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The hardest-working person for the Wild Things this year? My vote goes to the person who puts the names on the back of the home uniforms. It seems he/she has been making a new nameplate every few days. He/she will have to make one next week because Cory Hahn, who has not pitched for the Wild Things in more than a year, is expected to be added to the roster.
Hahn was the opening day starter in 2006 but had his season cut short because of an elbow injury that required reconstructive surgery. Hahn last pitched for Washington July 3 of last year. Hahn was in camp during spring training but was not ready to pitch in a game, so he returned home to Louisville to rehabilitate the arm.
The plan is for Hahn to join the team on the road trip next week to Slippery Rock, Florence and Chillicothe.
Hahn will be the 22nd pitcher (including Kyle Werman) used by the Wild Things this year, which is a team record. The previous high was 20 last year.
Washington doesn't lead the league in pitchers used. River City has used 29 pitchers and 49 players overall. Slippery Rock has used 24 pitchers and 48 players. Those pitching totals, however, don't exactly rank with the Washington Nationals' Triple-A affiliate in Columbus, which has used 34 pitchers so far.
Hahn was the opening day starter in 2006 but had his season cut short because of an elbow injury that required reconstructive surgery. Hahn last pitched for Washington July 3 of last year. Hahn was in camp during spring training but was not ready to pitch in a game, so he returned home to Louisville to rehabilitate the arm.
The plan is for Hahn to join the team on the road trip next week to Slippery Rock, Florence and Chillicothe.
Hahn will be the 22nd pitcher (including Kyle Werman) used by the Wild Things this year, which is a team record. The previous high was 20 last year.
Washington doesn't lead the league in pitchers used. River City has used 29 pitchers and 49 players overall. Slippery Rock has used 24 pitchers and 48 players. Those pitching totals, however, don't exactly rank with the Washington Nationals' Triple-A affiliate in Columbus, which has used 34 pitchers so far.
posted by Chris Dugan at
11:43 PM
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I had a chance to talk to Cory Hahn Thursday (now I'm sounding like a television reporter) and the plan is for the right-hander to start one of the games in the doubleheader Sunday at Slippery Rock. Hahn left the Wild Things after the first road trip this season because of pain in his shoulder, not his surgically repaired elbow. He said he tried to come back too fast from the surgery and it put a strain on his shoulder. He's been throwing for two months at a baseball academy in his hometown of Louisville and has no pain in his elbow. The catcher he threw with at the academy was Ricky Clinton, who was Evansville's catcher the last two years. There's even a guy (Big James) who wears a Ricky Clinton jersey from the 2005 All-Star game to Consol Energy Park.
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