Finished!

I've uploaded all AFL video to Vimeo.com.

I was in Phoenix for 8 days and took in 6 games and the Grand Canyon.

I'll finish off with a play at the plate involving catcher A.J. Jimenez:

Great block at plate by A.J. Jimenez

As of 2009-11-24 10:50am EDT:

Nevin Ashley

Matt Gorgen

A.J. Jimenez

Adam Loewen 

Darin Mastroianni

Shawn O'Malley

As of 2009-11-24 10:36am EDT:

Danny Espinosa

Jeff Mandel

Chris Marrero

Paul Phillips

Heath Rollins

Drew Storen

Mitch Talbot

As of 2009-11-24 9:54am EDT:

Brandon Allen

Domonic Brown

Michael Cisco

Brandon Crawford

Thomas Neal

Josh Wilkie

As of 2009-11-24 9:01am EDT:

Chase d'Arnaud

Hector Gomez

Darin Holcomb

Andrew Johnston

Hiroshi Katayama

Buster Posey

Jose Tabata

Toshiyuki Yanuki 

As of 2009-11-21 9:35am EDT:

Brandon Erbe

Brandon Snyder

Brandon Waring

As of 2009-11-20 11:28pm EDT:

Josh Bell

Corey Brown

Grant Desme

Justin Friend

Eddie Gamboa

Josh Perrault

Jemile Weeks

As of 2009-11-20 12:11am EDT:

Brandon Hicks

Vinnie Pestano

Josh Rodriguez

As of 2009-11-19 1:59pm EDT:

Tim Fedroff

Josh Judy

Matt McBride 

Jose Vallejo

As of 2009-11-18 11:47pm EDT:

Jonathan Gaston

Cedric Hunter

Daniel Meszaros

Lance Zawadzki

As of 2009-11-18 7:17pm EDT:

Bradley Boxberger

Mitch Canham

Mike DeMark

Logan Ondrusek

Sean Watson

As of 2009-11-18 11:03am EDT:

Yonder Alonso

Kenley Jansen

Andrew Lambo

Lucas May

Russ Mitchell

Justin Sellers

As of 2009-11-18 7:02am EDT:

Scot Drucker

C.J. Retherford

Robbie Weinhardt 

Caspar Wells

As of 2009-11-17 9:02pm EDT:

Jordan Danks

Nick Hill

Brent Morel

Carlos Triunfel

As of 2009-11-17- 3:31pm EDT:

Dustin Ackley

Phillippe Aumont

Lorenzo Cain

Jonathan Lucroy

Josh Vitters

As of 2009-11-17 11:39am EDT:

Starlin Castro

Luis Exposito

Casey Kelly

Bryan Petersen

P.J. Phillips

As of 2009-11-16 11:57pm EDT:

Aaron Crow

Ryan Mount

Mike Moustakas (last three clips are Moustakas fielding)

Scott Moviel

As of 2009-11-16 7:44pm EDT:

Jeff Bianchi

Jarrod Dyson

Josh Stinson

As of 2009-11-16 1:38pm EDT:

Gary Daley

Daniel Descalso

Nick Evans

Doug Hogan

Daryl Jones

Zach Kroenke

Marcus Lemon 

Mitch Moreland

Enjoy!

 

I caught a break and got this footage of a play-at-the-plate, with Toronto Blue Jay A.J. Jimenez showing his athleticism. Also posted to FanShots.

http://www.vimeo.com/7794840


Enjoy!

What are words worth?

Who can that be now?

Put the message in the box, put the box inside the car, drive the car around the world.

Drill holes in themselves and live for their secrets.

I wanna be your Joey Ramone.

This is the last video of my week in AZ. Enjoy!

Surprise Rafters at Scottsdale Scorpions

Stephen Head (Cleveland Indians)

David Herndon (LA Angels)

Chris Johnson (Houston Astros)

Andrew Laughter (Texas Rangers)

Stephen Lerud (Pittsburgh Pirates)

Lucas May (LA Dodgers)

Beau Mills (Houston Astros)

Russell Mitchell (LA Dodgers)

Bud Norris (Houston Astros)

Justin Orenduff (LA Dodgers)

Mark Ori (Houston Astros)

Chris Pettit (LA Angels)

Eammon Portice (Boston Red Sox)

Nolan Reimold (Baltimore Orioles)

Josh Rodriguez (Cleveland Indians)

Ryan Rohlinger (San Francisco Giants)

Brandon Snyder (Baltimore Orioles)

Drew Sutton (Houston Astros)

Mark Trumbo (LA Angels)

Surprise Rafters at Scottsdale Scorpions

I had to ratchet down the volume on these clips because I was sitting amongst some fun-loving fans. Although nothing they said was offensive in any way, and alot of it quite funny, I thought most of it would detract from the "purity" of the game. LOL!

I've reached my vimeo upload limit, so that is it until Nov 21, when I'll post the rest of 2008-11-01 game.

Brian Bogusevic (Houston Astros)

Juliio Borbon (Texas Rangers)

Ivan Dejesus, Jr. (Los Angeles Dodgers)

Kevin Frandsen (San Francisco Giants)

Jared Hughes (Pittsburgh Pirates)

Will my beloved PIttsburgh Pirates decision to sign Andy Van Slyke over Barry Bonds turn out to be more curse-inducing than when the Cubbies kicked out Billy Goat Tavern owner Billy Sianis in 1945?

Surprise Rafters @ Peoria Saguaros

Cesar Carrillo (San Diego Padres)

Wes Hodges (Cleveland Indians)

Beau Jones (Texas Rangers)

Sean Kazmar (San Diego Padres)

Lucas May (Los Angeles Dodgers)

Brian McFall (Kansas City Royals) 

Chris McConnell (Kansas City Royals)

Beau Miills (Cleveland Indians)

Nolan Reimold (Baltimore Orioles)

Bill Rhinehart (Washington Nationals)

Shane Robinson (St. Louis Cardinals)

Josh Rodriguez (Cleveland Indians)

Brandon Snyder (Baltimore Orioles)

Josh Thole (New York Mets)

Josh Tomlin (Cleveland Indians)

Carlos Torres (Chicago White Sox)

Jason Vargas (New York Mets)

Neil Wagner (Cleveland Indians)

Zechry Zinicoloa (Washington Nationals)

--------------------------- edited 2008-11-14 9:38p EDT ----------------

added Tyler Greene (St. Louis Cardinals)

I'm maxed-out for uploads on vimeo for the week, so this is it until Friday.

Surprise Rafters @ Peoria Saguaros

Cole Armstrong (Chicago White Sox)

Mike Baxter (San Diego Padres)

Gordon Beckham (Chicago White Sox)

Ian Desmond (Washington Nationals)

Brad Furnish (St. Louis Cardinals)

Underrated band? Dramarama

Underrated album? Kerosene Hat by Cracker

Underrated vegetable? corn

Underrated Python? Terry Jones

Underrated movie? Valley Girl starring Nick Cage

Underrated vowel? o as in "oh"

This web site needs an "auto-generate-words-to-reach-75" button.

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Mesa Solar Sox @ Peoria Saguaros

 I've reached my weekly upload limit on vimeo.com, so this is it until the counter resets Thur/Fri midnight. 

Jeff Larish (Detroit Tigers)

Cole Flowers (Atlanta Braves)

Will Rhymes (Detroit Tigers)

Scott Cousins (Florida Marlins)

Logan Morrison (Florida Marlins)

Jeremy Slayden (Philadelphia Phillies)

Caspar Wells (Detroit Tigers)

Ian Desmond (Washington Nationals)

Sean Kazmar (San Diego Padres)

Obviously haven't reached the word limit. Stones or The Who? Stones at their peak, but The Who for career.

From Peoria Javelinas @ Mesa Solar Sox

Zach Simons (Detroit Tigers)

Chris Mason (Tampa Bay Rays)

Rudy Darrow (Detroit Tigers)

Will Rhymes (Detroit Tigers)

Casey Fien (Detroit Tigers) fixed

Need more words, not sure how many, oops. is this enough?

Nope, need more words. What are words worth? No more words and no more promises. Can't think of any more song lyrics with the word "word". For criminy, not enough yet. Word up. Of course.

 Five, four, three, two, one. zero.

From Peoria Javelinas @ Mesa Solar Sox

Jeffrey Marquez  (New York Yankees)

Jesus (Jesse) Estrada (Chicago Cubs)

Justin Smoak (Texas Rangers)

Chris Valaika (Cincinnati Reds)

J.T. Hall (Tampa Bay Rays)

Greg Halman (Seattle Mariners)

Logan Morrison (Florida Marlins)

Jason Donald (Philadelphia Phillies)

Steve Clevenger (Chicago Cubs)

Matt Spring (Tampa Bay Rays)

Justin Turner (Cincinnati Reds) corrected

Kevin Russo (New York Yankees)

Drew Stubbs (Cincinnati Reds)

Austin Jackson (New York Yankees)

Ryan Reid (Tampa Bay Rays)

Sergio Escalona (Philadelphia Phillies)

Jeremy Slayden (Philadelphia Phillies)

Jeff Larish (Detroit Tigers)