Perez, Boscan, & Brigham Shine In Doubleheader
4/11/09, Double header, Crawdads vs. Hotrods, L.P. Frans Stadium
I love Appalachian culture. Before the start of the game, Hickory's PA man informed fans that the new "Moonshine Latte" was being sold at the concession stand. Only 6 shots of expresso and a bit of vanilla. A piece of advice from a man with experience: moonshine isn't as great as you might think.
Anyways, onto the action...
It's hard to focus on the intracacies of the other players when pitchers like Boscan, Font, and Perez are on the mound. In the three games I have attended this season a Hotrods pitcher has not touched 90 on the stadium gun. Boscan, Font, Perez, Brigham, Hamburger, Castillo, and Ortiz all touched above 90 with Font hitting 98 on a couple pitches. I know the speed of your fastball isnt everything but it's impossible to ignore that our pitching staff is younger and more dominant than those from Bowling Green.
Perez looks like he knows he's better than everyone else on the field, and I don't mean that in a bad way. He's a bad ass. His face has a weathered, experienced expression that doesnt seem to fit with a birth certificate that says he just turned 18. Four innings, 6k's, 3 BB. Perez works a bit slower than Boscan. Perez will put his glove under his arm and massage the ball while looking out into the field. Boscan throws the ball as soon as he recieves it from the catcher. Perez used all his pitches and was dominant. Beatifully dominant. Take a look at the video below and look for the curveball that strikes out Tim Beckham. After that I quietly turned my camera off and said to those sitting around me, "Now that' what a curveball looks like folks."
The errors that ruined Boscan's outing were absent in game 1 of the double header. Clark Murphy looked so much more confident at 1b. Clark looked out of place in his first game but looked like he belonged on this day....well, deffensively at least. De Los Santos gunned down Estrada as he attempted to steal second.
Strangely, the offensive story behind this game was the bunting. In the bottom of the third inning with a man on first, SS Martinez laid down a beatiful bunt single. The next batter, Kaase (pronounced kawzee), laid down an identical bunt single down the third base line to load the bases. The bunting clininc set up De Los Santos' 2-run double. In the 6th, CF Bolden laid down another bunt single and 2 batters later, Murphy attempted a bunt that went just foul....Murphy then struck out later in the at bat. Murphy is doing his best Chris Davis impression; in 10 AB's Murph has 6 strikeouts. He looks a little lost.
So that's it. Game 1 thoughts: Perez is a grizzeled, teenage, old man. The catchers continue to carry the big stick. No errors. Whats with all the bunting? Man, I need a moonshine latte.
GAME 2
The Crawdads starter, Jake Brigham, went 5.1 innings allowing 3hits, 0 ER, 3 k's, 1BB. Honestly, I was hoping to see Pimental take the mound so I was not entirely locked in when Brigham was at work.
A couple quick thoughts from game 2:
-LF, Eric Fry, continues to shine in the field as he made a diving catch on a shot that was tailing away from him in the 4th inning.
-Kaase (again, pronounced Kawzzee) got his first start at 2b. If he and Ogata were in a lineup and I had to pick which one I thought was the better player, I would go with Kaase. He just looks the part more. He started the team's only double play of the series thus far and raked a triple. He took the pitch before that one a mile, but the ump decided it was a hair foul from being a tape-measure shot homerun.
-C, Doug Hogan hit's another HR. He looks like a player, but when you remember he's the oldest player on the team at 24.5 years old one can't help but think De Los Santos (20.5 years old) has the better upside.
I love Appalachian culture. Before the start of the game, Hickory's PA man informed fans that the new "Moonshine Latte" was being sold at the concession stand. Only 6 shots of expresso and a bit of vanilla. A piece of advice from a man with experience: moonshine isn't as great as you might think.
Anyways, onto the action...
It's hard to focus on the intracacies of the other players when pitchers like Boscan, Font, and Perez are on the mound. In the three games I have attended this season a Hotrods pitcher has not touched 90 on the stadium gun. Boscan, Font, Perez, Brigham, Hamburger, Castillo, and Ortiz all touched above 90 with Font hitting 98 on a couple pitches. I know the speed of your fastball isnt everything but it's impossible to ignore that our pitching staff is younger and more dominant than those from Bowling Green.
Perez looks like he knows he's better than everyone else on the field, and I don't mean that in a bad way. He's a bad ass. His face has a weathered, experienced expression that doesnt seem to fit with a birth certificate that says he just turned 18. Four innings, 6k's, 3 BB. Perez works a bit slower than Boscan. Perez will put his glove under his arm and massage the ball while looking out into the field. Boscan throws the ball as soon as he recieves it from the catcher. Perez used all his pitches and was dominant. Beatifully dominant. Take a look at the video below and look for the curveball that strikes out Tim Beckham. After that I quietly turned my camera off and said to those sitting around me, "Now that' what a curveball looks like folks."
The errors that ruined Boscan's outing were absent in game 1 of the double header. Clark Murphy looked so much more confident at 1b. Clark looked out of place in his first game but looked like he belonged on this day....well, deffensively at least. De Los Santos gunned down Estrada as he attempted to steal second.
Strangely, the offensive story behind this game was the bunting. In the bottom of the third inning with a man on first, SS Martinez laid down a beatiful bunt single. The next batter, Kaase (pronounced kawzee), laid down an identical bunt single down the third base line to load the bases. The bunting clininc set up De Los Santos' 2-run double. In the 6th, CF Bolden laid down another bunt single and 2 batters later, Murphy attempted a bunt that went just foul....Murphy then struck out later in the at bat. Murphy is doing his best Chris Davis impression; in 10 AB's Murph has 6 strikeouts. He looks a little lost.
So that's it. Game 1 thoughts: Perez is a grizzeled, teenage, old man. The catchers continue to carry the big stick. No errors. Whats with all the bunting? Man, I need a moonshine latte.
GAME 2
The Crawdads starter, Jake Brigham, went 5.1 innings allowing 3hits, 0 ER, 3 k's, 1BB. Honestly, I was hoping to see Pimental take the mound so I was not entirely locked in when Brigham was at work.
A couple quick thoughts from game 2:
-LF, Eric Fry, continues to shine in the field as he made a diving catch on a shot that was tailing away from him in the 4th inning.
-Kaase (again, pronounced Kawzzee) got his first start at 2b. If he and Ogata were in a lineup and I had to pick which one I thought was the better player, I would go with Kaase. He just looks the part more. He started the team's only double play of the series thus far and raked a triple. He took the pitch before that one a mile, but the ump decided it was a hair foul from being a tape-measure shot homerun.
-C, Doug Hogan hit's another HR. He looks like a player, but when you remember he's the oldest player on the team at 24.5 years old one can't help but think De Los Santos (20.5 years old) has the better upside.
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