Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Baseball Update
AUBURN TIGERS
The Auburn Tigers ended their regular season with a whimper, losing on Tuesday to Mercer and losing 2 out of 3 to Arkansas in Fayetteville to end the season 32-24 (12-18 SEC). Auburn failed to make the SEC tournament, and presumably will not make the NCAA tournament as a result.
The bright side is that Auburn pitcher Steven Register was named 2nd Team All-SEC. This is the 2nd straight season that Register has made the All-SEC team, having been named to the 1st team last season.
MONTGOMERY BISCUITS
The Biscuits ended a 8-game road trip 4-4 following a 11-0 thumping by Chattanooga Tuesday night. The Biscuits started the trip by taking 3 of 4 from the utterly wretched Greenville Braves (the only team worse than Montgomery in the Southern League), and ended it by losing 3 of 4 to Chattanooga.
With B.J. Upton's promotion to AAA Durham (yes, the team from the movie), OF Joey Gathright has become the hitting star of the team, sporting an impressive .352 batting average. Gathright also has 10 stolen bases in 16 attempts, and has made zero errors in the field so far in 31 games this season.
AUBURN IN THE MLB
Mark Bellhorn of the Boston Red Sox found his big stick this week, raising his batting average from .230 to .244 with 9 hits in 30 ABs, with 2 HR, 13 RBI, and 11 runs scored. Naturally, he worked in 5 walks during the week as well, as the Red Sox took 6 of 7 games from Tampa, Toronto, and Oakland during the week to extend their lead over the New York yankees to 1.5 games.
Frank Thomas of the Chicago White Sox also announced his presence with authority this week, raising his average from .243 to .286 (!!!) with 12 hits in 26 ABs, with 2 HR, 8 RBI, and 8 runs scored. Thomas also got 3 walks to maintain a one-walk lead on Bellhorn for the AL lead, as Chicago went 5-3 against Cleveland, Minnesota, and Texas during the week.
Tim Hudson of the Oakland A's had two starts this week. In his first, against Detroit, Hudson pitched 8 innings, giving up only one earned run and 10 hits in a 3-2 victory that lowered Hudson's ERA to 2.90.
In his second start of the week, which was last night, Hudson squared off against Curt Schilling of the Red Sox in an abnormally cold game at Fenway Park. Hudson only lasted 4 innings, giving up 5 runs on 9 hits while walking 4 in a 12-2 loss for the A's. Hudson was particularly owned by David Ortiz and Mark Bellhorn, who combined for 7 hits, 7 RBIs, and 6 runs scored in the game. Hudson ended the game with a 3.36 ERA.
Given that Auburn's baseball season is over, and the wild reader response so far, I think this will be the last weekly baseball update of the season. Unless there is any real interest in following the Biscuits and a few Auburn alumni in the MLB, it's not worth the space that they take up on the page.
The Auburn Tigers ended their regular season with a whimper, losing on Tuesday to Mercer and losing 2 out of 3 to Arkansas in Fayetteville to end the season 32-24 (12-18 SEC). Auburn failed to make the SEC tournament, and presumably will not make the NCAA tournament as a result.
The bright side is that Auburn pitcher Steven Register was named 2nd Team All-SEC. This is the 2nd straight season that Register has made the All-SEC team, having been named to the 1st team last season.
MONTGOMERY BISCUITS
The Biscuits ended a 8-game road trip 4-4 following a 11-0 thumping by Chattanooga Tuesday night. The Biscuits started the trip by taking 3 of 4 from the utterly wretched Greenville Braves (the only team worse than Montgomery in the Southern League), and ended it by losing 3 of 4 to Chattanooga.
With B.J. Upton's promotion to AAA Durham (yes, the team from the movie), OF Joey Gathright has become the hitting star of the team, sporting an impressive .352 batting average. Gathright also has 10 stolen bases in 16 attempts, and has made zero errors in the field so far in 31 games this season.
AUBURN IN THE MLB
Mark Bellhorn of the Boston Red Sox found his big stick this week, raising his batting average from .230 to .244 with 9 hits in 30 ABs, with 2 HR, 13 RBI, and 11 runs scored. Naturally, he worked in 5 walks during the week as well, as the Red Sox took 6 of 7 games from Tampa, Toronto, and Oakland during the week to extend their lead over the New York yankees to 1.5 games.
Frank Thomas of the Chicago White Sox also announced his presence with authority this week, raising his average from .243 to .286 (!!!) with 12 hits in 26 ABs, with 2 HR, 8 RBI, and 8 runs scored. Thomas also got 3 walks to maintain a one-walk lead on Bellhorn for the AL lead, as Chicago went 5-3 against Cleveland, Minnesota, and Texas during the week.
Tim Hudson of the Oakland A's had two starts this week. In his first, against Detroit, Hudson pitched 8 innings, giving up only one earned run and 10 hits in a 3-2 victory that lowered Hudson's ERA to 2.90.
In his second start of the week, which was last night, Hudson squared off against Curt Schilling of the Red Sox in an abnormally cold game at Fenway Park. Hudson only lasted 4 innings, giving up 5 runs on 9 hits while walking 4 in a 12-2 loss for the A's. Hudson was particularly owned by David Ortiz and Mark Bellhorn, who combined for 7 hits, 7 RBIs, and 6 runs scored in the game. Hudson ended the game with a 3.36 ERA.
Given that Auburn's baseball season is over, and the wild reader response so far, I think this will be the last weekly baseball update of the season. Unless there is any real interest in following the Biscuits and a few Auburn alumni in the MLB, it's not worth the space that they take up on the page.
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Babylon 5 Actor Dies, And Other Stuff
I know there are at least a couple B5 fans who frequent the blog, so I thought this was worth mentioning.
Richard Biggs Dies
In other notes, the weekly baseball update will be up tomorrow, since I don't want to push the rare non-sports stuff down the page too quickly, and I want to wait until after Tim Hudson's showdown with Curt Schilling at Fenway tonight (on ESPN2).
I also wanted to mention that in spite of the SACS probation, AU is rolling in the money right now. This is good news in that many programs that rely on private funding won't suffer, and bad news in that it hardly sends a strong message to the trustees that we won't tolerate their behavior any longer.
Richard Biggs Dies
(CNN) -- Richard Biggs, who played Dr. Stephen Franklin on "Babylon 5" and also had a long run on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives," died Saturday. He was 44, according to the actor's Web site.
A posting on a "Babylon 5" message board by J. Michael Straczynski, the sci-fi show's creator, said the cause of death has not been determined but that "paramedics who showed up suggested it was either an aneurysm or a massive stroke."
In other notes, the weekly baseball update will be up tomorrow, since I don't want to push the rare non-sports stuff down the page too quickly, and I want to wait until after Tim Hudson's showdown with Curt Schilling at Fenway tonight (on ESPN2).
I also wanted to mention that in spite of the SACS probation, AU is rolling in the money right now. This is good news in that many programs that rely on private funding won't suffer, and bad news in that it hardly sends a strong message to the trustees that we won't tolerate their behavior any longer.
