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From the Archives: June 26, 2010

Ten years ago, this site was transferred to me from its founder. Ordinarily, I’d mention this in passing while doing the dailies, which I miss doing — those five months where I look over the boxscores and write up the summaries over breakfast and coffee are the best months of the year.

It doesn’t seem appropriate to celebrate, though. What does seem appropriate is to do what would have been Saturday’s News & Notes for Day 1 of this site under my stewardship. I think you’ll agree that, for some reason, this was a rich day for some names that are still brought up today in our discussions. Kind of like watching an old episode of Law & Order and seeing a current celebrity in a bit part.

Thank you for reading and visiting these last ten years. And Happy Anniversary to Mr. Boss, who started up his blog this week ten years ago, too.

Syracuse 6 Pawtucket 1
• Chico (W, 3-3) 5⅔ IP, 5H, R, ER, 3BB, 4K
• MacDougal (H, 2) 1⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 3K
• Lambin 2-4, 2R, HR, RBI
• Maxwell 1-3, 2B, BB, RBI

The Chiefs put up a three-spot in the 2nd and made it stand up for 6-1 win over the PawSox. Matt Chico pitched into the 6th and allowed the sole Pawtucket run on five hits and three walks while fanning four to pick up his third win. Three relievers combined for three and a 1/3rd innings to lock it down for Syracuse. Chase Lambin singled and homered while Justin Maxwell walked and doubled to lead the Syracuse offense.

Harrisburg 5 Reading 2
• Lannan (W, 1-0) 7IP, 4H, R, ER, BB, 5K
• Carr (SV, 1) 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K, 2-1 IR-S
• J. Valdez 3-4, R, 2B, RBI
• Coon 2-4, R, 2RBI, CS

John Lannan spun seven innings of one-run ball in his return to lead Harrisburg to a 5-2 win over Reading. The southpaw, who had been stomped on like a narc at a biker rally in his last four outings for Washington, walked one and struck out five while giving up four hits. Jesus Valdez singled twice and doubled once and drove in one while Brad Con singled twice and drove in two to power the Senators offense.

Myrtle Beach 7 Potomac 4
• Bronson 6+ IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, BB, 6K, WP
• Phillabaum (BS, 3; L, 0-3) ⅓ IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 0K, 2-2 IR-S
• T. Moore 2-4, R, H, RBI
• Rhinehart 2-4, 2B, RBI

A 4-1 lead went poof in the 7th as the Pelicans scored six times in the 7th to take this one, 7-4. Evan Bronson pitched into the sixth, putting on the first two baserunners in the 7th, before giving way to Justin Phillabaum, who retired just one of four batters faced and let in both inherited runners for the blown-save-loss. Pat McCoy was slightly less ineffective, getting out of the seventh but not before giving up a run of his own and both runners on base when he came in. Tyler Moore singled twice and scored a run to get off the interstate while Bill Rhinehart singled and doubled to get near the exit at .198 as the P-Nats managed to score four times on five hits and five walks.

Hickory 4 Hagerstown 0
• Clegg (L, 8-1) 7IP, 4H, 3R, ER, 2BB, 3K
• Leon, 2-3
• Souza, 1-4, E(23)

Hickory broke up the Star Trek Convention on the Municipal Stadium scoreboard with one in the 6th, two in the 7th, and one in the 8th as the ‘Dads eclipsed the Suns, 4-0. Mitchell Clegg suffered his first loss of the season, giving up the first three runs on four hits and two walks. Sandy Leon was the sole Hagerstown batter to reach base twice as he accounted for two of the five singles the Suns managed on the night.

Vermont 9 Tri-City 7 (10 inn.)
• Swynenberg 5IP, 3H, R, ER, 2BB, 1K
• Zellers (BS, 1) 1⅓ IP, 1H, 2R, 2ER, BB, 1K, HR
• Crane (BS, 1; W, 1-0) 2IP, 2H, R, ER, 0BB, K, HR
• Kelso 3-5, RBI
• W. Moore 2-4, 2RBI
• King 2-5, 2R, HR, RBI

Twice the Lake Monsters blew the lead late, but twice they came back in a 9-7 extra-inning win over the Valley Cats. Matt Swynenberg went the first five and let in a run on three hits and two walks while setting down one (1) on strikes, and was ahead 5-1 when the firemen came on. Colin Bates brought the gas(can) and was torched for three runs over an inning and 2/3rds while Shane Zellers and Dustin Crane both gave up homers. The offense bailed them out with single runs in the 7th and 9th and then two in the 10th to award Crane the “W.” Blake Kelso led the Vermont hit column with three singles, followed with Wade Moore with two hits and two RBI, while Stephen King singled and homered.

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    1. Todd , Luke.. everyone. Welcome to the new normal in play .. fluid .. subject to change .. in all things but with baseball it seems there will be FRED and HARR sites but no FRESNO or HAGS…right ??
      Makes one wonder if Hagerstown will use Memorial Drive for amateurs play ??
      Also how extensive will be the West Palm Beach squads of various A level talent ..

  3. Congrats to both Luke and Todd, who have provided much distraction for several of us over the years. Goodness, 10 years ago, the Nats sucked, and other than Stras’s arrival and the pick of the artist formerly known as #34 who we no longer mention, there wasn’t a huge amount of hope. But we sure tried hard to find some among the names in the write-ups above.

  4. “Tyler Moore singled twice and scored a run to get off the interstate . . .”

    This actually captures a great moment in Nats’ minor-league history. T-Mo was REALLY struggling in the first half of 2010, hitting under .200 with limited power, and perhaps close to getting released. If I’m remembering correctly, he credited Matty “No” Nokes with turning him around. Moore went on perhaps the greatest tear in Nats’ farm history over the next two-plus months, finishing with 31 homers, 111 RBIs, and 43 doubles in only 129 games. He followed up with 31 more taters in Harrisburg in 2011 and became one of the folk heroes of the magical first playoff run in 2012. In fact, he drove in the first playoff run in Nats’ history.

    1. What’s often forgotten in that narrative is how fortunate Tyler Moore was to have had both guys in front of him – Chris Marrero and Josh Whitesell – hitting well, which made it easy to deflect any calls to promote Moore. We all know that two years prior, Moore would have been in DC by Labor Day.

  5. A big Wow to both of you!
    Every morning when I turn on the computer or tablet my first two reads are Luke and Todd’s. Every morning without fail.

    Even though these are not the greatest of times, my life is better because of both these sites and their contributors.

    Happy Birthday and congratulations!

  7. Old friend Matt Skole was released by the White Sox yesterday. He’s now 30, so this may be it. He had a total of 93 AB’s in the show so at least he can regale his grandchildren of his exploits someday.

    1. You know it’s the end of the road when the handwriting on the White Sox wall appears.. South Side Chicago where long swings see a few more games ..

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