“I have been up to see the Congress, and they do not seem to be able to do anything except eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.” - Robert E. Lee
Posted in Sports on Jul 18th, 2008
The Columbus Catfish were done in by a big inning Thursday night.
The West Virginia Power (Brewers) bested the Catfish for the 2nd straight night. The 11-4 loss was the 3rd in 4 games for the Catfish and knocked them out of first place in the South Atlantic League Southern Division.
Posted in Sports on Jul 17th, 2008
At the end of the 2007 season, the Columbus Catfish swept the West Virginia Power (Brewers) in three games to win the South Atlantic League title. In those games, the Catfish outscored West Virginia by a combined score of 16-4
That’s ancient history.
West Virginia outscored the Catfish 14-4 Wednesday night in the first meeting of [...]
Posted in Sports on Jul 14th, 2008
The Columbus Catfish closed out a 7-game home stand, winning 5 of the 7 games, including a split in a double header this evening.
Four of the games in the home stand were 7-inning contests, thanks to the weather. Minor League Baseball rules call for scheduled double headers to be 7-inning games. And the weather [...]
Posted in Sports on Jul 13th, 2008
When the Columbus Catfish last played — a loss to Kannapolis — on Wednesday, they were in second place.
A couple of rainouts later, the Catfish find themselves all alone in first place.
Of course, it wasn’t just the rainouts. It was losses by other teams … and a Saturday night double-header sweep of the Greensboro Grasshoppers [...]
Posted in Sports on Jul 9th, 2008
After edging the Kannapolis Intimidators (White Sox) two nights straight, tonight’s game wasn’t close.
Kannapolis beat the Columbus Catfish 6-1, behind the power of Mark Fleisher, who hit two home runs and drove in 5 runs.
Posted in Sports on Jul 8th, 2008
Another late-inning win for the Columbus Catfish tonight.
Last night, a walk-off home in the bottom of the 9th gave the Catfish a win. Tonight, a run in the 8th broke a tie, giving the Catfish a win.
That’s got to break the hearts of the Kannapolis Intimidators (White Sox). But the fact that tonight’s inning run [...]
Posted in Sports on Jul 7th, 2008
The Kannapolis Intimidators (White Sox) failed to live up to their nickname tonight.
The Columbus Catfish never trailed, but did need 9th inning heroics to secure the win tonight, as they beat Kannapolis, 7-5, opening a 4-game series and 8-game home stand.
Posted in Sports on Jul 6th, 2008
The Columbus Catfish ended their series with the Hickory Crawdads (Pirates) on a positive note.
The Catfish erupted for 12 runs, as they took the final game of the series 12-0.
The win gives the Catfish a split of the 2-game series.
Posted in Sports on Jul 5th, 2008
Despite taking an early lead, the Columbus Catfish allowed several runs in the middle innings, as the Hickory Crawdads (Pirates) beat the Catfish 8-4 Friday night.
It was the 8th time in 11 meetings the Catfish were beaten by Hickory.
Posted in Sports on Jul 4th, 2008
The Columbus Catfish ended a three-game skid Thursday night, beating the Hickory Crawdads (Pirates) for only the 3rd time in 10 games this season.
The Catfish had jumped out to an early lead, only to have Hickory tie the game, before breaking the game open in the 7th inning, en route to a 10-4 win.
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