In fact, going back through only 1 player had a nickname used, Jess Todd. Everyone else had their real names used.
That quote is from Frankenstein isn’t it?
PJ,
HL was using nicknames that these players got in spring training or previously so while I knew exactly who they were I also would like for it to be spelled out.
Nothing against you HL since you are making it interesting but names or at least a link to a stat page so we know for sure who you meant would be nice.
A quick click on the game link gives you everyone’s names. I like the way he’s doing it…I imagine it keeps things interesting for guys who do this every day for us–so I’m fine with it–plus it’s the kind of humor I can get behind. And who really wants to read about Brad Thompson? Let’s pretend that line was for someone else.
I definitely like the use of nicknames instead of the names, but usually when people have done that in the past, they provide a link to the player’s stats so that if you’re not sure to whom the entry refers, you can quickly check it out.
Also, how many games has Brett Wallace sat out? Seems like a lot this early.
Brett Wallace hasn’t missed a game. Springfield just didn’t play yesterday.
I know this isn’t he place to complain (we have bigger complaints, like the pitcher we’d rather not name being not named – I’m w/ you on this, HL) but I’ve been looking online for an authentic Memphis Redbirds cap for over a month and I can’t find one anywhere. Ridiculously, they are even unavailable on the MiLB website.
What the hell, MiLB? Get your act together. More and more people are following the minors every year but this popularity cannot be expressed on top of my prematurely balding head? / end rant.
Burt: …I even went to Memphis last year and there is a sports store right across from the stadium…there was only 1 redbird cap in the entire store and it didn’t fit right. Maybe try EBAY?
I like the nicknames and slightly vague references to the players too. Is K. Danny right? Sounds like it could be but you stumped me on this one.
Yup, Frankenstein.
There is a boxscore link at the beginning of each teams summary.
Move the curser for instance on Memphis 3, Nashville 1 , then click and the boxscore comes up.
Nice job HL !
Seems like Jermaine Curtis and Shane Peterson get two hits every day.
I love the DFR. Thanks for the work.
I might protest that the “mismanagement” of the 40 man roster might actually be planning several years ahead. But I’ve made that point before.
We will lose much more this December.
Kozma was drafted because he was projected to stay at SS but right now it looks like he would make a better DH except he has not bat.
*Maybe he could assume the role of bat boy?*
Brian Buck finally got off the schneid in his ninth inning AB of that QC hit-fest.
And was promptly caught stealing.
I like the non-name usage … I didn’t know it was BT that pitched, but I would rather not read about him. And it’s pretty easy to know that Anderson is not TLRs top catching prospect. Keep up the good work guys! Appreciate everyone’s time spent in getting us this information in one place … with some good humor thrown in.
I got a Memphis hat a couple years ago at their team store. I don’t remember it being a particular issue.
Is odd they’re not on the MiLB site.
I too prefer actual names… Humor good – but to sacrifice for lack of or cryptic info, not so good… Then again – I don’t have to write any of it!
Not to come off offensive—I love the work
Links would help though. Sometimes the nicknames get a little too vague
I like the non-name usage, and especially the nicknames. Stavinfection cracks me up every time.
Keep it up, a little humor is welcome.