Music to my ears

[Rocky17]

If you think the Juice has a good front office staff, wait til you see the Macon Music. they really have their act together

[preeths]

Looking forwared to seeing the SCL. They've been in the planning stages for a long time, and have made clear progress throughout. I can't comment on their visibility in each community, but if you wanted to map out how to start a league, the SCL has done a great job.

[Ervin]

For what it's worth...This league has one of the best league WebPages out there. They seem like they came out prepared and are only getting better as time goes on. I have also noticed they have started selling some logo merchandise via internet/mail already, I had been checking the United Baseball League sites for over a year now and they still haven't taken the time to display their merchandise. I know I plan to purchase some merchandise even though geographical circumstances will probably prevent me from being able to attend a SCL game in person.

[wdsdyschild]

Hi! Macon Music fan here -- I'm ready for baseball!!

Linda

[beetm]

Great start by The Music! (On and off the field) Looks like Phil Plantier's got a solid pitching staff and an ultra-aggressive offense! (Bases-clearing infield single the other night!)

Opening night was wild, no Macon sports team had ever sold out it's venue until then. 5033 for Luther Williams Field (Which is only supposed to hold 4000) it was a great night, but the catering was having a nightmare trying to keep up, the lines for hot-dogs went round the stadium! Rick Sisler (GM) came out and apologized for it though. Apart from that it was a great night.

10,000+ for the first 3 game series! Can you tell we're pumped?

[heavesrock]

I heard some good and bad things so far:


Good
Nice web sites
Good crowds
Good entertainment



Bad
Where are the league standings on the SCL site?
Splinters from old seat in Macon
Poor stadium management on Opening day.





BTW, is anyone interested in the forum I started a few weeks ago for the SCL(http://z4.invisionfree.com/sclfans), otherwise I'll just delete it.

[beetm]

I would generally agree with most of those, some more than others (who got splinters?). The most in need of immediate attention is the stadium management; the good news is that Ric Sisler has promised to address that.

Just speaking for me your forum seems like a repeat of this one.

BTW, sorry about Charlton going down. C'mon Chelsea!

[heavesrock]

True it is kind of a repeat of this one, just more expansive with individual team pages. This forum seems to be kind of basketball-oriented though. I'll probably delete it, I only made it as I was bored once.






I am sorry about Charlton going down too, but hey, maybe we can get some silverware in the Championship.

[Pink Willie]

I heard some good and bad things so far:
Splinters from old seat in Macon


Plastic splinters? That had to hurt.

If the problem is too many fans showing up...we got it made!

[beetm]

Plastic splinters? That had to hurt. lol He probably meant the wooden benches up in General Admission but they're not that bad, I didn't even notice.

If the problem is too many fans showing up...we got it made!I hear ya, Preach it Brother!

[kekemortson]

Going to our first Macon Music game this weekend!:-D

[kekemortson]

There is a good article by William Floyd posted on the Macon Music website about their manager, Phil Plantier.

http://www.maconbaseball.com

[beetm]

That's a great article. I think there's a pretty big difference in character between the two Georgia Managers, but then again I'm probably biased:D

Enjoy yourself this weekend kekemortson, and come back!

[kekemortson]

Here is the article on Phil Plantier...PART 1
June 29, 2007 - Independent ball is not the home of hot shot prospects. Fans don’t need to glance outside of organized baseball to find their team’s next superstar. The next Derek Jeter, Johan Santana, or Chipper Jones does not normally play here. Those young men with once in a generation baseball skills that make scouts recall Hall of Famers do not jump out of independent baseball

This makes the job of the independent league manager different from that of the big league manager. Macon Music manager Phil Plantier says there are three main rules: “First, you find players you think can play, second, you develop what you have, and third, you scout a lot and fill holes. The last thing you do is manage the ballgame.”

Plantier is neither some great motivator who depends on rah-rah-rah speeches nor is he a chess master coldly out thinking his opposing manager. Plantier is primarily focused on developing better ballplayers. None of this is to say he does not command a presence. Although not big by baseball standards, standing slightly under six feet, he still can be felt when he enters a room, and even though he is not an overly demonstrative and intense manager, Plantier’s voice commands the attention of his players without having to yell. Despite these qualities, though, Plantier’s main focus is in developing better baseball players. Everything else is secondary.

The ballplayers the South Coast League receives are not all made equally. Some have never been in any form of professional baseball before, arriving directly from a college program, while others have been in the organized minor leagues for a few years. Each player brings different assets and problems with him. A player who has been a professional has gotten used to the grind of approaching baseball as a job. A younger, less experienced player, though, will bring more potential. The pratfall among collegians is that these players have to adjust to a wooden bat on the fly. No player is the same as the one in the locker next to him.

“This level is better than most A-ball leagues, but that really varies by who is pitching,” Plantier notes. A commonplace idea places the most difficult jump in the minor leagues between A and AA. Plantier agrees, and notes that only a few players might make it all the way from the South Coast League. It’s impossible to know, though, which players are the ones that will get a call from major league scouts. “This is where guys find out what kind of sacrifices they will make. They have to ask themselves ‘Am I willing to do whatever it takes to make it?’”

One of the largest tasks facing Plantier as an Independent League manager is to figure out which guys are capable of moving on. “You have to help guys realize what they’re good at. They need to quit trying to jerk the ball if they don’t have great power.” Most people in the South Coast League do not have that light tower power. These are prospects who stalled out somewhere. “You find the guys who make adjustments. Guys need to learn to be versatile here. You work with what a guy does well, and improve on it, but you play to win.”

The but in that last sentence is important for minor league ball, and especially the independent leagues. Roster turnover is immense, and hoped for. The goal is to produce players who will get offers from the Majors. If a guy is not producing, he has to be cut. This makes players come and go from a ball club. “The only way you can get a feel for how good they are is to throw them into the fire,” Plantier likes to say. That’s the manager being modest, though, because that’s not entirely how Plantier does it.

In watching Plantier manage his players during a game, the most striking thing is how he is never outspokenly critical of any of his players. Plantier will never yell at his players for making an error or a baserunning gaffe. He is a manager who is difficult to notice from the stands. Unless a fan recalls his major league career and wishes to look for him on the sidelines, it would be unlikely that the average Macon baseball fan would notice him.

Plantier will get on his players if they make a bad play, though. In fact, he is very quick to approach them and confront them about it. Even though he will approach his players immediately, he will not yell and scream. It’s like he’s revved himself up into a raging frenzy, but at the last second, just before he opens his mouth, he reigns himself in. This makes all the intensity come through, letting his players know that they have made a bad play, but erases the negativity that comes along with a screaming fit. Somehow Plantier manages to be intense and hushed at the same time, being able to get on his players so that the fans behind the dugout won’t be able to notice.

*to be continued.....

-William H. Floyd

[kekemortson]

continued....

And never will Plantier embarrass a player, even those who had to be cut out of poor performance. He might note to the press that these players couldn’t make it, but that would be it. This particular trait is probably more important in the South Coast League than in Major League Baseball. In the majors, there are hordes of superstars, and even the fringe players are the stars of lower leagues that have always excelled at baseball. In the South Coast League, all the players have encountered a road block, and are in the South Coast League to get themselves back on the road to the Majors. Everyone here, essentially, has failed.

Plantier can relate. Although he played in the Majors, while many of his players have stalled out at AA or AAA, many people thought Phil Plantier should have been a superstar. And although he had a few good seasons, he was never close to being a superstar. To many, Phil Plantier was a failure at the Major League level.

As a 21 year old in 1990, Plantier was a September call-up by the Boston Red Sox. He did nothing to separate himself from other September call-ups, so he went back to AAA Pawtucket at the start of the next season. By August, he had obliterated the International League, and the Red Sox called him up. From August until the end of September, Plantier was a rookie sensation, with Triple Crown numbers of a .331 average, 11 home runs, and 35 RBIs in 148 at-bats. Those numbers would be equivalent to 37 homeruns and 118 RBIs over 500 at-bats.

The hopes and dreams of Red Sox fans did not come true, though, and Plantier never came close to matching his debut. Despite a few more quality seasons, Plantier was never close to being the best player on his team, let alone in the league. Plantier firmly believes that understanding failures and learning from them is something that everyone in his locker room must do. Plantier’s success shows his players someone who made it in a big way. His subsequent failures show his players how difficult that success is to obtain. Plantier knows very well what happens in the Major Leagues. Even more importantly, he was someone who had to work hard to have a small piece of stardom. Despite being a power hitting corner outfielder, Plantier notes he had to know how to bunt. “And I was a good bunter,” he emphasizes.

Plantier wishes to teach a similar versatility to his own players. Plantier throws his own batting practice. Given the fact that the South Coast League does not contain the bounty of coaches the major leagues afford, it would seem to be a mandatory thing. Plantier does not just throw batting practice, though. Plantier takes over batting practice.

Standing in front of the mound, Plantier calls out the situation to his charge in the cage. “Hit and run.” Then he throws the ball to the plate, expecting his player to hit behind an imaginary runner. This is not only to show the man at the plate what to do, but also to show the men behind the cage and in the field what to do. In quick order the batter will hit as though he is in all the game situations Plantier finds important to go over that day.

“In batting practice, if a guy is doing well, you leave him alone. If he's running cold, you try and make adjustments and get him back,” Plantier responds when asked about batting practice. It is not in his nature to say anymore. This is not to make it seem as though Plantier approaches everything in a wishy-washy manner. Plantier has definite ideas about when you apply certain things to baseball. To Plantier, baseball is all about situations.

“You just don’t see guys who know as much about situational hitting anymore. Kids just aren’t developing baseball instincts anymore.” Plantier believes that boys not playing as much as they used to is a large part of the problem. Despite organized baseball and advanced coaching being brought to ever younger and younger ages, children don’t just go out and play in sandlots anymore.

“Guys learn to take orders really well from these coaches, but they can’t think for themselves out there.” Plantier wishes to create total baseball players, and he believes the ability to know what to do on a ball field is a key component of a total baseball player. Plantier does not want to have to tell someone to hit behind a runner in the middle of a game. He expects his players to know what to do.

The care with which Plantier approaches batting practice also applies to fielding practice. He is a big believer in doing drills and exercises a number of times. Doing an exercise one time is not enough, the more a player sees a bad hop in the field or lays down a bunt, the better off he is. "Defense is one of those things where hard work goes a long way. If a guy is struggling you have to just give him a thousand ground balls." Of course, it isn't just practice, it is correct practice.

In discussing baseball with Plantier, it quickly becomes obvious how conscious he is of his message always coming across. Very often managers, or leaders in general, might have some clear ideas about what they want, yet don’t always hammer those ideas home. Plantier is always speaking about situational hitting and baseball instincts, and he is constantly making sure his players understand the message.

Plantier's views on strategy are open, not meaning that he doesn't know what he'll do when, but that he knows exactly when he wants to see each different maneuver, be it the sac bunt, the intentional walk, or the hit and run. “You can't go through baseball with preconceptions. Sometimes you play for one run and sometimes you go for the crooked number. You have to have everything worked out in your head, certainly. You've got to manage what you got and what the other team gives you." When pressed about certain strategies, Plantier makes sure it's even clearer that sticking to one's guns on everything and ruling out certain plays is not his style. “You just can't have any preconceived ideas in baseball.”

When constructing his lineup, Plantier does not look for certain guys in certain spots permanently. "Your leadoff guy is only leading off the first inning. With NL rules, you're gonna have the pitcher's spot bunting some and putting a guy in scoring position, so that becomes an RBI spot later on." Plantier believes the most important factor in constructing a lineup is that everything flows between each batter. This makes Plantier more willing than some to change his lineup based on how a guy has been doing recently. If a guy is doing well, Plantier will put him into an RBI situation. If a batter is slumping, Plantier is likely to move him to a spot lower in the lineup where he can see more pitches.

All of this speaks to Plantier's love of versatility. He acknowledges in a league at this level with only 23 players on the roster, he is occasionally left without the usual managerial options many big league managers are accustomed to. He readily admits to not being able to use offensive only or defensive only players, because this level just does not allow for a player lacking in either area. On the other hand, it is readily apparent Plantier would hardly stand by to watch a good bat boot the ball, or conversely see a slick fielder flail at the plate. He wants a total baseball player.

His pitching staff works similarly. Plantier does not have one guy who does certain roles. Occasionally, he will use a guy in certain situations regularly, but he is not only allowing him to be used there. He rotates his long men depending on their level of rest throughout his bullpen, and he spoke well of his only bullpen lefty because he can handle both righties and lefties. In traditional closing situations, he has one primary pitcher, but he also certainly wants a 1A out there who is ready whenever necessary.

It’s hard to imagine what Phil Plantier would be doing if there were no baseball. Plantier loves the game and relishes the ballpark experience so much that it it’s strange to even see him without his cap on. The duties of a South Coast League manager are not glamorous. Despite his Major League resume, his autograph is sought much less by the young fans than his players' autographs, and Plantier does not mind at all. Plantier is happy to win, and he’s thrilled when his players snap out of a funk. That is what is important to him, and not anything else. Through and through, Plantier is a baseball man. When asked directly why he manages, Plantier says simply, “I get to come to the ballpark everyday. Beats anything else.”

-William H. Floyd :D

[Mr.Ed]

Planttier sounds like the perfect manager for a start up league.He seems to be a good manager and a better man.

[kekemortson]

I took my family to Luther Williams field to see the Macon Music last night (06/30/2007). We had received complimentary Box seats from a Music sponser (Macon Communications...THANK YOU!).

It was also Red Hat night (no, not wearing red UGA hats, but it is a ladies social club). I had a former co-worker and a current co-worker in that group and they paraded around the field before the first pitch.

It was also a kids club night wher kids club members got in at 4PM to enjoy the festivities and play. Great idea and promotion, but it was HOT from 4-6PM. My daughter loved the kids club t-shirt and being able to play, but she got overheated in about 20 minutes and got sick. The Music staff was great as they gave her a cold wet towel and some ice water. After about an hour sitting in the shade (in our box seats), she was feeling better. I enjoyed watching the Music and Juice take batting practice.

The game was delayed about 45 minutes by scattered thunderstorms. No rain fell but there was nearby lightning. Local TV weatherman (WMAZ - Channel 13) Ben Jones was at the game and gave weather reports from the booth and DJ'ed the music during the delay. That was kool.... The wind kicked up during this time was a blessing and really felt good!

Bought a Music hat and Pennant from the souviner stand. Was disappointed that they were sold out of the logo baseballs and small logo bats. There were no small "goodies" (keychains, etc.). Just hats and t-shirts.
Bought a program too.

The food lines were imporved and I didn't have to wait long when I made a trip down. We got bottled water, sodas, hot dogs, and nachos during the game.

The post-game fireworks were GREAT and bigger than I was expecting and worth the wait.

After the fireworks, the kids under 12 got to run the bases and my daughter loved that!

Put on top of everything else, the Music held on and won the game 6-4! :D The announced crowd was over 2,600 fans. I am still awed by the support for the Music here.

We were at the ballpark for about 7 hours and although it was a long evening, it was worth it and we had a GREAT time! :-D

[beetm]

Fantastic! glad you and your family enjoyed your (Extended!) stay at The ballpark, Kekemortson.:)

I've stayed for a couple of firework displays now, and I too am astounded at the quality and quantity of the display. I've seen smaller displays where fireworks were supposed to be "the main attraction".

[kekemortson]

The Macon Music have changed the poll on their website. Vote for the Music player that you think should be their representative at this point.:infun:

[kekemortson]

OK, you guys have inspired me. I have created my own personal fan page for the Macon Music. It isn't much, but it is a start. I am trying to promote the Macon Music, the South Coast League, and this message board.

What are some good "FREE" sites to put together a nice fan site? You guys are the pros.....what up? :confused:

[beetm]

Good Job, kekemortson; I just use my isp's free web pages....... And just speaking for myself, I'm far from a pro, just a fan enjoying baseball again.:D

[kekemortson]

Here is a nice article written by Sarah Meinecke on the Music's Scott Robinson from Sunday's (Posted on Sun, Jul. 08, 2007) Macon Telegraph:

By Sarah Meinecke - smeinecke@macon.com
The day Scott Robinson was born, a video was made that showed Robinson's father, Bruce, helping his newborn son imitate a throwing motion.

Only Scott Robinson doesn't remember which arm his father used in that early video. That may be one of the reasons the Macon Music's starting first baseman and backup catcher employs both arms when he is one the field.

It's a phenomenon that started when a freak accident put Robinson's right hand in a cast for eight weeks when he was just 2 years old, and it continues today as he helps the Music in their inaugural season.

Robinson catches right-handed and plays first base left-handed.

"It's pretty natural, although this is the first year I have caught professionally," Robinson said.

Robinson will be on the field with the Music today as they take on the Charlotte County Redfish at 2:05 p.m. at Luther Williams Field. He is one of the mainstays in the lineup that has had a revolving door for the roster the past couple of days.

Headed out the door is Bryce Florie, best known for suffering a near-career ending injury when he was hit in the face by a line drive while pitching for the Boston Red Sox. Florie has been traded to the Newark Bears in the Atlantic League.

"We're real happy for Florie," said Music manager Phil Plantier, who signed and subsequently released pitcher Fabian Jimenez and utility player Zane Miller during the weekend. "He can use this as a stepping stone."

Robinson can relate, as he views the Music as his stepping stone, he hopes, into making it back to the top levels of competition.

But baseball could have been completely out of the question when Robinson was a toddler. He was outside with his grandmother, who was pounding a metal umbrella into the ground and didn't notice the young Robinson's hand on the metal rod. As she pounded away, she impaled his right hand to the rod, which put Robinson in a cast for eight weeks.

With his right hand out of commission, Robinson used his left hand in every-day activities - including throwing.

But a year after the cast was off, Robinson was playing football with his dad and threw the ball back with his right hand.

"I threw a tennis ball left-handed and a football right-handed," Robinson said. "I do almost everything right-handed, and I never thought anything of it, but throwing just comes naturally to me both ways."

But even though Robinson had the ability to play both ways, he mainly stuck to first base throughout his career - first with Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego and then when he began his professional career.

The Houston Astros drafted Robinson in the seventh round when he graduated from high school in 2002, but bad luck struck when the Major League Baseball players threatened to strike, and Robinson's offer was pulled off the table.

"I ended up going to Alaska for the summer, and I turned down a full ride (scholarship) to San Diego State," said Robinson, who instead played a year at Palomar Junior College and signing with the Astros before the next draft.

Robinson spent four seasons playing for the Astros' development teams before suffering an elbow injury last April. The injury was incorrectly diagnosed as a muscle strain, and as Robinson nursed the injury, he was released by the Astros. As it turns out, Robinson needed Tommy John surgery to correct the problem.

"It was a bump in the road," Robinson admits. "But almost everyone comes back (from the surgery) if they rehab properly. I knew it would work out one way or another."

So far it has worked out nicely for Robinson and the Music. Robinson is second in the league in batting at .341, and he has four home runs and 33 RBI.

"He works hard, and that is what you have to do with this game," Plantier said. "He has come a long way in a short period of time. He doesn't belong here in the sense that he deserves the opportunity to move on."

No matter which hand he uses.

The Robinson file

A look at Macon Music player Scott Robinson:
Positions: First base, catcher, outfield
Stats: Robinson is batting .341 with four home runs and 33 RBI.

Fun fact: He is right-handed when catching, but left-handed when playing the outfield or at first base.:eek:

[kekemortson]

Here is commentary from the Macon Telegraph's Sports Editor, Daniel Shirley. Printed on Sun, Jul. 08, 2007 in the Macon Telegraph:

By Daniel Shirley - dshirley@macon.com
It took more than a month, but my family made it to a Macon Music baseball game Wednesday (July 4th) night.

And other than a few hiccups that aren't really in the team's control, it was well worth the wait.

The four of us, along with more than 3,800 of our closest friends, enjoyed a good show by the Music on and off the field.

Let's start with the on-the-field action.

There is some solid talent on this team, and it's easy to see that Phil Plantier is doing a good job in his first stint as a professional manager. Sure, it's just a one-game sample, but the Music look pretty fundamentally sound: They play good defense, they pitch well, and they do things on offense that make it easy to score runs.

On Wednesday, that included another home run by Scott Robinson. My wife was the only one of the Shirleys who saw that, by the way, because my sons were enjoying the kids zone playground, a good example of what the team is doing right off the field.

There was plenty more of that, as well. There were promotions at the gate, and the dead periods in the game were filled by constant action with mascot skits and contests for the fans to enjoy. And the fireworks display after the game was also well done.

I wasn't around Macon when the other teams that were here left, but the reasons why they did are well-documented. But I've been around other minor league operations, in pretty much every sport, and what was on display Wednesday night was well done all the away around. It was professional, well thought out and entertaining, and that's about all anyone can expect from any minor league activity.

That the baseball team is solid is icing on the cake and makes things that much more enjoyable.

Were there problems? Sure. But most of those are out of the control of the team.

Now, someone could have told us that the bouncy toy in the kids zone was wet so my youngest son wouldn't have jumped right into a puddle. But he's tough and didn't seem to mind the water, and at least he dried out a little bit before his mother saw him.

The bigger problems involve Luther Williams Field itself. People who defend it will call it historic or tradition-rich. Those are nice terms for ancient.

There are problems that typically go along with old venues: small, uncomfortable seats, tiny walkways with little room for more than two people to get by at one time and long waits at the few concession stands. The other problem took place after the game when it became quite obvious that getting out of the parking lots was going to be a long, drawn-out affair.

That wasn't helped by the fact that some of the fans don't know the proper etiquette for getting their cars in line: You let someone in and then move up, and the car behind you lets someone in, and then it moves up. Riding the bumper of the car in front of you and not letting people in is not the way it's supposed to go.

Still, even dealing with that foolishness didn't ruin an enjoyable night.


Daniel Shirley is the sports editor of The Telegraph. Contact him at 744-4227 or dshirley@macon.com

[beetm]

That's a fairly good description; Entertaining, solid ball, with a few minor nags.

[Mr.Ed]

The city of Macon needs to step up and upgrade the whole Central City Park area including Luther Williams.Macon needs to wake up before the Music fans get tired of dealing with the parking issues and lack of concessions.Why does that road still go right by left field.
I was born in Macon and raised in Macon.I would love to one day move back to Macon but until they get their heads out of their @sses I am going to stay right here in Beautiful Bonaire Georgia;until Warner Robins anexes it.

[kekemortson]

By Sarah Meinecke - smeinecke@macon.com

There are few things better than a baseball game on the Fourth of July.

At least that apparently was the opinion of the more than 3,000 fans in attendance at the Macon Music's game during last week's holiday.

Of course, it's a familiar sight to see fans in the stands at Luther Williams Field this summer. Since the start of the season on May 17, the Music have consistently played in front of solid crowds - so much so that Macon leads the South Coast League in average attendance per game.

"We definitely have the best crowd and the best fans in the league," Music pitcher Ross Stout said. "They come out when it is raining and stick around. It's nice that they are supporting us. The reception has been awesome."

It doesn't hurt that the Music have been producing on the field. They wrapped up the first half of the season last week and finished three games out of first place, which went to the South Georgia Peanuts. If they can win the second-half title, the Music will play the Peanuts in the first-year league's playoff series, set to begin Aug. 31.

"Obviously the biggest obstacle we faced was discredibility," Music general manager Ric Sisler said. "There was a little bit of apprehension here in terms of how we were going to attempt to have a product here."

It doesn't hurt that the Music organization spent more than a year in the city, working out details with local business owners and potential fans highlighting the changes that were going to be made.

And the organization backed up those promises - offering fireworks shows every Saturday night, food and drink specials on various nights and free admission to certain groups in the community.

"The history of (minor league teams) in Macon is not as intimidating if you go above and beyond the initial, 'Oh, it didn't work,' " said Jamie O'Toole, chief executive officer of the South Coast League.

That meant O'Toole, Sisler and the Music organization spent time researching what would work in Macon and how to execute those plans. And by opening night, with standing room only tickets being sold as more than 5,000 spectators crowded into Luther Williams Field, it appeared the research was was worth it.

That's not to say that there haven't been glitches along the way. Opening night was a success as far as turnout but a disaster with concessions. Lines stretched from the two main concession areas, which face each other at the main entrance to the stands, causing a less-than-desirable wait for fans.

"It was a nightmare," Sisler said. "There is no other word to describe it. I don't ordinarily go on the field to apologize unless I feel it is necessary, and it was necessary. My promise (to the fans) was that it would be fixed."

The Music added five new points where fans can buy concessions. The improvement is just one that Sisler and the organization hope to make this season.

Despite the strong ticket sales, attendance and quality of baseball, the Music's leaders won't be getting complacent.

"There has been a lot of dialogue between myself and people, trying to get a heads up on things people want to see differently," Sisler said. "There is room for improvement."

[kekemortson]

The Macon Music traded shortstop and former Georgia College & State University standout Mike DeVeaux to Aiken for catcher Jeff Timmons on Wednesday.After a solid start, DeVeaux slumped and is hitting .266, but with eight homers and 31 runs batted in. Timmons is hitting .235 with eight home runs and 21 RBI.

The Music also released pitcher Jordan Neufeld and catcher Kyle Donovan.

I liked DeVeaux and I know he was slumping. Hopefully he will get it going again for the Hounds.

[kekemortson]

Looks like my next Macon Music game is going to be Saturday, August 4th with the Music playing the Juice.
Gonna bring the whole family!:D

[kekemortson]

Macon Music VS South Georgia Peanuts for the first South Coast League Championship series!

I have a web poll where you can vote on who think will win...

The following is shamelessly taken from the Macon Music homepage:

TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE
August 28, 2007 - Tickets for the play-off game to be held at Luther Williams Field are on sale now. The first play-off game in South Coast League History will be held in Macon on Friday, August 31st.

The cost of the tickets will be $10 for box seat and $8 for General Admission. They can be purchased by stopping by Luther Williams Field located in Central City Park or clicking on

http://sc3.glitnirticketing.com/sc3ticket/web/stadiumg.php?event_id=135&status_id=2

First pitch will be at 7:10 pm on Friday and they will be taking on the South Georgia Peanuts.

The song "Two Tickets to Paradise" is by Eddie Money.


GO MUSIC!!! ROAST THE NUTS!:p

[Nuckinfuts]

Roasted nuts are better than out of tune Music! Go Peanuts! Play that Music!

[kekemortson]

Macon Ace, Ross Stout came through Saturday night and the Tunes roasted the Nuts 5-1! It all comes down to the final and deciding game tonight in Albany. You could not have written a better script than to have the first SCL Championship Series go the distance!

Go Music!:D