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About Jeff Crupper

It depends on which blog you are reading, but now now you have either discovered that I am a huge baseball fan, or that I have a twisted sense of humor and like to rant about just about anything. Whichever it is I hope you enjoy your stay and spread the word.

Threshers Stars Shine in FSL All-Star Game

02. Org Reports, 5. Clearwater

2008 FSL All-Star Logo

All-Star Weekend in Brevard County was good for all four of the Threshers stars who played in the game and for the Threshers’ coaching staff who coached the Western Division All-Stars to a 9-3 win over the Eastern All-Star squad. All three of the Threshers’ pitchers held the East squad scoreless in their work on the hill while Gus Milner accounted for two West division runs in the game.
Edgar Garcia – RHP pitched the second inning for the West giving up no hits and striking out one batter. The effort was good enough to earn him the pitcher-of-the-game award for the winning West team.
Brett Harker – RHP threw the sixth inning giving up no runs on two hits with two punch outs, and Matt German – LHP got in 0.2 innings of work with the final out in the seventh inning and the first out of the eighth giving up no runs on two hits with a strikeout. As mentioned “Gus” Milner – OF scored twice in the game going 1-4 plus a walk.

I’ve got a bunch of good photos that I will be uploading over the course of the night on Sunday, so check out the “Photo Gallery” link at my website. As soon as the pictures are prepped and uploaded they will be available there.

Clearwater Threshers Weekly Report

02. Org Reports, 5. Clearwater

The Clearwater Threshers began their last seven games with a rain out at the Tampa Yankees, and then returned home to split a four game series 2-2 against the Eastern Division’s last place team the St. Lucie Mets. They then headed to Palm Beach for a four game series against the Eastern Division’s first place team the Palm Beach Cardinals. Continue reading Clearwater Threshers Weekly Report →

Clearwater Week in Review

02. Org Reports, 5. Clearwater, Savery, Joe


Spread the word…wear Phuture Phillies!

For the first time this season the Clearwater Threshers had a winning record for the week of their report. The team was 4-3 on the week, though they remain at 25-33 on the year and in last place in their division. The good news on the week was the announcement of the F.S.L. All-Star team. Four Threshers were chosen to represent the Western Division at the game this upcoming Father’s Day weekend in Brevard County, FL.

Edgar Garcia, Matt German, Brett Harker, and Gus Milner will all take part in the game. In addition as the defending Western Division champs the Clearwater Threshers coaching staff has the honor of leading the Western Division squad in the game.
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2008 Florida State League All-Stars Announced

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The 2008 Florida State League All-Star team will be announced on Friday, but you can say you heard it here first. Gus Milner,Brett Harker Edgar Garcia and Matt German will all represent the Clearwater Threshers at the game. Congratulations to these players on the well deserved honor.

In addition, because the Threshers are the defending FSL Western Division Champions the Threshers’ coaching staff will represent the Western Division at the game.

The game will be played on Father’s Day weekend in Viera, Florida home of the Brevard County Manatees. I will certainly be there, and I hope to see some of you there as well.

Threshers Week in Review

02. Org Reports, 5. Clearwater, Savery, Joe

The Clearwater Threshers finished another week with a 3-3 record and currently sit at 21-30 on the year twelve games out of first place with 19 games remaining until the end of the first half of the season. Barring a complete collapse by all five of the teams ahead of our club in the standings it seems unlikely that that team can secure a playoff berth in the first half of the season to try and defend their 2007 FSL crown. Of course as we say here just about every year, there’s always the second half .

Despite the team’s record the club is not as bad as their record would indicate. Offensively the team has made some strides while beginning to get some extra base hits which is certainly promising. After trailing the league most of the season they moved up three places to ninth (of twelve) in slugging percentage this week. Unfortunately the pitching also ranks ninth in ERA with a 4.11 mark on the year and the Threshers staff has surrendered the most HR in the league having given up 45 so far on the year while the offense has managed to hit just 23 HR of their own.
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Weekly Threshers Notes

02. Org Reports, 5. Clearwater, Savery, Joe

The Clearwater Threshers got the past week off to a rough start when they were held to just one run in their series final against the Dunedin Bluejays, but finished the week on a high note by picking up a 9-3 win over the Daytona Cubs and giving Zack Segovia his first win of the season. Sandwiched in between were to more wins and three more losses to give the team a 3-4 record on the week moving the team’s overall record to 18-27 on the year securing their place firmly at the bottom of the FSL Western Division standings.
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Savery? Not so Much.

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When Threshers fans learned that the Phillies #1 draft pick from 2007 would be part of the 2008 squad it was assumed he would be the staff ace and lead the team following their 2007 Championship run. Unfortunately Savery has not lived up to the hype as he has been less and less affective as the season has progressed.

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Clearwater Threshers Weekly Report

02. Org Reports, 5. Clearwater, Savery, Joe

Welcome Back Adrian Cardenas!

The Threshers had a pretty good week this week despite going just 3-3 in the process with Sunday as an off-day for Mother’s Day. The week began with the Threshers picking up two wins to extend their streak to four wins-in-a-row for the first time this year; they then lost two tightly contested games on Friday & Saturday.

The team was shut out by their cross-county rivals the Dunedin Bluejays on Monday with Tuffy Gosewisch picking up the team’s only hit in the game, and then they ended the week with a come-from-behind win over the Bluejays thanks to a seventh inning home run from Adrian Cardenas in his first game back since April the 17th. Continue reading Clearwater Threshers Weekly Report →

Clearwater Breaks Out the Offense on Thursday Night

5. Clearwater, Game Recaps

Jake Blalock gets a Home Run Clay Harris gets a Home Run
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Welinson Baez gets a Home Run Tuffy Gosewisch gets a Home Run

The Clearwater Threshers have been rolling lately, and the train just kept on going in Thursday night’s effort versus the Jupiter Hammerheads. The team picked up their fourth consecutive win, and their fifth in the last six games. Coming into the game the team had just eight home runs in the first 33 games of the year, however the club picked up four home runs on the night with Jake Blalock, Welinson Baez, Tuffy Gosewisch and Clay Harris each crushing a long ball all for the first time as a Thresher this season.

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Clearwater Threshers Report

5. Clearwater


We are now just over one month into the season and the Threshers have an 12-20 record so far. Over the last week the team faced the Ft. Myers Miracle for three games, followed by a four-game set with their first Eastern Division opponent of the year, the Brevard County Manatees. The Miracle began the Threshers week by sweeping them to give the Miracle a perfect 9-0 record against the Threshers this year, but the Threshers faired better against the Manatees with a 3-1 series record.

The team began the season with the pitchers leading the team in production, and the hitters lagging way behind. As the season has progressed the hitters have begun to get on track while the pitching has seen their stats fall in the league standings. The offense has the fourth best batting average in the league up from last place after week one, while the pitching has seen their ERA go from third best in the league after week one to the third worst at present.

Despite the good batting average the team has still got room for improvement. They are dead last in the league in all extra base hit categories, and have scored the third fewest runs as a result. On the positive side though, the hitters have the second most walks in the league and the second fewest strikeouts ranking them third in the league in OBP. As for the pitchers the team has the second most strikeouts in the league with 254, but has also allowed the second most walks with 122. Also the team lost their early season ace Antonio Bastardo to the AA Reading Phillies and has seen starter Carlos Monasterios placed on the DL this week. Continue reading Clearwater Threshers Report →