Thoughts On So Many Roster Changes, The Legendary Josh Lowe Throw

Miles Mastrobuoni aka Mr. Clutch-Skitz

On Sunday the Biscuits return to Riverwalk to face the Biloxi Shuckers. With just ten home games left in the regular season, fans should make their way to the park to enjoy this fine club as it gears up for the playoffs and a run at setting a new season high in wins.

So far this season Montgomery has figured out every team its faced, finally knocking Jackson out of a series on the road. Now if the club can figure out itself, they will be in a fine spot heading into the postseason.

The good news is that there are a couple weeks left to do just that.

Vidal Brujan thinks about it too

THOUGHTS ON SO MANY ROSTER CHANGES
Whoa, who can keep up with all that?

As die-hard as I am, even I will have to take a few minutes to review the roster before Sundays game. Lots of players have been moved around over the past month, its tough to know what roles the players will have over the final weeks.

Did the Durham Bulls pick up two-thirds of the cost of printing the Biscuits poster giveaway?

Highlights from the roster shuffles include:

Kay from 2017 files

Grant Kay returns, his first Biscuits games since 2017
Matt Krook and Ryan Thompson return from midseason injury
Josh Fleming promoted to Durham
Blake Bivens sent to Princeton, the team not the university

Tommy Milone sidelined with injury shortly after returning from a long injury rehab
Lucius Fox bounced back from Durham for one day, returned to Bulls for one day and back to Biscuits
Phoenix Sanders promoted to Durham, Zombro sent back, again.
New Guys Sugar Shane McClanahan and Joe Ryan arrived to join the rotation


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Paul Campbell enjoys a pregame trip to the bullpen

WE SEEN IT CAN HAPPEN WHEN WE DONT SEE IT

Rene Pinto

We saw what we needed to see, which is that it can happen when it won't be seen.

By this I mean the series win at Jackson, where fan attendance is dismal and is too far for most Montgomery fans to drive to. Wednesday nights game in Jackson was attended by 622 announced turnstile clicks at the formerly known as Pringles Park.

With the history between the two clubs, its a good sign that these guys can dispatch the rival Generals in a series that has few witnesses. As it stands, if the Biscuits advance past the first round of playoffs, they will celebrate it on the field in Jackson.


Should that happen, the first two games of the league championship would be held in the South Division winners park, with the North Division winner getting games 3-5, giving Montgomery a chance to claim the flag on its own field for the first time since 2006.

BRUJAN AND WALLS
Vidal Brujan and Taylor Walls are fun to watch, worth the price of admission every night.While other teams are hitting tape measure home runs and striking out at record paces, the Biscuits are showing why speed and defense have been the coin of the realm in baseball for over a century.

Vidal Brujan when he knows there is ice cream and cake at third base

Taylor Walls gets his hits on the ground

MY BAD

Jim

Carl

I mislabeled a photo, mixing up Carl Chester with Jim Haley.
 It was of course Jim Haley who hit the homer for free chicken for everyone.

It happens a couple times a year, confusing the names of a couple guys, as you can confirm with Ryan Thompson+Brian Shaffer. Not sure how it happens exactly, usually it involves a new guy.

So.... my bad!

THE JOSH LOWE THROW

Recently Biscuits outfielder Josh Lowe was featured with an #SCTOPTEN for his dynamite throw to the plate to nail a runner. Certainly it was one of the finest displays of the outfield assist seen in Montgomery, an absolute laserbeam to the catcher.

Well, I managed to have the old camera clicking when it went down and can offer a nice three-piece view of the event up close. These are the actual photos of "The Josh Lowe Throw"

locating target....

target acquired

The ball arrived so far ahead of the runner, the throw was already legendary before the tag was made.

#BULLPENLIFE

THIS WEEK IN MONTGOMERY BASEBALL HISTORY

AUGUST 16 1906 
Montgomery pitcher Breitenstein shuts out Atlanta on 3 hits

Steel Arm Dickey

AUGUST 16 1920 
Montgomery, AL
"Grey Sox Win Second From Knoxville Team - Locals Take Advantage of Visitors' Errors and Win Monday's Game - Taking advantage of errors made by their opponents, the Montgomery Grey Sox team defeated the Knoxville Giants Monday afternoon by the score of 5 to 1.

Dickey and Mason pitched good ball, but the former received poor support at critical stages of the game, while the local twirler was given jam up support whenever the visiting team threatened to score."

Bert Maxwell

AUGUST 17th 1906 
Montgomery Pitcher Maxwell shuts out Atlanta on one hit. Montgomery squeaks out just 3 hits themselves, scoring once off Atl pitcher Childs.

AUGUST 18 1906 
Willie Keeler strikes out for the second time in the season.
 Not Montgomery related, but just... wow.
 
AUGUST 18th 1910 
The Birmingham Barons inaugurated Rickwood Field on August 18, 1910, by defeating the Montgomery Climbers in front of more than 10,000 fans.

AUGUST 19 1906 
Pitcher Phillips of New Orleans one hits Montgomery and shuts them out.

AUGUST 20 1968 
The Rebels use five pitchers to beat Bham and maintain the league lead. Lefty Jim Foor, just 19, gets his third win in four days as a reliever. Montgomery has won seven straight games and 13 straight against the Barons.
- Also on this date Satchel Paige is announced as a pitcher for the Braves.