Farmers only: Not such a great start by Homer Rosales Triple-A: Homer Bailey gave up 9 more hits, but Jon Adkins blew up in the ninth, allowing 3 runs in Louisville's 7-6 loss. Adam Rosales was 3 for 5 with a homer, continuing his conquest of the minor leagues, and Wilkin Castillo moved to 3rd base and collected a couple hits. Justin Lehr threw two strong innings, and despite the loss, the Bats gained ground on the playoffs thanks to Toledo's loss. Their magic number is now 2. Mesoraco Double-A: Danny Dorn had 2 hits and Justin Turner.Louisville Bats tickets.

Louisville: Goth City? Louisville Bats ticket, Look, Lovecraft had his Arkham, but this horror writer never thought that his town would turn dark on him. Maybe it started with CBS' The Amazing Race's Kynt .&.Vyxsin? I just don't know. OK, so Louisville is the home of ghosts. Waverly Hills is secluded in south Louisville and my series on my adventures is in Dark Recesses magazine. Bardstown's Old Jailer's Inn is not so far away and I've been part of a seance in Talbott Tavern. Old Louisville has a series of books.

Stuff to root for It could be worse. We could be Pirates fans. I have to believe that Pirates fans are the worst of the evildoers in a past life, like maybe Joe Shmoe who works in a steel factory in Western PA was Ghengis Kahn or something, because that sure is fandom hell. But if they are in fandom hell, we are in fandom purgatory. Eight years of losing. The Reds had had no fewer than three losing seasons in a row since the second half of the twentieth century bega.n. And we haven't had a single winning season. tickets.

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Tigers? Minor League Recap (8/14 and 8/15) Toledo August 14, Louisville 4, Toledo 2 Chris Lambert (6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 6 K) seemed to pitch fairly well, but the Bats slapped six singles and a double to get a run off him in three separate innings. On an off night for the Hens? lineup, that would have been plenty but Louisville scored one more off Jeremy Johnson (2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K). Erick Almonte (2 for 4) was the only Hen batter with more than one hit, and Kody Kirkland (1 for 4, HR) and Maxim St. Pierre (1 for 4, 2B) provid. Louisville Bats.

Let?s Wrap it Up for the Week tickets for Louisville Bats, Heading West: I'm going on a little trip this weekend to see how young Nick is doing in college, so blogging may be light on Monday. But, hey, there's so much to do here this weekend, you may still be recovering. It all starts with the first high school football scrimmage of the season tonight. Or this stuff: Fair-Going: Jake can't think of anything cool to say about the Fair. I'm not a fan, either. But it's your only chance to see pigs and sheep and cows and roosters and stuff and eat a choco.

Nieto, 5th-round draft pick, signs with Nationals local ticket brokers, Nieto signs with Nationals Adrian Nieto, the Nationals' fifth-round draft pick, signed with the club on Sunday and will report to the Gulf Coast League Nationals on Tuesday. The 18-year-old is considered to have one of the best bats among catching prospects selected in this season's Draft. Nieto led his high school to a state championship as a senior, batting .372 with 16 doubles, five home runs and 38 RBI for American Heritage High School (FL). The switch hitter compiled a .361 battin.

Triple-A Baseball Heroes and Two Triple-A Baseball Murdererous Lunatics .son got this copy of Triple-A Baseball Heroes at the Colorado Springs Sky Sox game last Friday, and I thought I'd share the some of the All-American Baseball fun. I want to warn you that as glorious as the sight of Doctor Doom, Magneto and the Green Goblin quailing in terror before an advancing hoard of Baseball Mascots may appear, this scene does not actually happen in this issue. As much as we may want to see the Incredible Hulk side-by-side with Sox the Fox, that doesn't happen either.tickets.

Thursday Quick Hits Thursday Quick Hits by Slyde on Aug 14, 2008 9:49 AM EDT in News There's not a whole lot of fun going on in Redsland right now, but I thought I'd drop some things on you: I know we're all getting a little burnt out on Adam Dunn discussion, but I thought Patriot had an interesting split personality conversation with himself about the subject. My favorite line: Whatever. Dunn could be so much better if he changed his approach and tried to put the ball in play more often. I suppose.tickets.

Tigers? Minor League Recap (8/13/08) tickets, Toledo The Mud Hens? miserable August continued as they lost, 6-4, to Louisville in twelve innings. The Bats scored three in the third off Anastacio Martinez (6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 6 K) and the Hens responded with three of their own in the bottom of the inning. The Bats scored again in the seventh on a home run off Casey Fien (1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 2 K) and the Hens again had a reply that same inning. When the 12th rolled around and the Bats came up with two runs off Francisco Cruceta (1.2.