Pros and Preps

The Missoula Osprey just wrapped up a three-game homestand against the Helena Brewers. This came on the heels of a three-game road trip in Helena. After six games both teams are 3-3 and ready for a change of pace.
Now Missoula heads to Great Falls for two games. That sounds puny in comparison to the six-game [...]

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On second thought, I should have warmed up.
I’m pretty sure I threw a ball during the ceremonial throwing out of the first pitch at last Friday’s home opener for the Missoula Osprey.
There were three of us throwing out first pitches and it’s clear from my body language in the Missoulian video that a) [...]

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That’s right, yours truly is tossing out the ceremonial first pitch at Friday’s home opener for the Missoula Osprey. It should be noted that I did not willingly volunteer my right arm for said duty, but once the call came in from above (the Missoulian is a corporate sponsor for Friday’s game) I could not [...]

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A shocker out of Iowa: Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas was shot and killed by a former player on Wednesday, while on school property. Here is a link to the AP news story.

“ His leadership set an example for us and his legacy will live on in the thousands of people he [...]

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HELENA – The hometown Helena Brewers opened the 2009 Pioneer League baseball season with a 10-5 victory over the Missoula Osprey at Kindrick Legion Field.
Cameron Garfield went 5-for-5 with three runs batted in to lead an 18-hit effort by the Brewers. Starting pitcher Nick Bucci went five innings, allowing just three hits in that span, [...]

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he Missoula Osprey held their Media Day on Monday, one day before the start of the 2009 regular season. Media Day is always a fun gathering, albeit an intimate one.
Don’t get it wrong, part of me is pumped to be engaged in something like the Osprey Media Day because as a sportswriter you hear about [...]

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Did anyone else just get done watching ESPN College Football Live and its 50 States Tour? They featured Montana and the Dakotas today, and boy it must have been a stretch for CFB Live’s research department.
The piece was loaded with 2001 and 1995 Grizzly championship footage (BTW: they called the ‘01 title win over [...]

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A lot of Osprey fans remember outfielder Gerardo Parra, the speedy Venezuelan who starred on Missoula’s 2006 Pioneer League Championship team. MLB.com writer Jesse Sanchez wrote a nice piece on Parra recently, after he was named NL Rookie of the Month for May.
Parra hit a team-high .328 with 43 RBIs in 69 games for the [...]

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Just heard word that the 2009 Osprey roster is starting to take shape and already there are some familiar names in the group, including Tony Smith who led the club with a .298 batting average in 2007. This time around though, Smith is trying his luck as a left-handed pitcher. Back from last year’s squad [...]

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The Diamondbacks wanted some fat bats to add to their minor league farm system, which has been depleted by promotions and trades over recent years. With that said, the D-backs went out and got two of the heftiest swingers in this year’s MLB draft. Here’s some videos on high schooler Bobby Borchering, whom many compare [...]

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