“In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.” - John Adams
Posted in Sports on Aug 27th, 2008
Family of Columbus/Phenix City native Adam Coe with one of his two home run balls he hit against the Catfish tonight
Either the Columbus Catfish or the Augusta GreenJackets (Giants) will win the South Atlantic League Southern Division. And Augusta got a lot closer tonight.
The Catfish split a pair of games with the Rome Braves tonight, [...]
Posted in Sports on Aug 25th, 2008
The first college football mascot to be invited to the Heisman Trophy ceremony at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York was the University of Georgia’s Uga IV.
UGA (The University of Georgia) has had mascots named Uga since 1956.
Uga IV’s visit to the Heisman Trophy ceremony isn’t the first “first” for one of the dogs [...]
Posted in Sports on Aug 25th, 2008
The Columbus Catfish finished a 6-game series … with all 6 games played in 4 days, including 5 in a 49-hour period … splitting Sunday’s double header.
The Catfish beat the Charleston RiverDogs (Yankees) 5-1 in the first game, but dropped the second game, 12-4, splitting the series at 3 games apiece.
Posted in Sports on Aug 23rd, 2008
The suspended game went bad … quickly … but the nightcap turned out fine.
The Columbus Catfish split a delayed double header with the Charleston RiverDogs (Yankees), dropping the suspended game, 14-2, but taking the late game, 8-6 Saturday night.
Posted in Sports on Aug 23rd, 2008
We’re in Pensacola for the weekend. Fully expect to get rained on before we leave. I mean, what with a tropical storm heading this way and all.
Still, we’ve enjoyed going to the ball park in Pensacola while we’re here. After all, I like baseball.
And Pensacola has a baseball team: the Pensacola Pelicans of the independent [...]
Posted in Sports on Aug 22nd, 2008
Columbus Catfish P Jesse Darcy pitched a 7-inning complete game, allowing just 2 hits, as the Catfish blanked the Charleston RiverDogs 2-0 Friday night.
It was the first complete game for the Catfish this season.
The Wife and I took off a couple of days this week, making a long weekend of it.
We’re in Pensacola.
I know. You’re thinking, “Whose bright idea was it to go to Pensacola during hurricane season?”
It was mine. And hers. We both thought we’d come here this weekend.
We thought this back in June, when we were [...]
Posted in Sports on Aug 21st, 2008
The Columbus Catfish have started a long, hard road trip. And things aren’t getting any easier.
With 14 games left in the season, the Catfish are 5 games behind Augusta, needed to get within 1 game to even have a chance of making the playoffs.
That’s not any easier now, following the Catfish’ 10-8 loss to Charleston [...]
Posted in Sports on Aug 18th, 2008
Stephen Vogt greeted at home plate following his game-winning, 10th-inning homer.
For 9-1/2 innings, the Columbus Catfish were either behind or tied with the Hagerstown Suns (Nationals).
But in the bottom of the 9th, C Stephen Vogt gave the Catfish their first lead when he blasted the game-winning home run over the clubhouse roof beyond right field.
The [...]
Posted in Sports on Aug 17th, 2008
Stephen Vogt races across home plate after homering against Hagerstown.
The Columbus Catfish are ending the season on a roll.
They won their 12th game in 16 tries this evening, beating the Hagerstown Suns (Nationals), 3-0. It’s their 3rd in the series with Hagerstown. A win Monday gives the Catfish a 4-game sweep.
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