“We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.” - Aneurin Bevan
Posted in Sports on Apr 22nd, 2008
That 5-game winning streak is starting to fade from memory now. The Rome Braves handed the Columbus Catfish their 4th straight loss tonight, 6-1, as the home stand winds down.
Rome built a 6-0 lead over the Catfish tonight, scoring a run in the 3rd on a single and a double; 3 in the 4th on [...]
Posted in Sports on Apr 21st, 2008
Last week, the Columbus Catfish has the South Atlantic League pitcher of the week (Josh Ragan). This week, others in the SAL were honored for outstanding performances. But two former Catfish picked up honors in the Florida State League.
Jeremy Hellickson, who played for the Catfish last year, and who now plays for Rays High-A affiliate [...]
Posted in Sports on Apr 21st, 2008
After taking the first game of the series with the Charleston RiverDogs (Yankees), the Columbus Catfish have now dropped three straight games, and dropped the series with Charleston, concluding with tonight’s 7-2 loss.
Down 2-0 in the 2nd inning, C Mike McCormick blasted a 2-run homer off the billboard in left-center, driving in 2B Cody Cipriano, [...]
Posted in Sports on Apr 20th, 2008
Take away the 6th and 7th innings, and the Columbus Catfish would have won today. But that’s now how baseball is. All at-bats, all innings, all runs count. And that meant the Catfish lost to the Charleston RiverDogs (Yankees) 11-7 today.
Things started well enough. Catfish CF Emeel Salem reached on an error, then 2B Cody [...]
Posted in Sports on Apr 19th, 2008
Last night, the Charleston RiverDogs (Yankees) starter pitched well — good enough to win — but ended up taking the loss. Tonight, Columbus Catfish starter Jeremy Hall had the same fate befall him.
Hall allowed a run on 3 hits in 4 innings and struck out 3, but lack of run support from the Catfish offense [...]
Posted in Sports on Apr 19th, 2008
The top team in the South Atlantic League came to Columbus Friday night. They’re still the top team. But only if you look at the record. The Columbus Catfish showed why they could claim to be the top team in the league, after their 6-3 win over the Charleston RiverDogs (Yankees).
Starter Jason Ragan went 7 [...]
Posted in Food and Drink on Apr 17th, 2008
We’ve had some major projects going on at work recently, and that’s meant some long hours. And time away from The Wife.
Oh, and baseball season has started. And The Wife doesn’t go to all the games. She likes to get her beauty sleep, you see. And likes to be in bed before 9:30. She also [...]
Posted in Sports on Apr 16th, 2008
It took extra innings, but the Columbus Catfish reached the .500 mark for the first time this season by beating the Rome Braves 2-1 tonight.
Rome jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, scoring in the top of the first on two doubles … with a walk sandwiched in between.
Rome managed 7 hits in the first [...]
Posted in Sports on Apr 15th, 2008
After opening the season with three straight losses, and 6 losses in their first 8 games, the Columbus Catfish rebound continues. The Catfish beat the Rome Braves 6-3 tonight, to improve their record to 6-7, their 4th win in 5 games.
Rome jumped out to an early lead, scoring single runs in each of the first [...]
Posted in Sports on Apr 14th, 2008
Photo: Hudson Valley Renegades
The first honor of the new season came today for the Columbus Catfish. Pitcher Jason Ragan was named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week.
Ragan was named a New York-Penn League Mid-Season All-Star last season for the Hudson Valley Renegades.
South Atlantic League
Jason Ragan, Columbus
2-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 G, 2 GS, 12.0 [...]
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