Long distance blogging
Posted by Carl on June 18, 2008
Nice to see FOTL, the Vermont Lake Monsters, open up the season with a win on a cool breezy night in Burlington. Perusing their website, I was surprised at some of the Lake Monsters/Expos alumni who’ve made it all the way to the Majors - Orlando Cabrera (1995), Jamey Carroll (1996), Andy Tracy (1996), Jason Bay (2000) and Kory Casto (2003), among others.
Interesting to note that Darnell Coles is not returning as manager in Vermont - that honor now goes to Ramon Aviles. Trivia type Montreal connection? Aviles went 0-1in his only NLDS at bat (Game 4) against the Expos in 1981 as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies. Montreal won that series 3-2. Darnell has moved up to the Washington Nationals Single A full season affiliate in the South Atlantic League, the Hagerstown Suns.
In related, FLP news, congrats to Howie Clark. Like Brian Sanches earlier last week in Washington, Howie’s been added to Minnesota’s 40 man roster. Howie, as you may recall has been playing in Rochester, the Twins AAA affiliate. One of Zak’s favorites, Fernando Tatis has also been added to a 40 man - this time for the Mets. The last bit of FLP news for today involves shortstop Gookie Dawkins - he’s been traded by the Phillies to White Sox for Mike Rouse. This season saw Gookie in AA Reading.
As always, more later.
