Fernando Perez wrote an entertaining post on The New York Times blog about batters choosing their music to accompany their walk to the plate. Who knew Perez loved the theme from The Price Is Right? Or that Evan Longoria favored “Down and Out” by Tantric? Here are some Indy suggestions: Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” for […]
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After impressive outing, Mudcats’ Justin Mallett to Bats
Mudcats’ right-hander Justin Mallett shined on the mound Monday night, despite his team’s loss to Jacksonville in the second game of a doubleheader. He looked confident over five innings, striking out six and walking just two. He also proved he has excellent reflexesor survival instinctssnagging a sharp line drive drilled back to the mound. Apparently […]
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No joy in Mudcatville
I blame physics. Or meteorology. Or both. The Carolina Mudcats pounded the hell out of the ball Monday night, pummeling it down the first and third base lines, nailing line drives into fielders’ gloves that seemed to smoke from the friction, powering it deep into the warning track. But only one of the five hits […]
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Cold temps and Frazier’s hot bat: Mudcats win 3-2
FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ ZEBULONNary a soul was in line at the ice cream stand at Five County Stadium this evening, as cold temperatures had fans bundled in blankets and big coats for a doubleheader. I arrived at the first Mudcats game latea 5:30 start for the make up game from yesterday’s rainoutbut caught the last […]
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From Cats to Bats: Carolina’s Griffin promoted to Louisville
Carolina Mudcats’ Mike Griffin is probably glad he’s been promoted to Triple-A Louisville Batsand even happier it happened after the come-back thumping the Bats’ received at the horns of the Durham Bulls last night. Griffin, who divided his time between second base and right field, gets the bump-up in the Reds’ organization after batting .271 […]
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Find your inner cool
The air conditioner turns a sweltering 107 this year and what better way to celebrate its birthday than to turn it off? (The first one was installed in a printing plant; home A/C units weren’t developed until 1928.) Heresy, you say. She’s obviously a Yankee masochist. It’s only mid-May and the temperature has tipped 90 […]
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Keeping pestsand pesticidesout of day care
There’s a reason we endearingly call our kids rug rats: They spend a lot of time crawling on the floor. Unfortunately, so do ants, cockroaches and spiders. And more unfortunately, when we spray baseboards and bomb carpets with bug killer, our kids are cruising on their hands and knees through pesticides. Raleigh-based Toxic Free NC […]
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Billboard asks “Why Go to Durham?” Billboard opponents have the answer.
An observant reader sent the Indy a photograph of this billboard on U.S. 15-501 near the Durham-Person county line. Fairway, which is wooing Durham officials and residents to ease the city and county’s strict billboard ordinance, owns this ad on stilts that reads “Why go to Durham?” Well, if you’re bringing more billboards to Durham, […]
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Mudcats’ Dallas Buck on DL
Carolina Mudcats’ right-hander Dallas Buck has been placed on the seven-day disabled list with an inflamed right shoulder. Buck, who underwent Tommy John surgery on his elbow last year, is 2-1 with a 3.42 ERA in 26 innings pitched. Matt Klinker has been promoted to the Mudcats from Sarasota, the High-A affiliate of the Cincinnati […]
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Senate Health Committee passes smoking bill
The Senate Health Committee passed House Bill 2, which would prohibit smoking in most indoor public spaces. Gone, though is the provision that passed in the House that exempted businesses that don’t employ or serve minors, such as nightclubs. See the House version here:h2v5 And the Senate committee version here: h2v6 It now goes to […]
