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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Danville Braves’
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 [...]
31 Mar
Spotlight on A Ball – 3/31/2008
With 300+ minor league teams in these United States, OMDQ and I will need some way to focus our energies, and this is one way we figured to do it. Monday is “A” ball day. That will include Rookie League and every form of A ball. Wednesday we’ll check out the AA clubs, and then [...]
27 Mar
Reliving the Summer of Baseball
Last summer I took my son to nearly every minor league ballpark in our home state of Virginia. I called it “The Summer of Baseball”, and published some of my photos on this blog. I ended up writing an article about it for Camperways magazine, which runs destination features for fans of RV travel. At the [...]
3 Oct
Photos: Elizabethton Twins @ Danville Braves 7/15/07
Danville, VA hosts the Rookie team for the Atlanta Braves. They play in Dan Daniel Stadium, which is part of a very nice complex that includes a park and municipal ball fields. Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image. The ticket teepee, concession workers, international dugout, kids run the bases Hand-written lineups, sno-cones, [...]
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