SL 2000 Public Posts of Note - 3.2000

RE: weekend

> now that was a successful weekend. except greg, everyone
> played at least 5 games, and that is something we should
> probably shoot for every week. dave played 29 games,
> and really got his feet wet for the first time. give us
> some feedback dave-was it what you expected, and could we
> have prepared you more in some ways.

i guess it was pretty much what i expected, although i guess i expected a little bit more swearing from bob. the biggest problem i had was losing my concentration after playing so many games so late at night. i don't think it cost me a game or anything, but i noticed myself making stupid mistakes.

posted by Dave Basler 3/14/00

weekend

now that was a successful weekend. except greg, everyone played at least 5 games, and that is something we should probably shoot for every week. dave played 29 games, and really got his feet wet for the first time. give us some feedback dave-was it what you expected, and could we have prepared you more in some ways. as promised here is the updated injury list and what game they are set to return

Joe             Ken            Dave        Graham
Glavine-36      Glanville-17   Halama-37   Giles-11
Santangelo-38   Lieber-36
Burnitz-39
Kent-39

posted by Chris Klein 3/12/00

re: woollum announces chicago barnstorming tour

Cuba Woolum is starring in the sequel to Jerry Maguire, entitled, "Jerry Maguire II, Show me the spit cup".

posted by Bob Taterka 3/3/00

re: woollum announces chicago barnstorming tour

> Known for his charismatic pre-game speaches, Basler told the media: "I
> tell
> my players this is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the
> ball, you hit
> the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains."
>

In theory, it never rains in Summer League. Oh sure, there maybe computer lockups but never (in theory) a rainout.

I'll be up Thursday night probably close to 10 o'clock.

posted by Steve Swinea 3/3/00

woollum announces chicago barnstorming tour

WEST DES MOINES, IA (Reuters): During a lunch-hour press conference at the West Des Moines, Iowa Hooters, Woollum Mammoth Manager David Basler announced that Woollum had scheduled a barnstorming tour to the Chicago area for next weekend, March 9-12, 2000. During the tour, Woollum plans to play 30 games over a three day period, with a Thursday night triple-header against Ypslanti, Grand Portage and Corsica and a Saturday night tripleheader versus Austin, Cuba and Thief River Falls.

Basler pointed to games against divisional rivals Austin and Grand Portage as the most important of the trip, but told reporters that: "We gotta play it one day at a time."

Known for his charismatic pre-game speaches, Basler told the media: "I tell my players this is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains."

Basler went on: "Players today think too much. After Jermaine Dye tried to tell me why he thought he struck out so much, I told him: 'You just got lesson number one. Don't think, it can only hurt the ball club.'"

Basler said he hopes to set a classy tone for the Mammoth organziation. "The other day, I saw that John Halama had fungus on his shower shoes. His shower shoes had fungus on them. I told him, 'We'll never make the Summer League playoffs with fungus on your shower shoes. Think classy, you'll be classy. If you win 20 in the show, you can let the fungus grow back and the press'll think you're colorful. Until you win 20 in the show, however, it means you are a slob.'"

Speaking of "the show," Basler also shared with reporters his memories of playing fall baseball his freshman year at Trinity College. "Yeah, I was in the show. I was in the show for 21 days once -- the 21 greatest days of my life. You know, you never handle your luggage in the show, somebody else carries your bags. It was great. You hit white balls for batting practice, the ballparks are like cathedrals, the hotels all have room service, and the women all have long legs and brains."

In the closing moments of the press conference, Basler told an amusing story about fellow Summer League manager Greg Nims. "So there I was visiting Greg in Colorado, and he walks out of his bedroom wearing a garter belt over his boxers. Not only that, but he had the darn thing on backwards. I told him, 'The rose goes in the front, big guy.'"

posted by Dave Basler 3/3/00