Rex Hudler

QUOTE(JimH @ May 21, 2005 -> 02:09 AM) West Tenn announcer says there's no internet access in the Barons press box, so he has no way of responding to emails. 7300+ fans at Birmingham tonite. West Tenn announcer must not have a wireless card, because there is wireless access everywhere in the stadium except downstairs in the locker rooms. My friend tonight had his laptop in the stands and we were surfing away. 7,300+ tonight?? LOL maybe 4500

Actually, it is equally about the fact that the station Barons games are broadcast on, does not stream any of its content, so if the Barons were to do it, they would have to invest in all of the equipment to do it, or pay an outside company to do so at a per game rate (if those companies even still exist).

QUOTE(minorsfan @ May 17, 2005 -> 01:50 AM) I get a chance to attend about 20 Barons games a year, but live out of town. Every chance I get to listen online to the games I do, but I HATE the fact that in order to listen online I have to catch the opposing teams broadcast. Sometimes it sucks listening to the biased opinions that of course you will get from the other teams broadcaster. I would love to hear about OUR prospects, the little side stories from OUR clubhouse, and what happens on a day to day basis with OUR Barons. It especially stinks when the opinions are harsh against our team or players. I know there are lots of fans of the White Sox minors and love to watch/listen to how potential major leaguers grow through the system. Especially since the Barons have so many great prospects it bugs me people who can't attend the games or listen the the local broadcast are stuck catching the opponent's broadcast and their viewpoints via the internet. The Barons are the ONLY one of the 10 teams in the entire Southern League that don't broadcast via the net. They also are the ONLY team in the White Sox minor league system (other than rookie ball) that doesn't offer the option. I am not sure if anyone (BHAMBARONS) can provide any insight or suggestions on how to get the Barons to invest in a internet feed. Thanks for any help C It's all about the benjamins............

QUOTE(ptatc @ May 17, 2005 -> 01:44 AM) I remeber Sal from the minor league days with the Royals. He was a decent hitter then. I think it was 93 or 94. Tipped a few with him during ST that year we used to chug beers in college..... I won most of the time (another once cool, now useless talent of mine), but it was always close

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 16, 2005 -> 12:11 PM) Smith did come up with the Cubs. I believe he was runner up to Walton in ROY voting that year. thought he was close.........

I didn't look today, but the last time I looked there were still 2 or 3 available in the Barons team shop.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ May 16, 2005 -> 05:25 AM) That's a very colorful uniform. 4th of July unis last season........

How about this?

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 16, 2005 -> 04:58 AM) It asks for a PW Hang on.......... now try it

that work?

Maybe this will work better......... Heath Phillips Album

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ May 16, 2005 -> 04:46 AM) how do we get to your albums? Click on the link in the above post....... scroll down until you see Heath Phillips and click on his name. His are the only pictures I have uploaded. I used Photobucket originally when I was doing the Hot Chick NIT earlier this year.

Here you go, here are 35..... Just click on the Heath Phillips album. Any other requests? lol Photo Bucket: Heath Phillips

QUOTE(Jabroni @ May 16, 2005 -> 04:17 AM) Nope, Jerome Walton was RotY for the Flubs in 1989. Walton was a true "flash in the pan." I knew Smith came up with someone else, I just couldn't remember who and which one won it......

QUOTE(bulokis @ May 16, 2005 -> 04:07 AM) Can anybody help me find a picture of Heath, cant seem to find anything on the net? Give me 10 minutes and you'll have all you need..........

Here is my weird/random brush with an athlete. I'm sure most of you older guys 25-30 and up will have heard of him........ About 4 years ago or so, I flew to Charleston SC to visit a college buddy. He picked me up at the airport about 10:00 on a Saturday night. We stopped by a bar in the Mount Pleasant area of Charleston for a couple of beers on the way to his house. We went in and the bar was pretty crowded. It was your basic surburbian local pub full of 20 somethings...... We upstairs to see if we could find a table. There was one round table open so we sat down. No one came to wait on us so my buddy went downstairs to the main bar. While I was sitting there, checking out the scenery, a black man with several gold chains hanging from his neck sat right down at my table. We made eye contact and he just looked away, but stayed there. After about a minute of trying to figure out what the hell he was doing, it popped into my head. I looked at him real strange like and said "hey, aren't you Dwight Smith?" He smiled and said yes. I asked him what the hell he was doing there and he told me he was the Hitting Coach for the Charleston River Dogs. So my buddy came back up and I introduced him and we drank several beers and ate some wings together. My buddy who was a Cardinals fan kept telling him how much he used to hate him. Dwight thought it was hilarious. Smith was a former OF for the Cubs amongst other MLB teams. He might have even been NL Rookie of the Year in 1989???

He's a Chicagoan, so most of you should have heard of him.

QUOTE(BHAMBARONS @ May 15, 2005 -> 11:01 PM) Jacksonville 1 Barons 0 What a pitchers duel, Heath Phillips was outstanding again today with 6 shutout innings Threw some great cutters one to Catcher Russell Martin for a Swinging Strike Out, Struck Out Joel Guzman on a great sinker. Dwyane Pollok looked great with a good slider K'd Russell Martin on it. Only Run came on a Ryan Sweeney error in the 9th as he mishandled a ball in the corner. Barons are in Missisippi tomorrow with Tracey on the mound Tom I was there today, and looked for you. Only problem was, I couldn't remember what you look like or where your tickets are. LOL

A more fun topic would be which players have you drank with lol I will say I have been very fortunate in my life to interact with a lot of great people and have remained friends with some (including the catcher none of you had ever heard of that hit a HR against the Sox today)...... But my favorite memory was being lucky enough to spend parts of three days with Willie Mays. It was an amazing experience and nothing I could ever forget.

Steff, I am giving you a free pass for the week ahead....... No one treats Steff like s*** until at least next Monday!! So it is ordered.

37 Birmingham AL, formerly of Evansville, IN

QUOTE(T R U @ May 10, 2005 -> 02:14 PM) im just saying... most people have a love fest for him because he posts here, I just dont think he will ever be a good ML pitcher.. I'm not sure lovefest is the right word, but I like him because he is one of the most humble, classiest players I have ever met. And he is very talented. Some guys, whether they make it big in the Majors or not are worth rooting for.

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ May 8, 2005 -> 10:11 PM) I don't even bother with EA. There is a site called geekrosters.com that do the same thing. Only problem is you need to buy a sharkport or an X-port to take the downloaded rosters off you're computer and transfer them to the PS2. ps2rosters.com does the same, but they don't have the minor league rosters finished yet..... I can't download them, but will send them a memory card when they are ready. I didn't know if perhaps another place had them available now.

QUOTE(Texsox @ May 9, 2005 -> 02:52 AM) One of the computers on my home network has become infected with the Win32.Efewe.B virus. My EZ-Trust Virus program seems to have caught it and isolated the program. EZ-Trust dialog box suggests scanning the system. When I try and start EZ-Trust, it flashes on then shuts down. I can log onto the 'net with Firefox, but IE will not. Computer Associates site (Maker of EZ-Trust) web based scan only works with IE I've been checking some sites for suggestions and coming up empty. Any thoughts? Try these sites to see if either will work with Firefox. Trend Micro Panda Software

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ May 8, 2005 -> 01:28 PM) If there's going to be any rust at all with Frank, and there will be, send him down to AAA for a week. The offense seems to be picking it up anyways. Still, it's going to be great to have him back, that OBP stat will really go up after his return. He should be in AAA for more than a week. He may not stay for a month, but he needs AB's. He hasn't played sine last July. Spring training exists for a reason.