Duck season
The Wild Things were rained out Wednesday. On Duck Night, no less.I guess Duck Night wasn't what it was quacked up to be (sorry, couldn't resist).
The decision to postpone the game against Gateway and play a doubleheader Thursday starting at 5:05 p.m. was the correct one, though it should have been made by mid-afternoon, not after the gates opened. As several Grizzlies players gathered near the growing lake in left field, roughly 45 minutes before the scheduled starting time, one pressbox veteran made a statement befitting the circumstances: "Not even Michael Phelps could get to a fly ball on this field."
Only a duck could have been happy frolicking around in the outfield.
They didn't ask me, but …
Rain is typically a pain for Frontier League teams until late June, and it's time the league makes some changes to prevent what are potential scheduling problems stemming from playing too many interdivision games early in the season.
For example, had rain washed out the final game of the Washington-Gateway series instead of the middle contest, both teams would be playing only 95 games instead of 96. Washington and Gateway do not play again after today and there would be no chance for a makeup game to be scheduled. This is what happens when interdivision series begin by June 1.
If the league would schedule only intradivision games for the first four weeks of the season, then rain isn't a big problem. Teams can make up rained out games in July or August, when rain is rarely a factor. Interdivision play can start, let's say, the third week of June.
Lineup change …
Had the game been played, there was one change in the Wild Things' lineup. Catcher Billy O'Conner, who leads Washington with a .419 batting average, was listed as the starting third baseman.
Turnstile talk…
For those who were wondering, attendance for Tuesday night's game was 1,801. And no, the Wild Things' owners have not ordered me to keep the attendance out of stories.
posted by Chris Dugan at
4:19 PM
6 Comments:
Parker is the worst second baseman on the planet. you would think they learned their lesson last yr, having the worst infield defense in baseball.
What the hell was that all about tonight. 10 yr olds don't throw that ball home, there isn't any thought involved. take the out at first.
By employing lousy players like this, the wt are laughing at every fan that spends money to come to games.
Put a real team on the field. My brother worked in sales for 3 wks for todd and he had told us that todd said numerous times that he could care less how good the team is.
well that much is obvious. They should offer every season ticket holder a refund for the season. putting that product on the field is borderline criminal.
Also, how many more times do I have to pay to see muppets videos on the board when there are no kids in the stands?
Until last night, I wondered just what “CEP” meant. After getting to the ball game last
night at 6:15PM it finally struck me. “CEP means “Completely Empty Park”!
The natives are getting restless and we're not to mid-June. Hahahahahahaha!
I think it is getting old. Washington is well beyond the average run in a city in the Frontier League. With all the long but trips, quality players are signing with other teams.
It they would only spend the taxpayer money on proper drainage which will have to be done anyways when they put in the taxpayer turf, the cost would propably be half.
It will be a shame seeing $1mm taxpayer turf being used only by Cal University and perhaps some high school teams.
Calling out a middle infielder and it not being the shortstop seems a bit silly to me.
7 in 20. 7 hits in 20 at bats means you're at .350 and among the league leaders in hitting. Unfortunately, I'm talking about Duron's 7 errors in 20 games. Or a fielding percentage that would get you banished to the outfield on most Little League teams. Not to mention Raniere's 4 errors. This doesn't even count the number of brain cramps and base running errors this team has made. The team needs to pull it together, and fast.
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