Friday, July 23, 2004
RAY ROCKS, MORSE DOESN'T
The hype is definitely warranted. Ray Winder Field in Little Rock is a great minor league ballpark. And as the old saying goes around these parts, "it never rains at Ray Winder Field!"
However, San Antonio lost to Arkansas 7-1. It was a nice little pitchers duel between the Missions' Chris Buglovski and the Travs' Yoshi Mizou for about 5 innings. Mizou was making his first start of the season for Arkansas. He didn't disappoint, going 5.2 IP, giving up 4 hits and no runs. He was pulled in the top of the 6th with 2 outs and that's when the Missions would capitalize.
Michael Morse would get on with a base hit. T.J. Bohn then tripled to center, scoring Morse. That would prove to be San Antonio's lone run of the night.
Buglovski pitched well until the 6th, when his defense let him down big time. Morse, who can't play defense worth a damn (paging David Cameron), can't field a routine ground ball from Christian Guerrero, throwing it away, allowing a run to score. The Travs would score 4 runs in the 6th, all unearned.
The Missions have lost 5 in a row, but are still tied with Round Rock in the West.
Missions stars:
Dustin Delucchi 2-for-4, 2B
Shin-soo Choo 1-for-4 (was the DH tonight)
T.J. Bohn 1-for-4, 3B
Anyways, the highlight of the night for me was Ray Winder Field. The park was built in 1932 and is still serviceable. I was in the box seats along the first base line, just a couple of rows up from the field. Not too bad at all.
There's been talk of building a new ballpark for the Travs in Little Rock for a while. While I wouldn't mind a new park, there isn't anything wrong with Ray Winder Field. The only addition I'd make to Ray Winder is add an extra scoreboard with lineups, ala PGE Park in Portland. Other than that, I think Ray Winder Field is just fine. One more thing, I'd sell beer from the tap or in bottles, not in cans. But I digress.
Ray Winder Field is what it is, an old time ballpark. You can't go wrong with the ticket prices (8 bucks for a box seat, 6 for a G.A. seat), the parking is free, and instead of crappy music being played over the speakers, organ music fills the air. I'm a sucker for good organ music at a sporting venue. Chicago Stadium's organ was great.
I'll definitely watch another game at Ray Winder Field. That next game will most likely be next season, but there's no doubt about it, I'll be back at Ray Winder Field. So when somebody complains to me and says "there's nothing to do here", I'll just mention Ray Winder Field. Who in their right mind would turn down a good ol' ballgame?
Baseball is a beautiful game, yes it is.
However, San Antonio lost to Arkansas 7-1. It was a nice little pitchers duel between the Missions' Chris Buglovski and the Travs' Yoshi Mizou for about 5 innings. Mizou was making his first start of the season for Arkansas. He didn't disappoint, going 5.2 IP, giving up 4 hits and no runs. He was pulled in the top of the 6th with 2 outs and that's when the Missions would capitalize.
Michael Morse would get on with a base hit. T.J. Bohn then tripled to center, scoring Morse. That would prove to be San Antonio's lone run of the night.
Buglovski pitched well until the 6th, when his defense let him down big time. Morse, who can't play defense worth a damn (paging David Cameron), can't field a routine ground ball from Christian Guerrero, throwing it away, allowing a run to score. The Travs would score 4 runs in the 6th, all unearned.
The Missions have lost 5 in a row, but are still tied with Round Rock in the West.
Missions stars:
Dustin Delucchi 2-for-4, 2B
Shin-soo Choo 1-for-4 (was the DH tonight)
T.J. Bohn 1-for-4, 3B
Anyways, the highlight of the night for me was Ray Winder Field. The park was built in 1932 and is still serviceable. I was in the box seats along the first base line, just a couple of rows up from the field. Not too bad at all.
There's been talk of building a new ballpark for the Travs in Little Rock for a while. While I wouldn't mind a new park, there isn't anything wrong with Ray Winder Field. The only addition I'd make to Ray Winder is add an extra scoreboard with lineups, ala PGE Park in Portland. Other than that, I think Ray Winder Field is just fine. One more thing, I'd sell beer from the tap or in bottles, not in cans. But I digress.
Ray Winder Field is what it is, an old time ballpark. You can't go wrong with the ticket prices (8 bucks for a box seat, 6 for a G.A. seat), the parking is free, and instead of crappy music being played over the speakers, organ music fills the air. I'm a sucker for good organ music at a sporting venue. Chicago Stadium's organ was great.
I'll definitely watch another game at Ray Winder Field. That next game will most likely be next season, but there's no doubt about it, I'll be back at Ray Winder Field. So when somebody complains to me and says "there's nothing to do here", I'll just mention Ray Winder Field. Who in their right mind would turn down a good ol' ballgame?
Baseball is a beautiful game, yes it is.
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