Rolen & Bats in INDY

Five-time National League All-Star, Seven Time Gold Glove Award recipient, 1997 Rookie of the Year and Indiana native, Scott Rolen will be making a rehab appearance with Louisville during the Bats three-game series against the Indians at Victory Field. The Bats are in Indianapolis over the next three days. Rolen, has been on Cincinnati’s DL since Aug. 11, with a concussion but is in tonight’s starting lineup batting second and playing third base.

Wilson & Snell Headed West

The Pirates shipped SS Jack Wilson and RHP Ian Snell to the Seattle Mariners for SS Ronny Cedeno, Triple-A 1B Jeff Clement, RHP Aaron Pribanic, RHP Brett Lorin, and RHP Nathan Adcock.

Jeff Clement is expected to join the Indianapolis Indians after hitting .288 with 14 home runs and 68 runs batted in for Triple-A Tacoma. Clement has split time as a catcher, first baseman, and DH. The three pitchers that the Pirates have traded for, sure stand tall. Pribanic played college ball at Nebraska and the 23 year old is listed at 6’4″. Lorin is only 22 and is listed at 6’7″ and Adcock is a 21 year old listed at 6’5″. For more on the Trade and Indianapolis Indians baseball check out Scott McCauley Blog.

Snell, More to the story

Ian Snell was sent down to Triple-A Indianapolis from Pittsburgh last week, and came out to put on a performance on Sunday. Snell struck out a Victory Field record 17 batters, including a record 13 in-a row. Snell line was (7.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 17 SO) he walked the first batter he faced and then went on to strikeout 13 straight Toledo Mud Hens on the way to a career high 17 punchouts in just seven innings pitched.

Snell’s 13 straight K’s are three better than the Major League record held by Tom Seaver (4/22/1970), while his 17 strikeouts are one more than the previous Victory Field high of 16 accomplished by Steve Parris on April 28, 1998. So with great outings like that fans really wanna talk about his penis? They did in Pittsburgh.

Behind the Snell

But the Snell story continues, after his outing Sunday, Snell told WTHR-13 he has been battling depression and considered drastic measures about a month ago due to the growing negativity surrounding his struggles in Pittsburgh. Check Phillip B. Wilson’s story in the INDY Star.

The Fans Have Voted

Diamond Cut

The votes are in and counted and it’s The “Diamond Cut” that will be the pattern for Victory Field on Opening Night. The D-Cut received 335 of the 1,023 votes in the inaugural Indianapolis Indians field design poll.

The poll had fans chose from four different patterns that could appear on Victory Field for Opening Night April 9. The patterns included the Diamond Cut, Angels Cut, Big Little Cut and the Checkered Board Cut.

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Indianapolis Indians Leaves the Grass to You

 

Victory Field

The Indianapolis Indians have an online poll that allows you, the fan to choose what mowing pattern will appear on the field for the Thursday April 9 season opener vs Toledo Mud Hens. Fans can vote on one of four different patterns. The patterns include the Diamond Cut, Angels Cut, Big Little Cut and the Checkered Board Cut.

The “Diamond Cut” create a series of side-by-side diamonds. This was the pattern used in last year’s Major League postseason by the World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies.

The “Angels Cut” includes a design that has each outfielder standing in a striped pattern pointed towards home plate, while the infield contains a popular variation of checkerboard and diamond cuts. This design was made famous at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.

The “Big Little Cut” is the simplest and cleanest of all the designs mowed with parallel straight lines that branch from dirt edge to dirt edge. In this design all areas of grass in play maintain a consistent pattern but the outfield does contain thicker lines than the infield. This style is commonly seen on fields throughout all levels of baseball.

The “Checkered Board Cut” design appears just as it sounds. Both the outfield and infield are cut at a crossing pattern turning the field into one giant checkerboard.

Fans can find the poll online now at the Indianapolis Indians homepage.  but vote early and vote often as voting ends for the “Opening Night Mowing Pattern” on Friday April 3.