Posts by souldrummer

JZim Dominant; Federal Baseball Cheat...

Aug21
2010 Written by souldrummer

With all of the fail last night, it’s somewhat bearable because Jordan Zimmermann was absolutely dominant in what we hope is final start for Syracuse. His line: 5IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB 5K. Sounds like the line even underestimates the dominance. He retired the final 13 batters he faced and only one of the those 13 Bats managed to get the ball o [...]

Mock Decent; Eury Perez Swipes Shoreb...

Aug20
2010 Written by souldrummer

Probably the biggest news in the minors today is that Jordan Zimmermann is scheduled to make what could be his final start for Syracuse in the final game of the series against the Louisville Bats. It will be a matchup against Aaron Harang, who is also expected to contribute to the Reds playoff efforts down the stretch. I’m very curious [...]

Espy Challenges Harper to HR Derby Co...

Aug17
2010 Written by souldrummer

Now I can exhale a bit. The reports were true. Brian at Natsfarm got it all right early on, and one day we’ll have four new prime picks to follow on the minors report. Hopefully, Bryce Harper and other top prospects will soon be in this space as they start to find their way into the Arizona Fall League and other destinations in our fast [...]

Sunburned outside Potomac; Norris + M...

Aug14
2010 Written by souldrummer

Tough day for our upper minors affiliates. Matt Chico survived a three run first to strike out 10 in 6 innings but the Chiefs lost 5-2 to Indianapolis. El Duque pitched a scoreless 8th for the Senators against the Yankee farmhands, but Harrisburg still fell 4-1 to Trenton in a Ryan Tatusko loss. For those with Yankee interests, Yankees reliev [...]

Suns Shine with Hague: Upper Minors R...

Aug13
2010 Written by souldrummer

The Nationals struggled last night, but the Suns won convincingly 7-2 over Greensboro led by Rick Hague’s triple and Evan Bronson’s (W, 2-2) solid five inning, two run start. The Chiefs outlasted Columbus in a 13 inning war of attrition 4-3 on a walk off homer by Seth Bynum after Shairon Martis offered a quality seven inning, thre [...]

Searching for Sunshine: 8/9 Nats Mino...

Aug10
2010 Written by souldrummer

So you wanna make The Show, huh? Have fun riding the bus. Potomac played a Sunday night game starting at 6:00PM in Myrtle Beach and won 4-3. They then had the privilege of an 8 hour bus ride to get back to Potomac for a doubleheader Monday, hanging on to finish a suspended game 8-7 and then losing 5-2 in game 2. And tomorrow they get to play [...]

Searching for Sunshine: 8/8 Nats Mino...

Aug09
2010 Written by souldrummer

Tough Sunday for us yesterday in Natstown with Jason Marquis continuing to rack up cringe inducing losses. The kids on the farm continue to labor on their path to The Show. Natsfarm.com has their weekend summary up of all the doings in the minors. One of the interesting links on Natsfarm.com’s weekend summary was Harrisburg reporte [...]

Batista Reigns: Preliminary news rele...

Jul28
2010 Written by souldrummer

Souldrummer: Miguel Batista‘s performance last night was truly awe-inspiring, perhaps in the 5 man rotation of top pitching performances this year to rival Olsen’s near no-hitter, Livo’s two complete games, and the Strasburg debut. In terms of shock and awe and likelihood of actually happening, certainly it rivals these perf [...]

Strasmas 7 and other stuff.

Jul09
2010 Written by souldrummer

Greetings and salutations and I hope y’all are having a good day wherever you may be. Thought I’d put up a thread for all things Strasmas 7 or anything else people want to discuss. It’s time to change the mojo a bit. The kid has one win in his four home starts so far and has probably pitched well enough to win at least three [...]

Happy Thoughts Heading Into the Homes...

Jun04
2010 Written by souldrummer

Times like these challenge us to look on the bright side of things and find ways to continue to keep the faith as we go forward. Traditionally, our local media has said, “Look at the tough schedule! They’ll get better when they play easier teams.” or “We have all of these reinforcements coming to our pitching rotation! [...]

Reflections on Saturday Meetup and We...

May26
2010 Written by souldrummer

Federal Baseball had its first meetup of the year for Saturday’s game against the O’s. 5 of us were in attendance including our fearless leader, Patrick. It was kind of a last minute thing, and all things considering I was pretty happy that it wasn’t just me staring forlornly into some suds in the Red Loft/Red Porch dreading [...]

Federal Baseball Meetup for Sat Battl...

May22
2010 Written by souldrummer

Our Nats are battered and bruised. They’ve lost 7 of 8. The good vibes are starting to evaporate and the bandwagoneers are hedging their bets until Strasburg comes up. Pythagoras is threatening to beat our team and our fan base into submission. Give up? Doubt this squad? Peter out until Patrick is left valiantly posting an out by out ac [...]