76°F9:55 PM Bats' 2010 review: Part 3, Who's in left? [Sports]
This is the third part in a series that looks back at the remarkable season of the 2010 Louisville Bats.
By Josh Cook
The Cincinnati Reds went into Spring Training looking for a leftfielder.
The Reds were set in right field with former Bat Jay Bruce, while Drew Stubbs had the inside track on center after his strong finish to the ‘09 season, but “Who’s in left?” was one of several questions facing the team as players reported to Arizona in late February.
Bats' 2010 review: Part 2, Aroldis' arrival [Sports]
By Josh Cook
On July 1, 2009 a 21-year-old Cuban pitcher with rocket for left arm walked out of a hotel in Rotterdam, Netherlands and stepped into a waiting car driven by a friend. Aroldis Chapman, arguably the best southpaw pitching prospect in the world, was defecting.
Bats' 2010 review: Part 1, Spring into action [Sports]
This is the first part in a series that looks back at the remarkable season of the 2010 Louisville Bats.
By Josh Cook
The Louisville Bats were done, stick a fork in them.
Chapman gets the call, heads to Reds [Sports]
By Josh Cook
At least Aroldis Chapman left Louisville with something to remember him by...a 105-mile-per-hour fastball.
The Louisville Bats' left-handed pitching phenom hit that triple-digit number on the radar gun at Louisville Slugger Field last Friday night in the ninth inning against the Columbus Clippers. As it turns out that will likely be the last time we see Chapman in a Bats' uniform. He is expected to be called up by the parent Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday.
Valaika an unassuming, hard-working All-Star [Sports]
By Josh Cook
Chris Valaika didn't know that he had a Wikipedia page.
"Do I really?" he asked, surprised, one day last week as he relaxed in the Louisville Bats dugout before a game.
"Yes," I tell him, then add that it also says that he is known for "a wide stance with a small stride."
"Wide stance, huh, that's pretty good," he said.
What would it say if he wrote it?
Bats' two-month review: The good, bad and ugly [Sports]
By Josh Cook
The first month of the Triple-A baseball season was less than ideal for the Louisville Bats.
"That's quite an understatement," Louisville manager Rick Sweet corrects a reporter, who didn't feel like he had to state the obvious, after a recent game. "It was the worst month I've had since I've been here."
Bats' Chapman begins chasing his big league dreams [Sports]
By Josh Cook
In the offseason Louisville Slugger Field added a third number to the outfield sign that registers a pitcher's miles per hour on a throw.
By coincidence the Louisville Bats also added a pitcher who can hit triple digits.
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