Blogging from the Bus

Yep, on the bus this morning to Bowling Green, Kentucky. We just passed by downtown Louisville and Slugger Field, the home of the triple-A Louisville Bats (Cincinnati Reds affiliate). Now we are passing Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, where the University of Louisville football team plays their home games. As a fan of the Kentucky Wildcats, I really can't stand the Louisville Cardinals.

What a great win last night for the Silver Hawks, rallying from a five run deficit to ultimately win 8-7 in ten innings. While this team has lacked in wins this season, there is no question that they hustle, work hard, and provide some dramatic games (seven walk off wins this year!). My voice still hasn't recovered fully from the excitement of last night. Thankfully we still have eight hours until tonight's game so I can rest up.

As always, it's just one win over a 140 game season, but you just hope that finally the team will gain some momentum from the victory and carry it over to win a few games against Bowling Green. However, maybe more so than any sport, there's really not a whole lot to be said about momentum in baseball. You could be the hottest team on the planet, but if the next pitcher you face is on his game, he can wipe away that momentum in a hurry.

Game time tonight is 7:35 Eastern Time. I'll have more from the stadium later this afternoon.

Greetings from Midland, Michigan

We left Coveleski Stadium at about 8:25 AM and arrived at about 12:30 PM Eastern Time to the Holiday Inn in Midland, Michigan.

After a quick stop in the room to drop off luggage, most of the players (and staff) headed down to a sports bar in the hotel lobby to grab lunch. I had a bacon cheeseburger that I would highly recommend.

The bus to the ballpark leaves today at 2 PM.

I'll have lineups and some more notes when I get to the stadium.

(I completely forgot about taking pictures of Coveleski Stadium before we left for the road trip. I'll do that next home stand. I'll have some pictures of Dow Diamond in the next day or two).

Greetings from Midland, Michigan

Midland is the home of the Great Lakes Loons, the Midwest League affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Silver Hawks have a four game series here, with tonight through Saturday starting at 6:05 PM, and Sunday's game at 3:05 PM. We'll be on the air 20 minutes prior to the first pitch with the pregame show.

The Loons play at a stadium called Dow Diamond, funded largely by the Dow Chemical Corporation located nearby. This ballpark is easily the nicest stadium in the league, and it's not really close. I'll post some pictures for you in the next day or two.

It took us about 4 hours and 15 minutes to get to the hotel, then a quick lunch and back on the bus to the stadium. I was a bit behind on my media notes because of the doubleheader last night, so my posts are limited before the game today. I'll be back shortly with tonight's lineup.