Pach24's 2008 FSL IP Thread

[pach24]

Game 2 was last night. Starters were Alex Burnett and Jonah Nickerson. Burnett pitched 6 innings and allowed 5 hits with 10 strikeouts as Fort Myers beat Lakeland 8-1.

Lauren Gagnier was there wearing Pearson's #24. I missed him after the game while getting Joe Coleman. Porcello and Tata were there but still no Freddy Garcia.

Fort Myers:
Carlos Gutierrez 1/1 on draft guide, picture with
Danny Lehmann, picture with
Jose Lugo, picture with
Garrett Olson 1/1-4x6
Wilson Ramos, picture with
Steve Singleton 3/3
Joe Testa, picture with
Johnny Woodard, picture with

Lakeland:
Joe Coleman 4/4
Jordan Lennerton 1/1-4x6
Jay Sborz 2/2

Next up:
Game 3- Fort Myers at LFT- Friday night

[pach24]

The Aug. 22 game vs. Fort Myers was rained out with Freddy Garcia scheduled to start. He pitched the next night on the road in Dunedin and was promoted to Toledo the day after. Anyone who sent me cards to be 50/50ed of him will be getting them back unsigned.

Firday Aug. 29th Clearwater was in town to take on the Flying Tigers. Starters were Lauren Gagnier and Carlos Monasterios. Tigers rallied 10-7 in the bottom of the 9th to win 11-10.

Clearwater:
Quentin Berry 1/1
Mike Eylward, picture with
Brian Finegan, picture with
Fidel Hernandez 1/1 (gorphils)
Kevin Jordan 3/4 (won't sign the Score card with Ricky Jodan's picture)
Kevin Mahar 1/4 - RIP blue Sharpie
Anthony Mansolino, picture with
Drew Naylor, picture with
Michael Taylor 4/4
John Urick 1/1 (gorphils)

On the DL- didn't travel:
Alex Concepcion
Carlos Leon
Matt Smith

[pach24]

I skipped the Lakeland game because of the rain to go the Rays game. It was James Shields figurine giveaway day. The two autograph lines were James Shields and Grant Balfour. On the Rays side Zobrist, Riggans and Jackson signed but I didn't need them.

Rays:
Matt Garza 1/1
JP Howell 1/1
Juan Salas 1/1
James Shields 1/1

On the Orioles side, Chris Waters and Ramon Hernandez were the starting pitcher/catcher so of course they didn't sign. Markakis came over to talk with a friend for a second and signed his kid's ball. I asked him to sign he said no then he left when more people came over to ask. Jim Johnson stopped to talk with friends but wouldn't sign. By the time Cherry, Sarfate and Cormier came out to the bullpen the umps were already on the field.

Orioles:
Daniel Cabrera 1/1
Alberto Castillo 1/1
Juan Castro 1/1
Adam Jones 1/1
Radhames Liz 1/1
Jay Payton 1/1

Denied:
Alex Cintron
Aubrey Huff
Jim Johnson
Nick Markakis
Lou Montanez
Guillermo Quiroz
Brian Roberts
Jamie Walker

[pach24]

Final game of the season was 1pm. Starters were Jonah Nickerson and Darren Byrd. Nickerson got his 12th win pitching 6.2 innings allowing 6 hits, 1 run with 2 strikeouts. Robbie Weinhardt pitched 2.1 scoreless innings to get the save.

Saw Dan Brauer and some relievers thowing the ball before the game but couldn't get his attention as he walked to the clubhouse. Joe Savery and Drew Naylor were in the stands. Savery said he would be around for instructional league. Duane Below was charting in the stands. He was going home for two weeks but would be back for instructs.

Jeramy Laster, who yesterday tied the FSL record set in 1965 with 200 strikeouts, did not play today but was there.

Clearwater:
Andrew Cruse 1/1- 4x6
Mike Eylward 1/1- 4x6
Brian Finegan 1/1- 4x6
Matt German 1/1 (gorphils)
Tuffy Gosewich 1/1-4x6
Bear Hill 2/2 (gorphils)
Kevin Mahar 1/1
Carlos Monasterios 3/3
Anthony Mansolino 1/1- 4x6
Drew Naylor 1/1- 4x6
Joe Savery 6/6, 1 4x6 and 5 different cards (2 gorphils, 2 Chad)
Steve Schrenk 2/2 (gorphils)
Michael Taylor 1/1- minibat

Lakeland:
Duane Below 5/5
Lauren Gagnier 3/3 (2 for me, 1 snuffytut)
Ramon Garcia 1/1- 4x6
Larry Herndon 2/2
Justin Justice 1/1- 4x6
Ryan Perry 1/1- 4x6
Zach Simons, picture with

[pach24]

Just a heads up to those who I still owe stuff to on 50/50s. I will be sorting them today and getting them ready to be mailed out on Tuesday. Any questions just ask.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by pach24

Just a heads up to those who I still owe stuff to on 50/50s. I will be sorting them today and getting them ready to be mailed out on Tuesday. Any questions just ask.

As long as every single one of mine got done, no problems here. j/k!

It's been another fun season of watching your successes. Now let's get on to some Football TTM's!

[pach24]

It's been another fun season of watching your successes. Now let's get on to some Football TTM's![/quote]

Had a great but long season!

As far as football TTMs goes, I started sending them out back in April. The ones I've got back so far have already been posted. Where's yours? haha

More will go out on Tuesday once I look and see which players made the team and the practice squads. Some of the guys I sent to were cut yesterday so I'll be seeing some RTS's from teams unless they took their mail with them.

[pach24]

Yesterday I went out to Tigers instructs who were playing the Braves. The Braves bus had already arrived so the players were already on the field warming up. They played on the back fields because they are repairing the stadium. You can't really see the game much.

Duane Below was the starter and dislocated his pinky in the game so Brandon Hamilton took his place. I got him to sign a few before he had to go warmup. He said he was catching a flight back home after the game. Ryan Perry also pitched.

Alex Avila, Jay Sborz, Cody Satterwhite, and Cale Iorg were still there. Brent Dlugach and Scott Sizemore are there rehabbing from injuries. Rick Porcello has gone home already.

Not sure if Jason Heyward has already left Braves instructs but he wasn't there yesterday. Freddie Freeman went home last week after he cracked a rib. Gorkys Hernandez left instructs last week to join his Winter League team in Venezuela.

I won't be able to go but here's the Tigers remaining schedule:
Tues: HOUSTON 1pm
Wed: CAMP DAY
Thurs: HOUSTON 1pm
Friday: @ Houston 10am- Tigers camp breaks

Braves and Astros have another week of camp and will play each other.

Braves:
Jon Gilmore 4/4
Brandon Hicks 2/2
Cody Johnson 4/4

Tigers:
Casey Crosby 2/2
Brandon Hamilton 6/6
Scott Sizemore 2/2