Early season ramblings

This one's for Charlie Lisk. (Lisk was upset that I hadn't updated the blog for a while.) Speaking of Charlie. . .He accidentally cut his thumb prior to yesterday's game at RC. He was working on the handle of a bat and the knife slipped. . .he missed yesterday's game but we wish him back in the lineup soon. Until then Jason Arrowood will backstop. Jason hit a lead off double in the seventh last night, unfortunately he was left on base. He narrowly missed his second homer of the year in the ninth.

Phil did some changing of the lineup last night, presumably to shake up the troops a bit after two losses. I like some of the changes, but it didn't change the outcome. I am sure the Grizz are glad to be done with the Rascals for a while. In fact playing a team not named Rascals or Miners is going to be a bit of a relief.

Back to the lineup change. I like the idea of Chris Gibson at the top of the lineup. He is hot. He was 9-16 (.563) in the RC series. He is getting on base and I think could potentially be a running threat at the top. We'll see how things go. Acosta was moved to the nine spot last night, which almost gives you another lead off guy. He wasn't getting on base like was hoped, but he seems to have a knack for getting a key hit when the Grizzlies need it. He has had some real nice at-bats too.

Not much else. I'll watch, like everyone else, to see how the guys react to a three-game slide following the nine game win streak. It might just take a change of competition. RC broadcaster Josh Anderson told me the Grizzlies should be able to handle Evansville. We'll find out!