Monday, March 31, 2008

Threshers Roster Updated

The first 2008 Clearwater Threshers roster is now on the Official Site.

Some familiar names include Tuffy Gosewisch, PJ Antoniato, Welinson Baez, John Urick, Jake Blalock, Dan Brauer, Andrew Cruse, Brett Harker, and Nate Johnson.

New faces include top prospects Adrian Cardenas and Joe Savery.

Visit the Official Site and hover over the 'Team Info' Section to get to the roster. Be sure to check back there for updates.

Phillies Opening Day Roster Set

The Phillies have set their roster for Opening Day.

Cole Hamels and Kyle Kendrick, both former Threshers pitchers, are currently on the active roster.

Scott Mathieson and Michael Zagurski, also formerly part of the Threshers pitching staff, are starting the season on the Phillies disabled list.

Friday, March 28, 2008

Former Threshers Head to Philly

Former Threshers Lou Marson and Greg Golson have been invited to take part in the exhibition series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The two exhibition games are today and tomorrow.

Former Threshers Jason Donald and Patrick Overholt have been invited by the Phillies to take part in the exhibition game against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs at brand-new Coca-Cola Park on Sunday.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Andrew Carpenter Throws Four Shutout Innings

Former Threshers pitcher Andrew Carpenter got a chance to come over from the Minor League Camp and threw four shutout innings yesterday against the New York Yankees.

Randy Miller has this story on PhillyBurbs.com.

Ken Mandel has this story on MLB.com.

Stephen Miller has this story in the Allentown Morning Call.

Monday, March 24, 2008

Jason Donald Smacks Two Home Runs

Former Thresher Jason Donald traveled with the Phillies yesterday to Dunedin, and smacked two home runs to help the Phillies to a 15-7 win over the Blue Jays.

Stephen Miller had this story in Allentown Morning Call.

Updated at 1:34pm: David Murphy also had a story in the Philadelphia Daily News.

Friday, March 21, 2008

Second Round of Logo Tourney

The second round of the CNBC Logo Contest is today. Visit Sports Biz with Darren Rovell.

Help the Threshers win best Minor League Baseball Logo.

Darren Rovell of CNBC has seeded us # 8 and put us up against the # 9 seeded Worcester Tornadoes in the first round. After blowing out the Tornadoes, the Threshers now take on the # 1 seed Modesto Nuts.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

First Look at 2008 Threshers April 1

Visit Bright House Field on Tuesday, April 1 at 6:30pm as the 2008 Clearwater Threshers take the field for the first time.

The exhibition game will pit the Threshers vs. Extended Spring Phillies.

Admission is free.

Season Ticket Holder Update

Just wanted to give a quick update for our Threshers Season Ticket Holders.

* We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our the season ticket books

* The Parking Passes have been printed

* The VIP Cards have been printed

We are also able to include the Mike Alstott Charity Softball Game and 2008 BIG EAST Baseball Championships in your Season Ticket Package. Barring technical difficulty, you should have your same seat location as you have during Threshers season, and you should receive everything at the same time.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Threshers in CNBC Logo Contest

Visit Sports Biz with Darren Rovell on Monday, March 17 and vote for the Threshers as we attempt to win best Minor League Baseball Logo.

Darren Rovell of CNBC has seeded us # 8 and put us up against the # 9 seeded Worcester Tornadoes in the first round.

64 teams are part of the tournament that started five days ago.

Monday, March 10, 2008

Jeff Crupper Interviews Jason Donald

Threshers season ticket holder Jeff Crupper recently interviewed former Thresher Jason Donald.

The back and forth was posted on Phuture Phillies.

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Phillies Make Roster Moves

The Phillies announced 14 transactions this morning.

Former Threshers Joe Bisenius, Scott Mathieson, J.A. Happ, and Brad Harman were optioned to minor league camp.

Former Threshers Zack Segovia, Tuffy Gosewisch, Lou Marson, and Jason Donald were re-assigned to minor league camp.

Friday, March 07, 2008

Philly Sports Talk Now

I was a guest on the Philly Sports Talk Now webcast on Wednesday.

Philly Sports Talk Now is a weekly Internet show by Rich Baxter and Jim 'Sports Dogg' Mulry, two Philadelphia sports fans.

We talked a bit about Bright House Field, Spring Training, and the Clearwater Threshers.

You can hear their show and the interview here.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Threshers Season Ticket Holder Update

Just wanted to give those of you who are Clearwater Threshers Season Ticket Holders a heads-up to let you know that you'll be receiving a letter in the mail from us in the next few days. It went out in the mail this afternoon.

We still have plenty of great seat locations left, and extra letters, so if you're not a season ticket holder yet, it's not too late to jump on board!

Monday, March 03, 2008

Carrasco and Golson Spring Updates

Former Threshers Carlos Carrasco and Greg Golson are doing well so far and are getting noticed.

David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily News has a story. Ken Mandel also has a story for MLB.com.