Centerfielder Mike Trout, the Los Angeles Angels' No. 1 prospect, took on pitcher Shelby Miller, the St. Louis Cardinals' No. 1 prospect, on June 15, 2011. Here's how it went.
Round 1: Trout strikes out swinging. (Miller -- 2 points)
Round 2: Trout surprises Miller with a bunt and makes it to first. (Trout -- 2 points)
Round 3: Trout grounds into double play. (Miller -- 2 points)
Round 4: Trout pops out to first. (Miller -- 1 point)
Judge's scorecard: Miller 5, Trout 2
Probably won't be the last time they meet, but might be the last time in the Texas League.
-- Travelerocity reporter
Aaahhh. Nice and quiet. Just how it should be.
Posted by: rehabby | July 07, 2011 at 08:28 AM
OK kids, since the Travs didnt publicize this, I will:
Tonight's game will be on MILB.TV for the monthly rate of $7 if you're not a season subscriber. As of July 1, Tulsa's home games are live streamed there. To plan ahead, the August 17-19 series at Corpus will also be on the site.
Posted by: Sidd Finch | July 25, 2011 at 06:31 PM
To amend he post above and since the Travs are too busy posting bear garden photos, Here is the remaining regular season schedule for when the Travs will be LIVE on MiLB.tv:
August 5-8 @ NWA
August 17-19 @ Corpus
August 30 - September 2 @ NWA
That's 11 road games for your viewing pleasure before the playoffs.
Posted by: Sidd Finch | July 26, 2011 at 09:20 PM
Well... Travs and such blog is now gone, and this one might as well be dead, with no game update in 3 weeks.
Has everyone lost interest because of the heat, the absence of Magg's "exciting" game strategy (steal-steal-steal), or because the Travs are playing in that "new" park for the 5th year rather than the venerable, late, lamented Ray Winder Field?
Is there any other Arkansas Traveler blog with a little more activity, or are we all simply S.O.L.?
Posted by: Trav fan | July 27, 2011 at 08:07 PM
I'm afraid we're S.O.L. Trav Fan...Travelerocity must have found another outlet to lament the Cards moving. The advent of Twitter and facebook I think have played a part too, but I hate facebook, and the only things the Travs care about are putting up beer garden photos (see my posts above).
To Mars' credit for Travs and Such, he spent quite a bit of time when his time was short anyway, and it took time for quality writing in which he is amazing. I'm sad to see it go, but I understand.
I do miss the early days on this blog with Mars, Dre301, Rey, NLRFan, 3rd Base Bum, Karch, Valentine, you, and others. It was always lively, especially when the topics were BV and Mags. Maybe we should start at Birmingham Barons blog to bitch about Mags...nah, waste of time!
Posted by: Sidd Finch | July 28, 2011 at 09:48 AM
I unfortunately must agree with your SOL diagnosis. It would have been nice to have an active blog to discuss the 1st half Trav manager compared to Mags (but the season first-half results perhaps said more than we could.) It would have been nice to discuss the present manager, and yes the "new" manager coming in a few days. All in all, the blog collapse is damn shame, and if some of the blame can be dropped on Twitter and Facebook, so much the better. I have found no redeeming value in social media.
I share your nostalgia for the early days of this blog... 'take no prisoners' discussion of Ray Winder Field... colorful and often humorous assessments of players, managers, and even the occasional baseball and marketing icon, BV.
Perhaps the Travs themselves have outgrown the need for a Blog -- with almost 7,000 reported at tonight's game (though of course reported is not the same as warm bodies in seats). If the crowd tonight is any indication, there are now a lot of Ma and Pa Kettles and offspring, in from the back country, mainly to EAT and not so much to watch the game.
I guess that pays the bills on a Saturday night, but a lot of the nuances of baseball strategy are lost on them. There are fewer and fewer who watch the game while listening to Phil on the radio (too busy texting on their smart phones), and I would wager that most who attend tomorrow will have never heard of the RWF tradition of wearing a Hawaiian shirt to the Sunday game.
Change can be a bitch, and on top of that, we are 3/4 through the season...time to start worrying about how few home games are remaining.
PS -- if there is a Birmingham Barons blog, we really should participate to help them acclimate to Mags.
Posted by: Trav fan | July 30, 2011 at 11:38 PM
The only thing worth reading on this blog was BV all those years ago. It lost all of it's entertainment value when he stopped posting.
Posted by: rehabby | August 01, 2011 at 09:03 AM
Don't forget the stale popcorn and the lack of AC in the shitter!
Posted by: Sidd Finch | August 01, 2011 at 02:55 PM
Not that BV provided much of substance, unfortunately -- mainly hype and BS, but with occasional posts of brilliance. I think he was somewhat constrained by the need to preach the "company line" at the time. Even then, he was entertaining, however.
As for the lack of AC in the shitter - that was a precision design, specifically engineered to help minimize the population in said shitter, thus reducing the volume of water and paper consumed. These simple policies helped relieve the Trav organization of some of the expense of providing restroom facilities. Those who could wait, did, or else just ran in, deposited processed beer into the urine trough, and ran out -- no great cost there.
Now that the UAMS power brokers are poised to turn RWF into a parking lot, does anyone know whether the urine trough is to salvaged during demolition and moved to the museum at the Dick?
Not to pour too much more salt into a still festering wound, but turning a historic ballpark into a parking lot is just so appropriate for Little Rock leaders -- they "done good" once again.
Posted by: Trav fan | August 01, 2011 at 08:19 PM
Glad to see all the comments lamenting the lack of a Travelers blog. In the old days, this site averaged about 1,300 visitors a week. But when I brought it back from hiatus, it stayed at around 400 and just never went up. It takes a lot of time to do a blog like this right, and I finally just decided I have too many other things to do than devote a lot of time to this if very few are reading it. But I could bring it back if there is enough interest!
Posted by: The Travelerocity reporter | August 10, 2011 at 10:04 AM
And that 1,300 a week was on a slow week.
Posted by: The Travelerocity reporter | August 10, 2011 at 10:04 AM
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