February 2010
Huntington Park named “Best View” of Columbus
Huntington Park has been named to Columbus Alive’s “Best of Columbus 2010″ winners.
Clippers 5K and Kids Run
The date and time is set for the third annual Columbus Clippers 5K and Kids Run, to benefit Columbus Clippers Charities!
The 5K Race begins at the brand new Huntington Park in the Arena District and finishes at home plate inside the ballpark!
Participants will also receive a General Admission voucher to a future Clippers home game on a Tuesday or Wednesday Night!
Date: Saturday April 10, 2010
Location: The 5K begins at the brand new Huntington Park in the Arena District and finishes at home plate inside the ballpark! 330 Huntington Park LaneClick here for a PDF of the course map
Start time: The Clippers 5K starts promptly at 10:00AM with the Kid’s Fun Run at 8:30AM.
Race Day Registration & Packet Pick Up: 8:30AM **Registration will take place upstairs next to the right field ticket office located off Nationwide Blvd.**
Directions & Parking: We encourage people to park at Huntington Park and the surrounding lots in the Arena District. Click here for a parking map
All proceeds benefit the Columbus Clippers charities!
For complete details visit: SecondSoleOhio.com or call 614-478-3361
Buster Olney – still “a loser”
This was passed to me by a Clippers front office staff member. It’s a neat story by ESPN’s Bustner Olney and his encounter with then Clippers outfielder Deion Sanders…
As spring training begins, we offer a story that has become an annual tradition for this blog, involving me and a superstar cornerback (and baseball player) …
Gwinnett Braves introduce Coolray Field
The Atlanta Braves Triple-A minor league team, the Gwinnett Braves, have signed a 16-year stadium naming rights deal with Coolray Heating and Cooling. The ballpark will now be called Coolray Field.
“After our first full season of operation, the Gwinnett Braves continue to showcase our strong ties to the community and we are proud to partner with a great community-oriented company,” says Mike Plant, Atlanta Braves Executive Vice President of Business Operations. “Coolray Field will continue to be a great place to bring family and friends and we welcome Coolray into our family”
As part of their naming rights agreement, Coolray will receive a sign at the main entrance to the ballpark, an LED marquee on Highway 20 and signage on top of the right field scoreboard.
The Clippers will visit Coolray Field for a four-game series starting Tuesday, May 18th. Gwinnett visits Columbus’ Huntington Park June 25-28.
Clippers tickets are on sale at http://www.clippersbaseball.com
Indians invite two more to big league camp
The Cleveland Indians today invited two (2) more players to Major League camp from their player development system, bringing the total number of internal invites to nine (9) and non-roster spring invitees to 18 for the 2010 Spring Training camp in Goodyear, Arizona.
JUDY, Josh, RHP
Began the season at A Kinston, picking up three saves in five contests (0.00ERA, 4.2IP, 4H, 7K) before getting promoted to AA Akron for the rest of the year…Was 4-3 with 11 saves in 36 games/1 start for the Aeros, yielding a 3.10ERA (49.1IP, 35H, 17ER, 18BB, 63K)…Limited Eastern League hitters to a .198 avg (35-177)…Allowed only 3ER over the final 19 games going 1-0 with 9 saves to close out the season (1.07ERA, 25.1IP, 13H, 6BB, 43K)…Pitched for Peoria Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League going 2-2 with a 1.59ERA in 11 games (17.0IP, 13H, 3ER, 8BB, 20K).
PUTNAM, Zach, RHP
Spent majority of the year with AA Akron after starting five games for Kinston, going 2-0 with a 4.13ERA (24.0IP, 22H, 11ER, 5BB, 23K)…After the call up to Akron, was converted to a reliever where he went 4-2 with 2 saves and a 4.13ERA (56.2IP, 59H, 26ER, 18BB, 57K)…Carried a 2.40ERA while going 2-1 over 18 games at home (30.0IP, 29H, 8ER, 6BB, 26K)…At the end of the year, Baseball Prospectus ranked him as the 11th best prospect in the organization…Also pitched for Peoria Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League going 0-1 with a 8.76ERA in five starts (12.1IP, 18H, 12ER, 18K).
Full list NON-ROSTER INVITEES (18)
PITCHERS
20 GOSLING, Mike, LHP
35 GRILLI, Jason, RHP
73 HERRMANN, Frank, RHP
80 JUDY, Josh, RHP
64 PINO, Yohan, RHP
81 PUTNAM, Zach, RHP
27 REYES, Anthony, RHP
56 RIVERA, Saul, RHP
79 WHITE, Alex, RHP
CATCHERS
65 ESPINO, Damaso
INFIELDERS
9 BUSCHER, Brian
76 CHISENHALL, Lonnie
12 GRUDZIELANEK, Mark
78 MILLS, Beau
6 RODRIGUEZ, Luis
74 ROMERO, Niuman
OUTFIELDERS
47 DUNCAN, Shelley
26 KEARNS, Austin
Ryan Mitchell & Scott Leo
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