I'd love to see Phillies fans respond to Turner tomorrow night at CBP the way they did after Bohm said "I fucking hate this place" last year ... Pick the guy up, who knows how it might help
I have never in my life seen anything like this.
Lehigh Valley’s Yairo Munoz walked to load the bases, as he tosses down his shin guard it rolls back and hits the umpire in the foot and the umpire tosses Munoz. The umpire then tells the manager Munoz threw the shin guard at him
Unusual ejections representative of
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3-game losing streak to end homestand
What went wrong, plus notes on Didi Gregorius, Nick Maton, Darick Hall and more:
So ... Can we talk for a moment about the quality of some of these
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headshots ... This is just fantastic ... Also, one of these guy’s’ favorite movie is Joe Dirt ... I’ll let you guess which one 😂😂😂😂
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With one final takedown, and a rideout, Timmy Ward is a 170-pound state medalist ... A year after undergoing three months of chemotherapy treatments, the junior earns his first state medal
The Phillies have also changed up how batting practice is done, which we’re seeing here in Williamsport now. Minor league hitting coordinator Jason Ochart has this to say about how they’re training hitters to combat high velo and more breaking stuff.
Aidan Miller gets on top of a 95 mph fastball up in the zone and hammers a ninth-inning grand slam, his fifth homer of the year … It came off the bat at 106.9 mph and goes 372 feet on a frozen rope
Rhys Hoskins just offered his glove to a guy bad mouthing Odubel for that throw to the plate ... Rhys stared the guy down, shook his head at him, pulled the glove off his hand and offered it to the fan ... Can’t say I’ve seen that before
Drew Baker is a name Phillies fans aren’t talking about enough. He’s not just the guy who throws 100 mph. With his scoreless outing last night, he’s now posted a 2.28 ERA out of Jersey Shore’s bullpen in his last 20 games with 38 Ks and 9 BB in 23.2 IP
Darick Hall with a towering two-run homer for Lehigh Valley tonight … It’s his 25th AAA homer and 34th total between two levels … I’m thinking Hall has to be the runaway Paul Owens Award winner
Clean inning of work for Phillies Rule 5 pick Noah Song who is making his first professional appearance since 2019 … He picks up one strikeout here with a pretty good slider
Song sat 91-93 in the inning with slider at 78-82, and change at 82-83
It’s a 4-hit night for Phillies first rounder Aidan Miller, including a homer, 2 doubles and 4 RBIs in a Threshers loss
Double: 88.1 mph
Home run: 102.6 mph
Single: 104.2 mph
Double: 107.2 mph
It’s Miller’s first career game with 3 XBH. And he has 8 XBH in his last 11 games
Less than a year ago, chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma ravaged Canton’s Timmy Ward so badly he couldn’t do five push-ups or walk around the block ... Today, he’ll be on the mat at the Giant Center wrestling in the PIAA Class AA tournament
So last night I made the best decision and upgraded the girlfriend to fiancée … It’s been the best four years of my life, so why not keep it going forever 💜
Jersey Shore’s Casey Martin barrels over the catches on a Baron Radcliff sacrifice fly to give the BlueClaws a 4-0 lead … The benches uneventfully empty in the wake of the collision
Scott Kingery delivered a walk-off two-run double for Lehigh Valley tonight in the bottom of the 11th inning ... This is as good a swing as we’ve seen from him in a long time
Scott Kingery had just hooked two balls foul on the ground when he got in front of some off-speed pitches … He’s able to keep his hands back here and drive a 3-run homer to left … It’s Kingery’s fifth homer in six games for Lehigh Valley
So Hunter Hearn wears leather roping gloves as batting gloves ... He said he’ll keep wearing them until an umpire says he can’t ... He said they don’t wear out nearly as fast as regular batting gloves and roping gloves are a fraction of the cost of baseball batting gloves
Frank Sheptock earned his first win with Bloomsburg University on this 48-yard walk-off Hail Mary from Ben Ries to Malik Langley … I gotta hear the Jim Doyle call from this
There should be no scenario outside of a blowout where your bullpen usage against the division leader following an off day is Jeff Hoffman, Andrew Vasquez and Dylan Covey
Simon Muzziotti is absolutely unconscious at the plate right now … He’s 27 for his last 54 after a 3 for 4 performance tonight for Lehigh Valley was capped by this 2-run home run … He’s hitting .402 with a .971 OPS
Phillies first rounder Justin Crawford smokes a two-run triple to center field for Clearwater … Ball comes off the bat at 104 mph. Crawford went first to third in 7 seconds flat
A clean ninth from Mark Appel for his fifth save of the year for Lehigh Valley. He gets this strikeout, a weak fly ball and a weak grounder to close out the win.
The time getting close to give him a shot. The command still isn’t great, but he’s upper 90s with the slide piece
With a torn ACL and at just about 230 pounds, Selinsgrove’s Nate Schon rolls through this to get the fall and secure his second state championship ... He’s the first multi-time state champ in Selinsgrove history
Like, I get it if these broadcasts want to talk to outfielders who aren't too involved during play ... But talking to a middle infielder in the middle of a game is absolutely ridiculous
This is the same guy who when told he had to leave the Little League Complex today, asked if they could stay just a little bit longer ... Not sure anybody soaked in the day more than this guy
Mick Abel struck out 6 over 6 strong innings tonight, allowing just five hits, 1 ER with 2 BB for Jersey Shore … Got punchouts on fastballs at 98, 96 and 97, and really used the breaking ball down and away to righties well
Mickey Moniak homers to dead center field to give Reading a 5-1 lead. His 4 for 8 since his call up to Reading and has made consistent, hard contact there and at Clearwater since beginning his rehab
Johan Rojas punishes a hanging breaking ball on the inner half for his third consecutive day with a home run for Reading … It’s the ninth of the year for Rojas, who is now hitting .315 with an .862 OPS this year
It’s shit like this that makes it so difficult for someone like me to step foot in a gym because you never know who is there just to laugh at you ... You’ve taken this dude’s moment of pride, happiness and confidence and turned it into a joke ... Fuck you,
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Some personal news: This month will be my last working at the Sun-Gazette. This is a decision I've made entirely on my own, which not many in our business get the chance to do. I don't know what the next step is for me professionally, but it probably won't be in newspapers
Scott Kingery’s swing has improved so much in the last month or so
On the left was him mid to late May and he was pulling off absolutely everything
On the right was his opposite field home run Tuesday where he stays down and through the baseball
Big part of why he’s been hot
Massive start for Mick Abel in Reading tonight … Starts by striking out the side on 13 pitches in the first inning, the first one here on a real good back door breaking ball
Muncy’s Hunter Poust just presented his great grandfather, Robert Little, with a Muncy varsity letter ... Robert was a member of the 1943 Muncy wrestling team but was unable to compete because of the draft for World War II
Congratulations to Canton's Timmy Ward and his entire family on the completion of his chemotherapy treatments today ... Seeing the video of him ringing the bell for his final treatment surrounded by his friends and family was quite emotional
Holy mother of baseball, Jordan Viars just hit his third home run of the night for Clearwater and it’s only the fifth inning … This was a grand slam and Viars has 8 RBIs tonight
OLYMPIAN!!! 🇺🇸
Benton grad Zain Retherford with a 7-0 win to finish off a 4-0 day and earn his spot in the Paris Olympics at 65kg. Retherford won four consecutive elimination matches today to officially become an Olympian
GARRETT WESNESKI NATIONAL CHAMP!!!
The Lycoming senior hits a sweep single in overtime and circles in behind to win the 285-pound national title, 9-7, over Augustana’s Adarios Jones.
Wesneski, a Canton graduate, is Lycoming’s first national champ since Matt Miller in 2008
"I grabbed him by the cheeks and looked in his eyes and said, with what you just went through in the last year, what you're going through in this five-minute match is nothing." - Canton coach Lyle Wesneski to cancer survivor Timmy Ward before his blood round match at regionals
Lock Haven’s Kyle Shoop, All-American!!! The redshirt junior from Boiling Springs with a 6-point move from bottom with under a minute to go and a great mat return with 17 seconds to go for a 14-10 win over Kaid Brock of Oklahoma State
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Phillies first round pick Aidan Miller shoots a breaking ball the other way for his second hit of the day for the FCL Phillies in his first game in 8 days. Miller has a hit in 8 of the 10 games he’s played and is hitting .414
Alec Bohm hit his fifth AA homer yesterday ... This is a good sign, the hips fly open a bit on the breaking ball, but he keeps his hands back and is able to drive it the other way ... There may be some park and factor in this homer, but it’s a solid pass on the ball
ATTA BOY, ZAIN RETHERFORD!!!
This takedown give the Benton grad a 2-2 win in the bronze medal match. He needs just one more win to earn a spot in the Olympic field at 65kg
I mean, just wow … So many questions now
— What happens to M2?
— Is DT done competing now?
— What’s next for Coleman Scott?
— Who joins DT on staff in Stillwater?
Feels like the most interesting coaching hire in a long, long time
Hunter Hearn isn’t going to make any top prospects lists this offseason, but he’s going to be on my players to watch list ... The power is legit (this is his fourth homer) and he’s got one of the strongest and most accurate OF arms I’ve seen in 11 years
Ryan Preisch is an All-American!!! An absolutely dominating performance on top in a 3-0 win and the Milton grad will stand on the podium for the first time in his career tomorrow
Gavin Hoffman's career by the numbers
176-9 record
101-0 in dual meets
47-5 postseason record (all losses as a freshman)
83 pins
34 technical falls
14 major decisions
22 forfeits
86.9% of career wins earned bonus points
Julian Fleming's second touchdown tonight may have been even more impressive ... The hitch wasn't there, so he breaks deep when Preston Zachman breaks from the pocket, Fleming has a defender on his hip who he's hand-fighting the whole way with, and Zachman drops a dime
ZAIN RETHERFORD!!!! WORLD CHAMPION!!!
Benton grad Zain Retherford wins the 70kg world championship with an 8-5 victory in the final for his first senior level world title
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