“Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good One.” - Benjamin Franklin
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 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 [...]
Posted in Sports on Apr 14th, 2008
The Columbus Catfish won their first series of the year, and picked up a split on the road trip, beating the Savannah Sand Gnats (Mets) 7-4 tonight.
Things started well for the visitors.
With 2 outs in the 2nd inning, LF Stephen Vogt doubled on a fly ball to left, 1B Henry Wrigley walked, and SS [...]
Posted in Sports on Apr 13th, 2008
Up 7-2 after 6 innings, the Columbus Catfish suffered a case of extreme bullpen collapse this afternoon in Savannah, losing to the Sand Gnats (Mets), 11-7.
The Catfish jumped to an early 3-0 lead in the top of the 2nd inning. 3B Gregory Sexton doubled to center, RF Maiko Loyola reached on a bunt single, then [...]
Posted in Sports on Apr 12th, 2008
For the first time this season, the Columbus Catfish have won back-to-back games. Tonight, they beat the Savannah Sand Gnats (Mets), 9-2, keeping Savannah winless at home.
As in the Catfish first win of the season, they solved Savannah starter Nathan Vineyard early on.
Catfish 3B Gregory Sexton singled to start the 3rd inning. CF Maiko Loyola [...]
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