ryno4ever
May 29th 2008, 11:15 pm
Elvis Lara that is! I went to my first Chief's game of the season tonight, and for as bad as I have read that the team has been, they seemed very good tonight.
Elvis "left the building" in the second inning when he hit a 3 run homer into the left field berm! He ended up with a career high of 4 RBI's for the night.
I sat right behind the third base coaches box (Sandberg is also the third base coach) and when runners are on base, it is neat to watch him because his signs to the runner on second or third is different kinds of whistles! He cups his hands around his mouth and whistles various tones to the players! I have never seen that before, or perhaps I may have never really paid that much attention to it!)
Other notes, the Chiefs pitchers did not allow a single walk at all tonight...
...the palm trees in the left field berm are hanging on to life this year. The "buffalo wild wing girls" that stood in front of us told us that the grounds crew have been trying like crazy trying to keep them alive, but it has been so cold that the trees are not handling it very well, and pretty much look dead.
(Peoria is probably the only place in Illinois where there are palm trees! They are shipped in every spring from down south and planted out in left.)
And LAST night, Sandberg was ejected again (I'm tellin ya, he's going after Bobby Cox's record!)
Chiefs catcher Josh Donaldson and Manager Ryne Sandberg were ejected by home plate umpire Tony Gutierrez in the top of the seventh…Donaldson was ejected from his catching position after a called ball when he argued the drastically inconsistent strike zone of Gutierrez…Sandberg was tossed moments later, his second home ejection and fourth overall on the season…
I'm thinking the umpires may also have a bit to do with it.... "Honey, I threw Ryne Sandberg out of the game tonight! No Really...Hall of Famer Sandberg"... :)
Elvis "left the building" in the second inning when he hit a 3 run homer into the left field berm! He ended up with a career high of 4 RBI's for the night.
I sat right behind the third base coaches box (Sandberg is also the third base coach) and when runners are on base, it is neat to watch him because his signs to the runner on second or third is different kinds of whistles! He cups his hands around his mouth and whistles various tones to the players! I have never seen that before, or perhaps I may have never really paid that much attention to it!)
Other notes, the Chiefs pitchers did not allow a single walk at all tonight...
...the palm trees in the left field berm are hanging on to life this year. The "buffalo wild wing girls" that stood in front of us told us that the grounds crew have been trying like crazy trying to keep them alive, but it has been so cold that the trees are not handling it very well, and pretty much look dead.
(Peoria is probably the only place in Illinois where there are palm trees! They are shipped in every spring from down south and planted out in left.)
And LAST night, Sandberg was ejected again (I'm tellin ya, he's going after Bobby Cox's record!)
Chiefs catcher Josh Donaldson and Manager Ryne Sandberg were ejected by home plate umpire Tony Gutierrez in the top of the seventh…Donaldson was ejected from his catching position after a called ball when he argued the drastically inconsistent strike zone of Gutierrez…Sandberg was tossed moments later, his second home ejection and fourth overall on the season…
I'm thinking the umpires may also have a bit to do with it.... "Honey, I threw Ryne Sandberg out of the game tonight! No Really...Hall of Famer Sandberg"... :)