The Braves single A team stadium is 6 miles from the house. I go watch them a few times a year. Cheap entertainment and I should probably go more. I can eat there cheaper than at the local high school games.
Mississippi braves?
Went to a game last year. Had a good time. Found the craft beer concession stand. 😂. Cool fireworks after the game.
Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
5sdad, and I were at the game Friday night. Good close game, the Kernels won down to their last strike bottom of the 9t. Two runs scored. the home crowd was happy, and they had a fireworks display after the game. Good time.
To add to the story - the kid who doubled in the tying and winning runs, with two outs and a full count, was playing his first game for the Kernels, up from the rookie league. His first two at-bats resulted in outs. He was mobbed at 2nd base by his teammates - a real feel-good evening.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
My Buddy has been managing in the minors for years, so I follow pretty close. There are a few good books on the minor leagues, many don't realize how many big names go up and down with nobody realizing. Dann and I both started as Cardinals in Little League, and he has come full circle now.
I remember him managing the Muckdogs, the Springfield Cardinals, and now he is managing the Palm Beach Cardinals. I love going to visit him and just sit in his office, and usually some ex-players will come by.
I highly recommend the book "Where Nobody Knows Your Name", a good insight into the minor leagues.
+1 on where nobody knows your name. Was really interesting. I didnt realize how much up and down from the majors there is on a daily basis
Unless you are a star, there is a lot of pressure to stay up.
That one story about that one guy was priceless...can't remember all the details, but wasn't it about six different teams in 30 days, then he ended up back where he started in his own apartment that he never had a chance to move out of!!
Grew up watching the Spokane Indians. George and Bobby Brett are the owners now. Working at a Refinery in Tacom right now and the Rainier games have been a good time!..
I grew up watching the Arkansas Travelers as a kid. Then when we were stationed at LR we used to go watch them a few times a season. When we lived in MT, we used to watch the Rookie League team that Great Falls had that was a White Sox club at the time. The last Minor League game I watched was in August of 2017, I was in Biloxi, MS, and watched the Biloxi Shuckers. As many Minor games as I've been to, I've never been to a MLB Game, but that is changing the end of this month. I have tickets to the Braves/Nationals game when we are in DC. I'm going to try and catch a Giants game next year, as I grew up a Giants fan. My son likes the Texas Rangers since he was born in TX. MLB teams are where he and I split our differences.
+1 on where nobody knows your name. Was really interesting. I didnt realize how much up and down from the majors there is on a daily basis
I just ordered it , can't wait to get my hands on this book!
You will come away with a new understanding of how the “buisness” of baseball works. I have been a fan since I was 8, but I always had the impression the minors were for making your way to the Majors, then one played in the majors until their careers ended..I was way wrong. Players want it bad, many are willing to languish and hold onto the the dream, some are given a small taste, never to return. The book also talks about the umpires trying to make their way to the show, it is even lower odds for them. They have no stats to bolster their progress, just people who evaluate their game. Piss off somebody evaluating you, your career as an ump is over. Book is an eye opener for real baseball fans, others will not understand it.
[quote=LeonHitchcox]Watching the Chattanooga Lookouts is a good cheap activity. Seems the minor league players hustle more than the pampered millionaires in the majors. Cheap seats for $5.
Cost more for one beer than to get in, $6 pints. Food prices are ridiculous.
Eagle Lake, Mississippi is close to heaven.
"Everything Hipsters touch turns to chit........Period.. Whisky.....Beer.....Tobacco.....Boots....Clothing....Gear......you name it.. Good thing the fuggers don't like firearms.." Fieldgrade
Reading this brought bag some fond memories, as I actually played in several of those teams.......Spokane Indians, Tulsa Drillers when it was at the fairgrounds, Little Rock against the Travelers, Jackson MS mets. One thing of note about the bouncing up and down thing........my 2nd yr in AA I made a whopping $1400 gross per month. Out goal was obviously to make it to the big leagues, but even if you spent one inning in the show, whether it be on the field, bull pen, dugout, or whatever, if you got sent back down to the minor leagues you had to make a guaranteed 1/2 the major league minimun salary, which at that time IIRC was $100,000. That was huge money to a career minor league guy.
There is great talent at the AA level, just a notch below big league level in a lot of cases, and a slew of them did make it. Good ting about watching this class of baseball is that the players are still busting their assses when they're on the field, unlike the lazier, guaranteed big money big leaguers who make a half-assed effort about half the time.
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
Were you guys aware that one of our very well known members played in the minors? If you don't know who, I'll keep you hangin' here for a while.
My wife bought us tickets the St. Paul Saints for late July. The team is co-owned by the Veeck family and Bill Murray. Bill's been know to work one of the entrances at the first home game of the season checking tickets, shaking hands, and thanking fans for attending. The Veeck's are well known for their crazy promotions to get butts in the seats, from the piglet that carries the balls to the umpire, to the nuns giving massages in the stadium, it's non stop entertainment. The Saints play some pretty good ball too. They are part of the unaffiliated Northern League.
It's not every day a midget gets to bat in the major leagues.
Eddie Gaedel - #1/8 in your program, #1 in your heart. (It was the Browns, so there is some question as to the legitimacy of the "major leagues" designation.)
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
Reading this brought bag some fond memories, as I actually played in several of those teams.......Spokane Indians, Tulsa Drillers when it was at the fairgrounds, Little Rock against the Travelers, Jackson MS mets. One thing of note about the bouncing up and down thing........my 2nd yr in AA I made a whopping $1400 gross per month. Out goal was obviously to make it to the big leagues, but even if you spent one inning in the show, whether it be on the field, bull pen, dugout, or whatever, if you got sent back down to the minor leagues you had to make a guaranteed 1/2 the major league minimun salary, which at that time IIRC was $100,000. That was huge money to a career minor league guy.
There is great talent at the AA level, just a notch below big league level in a lot of cases, and a slew of them did make it. Good ting about watching this class of baseball is that the players are still busting their assses when they're on the field, unlike the lazier, guaranteed big money big leaguers who make a half-assed effort about half the time.
Ya, AA really is where the decisions are made, AAA more the bus station where people come down and go up. As the book opines, AAA managers never know who was on their team until they get to the ballpark, sometimes 15 roster changes in a week.
My bud’s team started out well this year, I think first half they finished 1 game off the pace..second half they are in the cellar. I asked him what was going on with his team, he lost 15 players at the halfway point. 😂😂. I asked him once if he was hoping to get to AAA Memphis, he said no, AAA is too hectic, it’s chaos and not really a team sport. . Suck it up Danno, good manager wins with what he’s got! 🤣
Town team ball is real popular up here in Minnysoda. Lots of guys that went to school around here, or moved to the area, but played ball elsewhere. There's some really nice little parks around here.
I hear you Barkoff. I can honestly say that winning the game wasn't the priority it was say, in college ball. If I went 3-4 and we lost I really didn't feel to bad. Pretty much everyone felt that way at AA and up. I could still advance to AAA if we had 40W's and 100L's. Just a different mindset.
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
