I was once told the beauty of baseball is the fact that there's always another game, and today the Padres will try to bounce back from a couple of losses to the Dodgers.
For the second straight night, it was an atypical way of losing for a Bud Black managed team. Two more errors, bringing the season total to 5 already and a rough outing for starter, have been recipes for disaster. Lost in the shuffle, were a couple of nice relief outings, one on Thursday by Anthony Bass, and last night, Micah Owings delivered with 3.1 solid innings of work.
Today Dustin Moseley will face the Dodgers, and he'll be opposed by former Met and Brewer, lefty Chris Capuano making his LA debut. The story for Moseley may be told in how he handles a pair of Dodgers' hitters. In game one Matt Kemp drove in 3 runs, and last night Andre Ethier drove in 4, both resulting in LA wins.
Moseley had a good spring, and a decent year that was cut short by injury in 2011. He only won three games but had an era in the mid 3's, but was the one Padres pitcher that received no runs of support. Moseley averaged 2.55 runs scored for him per/start, the worst among all qualifying big league pitchers.
Lineup today: (v. Capuano Career)
CF - Cameron Maybin (0 x 5)
RF - Chris Denorfia (0 x 2)
3B - Chase Headley (0 x 2)
LF - Jesus Guzman (2 x 3, 2 - 2B's)
C - Nick Hundley (has not faced)
1B - Yonder Alonso (1 x 2)
2B - Orlando Hudson (2 x 7, 2B)
SS - Jason Bartlett (2 x 5, 2 - 2B's)
SP - Dustin Moseley
Game on Fox Sports San Diego and XX 1090 (Leitner and Scanlan) starting at 7pm.
News/Notes:
- Carlos Quentin is progressing nicely from his knee surgery. Quentin spoke before the game today and told us he'd be hitting off a tee as early as tomorrow. The medical staff is pleased that there hasn't been any significant swelling in the knee, as he's increased his activity level. He smiled and knocked on wood while delivering that bit of good news. Bud Black indicated yesterday that Quentin will need a minor league rehab assignment, to make up for lost at bats toward the end of spring training.
- Bud Black indicated today that Edinson Volquez will make the start for the Padres Tuesday against Arizona. It will keep Volquez on his normal day, and means the Padres won't need a fifth starter until April 13 at Los Angeles.
- Black praised the outing of Micah Owings yesterday Owings chewed up some innings and pitched effectively. Black said "we needed that length of 50-60 pitches.". Owings saved at least two guys pitching last night and may have saved the bullpen for today and maybe even tomorrow.
Alright, that's it....
Andy
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Friday, April 6, 2012
The Day After....
All is quiet at Petco Park, at least compared to yesterday and the frenzy that is Opening Day. The red, white and blue bunting is still up, the "Opening Week" logo still shows up on the grass on each foul line, but the second day of the season is like a balloon with the air leaked out of it. Noticeable is the lack of media here today (not that I'm complaining), no TV cameras, no commotion in the lunchroom, no over flow seating in the pressbox (again, no complaints) and a slightly smaller crowd tonight. You can tell it's day 2.
But as someone who invests 162 (playoffs?) games of time into a season, I can understand it. That's why I always talk about how special opening day is. This is just another game in the marathon that is a Major League Baseball season. But just because it's "another game" doesn't minimize it's importance, because in the grand scheme of things, this game could be the difference at the end, this could be the reason for a one game playoff, a tie, a close race or a title. It's that finite. Remember '07? I do. So keep that in mind.
Alright, my lecture is over.
Lineups:
CF - Cameron Maybin
RF - Will Venable
3B - Chase Headley
LF - Jesus Guzman
1B - Yonder Alonso
C - Nick Hundley
2B - Orlando Hudson
SS - Jason Bartlett
SP - Cory Luebke
I'll have the call with Bob Scanlan tonight on XX 1090, starting at 7pm. Join us!
Andy
But as someone who invests 162 (playoffs?) games of time into a season, I can understand it. That's why I always talk about how special opening day is. This is just another game in the marathon that is a Major League Baseball season. But just because it's "another game" doesn't minimize it's importance, because in the grand scheme of things, this game could be the difference at the end, this could be the reason for a one game playoff, a tie, a close race or a title. It's that finite. Remember '07? I do. So keep that in mind.
Alright, my lecture is over.
Lineups:
CF - Cameron Maybin
RF - Will Venable
3B - Chase Headley
LF - Jesus Guzman
1B - Yonder Alonso
C - Nick Hundley
2B - Orlando Hudson
SS - Jason Bartlett
SP - Cory Luebke
I'll have the call with Bob Scanlan tonight on XX 1090, starting at 7pm. Join us!
Andy
Thursday, April 5, 2012
It's Finally Opening Day!
As many of you have already heard me say, Opening Day in baseball should be a National Holiday. I want to see government offices shut down, I want no mail delivered, no banks open, and certainly no school for kids. How else are we going to grow this great AMERICAN game? Too many of today's youth (in my opinion) are gravitating to soccer, and that needs to change!
Opening Day Memories...
It's really hard for me to nail down one specific memory on Opening Day...but I'll share a few...
My first childhood memories were of watching baseball on TV with my dad and grandpa. That's when I learned (didn't know it at the time) about how this sport unites families, father and son, grandpa and grandchild, everybody. Not an opener goes by without me thinking about my grandpa and how excited he always was for the beginning of the baseball season.
I remember as a grade school kid, growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, teachers, rolling in TV's on media carts so we could all watch the Cubs home opener. It was such a big day in the life of a kid that wanted to be a big league ballplayer.
In 1993, I was living in Peoria, IL, and on Opening Day, I had jury duty. Of all the things to have when your hometown team was getting set to face Greg Maddux and the Atlanta Braves in his first start after bolting the Cubs in free agency. We managed to convince the jury bailiff to bring in a tv to the room and I was able to watch a little of it.
The last opener I attended as a fan, was in 1998. It was 31 degrees at first pitch. Enough said.
The first opener in San Diego was also very special. The first time I was sitting in the booth with Ted and Jerry, realizing a life long dream of becoming a major league play by play announcer, was almost overwhelming.
Ok, off my soap box now.
Move:
The Padres made a roster move made today. Last year's opening day starter Tim Stauffer was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow strain, retroactive to April 4. Brad Brach, who was one of the final roster cuts, is back with the big league team from Tucson.
Notes:
Edinson Volquez makes the start today. It will be his second straight opening day start, and he's hoping this one goes a little better than his start for the Reds last season. Corey Brock has a story on that game up on Padres.com (click to read).
6 players are making their first opening day rosters for the Padres. They are, Anthony Bass, Brad Brach, Yonder Alonso, Jesus Guzman and Andy Parrino. Technically also, Logan Forsythe (on the DL) is also considered on the roster at opening day for the first time in his career.
If you're coming out to the ballpark, get here early today. The festivities will start at 3:30. Featured today is Jerry Coleman, the Colonel, will be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. The Padres will celebrate his 70th year in baseball and his 40th year with the Padres. Nice move!
Alright, more later when we chat with Bud Black.
Andy
Opening Day Memories...
It's really hard for me to nail down one specific memory on Opening Day...but I'll share a few...
My first childhood memories were of watching baseball on TV with my dad and grandpa. That's when I learned (didn't know it at the time) about how this sport unites families, father and son, grandpa and grandchild, everybody. Not an opener goes by without me thinking about my grandpa and how excited he always was for the beginning of the baseball season.
I remember as a grade school kid, growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, teachers, rolling in TV's on media carts so we could all watch the Cubs home opener. It was such a big day in the life of a kid that wanted to be a big league ballplayer.
In 1993, I was living in Peoria, IL, and on Opening Day, I had jury duty. Of all the things to have when your hometown team was getting set to face Greg Maddux and the Atlanta Braves in his first start after bolting the Cubs in free agency. We managed to convince the jury bailiff to bring in a tv to the room and I was able to watch a little of it.
The last opener I attended as a fan, was in 1998. It was 31 degrees at first pitch. Enough said.
The first opener in San Diego was also very special. The first time I was sitting in the booth with Ted and Jerry, realizing a life long dream of becoming a major league play by play announcer, was almost overwhelming.
Ok, off my soap box now.
Move:
The Padres made a roster move made today. Last year's opening day starter Tim Stauffer was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow strain, retroactive to April 4. Brad Brach, who was one of the final roster cuts, is back with the big league team from Tucson.
Notes:
Edinson Volquez makes the start today. It will be his second straight opening day start, and he's hoping this one goes a little better than his start for the Reds last season. Corey Brock has a story on that game up on Padres.com (click to read).
6 players are making their first opening day rosters for the Padres. They are, Anthony Bass, Brad Brach, Yonder Alonso, Jesus Guzman and Andy Parrino. Technically also, Logan Forsythe (on the DL) is also considered on the roster at opening day for the first time in his career.
If you're coming out to the ballpark, get here early today. The festivities will start at 3:30. Featured today is Jerry Coleman, the Colonel, will be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. The Padres will celebrate his 70th year in baseball and his 40th year with the Padres. Nice move!
Alright, more later when we chat with Bud Black.
Andy
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
From The Diamond in Lake Elsinore...
It's the final tuneup before the regular season, and the Padres travel up the 15 to Lake Elsinore to play the Royals at the Diamond.
First of all, the Diamond is a "gem" of a ballpark. The folks here do a great job in creating a big league atmosphere and they do it right. So it's great to be here today and we'll get a chance to see some of the top prospects in the Padres organization here as well.
Alright, here's the starters for today:
Maybin 8
Venable 9
Headley 5
Guzman DH
Alonso 3
Blanks 7
Hudson 4
Bartlett 6
Baker 2
Matt Palmer will pitch
Roster Set:
Following the game last night the Padres set their roster for the 2012 season. Mark Kotsay and Carlos Quentin were each placed on the 15-day disabled list. Kotsay with the calf strain and Quentin following knee surgery.
Everth Cabrera and Brad Brach were both optioned to Triple-A Tucson, so Andy Parrino and Micah Owings are both on the 25 man roster. Jeremy Hermida was also added as a non-roster player, in a corresponding move.
So we're all set for baseball in 2012, with Edinson Volquez set to face the NL Cy Young award winner, Clayton Kershaw tomorrow at Petco Park. First pitch is scheduled for 4:05pm, we'll come on the air at 4pm on XX 1090.
Let's get this thing going!
Today's broadcast will be on ESPN Radio 1700, Bob Scanlan will join me starting at 2pm.
Andy
First of all, the Diamond is a "gem" of a ballpark. The folks here do a great job in creating a big league atmosphere and they do it right. So it's great to be here today and we'll get a chance to see some of the top prospects in the Padres organization here as well.
Alright, here's the starters for today:
Maybin 8
Venable 9
Headley 5
Guzman DH
Alonso 3
Blanks 7
Hudson 4
Bartlett 6
Baker 2
Matt Palmer will pitch
Roster Set:
Following the game last night the Padres set their roster for the 2012 season. Mark Kotsay and Carlos Quentin were each placed on the 15-day disabled list. Kotsay with the calf strain and Quentin following knee surgery.
Everth Cabrera and Brad Brach were both optioned to Triple-A Tucson, so Andy Parrino and Micah Owings are both on the 25 man roster. Jeremy Hermida was also added as a non-roster player, in a corresponding move.
So we're all set for baseball in 2012, with Edinson Volquez set to face the NL Cy Young award winner, Clayton Kershaw tomorrow at Petco Park. First pitch is scheduled for 4:05pm, we'll come on the air at 4pm on XX 1090.
Let's get this thing going!
Today's broadcast will be on ESPN Radio 1700, Bob Scanlan will join me starting at 2pm.
Andy
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
One Day Closer To The Start...
Rip another page off the calendar (at least that's how we did it in the old days) and you'll find we are just 2 days away from Opening Day 2012. I can already hear the chants of BEAT LA! BEAT LA! BEAT LA! Music to my ears.
Went to Petco Park yesterday for the team workout and the ballpark is in great shape. Had a chat with the Director of landscape and field maintenance Luke Yoder, about some of the things he and his wonderful crew did to get the park in such great shape. He told me that the infield skin (aka the top layer of the dirt) was removed and the field was re-graded (or leveled) to make sure that the dirt and the infield grass are in what I like to call "harmony". So in other words you won't see any of those crazy "Arizona bad hops" on this infield because it's maintained by one of, if not, the best in the business. Yoder also explained that after fan fest and the Padres awards dinner, some of the sod in the outfield was replaced and blended into the remaining pieces for a nice smooth playing surface. After the workout, Luke and the crew went to work on the "Opening Day Logos" that you'll see painted up the first and third base lines.
Before the media chat with Bud Black, we noticed my partner, the Colonel Jerry Coleman, grab about 4 baseballs from the bin and head out to the pitcher's mound. It then hit me that he was practicing for throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day. Coleman grabbed one of third base coach Glenn Hoffman's young sons to catch for him. After bouncing a few in, the Colonel threw a nice soft rainbow strike and pumped his fists. Great to see that the team is giving him this honor, as he celebrates his 40th year of calling Padres games! "OH DOCTOR" indeed.
Now to the "nuts and bolts" as Bud likes to call the day to day information he gives us...
- Buddy said that they'd be keeping a close eye on the right calf of Mark Kotsay in the next day or two. A decision on whether or not it is serious enough to cause a DL stint will have to be made by tomorrow afternoon at 2pm PT. That's when rosters are due into the league office.
- Tim Stauffer played catch during the workout and he could be on track to pitch one of the games in the second series of the year, when the Diamondbacks come in next Monday.
- Not a fun time to be a player that really isn't sure if he's on the roster as of yet. I watched as Brad Brach, Micah Owings, Jeremy Hermida, Everth Cabrera and Andy Parrino each sat by their lockers with a feeling of uneasiness. None have been informed yet if they've made the team or not.
- Tonight the Padres will play the first of the final two exhibition games, both will be against the Kansas City Royals. Tonight the game is at 7:05pm at Petco Park. It will be on radio and television, with XX 1090 carrying the action with Ted Leitner and Bob Scanlan, and Fox Sports San Diego has the game with Dick Enberg and Mark Grant. Tomorrow's game will be on radio only, I'll call that game from Lake Elsinore along with Bob Scanlan, at 2pm on ESPN Radio 1700.
- A special shout out to Lake Elsinore Storm president Dave Oster, who does such a great job up there. Dave wanted to make sure everything for our broadcast tomorrow was all set and to tell me how excited the staff and fans were to have us come to The Diamond along with the team. The Storm have continuously packed their ballpark and now with the Padres farm system getting such high marks, the quality of play will be that much better throughout the organization. Keep up the great work Dave and we'll see you tomorrow!
Final Thought...
For those that don't know, Bud Black is one heck of a human being. He is aware of a lot more than people give him credit. He's great at protecting his players and making no bones about performance all at the same time. Buddy was asked yesterday about some publications and prognosticators picking his team last in the NL West. Some managers would say, "we don't look at those things, that's for you guys..." or something like that. Instead Bud offered this statement:
That's all for now, I'll be heading to the game later...and I'll bring you any updates along the way!
Don't forget to follow me on Twitter (twitter.com/PadsCast) and "like" me at my new Facebook page (www.facebook.com/AndyMasurBroadcaster).
Andy
Went to Petco Park yesterday for the team workout and the ballpark is in great shape. Had a chat with the Director of landscape and field maintenance Luke Yoder, about some of the things he and his wonderful crew did to get the park in such great shape. He told me that the infield skin (aka the top layer of the dirt) was removed and the field was re-graded (or leveled) to make sure that the dirt and the infield grass are in what I like to call "harmony". So in other words you won't see any of those crazy "Arizona bad hops" on this infield because it's maintained by one of, if not, the best in the business. Yoder also explained that after fan fest and the Padres awards dinner, some of the sod in the outfield was replaced and blended into the remaining pieces for a nice smooth playing surface. After the workout, Luke and the crew went to work on the "Opening Day Logos" that you'll see painted up the first and third base lines.
Before the media chat with Bud Black, we noticed my partner, the Colonel Jerry Coleman, grab about 4 baseballs from the bin and head out to the pitcher's mound. It then hit me that he was practicing for throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day. Coleman grabbed one of third base coach Glenn Hoffman's young sons to catch for him. After bouncing a few in, the Colonel threw a nice soft rainbow strike and pumped his fists. Great to see that the team is giving him this honor, as he celebrates his 40th year of calling Padres games! "OH DOCTOR" indeed.
Now to the "nuts and bolts" as Bud likes to call the day to day information he gives us...
- Buddy said that they'd be keeping a close eye on the right calf of Mark Kotsay in the next day or two. A decision on whether or not it is serious enough to cause a DL stint will have to be made by tomorrow afternoon at 2pm PT. That's when rosters are due into the league office.
- Tim Stauffer played catch during the workout and he could be on track to pitch one of the games in the second series of the year, when the Diamondbacks come in next Monday.
- Not a fun time to be a player that really isn't sure if he's on the roster as of yet. I watched as Brad Brach, Micah Owings, Jeremy Hermida, Everth Cabrera and Andy Parrino each sat by their lockers with a feeling of uneasiness. None have been informed yet if they've made the team or not.
- Tonight the Padres will play the first of the final two exhibition games, both will be against the Kansas City Royals. Tonight the game is at 7:05pm at Petco Park. It will be on radio and television, with XX 1090 carrying the action with Ted Leitner and Bob Scanlan, and Fox Sports San Diego has the game with Dick Enberg and Mark Grant. Tomorrow's game will be on radio only, I'll call that game from Lake Elsinore along with Bob Scanlan, at 2pm on ESPN Radio 1700.
- A special shout out to Lake Elsinore Storm president Dave Oster, who does such a great job up there. Dave wanted to make sure everything for our broadcast tomorrow was all set and to tell me how excited the staff and fans were to have us come to The Diamond along with the team. The Storm have continuously packed their ballpark and now with the Padres farm system getting such high marks, the quality of play will be that much better throughout the organization. Keep up the great work Dave and we'll see you tomorrow!
Final Thought...
For those that don't know, Bud Black is one heck of a human being. He is aware of a lot more than people give him credit. He's great at protecting his players and making no bones about performance all at the same time. Buddy was asked yesterday about some publications and prognosticators picking his team last in the NL West. Some managers would say, "we don't look at those things, that's for you guys..." or something like that. Instead Bud offered this statement:
"We aren't in a bubble here, we know what's being said. (But) that's why we play the games. We hear it, does it bother us? We all have pride, I'll say that."Love the fact that he didn't side step the question and gave an honest answer. Remember 2010? I'm not saying that there's a great chance of repeating that, but I'm not saying there isn't. How's that for double speak?
That's all for now, I'll be heading to the game later...and I'll bring you any updates along the way!
Don't forget to follow me on Twitter (twitter.com/PadsCast) and "like" me at my new Facebook page (www.facebook.com/AndyMasurBroadcaster).
Andy
Monday, April 2, 2012
Back Home...
First let me say this, I give a ton of credit to those Padres fans that made the drive out to the Phoenix area to see the team during spring training. If you did the drive a couple of times, even more credit comes your way. Full disclosure: in the past, I've driven my car out to Peoria, but then placed it (with the help of the pros) on a transport truck, and flown back to San Diego to avoid the drive. Last night though, I manned up and fastened my seatbelt and drove back to SD. I love to drive, but this one seems a little challenging to me. Growing up in the Midwest, we don't have mountains. We have hills, and valleys, but no mountains. We had wind, but not mountain wind. Yesterday's drive thru the wind was a wild and crazy ride. I have steering wheel imprints on my palms from gripping so tightly! Harrowing (at least to me) but I made it!
Ok, now to the news of the day...the Padres have a closed workout today starting at about 1 this afternoon at Petco Park. I'll be making my way over and I'll update the blog if anything worth reporting comes up. Not really anticipating an announcement of the final roster cuts today, since Bud Black hinted he may take it up to the 2pm PT deadline on Wednesday to report the roster to MLB.
The Padres will face the Royals in the first of two exhibition games tomorrow night at Petco Park, in a 7:05 start. Clayton Richard will go for the Padres in his final tuneup before his start in the Sunday game against the Dodgers. The game will be on XX 1090 and on Fox Sports San Diego. The two teams then head to Lake Elsinore for a Wednesday afternoon game at the Diamond. We'll have the game on ESPN Radio 1700 at 2pm.
I'll update you all later...need to unpack and do some laundry today...exciting life huh?
Andy
Ok, now to the news of the day...the Padres have a closed workout today starting at about 1 this afternoon at Petco Park. I'll be making my way over and I'll update the blog if anything worth reporting comes up. Not really anticipating an announcement of the final roster cuts today, since Bud Black hinted he may take it up to the 2pm PT deadline on Wednesday to report the roster to MLB.
The Padres will face the Royals in the first of two exhibition games tomorrow night at Petco Park, in a 7:05 start. Clayton Richard will go for the Padres in his final tuneup before his start in the Sunday game against the Dodgers. The game will be on XX 1090 and on Fox Sports San Diego. The two teams then head to Lake Elsinore for a Wednesday afternoon game at the Diamond. We'll have the game on ESPN Radio 1700 at 2pm.
I'll update you all later...need to unpack and do some laundry today...exciting life huh?
Andy
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Opening Day Starter Named...
Manager Bud Black joked with us a couple of weeks ago that he wanted to be the "21st manager in baseball to name my opening day starter". Ok, well with no official count, he came pretty close to hitting his mark. Today Black named Edinson Volquez as the team's opening day starter, April 5 against the Dodgers.
Black said the decision was based on "Volquez having a good spring. He came into camp with a good focus." Volquez was 2-0, with a 3.48 ERA this Spring in 20.2 innings of work. Volquez was told along with the rest of the rotation in a morning meeting in Black's office.
Volquez, of course, was a key component in the trade this off season involving Mat Latos going to the Reds.
Buddy named the rotation through the Dodgers series, Volquez, followed by Cory Luebke, Dustin Moseley and Clayton Richard. Black told us that Tim Stauffer is suffering from a slight right triceps "thing" that the team is keeping an eye on. It doesn't appear to be a major concern at this point. Black pointed out that Stauffer ran into a little fatigue and in the long run, some rest will do him good. Stauffer will also work with Darren Balsley on some "mechanical" things in the meantime.
The Dodgers will throw, Clayton Kershaw, Chad Billingsley, Chris Capuano and Aaron Harang in the opening series.
In other news of the day, James Darnell was told that he has been optioned to Triple-A Tucson. Black told Darnell that he was "in the mix right till the end." Darnell hit .261 this spring with no homers and 1 run batted in.
Final Tuneup
In just a few short hours, it will be time to head home. To tell you the truth, I can't wait. Spring Training is a great time of year, but it does tend to drag towards the end for everybody involved, from the players, to the media to the staff. We are all just anxious to get things started for real. So at about 4pm or so today (hopefully much earlier) it will be time for the cry of "Gentlemen, start your engines!"
Lineup at Surprise: (XX 1090, Bob Scanlan and me, 1pm)
Luebke is expected to go 4 innings, he'll be followed by Casey Kelly and a scheduled 4 innings, with Ernesto Frieri getting an inning. I'm expecting the regulars to get only a couple of at bats before they head home, then we'll see a bunch of minor leaguers getting a final chance this spring in a big league game.
That's it, off to Surprise and then to San Diego!!
Andy
Black said the decision was based on "Volquez having a good spring. He came into camp with a good focus." Volquez was 2-0, with a 3.48 ERA this Spring in 20.2 innings of work. Volquez was told along with the rest of the rotation in a morning meeting in Black's office.
Volquez, of course, was a key component in the trade this off season involving Mat Latos going to the Reds.
Buddy named the rotation through the Dodgers series, Volquez, followed by Cory Luebke, Dustin Moseley and Clayton Richard. Black told us that Tim Stauffer is suffering from a slight right triceps "thing" that the team is keeping an eye on. It doesn't appear to be a major concern at this point. Black pointed out that Stauffer ran into a little fatigue and in the long run, some rest will do him good. Stauffer will also work with Darren Balsley on some "mechanical" things in the meantime.
The Dodgers will throw, Clayton Kershaw, Chad Billingsley, Chris Capuano and Aaron Harang in the opening series.
In other news of the day, James Darnell was told that he has been optioned to Triple-A Tucson. Black told Darnell that he was "in the mix right till the end." Darnell hit .261 this spring with no homers and 1 run batted in.
Final Tuneup
In just a few short hours, it will be time to head home. To tell you the truth, I can't wait. Spring Training is a great time of year, but it does tend to drag towards the end for everybody involved, from the players, to the media to the staff. We are all just anxious to get things started for real. So at about 4pm or so today (hopefully much earlier) it will be time for the cry of "Gentlemen, start your engines!"
Lineup at Surprise: (XX 1090, Bob Scanlan and me, 1pm)
24 Cameron Maybin CF
25 Will Venable (L) RF
7 Chase Headley (S) 3B
15 Jesus Guzman LF
23 Yonder Alonso (L) 1B
88 Kyle Blanks DH
1 Orlando Hudson (S) 2B
8 Jason Bartlett SS
21 John Baker (L) C
52 Cory Luebke LHP
Luebke is expected to go 4 innings, he'll be followed by Casey Kelly and a scheduled 4 innings, with Ernesto Frieri getting an inning. I'm expecting the regulars to get only a couple of at bats before they head home, then we'll see a bunch of minor leaguers getting a final chance this spring in a big league game.
That's it, off to Surprise and then to San Diego!!
Andy
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