Just over two months after my first visit to western Pennsylvania with my brother Tim and two friends, I went back to the Keystone State, this time with my wife. Our anniversary was Friday, we both had a three-day weekend for Labor Day, and the free Pirates tickets I won in June were burning a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Colby Rasmus’
28 Aug
The Ongoing Saga Of The Brothers Rasmus: Colby Strikes Back
It’s been five days since we last spoke of the glorious Rasmus Brothers, which always feels like about four days too long. This time, however, I nearly forgot about it until a trip to Twitter jogged my memory. Cory Rasmus had a nice night on Thursday: six innings, one run, three hits, one walk, eight [...]
23 Aug
Your Random Rasmus Brothers Update
Because I wait excitedly for the Rasmus Brothers to perform on the same day, I assume that you do too. Here are the results from yesterday: Colby: 1-4, HR, BB Cory: 2.2 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 4 BB, 3 SO Colby’s hit wasn’t a walk-off this time, but he “wins” this round because Cory [...]
17 Aug
Circle August 21 On Your Calendars: Round 3 In The Battle Of The Rasmus Brothers
Five days ago, I brought you the story of the Brothers Rasmus: older brother Colby, one of Baseball America’s Top 100 preseason prospects and an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, celebrated his birthday, only to be upstaged by little brother Cory, who pitched a seven-inning no-hitter for the Danville Braves. Tonight was to be [...]
12 Aug
Happy Birthday To You, Colby Rasmus – Love, Your Brother Cory
Tuesday was Colby Rasmus’s 23rd birthday. His brother Cory, who is fifteen months younger, managed to upstage his brother’s big day: he pitched a no-hitter. Cory is a pitcher for the Danville Braves of the Appalachian League. On Tuesday, while his brother was going 2-for-5 in a Cardinals loss to the Reds, Cory was shutting [...]
16 Apr
Now Pitching For The Oakland Athletics…
The Oakland A’s landed four pitching prospects on Baseball America’s Top 100 list this offseason. One, Gio Gonzalez, appeared in ten games for the major league club last season; a second, Michael Inoa, won’t turn 17 until freakin’ September – he’s still young enough to be counting his age in half years – and shouldn’t [...]
23 Jul
Slight Tweaks to Olympic Roster
A couple weeks back, we announced our take on the 2008 Olympic Baseball roster. Since then, a few things have changed. Colby Rasmus has withdrawn due to injury. Geno Espineli was called up to San Francisco Clayton Richard was called up to the White Sox First guy on the list is probably extremely bummed. The [...]
19 Jun
The Z-meter 6/19/2008
The Z-meter tracks the story arcs of 25 top prospects (or players we just like) on their way to the bigs. It is named after current Washington Nationals star Ryan Zimmerman, who made the transition from anchoring the University of Virginia to starring in MLB in one year. Promoted: Evan Longoria, 3B, Durham (AAA) to [...]
28 May
Wacky Doings in the Rasmus Family
If you read the Z-meter, you’ve probably noticed that St. Louis prospect Colby Rasmus is one of the few triple-A denizens of the meter not to have a red-hot stat line yet this season. Despite being a guest of the parent club during spring training, Rasmus has struggled since being sent back to the Memphis [...]
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