Tonight was the first night in which the entire system lost. Usually this doesn’t come until a bit later in the year. Forgive me if I sound less than enthused in these ones; there were a few of the games I was listening to where it sounded like they should’ve pulled it out if not for one mistake or another.
Well, it’s Tax Day. Hope that all of you have already done your filing and told the truth and whatnot, after all, we all know what happens if you don’t (I don’t know what’s work safe exactly, but this has a minor drug reference, and I’m pretty sure a few others in the series aren’t work safe or necessarily in good taste).
Well, the good news is that Baseball America has their first transaction register of the season up today. The bad news? They hadn't updated in about a month and there were about twenty-five moves total, including a few releases of players I didn't even know were signed. To cover those that haven't already been mentioned in whatever depth here or elsewhere, the Mariners have released LHP Michael Ciccotelli, RHPs Ira Brown, Phil Cullen, Tim Dorn, Terry Forbes, Jared Hoerman, Nate Mitchell, and Brad Rose, Cs Tim Marks, Tom Owen, Richard Rodrigues, and Matt Tindell, OFs Vince Faison and Joe Jacobitz, and IFs Michael Cox, Jeremy Dutton, Aaron Herr, and Nick Orlandos. So, hey, that's only about twenty...
Tacoma 7, Sacramento 5 (OAK)
Tacoma 4, Sacramento 0 (OAK)
Tacoma 4, Sacramento 5 (OAK)
Tacoma 4, Sacramento 12 (OAK)
Another system sweep tonight, albeit an abbreviated one, as the Inland Empire Sixty-Sixers had the day off.
There was a player named Harry "Suitcase" Simpson in the 1950s... I think Allan Simpson is a worthy inheritor of that mantle...A guy who was once part of a pretty well-publicized bullpen trio in the high minors has turned into another quadruple-A reliever. Well, it seems like the others in the group might as well. If only we could have sent Looper their way and completed the set...
DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Rockies acquired right-hander Jose Acevedo on Saturday from Cincinnati for reliever Allan Simpson, and planned to option Acevedo to Triple-A Colorado Springs. Acevedo was 5-12 with a 5.94 ERA in 39 games, including 27 starts, for the Reds last season. Cincinnati optioned him to Louisville on March 30. Simpson has appeared in two games for the Rockies this season and leaves with an 0-0 record and 67.50 ERA. The Rockies had optioned the right-hander Friday to Colorado Springs to make room for left-hander Bobby Seay, acquired from Tampa Bay.
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