Basil’s Blog

We were looking forward to the Columbus Catfish clinching the 2nd half crown for the South Atlantic League (SAL) Southern Division tonight.
But the rains in Savannah meant no baseball for the Catfish.
With Asheville being eliminated earlier today, either the Catfish or Charleston will be the 2nd half champions. And, going into today’s games, the Catfish [...]

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Talking about baseball… for my sisters, you see. Even though they don’t really care.
Basically, you got a couple of teams facing each other. Nine players to each side. And things begin with a pitcher facing a batter.
The rules of baseball say that the pitcher must stand at a certain point (the pitcher’s plate on a [...]

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With their “magic number” at 1, the Columbus Catfish will have to wait at least a day before claiming the 2nd half Southern Division title. The Charleston RiverDogs (Yankees) edged the Catfish 4-3 tonight.
Charleston pitcher Paul Patterson pitched 6 no-hit innings, leaving the game up 3-0, before the Catfish fought back.
With 1 out in the [...]

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After being rained out the night before … and a 22-minute rain day in game one … the Columbus Catfish swept both games of a doubleheader to all but assure themselves a playoff spot, as they beat the Charleston RiverDogs (Yankees) 2-1 … and 2-1 … both in walk-off fashion.
In game one, starter Will Kline, [...]

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We were talking about baseball. I like baseball, you see. And I was telling a little bit about the game. For my sisters. Who don’t really like baseball all that much.
So, we were talking a little bit about baseball. Explaining little things about it. For my three sisters, you understand. Even though they really don’t [...]

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Two Columbus Catfish players have earned post-season honors … with a week left in the regular season.
Outfielders Ryan Royster and Desmond Jennings were named today to the South Atlantic League post-season All-star roster.
Royster is batting .323, 5th in the league, prior to tonight’s game. He leads the league in home runs with 38, is tops [...]

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I like baseball.
If you’ve been following this little blog … or if you look at the posts here almost any time from April to September … you’ll pick right up on that.
My three sisters don’t like baseball nearly as much as I do. And, because they aren’t quite that big a fan as am I, [...]

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The Columbus Catfish moved closer to a division title, beating the Savannah Sand Gnats (Mets) 5-3 tonight, completing a 4-game sweep, as 2nd place Charleston split a double-header with Rome.
The Catfish scored in the 2nd inning, when, with 1 out, RF Ryan Royster singled, then moved to second on a ground out by 2B Seth [...]

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Jeremy Hellickson allowed 5 hits in the first 2 innings, but settled down and retired the last 11 batters he faced as the Columbus Catfish beat the Savannah Sand Gnats (Mets) 8-4 tonight.
Down 1-0 in the bottom of the 1st inning, CF Maiko Loyola walked to start the Catfish off. With 1 out, 3B Cesar [...]

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The rains came in the 6th inning, but it didn’t dampen the spirits of the Columbus Catfish, who won a rain-shortened game with the Savannah Sand Gnats (Mets) 4-1 Saturday night.
A 4-run 3rd inning was all the Catfish needed. CF Maiko Loyola started things with a single to center, and moved to second when CF [...]

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