“Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.” - George Bernard Shaw
Posted in Sports on Apr 5th, 2008
For the second night in a row, the Savannah Sand Gnats (Mets) ruined the night for the Columbus Catfish at Golden Park. After being one-hit by Savannah last night, tonight, the Catfish outhit the Sand Gnats 10-8, but were outscored 7-4.
Defensively, it was not a night to remember. The Catfish committed 5 errors. And a [...]
Posted in Sports on Apr 3rd, 2008
There’s not much you can do when the opposing team’s pitcher is putting his pitches right where he wants them. You can hope the pitch count catches up with him, and you can get some hits off the bullpen.
That’s sort of what happened to the Columbus Catfish tonight.
Savannah Sand Gnats (Mets) pitcher Michael Antonini had [...]
Posted in Sports on Apr 3rd, 2008
Baseball season opens tonight. The minor league season, that is.
Opening Day in Columbus usually means a couple of hundred fans show up for a ballgame where a few players from the previous year’s team — that usually finished near the bottom of the standings — take the field.
This year, there are only four players back [...]
Posted in Sports on Apr 2nd, 2008
Baseball season opens tomorrow night.
Okay, the Major League season is underway. But the local minor league team, the Columbus Catfish, open their season tomorrow night.
And I’m ready.
The Catfish (Rays) host the Savannah Sand Gnats (Mets) tomorrow night at 7:00, to begin what is, in all likelihood, the final season of the Catfish. A guy from [...]
Posted in Sports on Mar 30th, 2008
As much as I like baseball … and I do like baseball … I am constantly frustrated by the idiots running Major League Baseball.
Sure, baseball is a business. Despite the ruling that it’s not — the ruling that keeps MLB from having to follow anti-trust laws — it is a business.
And I certainly realize that [...]
Posted in Sports on Mar 18th, 2008
The Bowling Green Daily News reported last week that Art Solomon, who owns the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, filed the paperwork to buy the Columbus Catfish, in order to move the team to Bowling Green in 2009. (Tip: Columbus Ledger Enquirer)
The application was being reviewed Friday by the league’s team owners for approval.
“It will be [...]
A couple of years back, The Wife and I sponsored a couple of minor league players who were on the local team, the Columbus Catfish.
One of the players, Dan Batz, was one of the best players in Atlantic-10 history when he played college ball for the University of Rhode Island. Dan, however, had a rough [...]
Posted in Sports on Feb 29th, 2008
The Braves and the Dodgers opened their spring training games against other Major League teams yesterday (the Braves beat the University of Georgia on Wednesday) with the Dodgers winning 5-4.
One thing people noticed was the way the Braves bullpen couldn’t hold a 4-2 lead in the 9th.
I noticed that the Dodgers played five young players [...]
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