Monthly Archives: April 2010

Lakewood Weekly Report

Recap: The BlueClaws started the season on an 8-game road trip to Asheville and Hagerstown, splitting both 4-game series.  They opened the home schedule by winning two of the first three in a series with Greensboro.  The highlight of the … Continue reading

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Weekly Notes Column, April 18th/19th

Welcome to this week’s edition of the weekly notes column. As I mentioned last week, I’m going to use this as my space to kind of tie a bow on the week that was, and more specifically, share my thoughts … Continue reading

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Lehigh Valley Weekend Report

A quick recap with some notes at the end: Friday–Lehigh Valley ended their 4 game set with Pawtucket early, as their game was suspended after two innings with no score. Not much to report other then the rehab appearance by … Continue reading

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Quick Note

A transaction of some note today in Lehigh Valley.  Left handed reliever Jake Woods was released and reliever Oscar Villareal was activated from the disabled list after spending the last year recovering from Tommy John surgery.  Villareal, a 29 year … Continue reading

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Reading Weekly Report

After a busy first week (and a fraction), the RPhils stand a 5-4 in the Eastern Division of the Eastern League, 1.5 games behind division leader Trenton.  The RPhils had a 4-game winning streak over the first weekend of the … Continue reading

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Lehigh Valley Weekly Report

Another slow start for Lehigh Valley, this time at 3-5, tied for 4th place and 2.5 games behind division leading Syracuse. Still a little early to be looking at league leaders. Look for the feature to begin next week.  See … Continue reading

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Roster Shuffling

With Wilson Valdez being called up to Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley was short an infielder, and called up 28 year old Melvin Dorta from Reading. Dorta has started slowly hitting just .176 thus far on the year, but is a career … Continue reading

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Box Score Roundup; 4/14

Before we get to the box scores, two quick notes on “prospects” on the big league team. I got a good look at Antonio Bastardo tonight, and really he’s the same guy he’s always been. He struggled with his command … Continue reading

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Rollins to DL, Valdez Called Up

As expected, Jimmy Rollins was placed on the 15 day DL today with what is being described as a calf strain.  It was estimated that Rollins would miss anywhere from 2-4 weeks with the injury. Wilson Valdez was called up … Continue reading

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Box Score Roundup; April 13th

It wasn’t a banner evening down on the farm tonight, as you’ll see with the box scores. But one thing I wanted to address, before it becomes a topic for discussion. Don’t worry about any slow starters in the first … Continue reading

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