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Injury updates on Domonic Brown and Jesse Biddle

Just to pull this out of the longer posts so everyone knows.

Biddle was removed last night for precautionary reasons after taking a line drive off the hand. He will not miss a start.
Domonic Brown left today’s game with a hamstring injury, it does not appear to be major, but its impossible to know with hamstring injuries.

That is all.

Box Score Recap, 01 May 2012

Jesse Biddle took a line drive off the hand. Removed for precautionary reasons. Don’t panic.

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Box Score Recap, 30 April 2012

audentes fortuna iuvat

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Trevor May #7 on Baseball America’s weekly hot sheet

Its been a great start to the season for May, and he has pitched better than I anticipated right out of the gate. Exciting stuff, to be sure.

May has made incredible strides with his control since early in his career—remember, he walked 61 batters in 70 innings in high Class A Clearwater in 2010—and while he’ll never have pinpoint control, his ability to spot his pitches is the focus for May, since there isn’t much doubt that he has the stuff to pile up strikeouts against big league hitters.

Box Score Recap, 26 April 2012

memores acti prudentes futuri

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First Person Scouting Report – Reading Phillies – 24 April 2012

Loyal reader Warren was able to attend Tuesday’s Reading Phillies game and provided a well-structured, detailed report. I will provide that report to you here. Thank you Warren for the time and your opinions.

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AA Game Review: Reading Phillies vs Richmond Flying Squirrels (SF Giants) – 4-24-12
Reading improved to an impressive 12-5 on a chilly Tuesday evening at First Energy Stadium, beating San Francisco’s AA affiliate 6-0. The big story here was Tyler Cloyd, who easily handled Richmond’s prospect laden lineup which includes top farmhands Gary Brown , OF, and Tommy Joseph, C / 1b. Reading’s own talented offense provided plenty of support, breaking things open with a four run seventh inning.

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