Showing posts with label class a level. Show all posts
Showing posts with label class a level. Show all posts
Saturday, July 24, 2010
John Lamb pitching in last 2010 Spring training game
A little look at the past for John Lamb before he shipped off to Burlington, IA to join the Bees of the Midwest League in the Class A level of professional baseball for the Kansas City Royals organization.As many of you know, John is currently playing for the Wilmington Blue Rocks in the Carolina League at the Advanced Class A level. Next start is set for Monday when the Blue Rocks return home in Wilmington, DE.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Lamb and Blue Rocks solid to start second half of season!
A solid start to the second half of the Advanced Class A level season for the Wilmington Blue Rocks, Kansas City Royals affiliation, came off the arm of John Lamb. You can’t do much better than the 2-0 win over the Salem Red Sox in front of the home crowd on Zack Greinke bobble-head night.
John Lamb pitched his longest outing of the season by going six and two-thirds and starting the combined shut-out effort with the Blue Rocks bull-pen. Lamb matched a season high mark of 9 strike-outs during tonight‘s contest, with 2 walks and 4 hits. He did receive some solid help with a defensive effort on an 8-4-2 play at the plate which saw Salvador Perez hold onto the ball following a collision at the plate early in the game. Just enough hitting during this Carolina League pitching duel gave the Blue Rocks the win, which included a big-fly from Eric Hosmer.
Got some encouraging news from the stands, via text messages, that Lamb was 90-94 on the radar guns and commanding all 3 pitches in his pocket during his 15th start of his first full season assignment in professional baseball. The news came from one of the Royals best retired pitchers, Bret Saberhagen, so I am comfortable sharing the back-stop updates on the velocity of my son’s pitches.
The household took a big sigh of relief as Lamb begins the uncharted territory of his minor league career. This is his first full-season since signing with the Kansas City Royals following the 2008 draft selection and we couldn’t be more proud of his 19 year-old efforts.
So now we get to sit back and relax for the next four days until his next start on the hill.
GO BLUE ROCKS!
- - - James Lamb
Baseball Prospect Guide
John Lamb pitched his longest outing of the season by going six and two-thirds and starting the combined shut-out effort with the Blue Rocks bull-pen. Lamb matched a season high mark of 9 strike-outs during tonight‘s contest, with 2 walks and 4 hits. He did receive some solid help with a defensive effort on an 8-4-2 play at the plate which saw Salvador Perez hold onto the ball following a collision at the plate early in the game. Just enough hitting during this Carolina League pitching duel gave the Blue Rocks the win, which included a big-fly from Eric Hosmer.
Got some encouraging news from the stands, via text messages, that Lamb was 90-94 on the radar guns and commanding all 3 pitches in his pocket during his 15th start of his first full season assignment in professional baseball. The news came from one of the Royals best retired pitchers, Bret Saberhagen, so I am comfortable sharing the back-stop updates on the velocity of my son’s pitches.
The household took a big sigh of relief as Lamb begins the uncharted territory of his minor league career. This is his first full-season since signing with the Kansas City Royals following the 2008 draft selection and we couldn’t be more proud of his 19 year-old efforts.
So now we get to sit back and relax for the next four days until his next start on the hill.
GO BLUE ROCKS!
- - - James Lamb
Baseball Prospect Guide
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Bees win series in Beloit...Lamb gets 1st win of season.
This Mother's Day morning started out like any other by giving Mom her card and an extra sign of appreciation, prior to the seventh start of John Lamb in the Midwest League. We were losing our minds in the living room trying to connect with the Internet radio broadcast on the Burlington Bees site. For some reason we were unable to get the feed until the top of the second inning following a call to the Beloit Snappers field to advise them of the technical trouble. The young man that answered the phone for my wife, Colleen, indicated that he was getting a number of calls complaining about the same thing and that he would call back later.
However, we had an ace up our sleeve for an immediate update on the game from the field. A friend of the family whose son played with John during his Little League days happened to make the trip up from their home West of Chicago, in hopes of seeing Lamb get his first win of the season. A text message was sent immediately about the technical difficulty of getting the radio feed and he responded by provided the details for the first inning of play.
Lamb took the ball to the mound in the bottom of the first inning with a 1-0 lead and proceeded to strike out all 3 of the Beloit Snappers hitters to retire the side. Efficiency continued throughout his performance by spreading out 2 hits, 6 strike-outs, 1 walk and 0 earned runs over five innings. Lamb was backed up by a couple of stellar plays by his defense, including the work of the Bees bullpen to secure the series win.
The Bees offense was also up to the task of supporting the fine start of the the Southern California left-handed pitcher looking for his first win of the 2010 season by getting 1 run in each of the first three innings. The Burlington Bees, Class A level team of the Kansas City Royals, hitters added a couple more later in the game and won by a final score of 5-1.
Our friend's wish came true by getting a chance to see John Lamb get his first win of the season and I'm sure managed to get a couple pictures to share the experience later. By the way, that Beloit employee, mentioned earlier, was kind enough to return a call and let our family know that the broadcast was now working following a simple flip of a switch.
Lamb lowered his season Earned Run Average to 1.91 and brought his record to 1 win and 3 losses and putting plenty of smiles on all the Mothers in his life. Over the years John Lamb has been blessed with wonderful women in his life but none more important than my wife, Colleen, whom has been his greatest influence since he was 4 years old. John's baseball travels during his youth with the Midland Redskins organization and the Goodwill Series gave him the opportunity to have some other "Mothers" during his travels to Ohio and Australia, not to mention his new host family in Burlington, IA the Day family.
So for now, we simply wait for the next professional baseball start at his home field in Burlington, IA on this coming Friday evening.
GO BEES!
- - - James Lamb
http://www.4-domain.com/
However, we had an ace up our sleeve for an immediate update on the game from the field. A friend of the family whose son played with John during his Little League days happened to make the trip up from their home West of Chicago, in hopes of seeing Lamb get his first win of the season. A text message was sent immediately about the technical difficulty of getting the radio feed and he responded by provided the details for the first inning of play.
Lamb took the ball to the mound in the bottom of the first inning with a 1-0 lead and proceeded to strike out all 3 of the Beloit Snappers hitters to retire the side. Efficiency continued throughout his performance by spreading out 2 hits, 6 strike-outs, 1 walk and 0 earned runs over five innings. Lamb was backed up by a couple of stellar plays by his defense, including the work of the Bees bullpen to secure the series win.
The Bees offense was also up to the task of supporting the fine start of the the Southern California left-handed pitcher looking for his first win of the 2010 season by getting 1 run in each of the first three innings. The Burlington Bees, Class A level team of the Kansas City Royals, hitters added a couple more later in the game and won by a final score of 5-1.
Our friend's wish came true by getting a chance to see John Lamb get his first win of the season and I'm sure managed to get a couple pictures to share the experience later. By the way, that Beloit employee, mentioned earlier, was kind enough to return a call and let our family know that the broadcast was now working following a simple flip of a switch.
Lamb lowered his season Earned Run Average to 1.91 and brought his record to 1 win and 3 losses and putting plenty of smiles on all the Mothers in his life. Over the years John Lamb has been blessed with wonderful women in his life but none more important than my wife, Colleen, whom has been his greatest influence since he was 4 years old. John's baseball travels during his youth with the Midland Redskins organization and the Goodwill Series gave him the opportunity to have some other "Mothers" during his travels to Ohio and Australia, not to mention his new host family in Burlington, IA the Day family.
So for now, we simply wait for the next professional baseball start at his home field in Burlington, IA on this coming Friday evening.
GO BEES!
- - - James Lamb
http://www.4-domain.com/
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