ATY Alumni
Rich Thompson
Sound Baseball
Hello everyone! This is my last journal of the year. Everything is wrapping up very well here in Nashville. My elbow injury has improved greatly since my last correspondence, but I have yet to crack the line-up.
Sep 2, 2003, 13:09
Rich Thompson
Elbow Aches
We are half way through the dog days of August and things are looking pretty good for the Nashville Sounds. With 18 games left in the regular season we are 8 games up on second place New Orleans.
Aug 15, 2003, 13:07
Rich Thompson
Sounds still rolling
I’ve been a Pirate and Nashville Sound for about three weeks now and everything is going well. The team has gone through a lot of changes in the short time I’ve been here, but we have continued to win.
Aug 6, 2003, 11:50
Rich Thompson
Bucs Property?
The promotion to AAA is still intact and everything is going pretty well. It has really been a big break for me. Going from AA and playing four days a week to AAA and playing everyday is really an unusual turn of events and I could not be happier.
Jul 10, 2003, 20:03
Rich Thompson
Traded to the Rats
Traded. That’s what Omar Malave said when he summoned me into his office in Colombus, Ohio. I just got traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Jul 9, 2003, 11:54
Rich Thompson
Facing the Big Boys
There have been a lot of changes since my last journal. I was promoted to AAA Syracuse on the 8th and have been playing more here than I was in AA New Haven.
Jun 24, 2003, 11:11
Rich Thompson
Ravens keep Raking
I am back again and not much has changed for the New Haven Ravens and I. We are the best hitting team in baseball. In our last series we faced the second best pitching staff in the league, Harrisburg, and scored 30 runs with over 40 hits in a 3 game series.
May 18, 2003, 21:44
Rich Thompson
Talented Group in New Haven
We are already through the first month of the season and things are looking good. My team is tied for first place and we led all of minor league baseball in batting average at 305.
May 6, 2003, 08:16
Rich Thompson
It's a Marathon
I hope everyone is as excited as I am about the baseball season being underway. Everything seems to get better this time of year, the weather warms up, the trees fill in, and Baseball Tonight is on three times a day.
Apr 25, 2003, 10:06
Rich Thompson
Life is Good
I hope everyone is as excited as I am about the baseball season being underway. Everything seems to get better this time of year, the weather warms up, the trees fill in, and Baseball Tonight is on three times a day.
Apr 18, 2003, 06:57
Rich Thompson
Bound for New Haven
After anxiously waiting for the past six months another baseball season is about to begin. I have been in Florida preparing myself for the next five or six months.
Mar 31, 2003, 13:01
Rich Thompson
Back to School
What's up everyone? The season has flown by and this will be my last journal. When I wrote my previous entry the Tennessee Smokies and I were in the middle of the playoff hunt, but since then we have taken a turn for the worst.
Sep 9, 2002, 11:48
Rich Thompson
Things Cozy in AA
What's up everyone? Spring training is finally over and I broke camp with AA Tennessee Smokies. We just finished our first series with the Jacksonville Suns and lost 1-3. Our bats started to come around the last day but they hit a grand slam to put them ahead for good. I felt pretty good at the plate and managed to come out of the series 3 for 10 with a stolen base.
Apr 10, 2002, 11:51
Rich Thompson
Welcome Rich
Hi, I'm Rich Thompson. I play in the minor leagues with the Toronto Blue and have signed on to write journals for attheyard.com twice a month. Last year I spent the majority of my first full season in the high A Florida State League with a three week stint in AAA Syracuse.
Apr 3, 2002, 11:50