Heels On The Field: A Baseball Blog

Surf Lose, Fourth Seed

Cecil Fielder said he was saving Adam Cox for the playoffs and, while he struggled for the first time last night since returning from a minor injury, Cecil confirmed recently that he will be Game One's starter. Atlantic City will now officially face Quebec in Game One, with A.C. going to Quebec. Sussex will face Worcester.

Sussex has some excellent pitching to go up against Worcester's exellent offense, with starting Kyle Ruwe and one of the top closers in the league, Matt Petrusek who has twenty-four saves. Petrusek throws an excellent split-finger fastball. His fastball topped out at around 86.

Surf SS Anthony Granato is playing ridiculous right now. He's leading the team in home runs with thirteen and entered last night hitting .488.

Worcester has been doing some serious record-setting lately.

Chris Collabello and Francisco Caraballo (say those two names, together, real fast) are all over the league-leader boards.

Caraballo leads the league in home runs with twenty-three. While Colabello leads in RBI knocking in seventy-six. Caraballo is right behind Colabello in RBI with seventy-three. Grimes has 131 hits, second in that category, Colabello is fifth with 119. Caraballo is second in triples. And Caraballo and Colabello are second and third n SLG percentage with Caraballo putting up .605 and Colabello .575.

So they can hit a little bit.

Game Three is Friday when they face the Capitales. Games Four and Five may not be neccessary.

Mike Coolbaugh Charity Event

For any of you who do not know, Mike Coolbaugh was a minor league coach for the AA Tulsa Drillers who was killed tragically last July during a game. He was hit in the neck while coaching first base. He is the only coach in baseball history to die on the field.

Mike's wife of seven years, Mandy, was pregnant with their third child and recalled at the time that his kids encouraged him to get back in the game because they knew how much he loved it. Joe Torre talked about how he was always up for anything he was asked to do. He just wanted to be a part of the game.

The Mike Coolbaugh Memorial Golf Tournament takes place on November 8th in Texas and if anyone will be in that area, please participate in the event, which includes a live auction.

If you can't be there for it I hope you'll donate whatever you can. It is a way to remember a good man, a devoted baseball man, and most importantly, a way to help his wife and children.