MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Next up in our Trade Market series, third basemen. Click here to see our take on the free agent market for the position. Dan Uggla, Marlins. Uggla is a second baseman, so we discussed him here. He last played third base for the '05 Tennessee Smokies, for what it's worth. If a team acquired him and asked him to switch, he wouldn't have much of a choice. Jorge Cantu, Marlins. Cantu had an entry in our...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
The Jacksonville Suns won the Southern League Championship tonight as they blinded our Tennessee Smokies, 7-3. Today's game got off to a good start, as the Smokies scored two runs in the bottom of the second on a double by second baseman Tony Thomas . But Smokies starter Andrew Cashner couldn't hold the lead. Cashner gave up one run in the top of the third, which Tennessee promptly got back in the...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
Shortstop Starlin Castro singled home Brandon Guyer in the bottom of the ninth to give the Smokies a 5-4 win over the Jacksonville Suns. The win keeps the Smokies title hopes alive. They now trail Jacksonville two games to one. There was a lot of scoring early in this game, as Smokies starting pitcher Casey Coleman allowed a run in the top of the first after a one-out double, a pair of walks and a...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
The Tennessee Smokies were outshined by the Jacksonville Suns, 2-1. The Smokies now trail the best-of-five series two games to none. Starter Jeremy Papelbon started out strong tonight, throwing five shutout innings. However, Suns pitcher Graham Taylor matched him zero for zero, and the game was still scoreless when Papelbon got into trouble in the sixth inning. He only retired one batter in the sixth,...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
It was a topsy-turvey game with a controversial finish, but in the end the Smokies ended up on the wrong end of a 6-5 loss in ten innings to the Jacksonville Suns. The Smokies now trail the best-of-five series one game to none. Starter Chris Carpenter got off to a terrible start in the bottom of the first inning, giving up a bases-loaded triple that put the Smokies down 3-0. After that he settled down...
ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
Game One Hundred Forty-Three: Cubs (74-68) vs. Brewers (69-74) Game Time - 7:05pm C.T. Coverage - TV: Comcast SportsNet - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 186 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Carlos Zambrano (8-6, 3.77/1.41) vs. Yovani Gallardo (12-11, 3.59/1.29) Updated - 4:41pm C.T. - Alfonso Soriano Placed on the 15-day DL following surgery on his left knee Tuesday morning. The DL move is retroactive...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
I know I had this last night, but hey... Smokies win North Division, 3-1 Tennessee finishes off Huntsville, await Suns SEVIERVILLE - The tasty buffet in the locker room is usually the Tennessee Smokies' destination after a game. The pasta was cold and the bread hard by the time the Chicago Cubs' Class AA farmhands picked up their plates Sunday. First things first. The jubilant Smokies grabbed icy bottles...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Huntsville Stars (Double-A) - 1-3 Lost 3-1 at Tennessee Smokies (CHC) ( box / pbp ) Huntsville is eliminated from postseason play. Batter Pos AB R H RBI W K E AVG Notes Cain, Lorenzo CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .133 Wheeler, Zelous 2B 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .000 Anderson, Drew LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .154 Lucroy, Jonathan C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 Green, Taylor 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .267 Wilson, Steffan 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .286 HR, GDP Parejo,...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Huntsville's season ends & here is the MiLB.com story... Smokies punch ticket to championship Sandberg's squad wins three straight to reach Southern League Final All season long, Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg's Tennessee Smokies have been learning from him. Now he's learning about them. He's discovered his young squad's ability to battle back during its Southern League semifinals series, which the...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
The Smokies are going to the Southern League Championship Series after outshining the Huntsville Stars, 3-1 this afternoon. The game started out as a pitcher's duel as starter Hung-Wen Chen got into trouble in the first two innings, but pitched out of it each time. In particular, after a walk and an error in the second inning, Chen threw a wild pitch to put men on second and third with only one out....
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Huntsville Stars (Double-A) - 1-2 Lost 5-2 at Tennessee Smokies (CHC) ( box / pbp ) Huntsville is one game away from elimination in the Southern League North Division playoffs Game 4 of the series starts at 12:45pm CDT and should be streamed here . Former indy-leaguer Brandon Kintzler will take on Tennessee's Hung-Wen Chen. Batter Pos AB R H RBI W K E AVG Notes Cain, Lorenzo CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .182 Justis,...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
MILWAUKEE (MAJ: 67-73; 4th National League Central): The Brewers beat Arizona 9-2. Casey McGehee homered twice and drove in six runs for Milwaukee . We'll never know what kind of season Casey McGehee might have had if he made the Milwaukee Brewers' starting lineup out of spring training. What McGehee has done since getting his chance is impressive enough. McGehee supported a strong effort by right-hander...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Pinch-hitter Russ Canzler stepped up in a big way with a bases-loaded double in the fourth inning that propelled the Tennessee Smokies to a 5-2 victory over the Huntsville Stars. The Smokies now have a two games to one lead in the best-of-five playoff series. Starter Andrew Cashner faced off against the Huntsville starter, former Smokie Mark Holliman. For three innings, the two pitchers held the batters...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Huntsville Stars (Double-A) - 1-1 Lost 3-1 vs Tennessee Smokies (CHC) ( box / pbp ) Helena Brewers (Rookie) - 32-44 Lost 9-7 (10 innings) vs Missoula Osprey (ARI) ( box / pbp ) Top Prospects and Curiosities: Batter Team Pos AB R H RBI W K E AVG Notes Lucroy, Jonathan Huntsville C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .125 2B Cain, Lorenzo Huntsville CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Green, Taylor Huntsville 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Dykstra,...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
The Smokies tied up their best-of-five series at a game apiece as they eclipsed the Huntsville Stars, 3-1. The Smokies won on some dominating pitching tonight, led by starting and winning pitcher Casey Coleman . Coleman went 7.2 innings tonight and allowed only one run on four hits. He actually had a two-hitter going with two out in the eighth, but he then allowed a single and a double to put the tying...
Videos