May 10, 2013 - Shortstop Paul Janish makes a nice stop, but his throw to first is not in time. Melky Mesa with the single.
Janish was activated off the DL and optioned to the AAA Gwinnett Braves earlier this month.
Allentown, PA (May 19, 2012) - Louisville Bats infielder Chris Valaika is interviewed after a game against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
They play a game at Coca-Cola Park where hula hoops are placed on the field, and people in the stands try to throw tennis balls into them. There are prizes, including cash, if your ball lands in a hoop and stays there. (I guess they sell the balls during the game.) So Valaika was interviewed in a rain of tennis balls. Every once in awhile, he would swat one away if threatened to hit him.
Valaika signed with the Marlins this year. He made the big league roster, but is now on the DL until at least August. He broke his wrist trying to put a swipe tag on former Bats teammate Yonder Alonso. What rotten luck.
May 2013 - The AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders went all out with “The Office” connection. They gave out Dunder Mifflin, Inc. stock certificates, had cutouts of the characters you could pose with, and put up pictures of the cast in place of photos of the visiting players on the scoreboard.
May 12, 2013 - Jason Heyward, on rehab assignment with the AAA Gwinnett Braves, hits a 2-RBI single in the second inning of a game against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
The G-Braves would hang on to win, snapping a 14-game losing streak.