The Brewer Advent Calendar #2: The Nashville Sounds
by Kyle Lobner on Feb 11, 2009 12:00 PM CST
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PrintYou still have until noon tomorrow to register to win one of ten WhatIfSports Gift Certificates, but it's time to open another door. Today we find...the Nashville Sounds!
via www.baseballpilgrimages.com
The picture above is the scoreboard at Greer Stadium in Nashville, home to players that are just one step away from making it to the big leagues. The Sounds have been the Brewers' AAA affiliate since 2005.
As I write this, I have a ball autographed by 20 members of the 2008 Nashville Sounds. I need to give it away soon, because Gorman thinks it looks delicious. As is the case with any group of ballplayer autographs, I wasn't able to identify them all, but I'm pretty sure all of the following players are on it:
Tony Gwynn Jr
Vinny Rottino
Joe Dillon
Hernan Iribarren
Tim Dillard
Ozzie Chavez
Sam Narron
Erasmo Ramirez
J.R. Hopf
Luis Pena
And there are nine others for you to attempt to decipher for yourself. The rules are the same as yesterday: You have 48 hours to comment on this post to be entered into the drawing to win it, and I'll contact the winner by email. Thanks again to the Nashville Sounds for making this possible. Good luck!
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way cool.
I have a helmet signed by most of the ’04 Brewers. It is entirely possible that the ’08 Sounds were more talented.
Also, cheese.
But Gorman's so cute!
Also I’m pretty sure that ’08 Sounds team is better than the ’04 Brewers
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Juuuust a bit outside!!
http://www.rightfieldbleachers.com
Did you get that signed when they were playing in Des Moines?
(All I ended up with was total humiliation when I was trying to get Lindsay Gulin’s attention and had my purse blow onto the field instead. Don’t even /ask/.)
Actually, I got it from the team, last week.
I asked for help with a giveaway, and they were nice enough to send it to me.
He’s not the worst pitcher ever, just the worst good pitcher.
by Kyle Lobner on Feb 11, 2009 12:36 PM CST up reply actions
I fail at RTFA
Now that I see that…oops. The team management does seem to be very fan-friendly, doesn’t it? Best website in the minors, that’s for sure.
Love the scoreboard
Hope to make a road trip there and to Huntsville this summer. Any chance you could post a pic of the ball? It’d be fun to try to figure out the other 9.
I, too, have an autographed baseball
But I’d always love to add another.
BTW, thanks for doing these giveaways; it’s really pretty awesome, and makes an already-great blog even better.
Brewers Baseball and other assorted nonsense (mostly the assorted nonsense) at my blog, What's a Tararrel?
way cool
I would love a chance to win that ball!
count me in
the scoreboard is awesome. I love the placement of the actual scoreboard on the neck. looks fantastic.
Someone named Erasmo?
Count me in. With the Crabbe Man a Mariner, I need a new favorite Brewer minor leaguer.
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
Actually
Erasmo became a free agent in January, and I’m not sure the Brewers re-signed him.
He’s not the worst pitcher ever, just the worst good pitcher.
Not that I've seen yet, and I'm following the FA market pretty closely
And please count this as my entry.
He was the subject of a really bad pun one time about erasers.
I don’t remember the perpetrator.
You can count me in for this one, too. Thanks.
Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.
Oh god it was worse than I thought
you should apologize for this one, Jeff
Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.
apologize...
…automatically win signed baseball for excellence in punning…
either way.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Feb 11, 2009 3:45 PM CST up reply actions
a trip i need to take
and all i need to know is joe dillon…..other guys
How can you not love Carsten Charles?
yaaa
I never knew about that scoreboard….plus I wonder if all of the country music stars have season tickets?
Sooo
The Rally Lobster’s gonna be #1 on the Advent Calendar, right? Right?
Vegas is in a class unto-itself, it's really not a "city", more a wonderland of awesomeness.
-Zeke
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Feb 11, 2009 2:34 PM CST reply actions
Nope.
Gorman’s “giveaways” usually aren’t something people would sign up to win.
He’s not the worst pitcher ever, just the worst good pitcher.
Plus
I think they might be illegal to mail, though that too should be tested. Perhaps to anyone who makes an Erasmo pun on this thread…
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
Who said anything about a giveaway?
Vegas is in a class unto-itself, it's really not a "city", more a wonderland of awesomeness.
-Zeke
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Feb 11, 2009 6:39 PM CST up reply actions
About ten years ago, back when I was a little kid
I won a Brewers raffle at a fan giveaway. They called out seat numbers after the game, and you got to go out onto county field and collect your prize. I won an autographed ball, poster, and jersey of Robin Yount.
Last year I won a raffle for a Yovani Gallardo autographed jersey.
Let’s see if I can add this to my collection. Thanks for the opportunity KL!
Eric Gagne DL time: May 23-June 29 Brewers record in that span: 20-9
Shake shake shake
Shake, rattle, and roll those dice!
Winner
I want the Rally Lobster to deliver the ball to me if I win.
September 15: Not a bad little Monday
He ripped the costume open about 5 minutes after the picture was taken.
So now he’s really just the Rally Dachshund most of the time.
He’s not the worst pitcher ever, just the worst good pitcher.
by Kyle Lobner on Feb 11, 2009 10:15 PM CST up reply actions
It would be great...
to have something to remember Turnbow’s last stand as a Brewer.
by Infield Fly Rule on Feb 11, 2009 9:20 PM CST reply actions
I like autographed balls
I was in Nashville last summer. Too bad the whole field/complex is a pit.
I loved it!!!
It may be in terrible shape, but Greer reminds me of a scene out of Bull Durham or Brewster’s Millions. Plus Nashville is a great city. I want this ball.
Pena
He will be the one that makes that ball worth anything the money, gets picked up by the Rays and he will close game 7 to give them their first World Series title in 2011.
The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
Minor League Baseball
I’d love to take a tour of the Brewers farm system. At least I’ll get to watch the Timberrattlers in Lansing this year.
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And congratulations to GRobbins, our first two-time winner!
If you haven’t already gotten an email from me, you should soon.
He’s not the worst pitcher ever, just the worst good pitcher.
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