May
6
Swept
Filed Under Duke Welker, Zac Oliver | Leave a Comment
The Hickory Crawdads got swept in this week’s series with the Charleston RiverDogs with a 7-4 loss in game 4 of the series this afternoon. Zac Oliver made his first home start with the ‘Dads today, and he suffered the same fate as about every other starting pitcher in this series.
Evaluating this [...]
Apr
29
Catching Up…
Filed Under Augusta GreenJackets, Duke Welker, Greenville Drive | Leave a Comment
Unfortunately, I have been busy with school for the last 10 days or so with relatively little time for my passion of blogging. I’m almost finished with the current semester, so I should have some free time for blogging baseball with the Hickory Crawdads again.
My last post dealt with the some hitting [...]
Apr
16
Inside Out
Filed Under Adam Simon, Andrew Walker, Chris Jones, Duke Welker, Emilis Guerrero, Lexington Legends, Miles Durham, Silvio Pena, Tom Boleska, Tom Hagan, Victor Alvarez | Leave a Comment
I believe I made a comment yesterday about how nothing good follows a lead-off home run by the opposing team… Would you believe it happened two days in a row? Mike Felix took the hit on Tuesday from Lexington’s Matthew Cusick. Today, it was the newest arm on the hill, Emilis Guerrero [...]
Apr
9
I went ‘Hoppin…
Filed Under Duke Welker, Greensboro Grasshoppers, Matt Cavagnaro | 1 Comment
Hickory Crawdad second baseman Matt Cavagnaro turns a double play to first base while Greensboro’s Osvaldo Martinez attempts to break up the throw…
I decided to make a road trip down to Greensboro this evening to watch the ‘Dads play the Grasshoppers. I had never been to this park before, but I must say its [...]
Apr
6
We’re Underway… Finally!
Filed Under Duke Welker, Erik Huber, Matt Foust, Matt McSwain, Ronald Pena, West Virginia Power | 1 Comment
The Hickory Crawdads finally got their 2008 season underway tonight against the West Virginia Power at L.P. Frans Stadium in Hickory, North Carolina. The weather was rather poor, and rain fell during most of tonight’s double header. The good thing about tonight’s double header is that we will complete this four-game series with [...]