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Droppings from the Nest, September 4th-6th
Well, tonight is the last game of the season–and boy, what a summer it has been. I can’t wait to sit down and actually reflect on the season…of course tying it in with a blog post as well.
But before I get ahead of myself, let’s get to the droppings I need to catch up on:
- The Idaho Statesman recaps Thursday’s win over Spokane and last night’s loss to Tri-City.
- The Idaho Press-Tribune looks at the Wagner-led win over Spokane, and Friday’s and Saturday’s losses to the Dust Devils.
- Check out my most recent article about Richard Jones and his response to the Hawks Military Appreciation Night.
Blogs to come…
- Danny Keefe Top Chef Video
- Reaction to the End of the Season
Droppings from the Nest, August 21st-24th
When the guys are out of town it gives me a chance to explore Boise a little more. However, as you can tell, that keeps me from keeping up with the droppings. So let’s just dive in:
- The Idaho Statesman recaps Thursday’s, Friday’s and Saturday’s games against Yakima and then Sunday’s start of the Spokane series.
- The Idaho-Pres Tribune does the same, highlighting Thursday’s and Saturday’s wins over Yakima, their extra-inning loss on Friday and Sunday’s win in Spokane.
- InsidetheIvy.com has a feature story on Hawks catcher Richard Jones (you have to have a subscription to the site, but it’s worth it, trust me).
- Matt Swain over at WrigleyBound has a Q&A with Justin Bour.
Additionally, Hawks pitcher Su-Min Jung returned to Korea today for his freshman year of college. As a result, the Chicago Cubs removed Jung from the Hawks roster and placed him on their restricted list. The restricted list just means that the team still has contractual obligations to Jung, he just can’t play at the moment.
With Boise, Jung logged a 4.38 ERA in 24.2 innings. He started
seven games for the Hawks with a 0-0 record, allowing 23 hits, 14 runs,
11 walks and striking out 17.
RHP Eduardo Figueroa will take Jung’s place in the rotation
on Tuesday against the Spokane Indians. Currently, there is no
replacement for the roster.
Droppings from the Nest, August 13th
Last night’s Latino Night turned out to be one big fiesta with a Mariachi band, dancers, festive music and special PA announcing in Spanish. Definitely a great time and really seemed to liven up the crowd a bit. Additionally, I know our Latino players really appreciated the promotion and gave them a little taste of home–while Andres Quezada was signing autographs before the game he said, “I really like Latino night…especially the music!” I took this as a huge compliment to the night since Quezada is a pretty quiet guy and rarely offers his opinion on things.
On to the droppings:
- Jordan Rodriguez with the Idaho Statesman gets the Hawks catchers’ perspective on the game of baseball. Additionally, the Statesman recaps last night’s loss to the AquaSox.
- The Idaho Press-Tribune has last night’s game story – Everett’s 6-2 win over the Hawks
- Anthony Caruso with the Capital Sports Report takes a minute to chat with Hawks pitcher Josh Lansford.
Boise Hawks Baseball Camp: Bringing It Back to the Kids
This week, the Boise Hawks hosted their annual baseball camp directed towards children ages 7-14. The camp is two half-day sessions jam-packed with drills. The kids had the chance to learn from Hawks players and Manager Casey Kopitzke (who is actually the first manager to take part in the yearly camp) while rotating from station to station, covering everything from base running to pitching.
Check out the montage of clips from the first day of camp here.
Besides the manager getting involved, there was also something new to the way the camp was run–on the baseball side. Manager Casey Kopitzke did not assign guys to the camp but instead hung up a sign-up sheet so the guys could volunteer on their own.
“I think it’s best if the guys decide they want to do something like this on their own,” said Kopitzke. “I want to make sure everyone has a good time…I don’t want to give a kid a bad experience because maybe the player didn’t want to be there.”
However, there was no shortage of interested players testing out their coaching skills. On the first day of camp pitcher Corey Martin manned the station on throwing basics, pitcher Yohan Gonzalez and catcher Richard Jones worked with the kids in the batting cages, first baseman Justin Bour taught the kids some ground ball skills, pitcher Danny Keefe worked on fly balls and Kopitzke took over base running. On the second day, outfielders Jose Valdez and Runey Davis worked in the cage, pitcher Ryan Sontag took over fly balls, infielder Logan Watkins and Tarlandus Mitchell taught the kids double plays, Kopitzke taught a little bit of catching, and pitchers Jon Nagel and Yohan Gonzalez taught the kids a little bit of pitching.
After the sessions, the kids were able to eat lunch with the guys and get a few autographs.
By far, it has been one of my favorite events this season–it is so cool to see these guys work with the youngsters, and you know these kids are just in awe because they were able to play with professional baseball players. So awesome!
Droppings from the Nest, July 19th-21st
Playing some catch up. Since my last post, we’ve opened our homestand against the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes winning two of the three games. I’ve got a lot of droppings to collect.
- The Idaho Statesman has recaps of the Saturday’s win, Sunday’s loss and last night’s win against S-K, features on the improving pitching staff, Salem-Keizer’s manager Tom Trebelhorn, the Hawks’ recent turn-around, and Humphrey the Hawk’s presence at the games.
- The Idaho Press-Tribune has game stories on the Hawks’ Saturday extra-inning victory and last night’s win. Also, Will Love has a story on Hawks catchers Matt Williams and Richard Jones and the extra help they’re receiving from Manager Casey Kopitzke.
- KBCI Channel 2 has recaps and highlights of Saturday’s and last night’s wins.
- KTVB Channel 7 recaps Sunday’s and Monday’s games and also checks in to Hawks’ second baseman Logan Watkins’ player of the week nod.
- Check out the Q&A with Hawks CF Brett Jackson over at Wrigley Bound.
- Also, even though Mike Perconte has been promoted, check out his interview over at Capital Sports Report.
Phew! I hope I got everything!
Be on the lookout for video from the Hawks Baseball Camp…and a lovely surprise I got after the game last night.
Droppings from the Nest, July 16th-17th
Coming off of their five-game road trip in Vancouver, the Boise Hawks have come back to Boise shouting “Honey, I’m home!”
The Hawks won their second in a row against the Yakima Bears last night. Logan Watkins has extended his hitting streak to eight games now, going 4-5 on Wednesday and 5-6 last night. Additionally, new Hawk and first baseman Justin Bour hit the first Hawks home run at Memorial this season–I know the fans have been waiting on that one!
Now let’s get to those droppings:
- The Idaho Statesman gets the prize today for the most Hawks coverage, running recaps of Wednesday’s 9-8 win and Thursday’s 14-5 win over Yakima, a feature on outfielder Runey Davis, a feature on Justin Bour and a promotional piece for Saturday’s American Red Cross Night.
- Will Love from the Idaho Press-Tribune looks at last night’s win over Yakima and takes “an inning with” Logan Watkins.
- Check out KBCI Channel 2’s J Bates’ recaps and highlights of Wednesday’s and Thursday’s home wins.
Also, some roster moves you may not be aware or: pitcher Miguel Sierra, catcher Alvaro Sosa and infielder Jordan Petraitis were all sent to Mesa on Wednesday. In return, pitcher Eduardo Figueroa, catcher Richard Jones and first baseman Justin Bour were all promoted to Boise. Jones and Bour were both members of this year’s draft class–Jones a 9th rounder out of The Citadel and Bour a 25th rounder out to George Mason.
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