We missed opening night for the Sacramento Rivercats but went to the last two home games. None was much to write about. Because both are on rehab we got to see Nomar Garciaparra and Jason Repko play for the Las Vegas 51s - neither did much in the games we watched. That is one of the benefits of minor league ball you get to see some real stars up close.
Prices are up a bit at the ballpark. But not by much and ticket prices have remained the same for the club.
One of the clear differences between the minors and the majors is when the team begins to jell - in the minors you may not have a good idea about how the team will play together until June or July. The heart of last year's team actually did not show itself until late July. Today's game was more like June than April - in terms of temperature. The Cat's bats for the last three games have been relatively quiet. Most of the team is new.
We found that Ron Flores (the reliever for the last couple of years) was traded to the Cardinal organization (Memphis Redbirds) and that the A's Dan Johnson was put up for assignment. The A's are long on talented first basemen. Dan was a real star in Sacramento and had a couple of good seasons in Oakland - but with Barton and others he had not played much during this Spring. We wish him good luck. Finally, the inspiration from last year's team (Lou Merlino) seems to have retired. I thought he would have made a great manager. But that was not to be.
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