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Cleaning out the notebook prior to the restart of the Frontier League season Friday night:
The topic of discussion in manager Darin Everson's office prior to the Wild Things-Gateway game Sunday was how many wins will it take for a team to secure a playoff berth from the East Division?
The Frontier League went to a 96-game schedule in 2004, and since then the playoff team with the worst record each season has averaged 52 wins. There was a low of 46 (Evansville in 2006) and it took 56 wins to make the postseason in 2009. It doesn't look like the East will have a team pull away from the pack, or one that finishes with less than 30 wins, so the magic number will likely be closer to 52 than 56.
What does that mean for the Wild Things? To get to 52 wins, they need to go 33-16 after the all-star break.
* In Wednesday night's Frontier League All-Star game in Avon, Ohio, Washington's Casey Barnes and Jhonny Montoya each pitched a scoreless and hitless inning. Justin Hall gave up one solo home run in his inning. Catcher Blake Ochoa went 1-for-2 with a walk, and second baseman Scott Lawson was 0-for-1 with a throwing error.
* Washington does not have a home run from the No. 4 spot in the batting order all season.
* Remember Joel Hartman, who was a utility player for the Wild Things last year before suffering a season-ending finger injury? He joined a team in the Pecos League, based in New Mexico, after being released in spring training by the Wild Things. Hartman suffered another season-ending injury recently. According to the Pecos League website, Hartman broke a leg during a play at home plate.
* In Ernie Banks' first 128 at-bats with the Wild Things in 2009, he hit 12 home runs. In 128 at-bats this year, Banks does not have a home run.
* Both Vidal Nuno and Alan Williams -- the two Wild Things pitchers signed this season by MLB organizations -- are off to strong starts with their new teams. Nuno is playing for Staten Island (Yankees) in the Class A New York-Penn League. In five relief appearances, Nuno is 4-0 with one save and a 0.98 ERA. He has 17 strikeouts in 18 1/3 innings with only three walks. Williams is with Helena (Brewers) in the rookie-level Pioneer League and has a 1-1 record with three saves in seven outings. The lefty has pitched 11 innings and struck out 24 with only three walks.
Former Wild Things pitcher Tom Cochran, who is in Class AAA with with Cincinnati, took the loss last Saturday in Louisville's 2-0 setback against Indianapolis, the Pirates' top affiliate. Cochran started the game and gave up only one run in five innings to drop his record to 6-2.
* Rockford, which is in fifth place in the East, made a key signing over the weekend, bringing back Jason James. The outfielder has one Frontier League batting title and finished second twice.
* In 46 games this season, Everson has used 45 different batting orders.
* Gateway manager Phil Warren on starting the season with three former West Virginia players and an ex-Pitt player on the Grizzlies' roster: "This is an area of the country that seems to get overlooked in the (major league) draft, for whatever reason."
* Despite losing Nuno, the opening day starter, Washington is tied for second in quality starts with 24. Florence also has 24. Windy City is tops with 28.
Wild Things Average Attendance
at the All-Star Break:
2002 - 2,942
2003 - 3,390
2004 - 3,242
2005 - 3,048
2006 - 3,133
2007 - 3,180
2008 - 2,899
2009 - 2,734
2010 - 2,373
2011 - 2,176
The topic of discussion in manager Darin Everson's office prior to the Wild Things-Gateway game Sunday was how many wins will it take for a team to secure a playoff berth from the East Division?
The Frontier League went to a 96-game schedule in 2004, and since then the playoff team with the worst record each season has averaged 52 wins. There was a low of 46 (Evansville in 2006) and it took 56 wins to make the postseason in 2009. It doesn't look like the East will have a team pull away from the pack, or one that finishes with less than 30 wins, so the magic number will likely be closer to 52 than 56.
What does that mean for the Wild Things? To get to 52 wins, they need to go 33-16 after the all-star break.
* In Wednesday night's Frontier League All-Star game in Avon, Ohio, Washington's Casey Barnes and Jhonny Montoya each pitched a scoreless and hitless inning. Justin Hall gave up one solo home run in his inning. Catcher Blake Ochoa went 1-for-2 with a walk, and second baseman Scott Lawson was 0-for-1 with a throwing error.
* Washington does not have a home run from the No. 4 spot in the batting order all season.
* Remember Joel Hartman, who was a utility player for the Wild Things last year before suffering a season-ending finger injury? He joined a team in the Pecos League, based in New Mexico, after being released in spring training by the Wild Things. Hartman suffered another season-ending injury recently. According to the Pecos League website, Hartman broke a leg during a play at home plate.
* In Ernie Banks' first 128 at-bats with the Wild Things in 2009, he hit 12 home runs. In 128 at-bats this year, Banks does not have a home run.
* Both Vidal Nuno and Alan Williams -- the two Wild Things pitchers signed this season by MLB organizations -- are off to strong starts with their new teams. Nuno is playing for Staten Island (Yankees) in the Class A New York-Penn League. In five relief appearances, Nuno is 4-0 with one save and a 0.98 ERA. He has 17 strikeouts in 18 1/3 innings with only three walks. Williams is with Helena (Brewers) in the rookie-level Pioneer League and has a 1-1 record with three saves in seven outings. The lefty has pitched 11 innings and struck out 24 with only three walks.
Former Wild Things pitcher Tom Cochran, who is in Class AAA with with Cincinnati, took the loss last Saturday in Louisville's 2-0 setback against Indianapolis, the Pirates' top affiliate. Cochran started the game and gave up only one run in five innings to drop his record to 6-2.
* Rockford, which is in fifth place in the East, made a key signing over the weekend, bringing back Jason James. The outfielder has one Frontier League batting title and finished second twice.
* In 46 games this season, Everson has used 45 different batting orders.
* Gateway manager Phil Warren on starting the season with three former West Virginia players and an ex-Pitt player on the Grizzlies' roster: "This is an area of the country that seems to get overlooked in the (major league) draft, for whatever reason."
* Despite losing Nuno, the opening day starter, Washington is tied for second in quality starts with 24. Florence also has 24. Windy City is tops with 28.
Wild Things Average Attendance
at the All-Star Break:
2002 - 2,942
2003 - 3,390
2004 - 3,242
2005 - 3,048
2006 - 3,133
2007 - 3,180
2008 - 2,899
2009 - 2,734
2010 - 2,373
2011 - 2,176
Labels: Alan Williams, Attendance, Blake Ochoa, Casey Barnes, Ernie Banks, Jhonny Montoya, Joel Hartman, Justin Hall, Tom Cochran, Vidal Nuno
posted by Chris Dugan at
7:07 AM
10 Comments:
Chris:
Do you have any idea what the breakeven attendence for the Wild Things would be?
In addition to all expenses, revenue would be from parking, concessions, advertising, ticket sales, merchandise and who knows what else.
Are they approaching that number?
"* In 46 games this season, Everson has used 45 different batting orders."
that's a joke, a miserable joke. almost bad enough to be used in the espy's monologue by that guy who's never worn a jockstrap...
set the lineup:
sidick cf
feiner 3b
lawson 2b
battle dh
harris lf
rivera rf
stephens 1b
ochoa c
ditthardt 3b
and leave it alone.
if feiner can't, or decides he doesn't want to bunt, cut him.
if ontiveros comes back, put him at short, feiner at third and cut ditthardt.
Anybody out there want two free tickets, including parking, for the day game on the 26th of July? If so, just post a response and we will somehow arrange for you to have them.
Ron Wilson
You have two third basemen sir. All that's gonna do is create the 46th new lineup in 47 games. However, the Wild Things haven't yet tried playing with two third basemen. So maybe you're making a fascinating point?
And by the way, Seth Meyers was the guy hosting the ESPYs last night. Not sure why a guy needs to wear a jockstrap to entertain a crowd, but then again you did use two third basemen in your lineup, so I'll give you credit as an innovator?
It doesn't matter what order you put people in (or where you put them on the field) if they can't collectively hit over .220.
I have no idea what the break-even point for attendance would be.
anon at 9:31 pm
feiner ss (there, that cool the fire in your loins?)
whoever the guy was hosting the espy's wasn't funny. maybe he would have been had he actually known anything about any of the things he was trying to be funny about....playing sports.
didn't find the bats on the break...4 hits, 2 after the first-inning homerun.
lost the defense--4 errors to gift-wrap a game to lake eerie and the punk manager. here's hoping chris dugan refuses to interview him after the game, and again tomorrow after the 10-year-team celebration...
how much more offensive can this offense become, mr. smily? the last eight innings did not see more than 4 washington batters at the plate. not one time. four times, it was three up, three down.
speaking of pitiful, how about the miserable post-break defense by the circus that seems to stay in town...four errors tonight? really, mr. smily? if you can't execute, you can't execute, right?
" here's hoping chris dugan refuses to interview him after the game, and again tomorrow after the 10-year-team celebration..."
I hope Chris just thumbs his nose at him!.
another blown 3-run lead..another miserable joke...
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