A note from Brett on Sunday 24th June 2007
I know things haven't been going really well lately - and I am afraid it just got a little worse!!
I have hurt my hand again and I am going back on the Disabled List again tomorrow
I am pretty sure of this because I told Tim Leiper I couldn't swing
and that it will take some time just like before
I am very disappointed just as I am sure that you all are
There is nothing I can do now besides trying to rehab as best I can
and get healthy as quickly as possible
I feel like crap over here right now and might just go see a movie tonight to kill some time
and get my mind off of it all
But tomorrow I will be good again and do all I can to get better!!

A note from Brett on Tuesday 26th June 2007
Well, here we are again
I have been to the doctor again today and got an MRI like I did with my shoulder
It hurt a lot more this time when they put the dye in - and I about went through the roof!
Got the reading 'sort of' back tonight
The assistant read it and said it was a deep bone bruise and it should heel to 100% over time
Not sure how long that is just yet
I find out the final reading tomorrow but it should be okay
The bruise is in the same place where I broke it in January
Sucks!!
I am now going to go into rehab and I think I am staying here to do it
and I just hope it doesn't take too long
Also there are two more outfielders coming tomorrow
I have to talk to Brian Graham in the next few days about what they want me to do
I honestly am not sure about my playing time when I do come back
but we'll cross the bridge when we come to it
Just an update and I will be back online tomorrow

A note from Brett on Thursday 28th June 2007
No news yet - and I am going to take that as good news!!
The doctor didn't call or come bye yesterday so I will say that makes me feel a little better!!
Hope to hear officially today and I will email or call then

Curve Game Day Notes on Sunday 1st July 2007

The Result
Curve - 7 runs to 1

The Curve - Year-to-Date
41 wins and 38 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Did Not Play
Playing
Batting - #

Brett's at-bats
First plate appearance

Second plate appearance

Third plate appearance

Fourth plate appearance

At the end of the Game
0 hit from 0 at-bats

Heard during the game

Email from Brett

Game Reports

Romulo Sanchez worked three scoreless innings of relief and earned the win as the Curve beat the Bowie Baysox, 7-1, to level their four-game series at a game apiece Sunday night at Blair County Ballpark

Justin Vaclavik, normally a reliever, made the start for the Curve in the place of Kip Bouknight who was promoted to triple-A Indianapolis last week
Vaclavik set the tone, allowing a lone run in three innings

That run scored in the first as the Baysox jumped to a 1-0 lead

Sanchez (4-2) worked three scoreless innings through the sixth to earn the win

The Curve also got a pair of scoreless innings from Chris Hernandez and one from Wardell Starling

Meanwhile, the Curve offense got all the runs they would need in the third inning
Bowie starter Fredy Deza walked Taber Lee with one out and Brandon Chaves followed with a triple to right-center field to tie the game, 1-1
Chaves scored on a ground ball from Vic Buttler that was misplayed by Bowie second baseman Pago Figueroa
Deza retired Neil Walker but walked Steven Pearce to put two aboard
The Baysox then opted to intentionally walk Alex Fernandez to load the bases and face Andrew McCutchen
McCutchen made Bowie pay with a two-run single for a 4-1 Curve lead

Pearce and Buttler each knocked in runs with singles off of reliever Rommie Lewis in the Curve sixth as they stretched their lead to 6-1

Pearce then added his 50th RBI of the season by singling in Chaves in the eighth to cap the scoring

Deza (3-6) was saddled with the loss for the Baysox

The win was just the second for the Curve in the nine games played between the two clubs at Blair County Ballpark this season

Game three is slated for Monday night at 7.05pm
RHP Derek Hankins (0-0, 0.00) who was promoted from Lynchburg (A) on Sunday will make his Curve debut against RHP Beau Hale (5-3, 4.37) for the Baysox

Not many teams have ever come into Blair County Ballpark and knocked around the Curve like Bowie has done this season
Altoona started what it hopes will be the getting-even process Sunday night
The Curve scored four times in the third inning and cruised to a 7-1 victory over the Baysox before 6,023 fans

Bowie had won five straight games at BCB and posted a 7-1 record there prior to Sunday
‘‘If we had the answer, we’d probably beat them’’ infielder Taber Lee said when asked about the Curve’s home struggles against the Baysox
‘‘It’s one of those things where we don’t know’’

Maybe today's effort will change that
Steven Pearce, who appears to be a lock for the Eastern League Player of the Month honor for June, drove in two runs, as did Vic Buttler and Andrew McCutchen
Lee, batting ninth, helped set up the top of the order by getting on base three times and scored twice

‘‘They’re a good team, a good-hitting team and I don’t know what it is’’ Lee said of the Baysox
‘‘When they show up to play here, they’re ready to play and they do what they do’’

The Baysox did that once again Sunday and looked like they would take control in the opening inning
Curve pitcher Justin Vaclavik, a reliever making a spot start, hit Paco Figueroa on an 0-2 pitch to start the game before walking Bryan Bass
Vaclavik has had problems minimizing the damage this season, but he did a fine job of it in that key situation
He got a double play grounder from Matt Cepicky, and even though Oscar Salazar tripled home a run, Vaclavik escaped the inning with the Curve in good shape trailing just 1-0

Vaclavik kept the Baysox off the board the next two innings, then the Curve offense heated up against Bowie starter Fredy Deza (3-6) in the third
Brandon Chaves tripled home Lee to tie the game and scored on Buttler’s infield roller to give Altoona the lead for good
McCutchen smacked a bases-loaded, two-run single to right later in the inning to put the Curve in control up 4-1

Two insurance runs in the sixth and one more in the seventh sealed Altoona’s fifth win in six games

More importantly, the victory got the monkey off the Curve’s back in terms of solving Bowie at home

‘‘Tonight we showed the 1-7 record doesn’t really matter’’ Leiper said
‘‘You get a little challenge, you’ve got to find a way to get it done’’

The teams still have two more games in this series and three more in two weeks at BCB
Altoona is a solid 25-16 at home, which makes the 2-7 mark against the Baysox even more perplexing

‘‘I don’t know about the rest of the team, but I like hitting here’’ said Bowie outfielder Jeff Fiorentino, who went 2-for-4 Sunday
‘‘You see the ball really well, and they’ve got a good playing surface out there
I would say we have a better chance of winning because we’re confident
When you do well against a team, you look forward to facing that team
We come here expecting to win’’

One reason for the success, Fiorentino added, is the Baysox can stock their lineup with left-handed hitters against an Altoona pitching staff with only two lefties
‘‘We haven’t played great games against them, but they’ve also played good games against us’’ Leiper said
‘‘They’re one of those teams this year that their hitters kind of match up against our pitchers’’

That wasn’t the case Sunday
Vaclavik gave up one run over three innings, then Romulo Sanchez (3-2) tossed three scoreless frames and was credited with the win

Chris Hernandez (two innings) and Wardell Starling (one) shut out the Baysox to finish off the night

Vaclavik’s performance, his second spot start, was the key
The Curve could need a No 6 starter on occasion with four more doubleheaders looming, and Vaclavik has proven he can give the club a boost with extended outings
Vaclavik said he feels ‘‘relaxed’’ starting a game, and he knows showing that kind of versatility can benefit his career
‘‘It just opens up their minds for different ways to use me’’ he said