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Current and former Mizzou players join Zo for football camp

June 10, 2009 By

Former Missouri Tiger defensive lineman, now on the Carolina Panther’s roster is getting a bunch of teammates and  current Missouri Tigers to join him for his first annual Lorenzo Williams and Friends football camp.

The camp will take place on July 11 th at Plaster Field on the Missouri State campus in Springfield.  The morning session will host K-5 th grade.  The afternoon session, 6 th -12 th .  The cost is $25 and will feature former players Martin Rucker (tight end, Cleveland), Jeremy Maclin (wide receiver, Philadelphia), and receiver Will Franklin (Oakland) and defensive end Stryker Sulak (Oakland) and Pig Brown.

Current Mizzou players Blaine Gabbert, Sean Weatherspoon and Derrick Washington will also be there.  For more information you can e-mail SpringfieldFootballCamp@yahoo.com or call Brittney Williams at 417-880-7760.

 

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Indians slam sloppy Royals

June 10, 2009 By

Cliff Lee kept the Indians close, setting up a Mark DeRosa’s tie-breaking grand slam, the fifth of his career, as the Tribe rallied to take the opener of their three-game set against the Royals winning 8-4.

The Royals were up 4-0 in the bottom of the sixth when the Indians scored four (three unearned to tie the game up).  While Bannister gave up some hits in that sixth, a throwing error by Billy Butler and then Miguel Olivo not being able to find home plate on a potential force out at home from another Butler throw let Bannister off the hook with just one earned run in his no-decision.

I’m beginning to see a trend with the Royals bullpen.  In the bottom of the seventh, Juan Cruz struggled for his fourth outing in a row.  He lasted just a third of an inning giving up three runs on a hit, a walk and a hit batsman. In his last three innings Cruz has given up eight earned runs.

Jamey Wright came in to face DeRosa after Cruz had loaded the bases, and gave up a grand slam.  In his last appearance, Wright gave up a two-run home run to B.J. Upton in the eighth inning of a 3-2 loss to Tampa Bay.

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Could health concerns keep Carroll out of 1st round?

June 10, 2009 By

DeMarre Carroll, courtesy of Bill Greenblatt, UPI St. Louis His nickname at Missouri was the Junkyard Dog.  DeMarre Carroll was the guy who wasn’t afraid to scrap and fight for rebounds and loose balls under the basket.  He would throw his body around and mix it up with the Big 12′s best.  That reputation and work ethic has earned Carroll high grades from NBA scouts and executives, but now questions of his health may hurt his chances of going in the first round of the NBA .

Steve Walentik,  who covers Missouri basketball for the Columbia Daily Tribune wrote in his Sunday column that Carroll has impressed several NBA teams with his individual workouts.  Carroll spoke with Walentik and told him, “Everybody tells me I’m a lock for the second round, but now people say they’re going to pick me up in the first round.  I’ve got GMs saying that a winning team needs a guy like me to come off the bench. I feel like I can sneak in the first round.”

Then there were some questions that came up about Carroll’s health on the website draftexpress.com , that reported that Carroll “may need a liver transplant in the near or long-term future.”

That report is being scaled back by Carroll’s agent, Mark Bartelstein.  In a follow up to his story on Sunday, Walentik spoke with Bartelstein who said there is some misinformation and the story is being blown out of proportion.

Apparently, it’s been an issue that Carroll has been aware of and while at Missouri was being treated and observed by Dr. Jeffrey S. Crippin at Washington University in St. Louis. According to Bartelstein, further treatment may or may not be needed after Carroll’s playing days are well over. 

Read more on Steve Walentik’s follow up story , from the Columbia Daily Tribune article.

Interview with Steve Walentik

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1st round MLB draft recap

June 10, 2009 By

Yesterday, four of the first 22 selections in the MLB Draft had ties to the state of Missouri with one state prep star and two Mizzou pitchers getting scooped up in the first round.  Links to bios and videos can be found right here.

Westminster Christian Academy right handed pitcher Jacob Turner from St. Charles was selected 9 th overall by the Detroit Tigers.  Aaron Crow , the former Mizzou pitcher who was the 9 th overall pick last year, but did not sign with the Washington Nationals was grabbed by the Royals this time at #12.  The Cardinals selected a high school pitcher from Texas that many scouts compare to Nolan Ryan.  Shelby Miller of Brownwood, Texas was picked 19 th .  Junior pitcher Kyle Gibson of Missouri was chosen three picks later at #22 by the Minnesota Twins.

The Royals didn’t pick again until the third round and grabbed Wil Myers, a catcher from Wesleyan Christian Academy, H.S. (High Point, N.C.):  The book on Myers is that he is a right-handed slugger who was tabbed by Baseball America as the second-best pure hitter among high school players in this Draft.

The Cardinals grabbed two other players.  In the second round, the picked  Robert Stock, a catcher from USC.  He actually pitched with the Trojans as well, but the Cardinals like his defensive skills.  He hits for a low average, but draws walks.  They also picked another pitcher, Joe Kelly, of  Cal-Riverside.  He has a high 90′s fastball and hard slider. 

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Cardinals losing streak reaches five

June 10, 2009 By

The Marlins Jeremy Hermida hit a walk off homer off relief pitcher Jason Motte to hand the Cardinals their fifth loss in a row, 4-3 the final. Chris Duncan and Rick Ankiel drove in runs in the third inning of Marlins ace Josh Johnson, but the Marlins battled back in this game featuring both staff’s aces.

Neither Johnson or Cardinals’ ace Chris Carpenter would get a decision.  Carpenter was good, but wasn’t spectacular as he had been in his previous starts.  He only gave up three runs (which was a season high) on six hits and a walk, but he gave up the three run cushion his team gave him by allowing two in the bottom of the third.

Emilio Bonifacio doubled in two runs with one out and then the Marlins tied the game in the fifth when Bonifacio hit one back up the middle that Carpenter couldn’t handle.

This game was just one of those where the Cardinals didn’t get any bounces to go there way.  That’s how it goes sometimes during this slumps or streaks.  
The Cardinals are keeping the head’s up knowing this is just a bad cycle that they will 
fight through.  

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