PHOENIX (AP) — San Francisco Giants outfielder Eugenio Velez has been carried out of the dugout on a stretcher after being struck by a foul ball.
Velez was standing in the dugout in the fourth inning Saturday in a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks when teammate Pat Burrell hit a sharp liner into San Francisco’s dugout. Velez was knocked off his feet and teammates immediately gathered around.
Burrell took a few moments before stepping back into the batter’s box. Giants trainers continued to work on Velez into the bottom half of the inning before strapping him to a stretcher. He was carried into the tunnel leading to the visitors clubhouse.
It was unclear were Velez was struck.
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Let's hope Eugenio is OK.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
No game
El Tigres were rained out Wednesday. There will be a doubleheader Thursday at 6:05 p.m.
Check out tomorrow's Bulletin for some odds and ends on the team.
Check out tomorrow's Bulletin for some odds and ends on the team.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Weather the storm
If you check out the new-look weather.com and look up the forecast for Norwich, you will have options for "TruPoint" locations. One of which is Dodd Stadium.
Not that it means anything. Just interesting. That's all.
Not that it means anything. Just interesting. That's all.
Where's the pitching?
It's been a rough past seven days for Tigers pitchers. They gave up a season-high 13 hits on July 14 to State College and then on Sunday allowed 16 to Hudson Valley. This isn't what the team meant when it told the pitchers to let the defense do the work.
Tonight, Brennan Smith takes the mound since he was battered in that July 14 game. In that game versus the Spikes he went 2 1/3 innings allowing six runs on eight hits.
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Pitcher Michael Torrealba was promoted to High-A Lakeland of the Florida State League. He was 0-2 with a 1.83 ERA in nine games.
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Wednesday's game is also St. Patrick's Day in July. Wear green. You know, so you match Vermont's batting practice jerseys.
Tonight, Brennan Smith takes the mound since he was battered in that July 14 game. In that game versus the Spikes he went 2 1/3 innings allowing six runs on eight hits.
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Pitcher Michael Torrealba was promoted to High-A Lakeland of the Florida State League. He was 0-2 with a 1.83 ERA in nine games.
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Wednesday's game is also St. Patrick's Day in July. Wear green. You know, so you match Vermont's batting practice jerseys.
Friday, July 9, 2010
No game tonight
The Connecticut's' road game against Batavia scheduled for Friday night was rained out. The game will be made up Saturday at 5:05 p.m. as part of a doubleheader.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Not on track
Call me critical, call me quick to jump the gun, but with just two games under my belt this season, I'm not convinced the Connecticut Tigers are doing things very well.
I give them a A+ for effort and a C+ on execution.
Monday night was Military Appreciation Night and barely 1,100 fans attended. By one online account, there were 7,200 fans for the same promotion a year ago. Yes, I know Dodd Stadium holds fewer people than that, but I'm willing to bet it was as close to a sellout you'll see. Minor League Baseball's website, which holds the official box score says 7,163 fans.
Why were there fewer people at Dodd on Monday? My initial reason is that this promotion was poorly scheduled.
History shows that weekday attendance is much lower than weekend attendance. So if you move a popular event from, say, Saturday to a Monday, you boost your weekday draw. There's another Military Appreciation Night in August. On a Thursday.
I think the saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Just because the Navigators/Defenders didn't succeed, it doesn't mean everything they did was a failure.
This is an example of the Tigers over thinking.
Or maybe I'm wrong. Maybe the team's rather weak promotion schedule. I mean, if I have to use getting dressed up for Halloween in the August heat as an excuse, I probably shouldn't be going to a game.
In all fairness to the Tigers, they are trying -- hard. And I think the late start (thanks, Minor and Major League Baseball) has made this tougher than it should be. Plus, the team isn't getting to work off of revenue from last year to help them with promotions. Heck, the team moved from Oneonta, N.Y., where no one attended games. It's about as tough a spot to be in.
Here's the bigger issue: No one is going to Tigers games. They are in the bottom four of the New York Penn League in attendance, the weather is good and school is out. So what's the excuse?
Maybe, just maybe, no one cares. In that case, the city, the few loyal fans, the NYP League and the Tigers ownership wasted a lot of time and money.
I believe this team will do better. Shoot, it plays at home nearly every day in August. But something's got to be done.
I give them a A+ for effort and a C+ on execution.
Monday night was Military Appreciation Night and barely 1,100 fans attended. By one online account, there were 7,200 fans for the same promotion a year ago. Yes, I know Dodd Stadium holds fewer people than that, but I'm willing to bet it was as close to a sellout you'll see. Minor League Baseball's website, which holds the official box score says 7,163 fans.
Why were there fewer people at Dodd on Monday? My initial reason is that this promotion was poorly scheduled.
History shows that weekday attendance is much lower than weekend attendance. So if you move a popular event from, say, Saturday to a Monday, you boost your weekday draw. There's another Military Appreciation Night in August. On a Thursday.
I think the saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Just because the Navigators/Defenders didn't succeed, it doesn't mean everything they did was a failure.
This is an example of the Tigers over thinking.
Or maybe I'm wrong. Maybe the team's rather weak promotion schedule. I mean, if I have to use getting dressed up for Halloween in the August heat as an excuse, I probably shouldn't be going to a game.
In all fairness to the Tigers, they are trying -- hard. And I think the late start (thanks, Minor and Major League Baseball) has made this tougher than it should be. Plus, the team isn't getting to work off of revenue from last year to help them with promotions. Heck, the team moved from Oneonta, N.Y., where no one attended games. It's about as tough a spot to be in.
Here's the bigger issue: No one is going to Tigers games. They are in the bottom four of the New York Penn League in attendance, the weather is good and school is out. So what's the excuse?
Maybe, just maybe, no one cares. In that case, the city, the few loyal fans, the NYP League and the Tigers ownership wasted a lot of time and money.
I believe this team will do better. Shoot, it plays at home nearly every day in August. But something's got to be done.
One roster move
Sean Finefrock, who was on the disabled list but never played for Connecticut, was activated and transferred to West Michigan.
Sean, we hardly know you.
Sean, we hardly know you.
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