Brad James is trying to bounce back from two injury plagued seasons and get out of Corpus Christi by getting promoted to Round Rock. Caller.com does a feature on him today where Brad talks about what made his performance “suck so bad” last year.Read More
Bobbleheads, Brad JamesColin Delome is glad to be playing on the Texas coast again. The Lamar product was interviewed by the Beaumont Enterprise.
Dell Diamond, Delome“It’s close to the coast, and the wind is always blowing in,” the 23-year-old DeLome said by phone last week. “That helps you to not think about hitting home runs. You’ll stay in your swing and make solid contact. That’s what (Lamar coach Jim) Gilligan preached at Lamar.Read More
After dispatching the Astros in walk off fashion last week, the AA Hooks beat the AAA Express in an exhibition game last night. Casey Hudspeth, Polin Trinidad and T. J. Burton combined on a 7 hitter. Hudspeth started and gave up just three hits and no walks in four innings as the starter. Trinidad came in and pitched well allowing four hits and no walks in four innings of relief. Trinidad allowed the only Express run thanks to his own throwing error.Read More
Exhibition, Express, HooksEd Wade says Chris Johnson & Bud Norris are very close to joining the big club.
On Johnson:
“Johnson is the closest-to-the-big-leagues position player prospect we have,” general manager Ed Wade said. “We like (Edwin) Maysonet and (Tommy) Manzella, (Brian) Bogusevic and a couple of other guys. But really, the guy that has the greatest chance of having an impact on our club is Johnson.”
On Norris:
Johnson, Norris“Bud did a real nice job,” Wade said. “I told him it wasn’t easy for us (to send him to Round Rock).
“He put his best foot forward here in camp and did exactly what we asked him to do. In other circumstances, he’d be breaking camp with the big club.”
Since the Astros visited Corpus Christi to play an exhibition game, it allows me, a minor league contributor, to write a recap involving the big boys. Corpus Christ Caller reporter Greg Rajan even gets the call up to post the MLB recap in the place of the illustrious Allyson Footer.
Corpus Christi enjoyed it’s first visit from a major league time since 1958 when the Giants played the Indians. Whataburger Field sold more tickets than ever before (9,118); beating the previous mark (9,022) set when Roger Clemens was on his minor league whirlwind tour. This despite the fact that tickets cost $26.50 more than they did in 1958.
The best part of the game for the Astros was Wandy Rodriguez’s dominate performance on the mound. He faced one over the minimum for 6 innings. He gave us a double to Wlad Sutil but fanned 11 Hooks batters along the way. He left the game with a 2-0 cushion that wasn’t safe.Read More
Exhibition, Hooks, Minor Recap