Anyone know when his first game will be?
Thanks!
Anyone know when his first game will be?
Thanks!
From C. Trent:
rest of article:Aroldis Chapman will make his professional debut in Ohio, but it'll be up the road in Toledo, not in Cincinnati.
Chapman is scheduled to start for the Class AAA Louisville Bats in the team's fourth game of the season, one week from Sunday, April 11 at Fifth Third Field, according to Bats manager Rick Sweet.
The Bats' rotation should start with Sam LeCure, followed by Travis Wood, Matt Maloney, Chapman and Justin Lehr.
http://cnati.com/spring-training-201...toledo-001681/
C. Trent also says Chapman's first home start will be on Friday, April 16.
Last edited by OnBaseMachine; 04-04-2010 at 01:27 AM.
BTW, the longest minor league game thread in Redszone history is 224 posts, on June 17th of 2009 when Homer Bailey threw eight shutout innings in a game against Norfolk. What's the chances of the game thread on Sunday breaking the previous high of 224 posts? I'm going to say the chances are pretty good. I'll be watching the Reds game on TV and at the same time following Chapman's first start.
Here's that game thread from last June:
http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76532
Going to be interesting. I am going to go to the Reds game, but going to be following along online here for the Bats game I guess from the ballpark.Originally Posted by OnBaseMachine
Wow, I just remembered that will be the day Mike Leake makes his major league debut. With Chapman and Leake both pitching that day, it's probably going to be very busy around here. Should be fun.
If the starting pitchers for the REDS not named Leake or Chapman pitch anything like their last Spring starts, the REDS could be looking for their 1st Win of the season.
Well this sucks. I figured the Reds would throw us a bone and let Chapman start in Columbus, as either the #1 or #5 of the staff. I live in C-Bus, and the Bats come for a 2 game series, and according to the lineup, I miss Maloney, Chapman, and Wood, and get to see Lehr and LeCure, Yippee!
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My guess would be no. IIRC that game was a mid-day work week game, while Homer was on a series mean streak pitching and the hype was high. No doubt that Chapmania is as big, and probably bigger than Homermania at that time, but I would think a sunday afternoon thread would limit the amount of posts. Probably lots of review posts either way, but I doubt there will be much batter by batter, inning by inning commentary as people will have other things going on and won't be around a computer as much as they would be sitting in an office or out of school in the middle of the summer.
Nooooooo!!!!! I have tickets for the Bats/Clippers game the 11th!
I wish I wasn't busy this weekend, I'd make the drive up 75.
Does anyone know if there's any sort of Gameday for the minor league games, so I can follow Chapman.
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Yes, there's gameday for AAA and AA
There is also MiLB.TV if you want to watch a video stream of the AAA games.
Is this free? (yeah right)There is also MiLB.TV if you want to watch a video stream of the AAA games.
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Nope. It's 30 bucks for the season.
I'll be sticking to Gameday then. Thanks for the info.Nope. It's 30 bucks for the season.
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