tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98266142008-05-05T20:54:00.460-05:00Dannoreply@blogger.comBlogger371125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-58205664091772516562008-05-05T18:09:00.004-05:002008-05-05T20:44:24.011-05:00Topeka Golden Giants<br />2008 Baseball Schedule<br /><br />* represents a doubleheader<br /><table border="1"><br /><tr><td>Date</td><td>Opponent</td><td>Time</td><td>Site</td><td>Location</td></tr><br /><tr><td>1-Jun</td><td>Clarinda</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Falley Field</td></tr><tr><td>3-Jun</td><td>FCA</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Falley Field</td></tr><tr><td>4-Jun</td><td>Mac&Seitz</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Falley Field</td></tr><tr><td>6-Jun</td><td>FCA</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>FCA</td></tr><tr><td>7-Jun</td><td>*Ozark</td><td>4:00 PM DH</td><td>Home</td><td>Falley Field</td></tr><tr><td>8-Jun</td><td>Ozark</td><td>1:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Falley Field</td></tr><tr><td>9-Jun</td><td>Clarinda</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Falley Field</td></tr><tr><td>10-Jun</td><td>FCA</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>FCA</td></tr><tr><td>11-Jun</td><td>Mac&Seitz</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Falley Field</td></tr><tr><td>12-Jun</td><td>Beatrice</td><td>7:05 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>Beatrice</td></tr><tr><td>13-Jun</td><td>Chilicothe</td><td>7:05 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>Chilicothe</td></tr><tr><td>14-Jun</td><td>Clarinda</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>Clarinda</td></tr><tr><td>15-Jun</td><td>FCA</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Falley Field</td></tr><tr><td>17-Jun</td><td>Beatrice</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Falley Field</td></tr><tr><td>19-Jun</td><td>Beatrice</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Falley Field</td></tr><tr><td>20-Jun</td><td>Chilicothe</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Falley Field</td></tr><tr><td>21-Jun </td><td>*Ozark</td><td>4:00 PM DH</td><td>Away</td><td>Ozark</td></tr><tr><td>22-Jun</td><td>Ozark</td><td>1:00 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>Ozark</td></tr><tr><td>26-Jun</td><td>Beatrice</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>Beatrice</td></tr><tr><td>27-Jun</td><td>Clarinda</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Clarinda</td></tr><tr><td>28-Jun</td><td>Chilicothe</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Chilicothe</td></tr><tr><td>29-Jun</td><td>FCA</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>FCA</td></tr><tr><td>2-Jul</td><td>Clarinda</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>Clarinda</td></tr><tr><td>3-Jul</td><td>Beatrice</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Lake Shawnee</td></tr><tr><td>4-Jul</td><td>Clarinda</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>Clarinda</td></tr><tr><td>5-Jul</td><td>Mac&Seitz</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Lake Shawnee</td></tr><tr><td>6-Jul</td><td>Mac&Seitz</td><td>2:00 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>Mac&Seitz</td></tr><tr><td>8-Jul</td><td>Junction City</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Falley Field</td></tr><tr><td>10-Jul</td><td>Beatrice</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>Beatrice</td></tr><tr><td>11-Jul</td><td>FCA</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>FCA</td></tr><tr><td>12-Jul</td><td>Chilicothe</td><td>7:05 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>Chilicothe</td></tr><tr><td>13-Jul</td><td>Chilicothe</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Home</td><td>Falley Field</td></tr><tr><td>17-Jul</td><td>Junction City</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>Junction City</td></tr><tr><td>18-Jul</td><td>Junction City</td><td>7:00 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>Junction City</td></tr><tr><td>20-Jul</td><td>Mac&Seitz</td><td>5:00 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>Mac&Seitz</td></tr><tr><td>22-Jul</td><td>Chilicothe</td><td>7:05 PM</td><td>Away</td><td>Chilicothe</td></tr><tr><td>25-Jul</td><td>Regional Tourney</td><td>TBA</td><td>Away</td><td>TBA</td></tr><tr><td>26-Jul</td><td>Regional Tourney</td><td>TBA</td><td>Away</td><td>TBA</td></tr><tr><td>27-Jul</td><td>Regional Tourney</td><td>TBA</td><td>Away</td><td>TBA</td></tr><tr><td>28-Jul</td><td>Regional Tourney</td><td>TBA</td><td>Away</td><td>TBA</td></tr><tr><td>29-Jul</td><td>Regional Tourney</td><td>TBA</td><td>Away</td><td>TBA</td></tr></table>Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-35238610516031824442008-05-05T17:39:00.003-05:002008-05-05T20:54:00.493-05:002008 TOPEKA GOLDEN GIANTS<br /><br /><strong>Pitchers</strong><br />1. Max Ellenbecker, Kansas University<br />2. Travis Blankenship, Kansas University<br />3. Tyler Bean, Missouri State University<br />4. Brandon Droge, Johnson County CC<br />5. Matt Paige, Evansville University<br />6. Dustin Holthous, Washburn University<br />7. Ryan Romo, Central Missouri State University<br />8. Curtis Hamilton, Washburn University<br />9. Trevor Hurley, Kansas State University<br />10. Ben Hornbeck, Kansas State University<br />11. Kevin Burk, Kansas University<br />12. Cole Moore, Neosho County CC<br />13. Jake Hosey, Allen County CC <br /><strong><br />Infielders </strong> <br />1. Joe Hosey, Washburn University<br />2. Kenny Burkhead, Barton County CC<br />3. Anthony Drieling, Emporia State University<br />4. TJ Schieber, University of Missouri<br />5. Drew Biery, Kansas State University<br />6. Brett Lisher, Kansas University<br /><br /><strong>Utility </strong><br />1. Jake Leonardo, Central Missouri State University<br />2. Chance Tuttle, Central Missouri State University<br /><br /><strong>Outfielders</strong><br />1. Michael Sickenger, Barton County CC<br />2. Jimmy Waters, Kansas University<br />3. Pat Deao, Neosho County CC<br /><strong><br />Catchers</strong><br />1. Jake Monaham, Dartmouth<br />2. Shawn Deisler, Kansas State University<br /><br /><strong>Coaching Staff and Front Office</strong><br />Kent Becker, Manager<br />John Tetuan, Pitching Coach<br />Brett Cowdin, General ManagerDannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-72391278667495412682008-03-27T19:58:00.000-06:002008-03-27T20:01:17.317-06:00Golden Giants fans should check out our old friend ezstreet's <a href="http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=6802">latest blog entry </a>over at CJOnline.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-69881249121665249452007-07-25T22:43:00.000-05:002007-07-25T22:51:19.707-05:00As noted below by <a href="http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=4103#extended">ezstreet</a> and in the <a href="http://www.chillicothenews.com/articles/2007/07/25/sports/sports1.txt">Chillicothe paper</a>, the Topeka Golden Giants lost an elimination game to the FCA Grays, 6-1, last night.<br /><br />The Giants final overall record in 2007 was 13-22.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-63260198746984266612007-07-23T18:13:00.000-05:002007-07-23T18:22:03.528-05:00As noted in <a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9826614&postID=3993346812087681678">comments</a> below, the Topeka Golden Giants lost to the MINK League champion Beatrice Bruins yesterday. The final score was 4-0 in favor of Beatrice.<br /><br />Their next game in the double-elimination <a href="http://clarindaiowa-as-baseball.org/?q=2007_nbc_central_usa_regional_tournament_bracket_clarinda_iowa">tournament</a> will be Tuesday night at 8:15 p.m. against the loser of tonight's game.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-39933468120876816782007-07-18T21:30:00.000-05:002007-07-18T21:32:08.889-05:00The <a href="http://clarindaiowa-as-baseball.org/?q=2007_nbc_central_usa_regional_tournament_bracket_clarinda_iowa">2007 NBC Central Regional Bracket</a> is now online.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-70163141978585855742007-07-18T08:09:00.000-05:002007-07-18T08:20:48.500-05:00Turns out that the Beatrice game originally scheduled for Friday had been rescheduled as part of a previous doubleheader. So that means the Golden Giants 2007 regualr season has come to an end. The Giants' final regular season record is 13-20 overall and 11-19 in the MINK, after a 3-1 loss at FCA last night.<br /><br />Since the Giants did not secure the MINK league pennant (The <a href="http://www.beatricebaseball.com/">Beatrice Bruins</a> are the 2007 MINK League champions.), their only availiable route to the National Baseball Congress World Series would be to secure a bid at the NBC Central Regional. Their first postseason game will be at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday the 22nd in <a href="http://clarindaiowa-as-baseball.org/">Clarinda</a>.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-40086622778225333532007-07-17T12:50:00.000-05:002007-07-18T08:22:18.256-05:00As noted in the comments below, the Giants are 3-0 so far on the final road trip of the regular season, winning all three games against the Generals in Ozark. This brings the Giants record to 13-19 overall, and 11-18 within the MINK league.<br /><br />The road trip continues with a game agaist the FCA Grays tonight in Kearney, MO (7:00 p.m. start). <STRIKE>The final game of the regular season will be in Beatrice on Friday night.</STRIKE><br /><br />The NBC Central Regional is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, July 23rd.<br /><br />Update: Updated to correct the Beatrice info, per comments below.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-44264713326150261782007-07-13T22:27:00.000-05:002007-07-14T22:18:57.012-05:00Th Topeka Golden Giants lost their last home game of the 2007 season to the Clarinda A's, 4 to 2.<br /><br />Update: <a href="http://www.cjonline.com/stories/071407/loc_184323001.shtml">C-J article</a>, <a href="http://www.49abcnews.com/news/2007/jul/13/golden_giants_play_their_last_home_game_season/">49 News video</a>Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-29605841162448439492007-07-11T21:29:00.000-05:002007-07-13T17:41:43.957-05:00Looks like the Golden Giants <a href="http://www.chillicothenews.com/articles/2007/07/11/sports/sports1.txt">lost to the Mudcats </a>in Chillicothe last night, 8 to 4.<br /><br />If anyone has a score from Monday night's game in Clarinda, please post it below.<br /><br />Update: Score corrected above.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-88330746656095611472007-07-11T19:01:00.000-05:002007-07-11T21:32:33.210-05:00The home game scheduled on Thursday night (tomorrow) against the Chillicothe Mudcats has been canceled. Friday night's game against Clarinda at Hummer Sports Park will be the Topeka Golden Giants final home game in 2007.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-65204968019852661772007-07-09T07:22:00.000-05:002007-07-09T07:24:25.084-05:00The Giants lost to the FCA Grays at Seaman last night, final score was 3-1.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cjonline.com/stories/070907/loc_183209506.shtml">C-J article</a>Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-20126958918723338152007-07-08T14:14:00.000-05:002007-07-08T14:19:46.618-05:00The Junction City Generals outslugged the Topeka Golden Giants last night in Junction City. Final score was 10-3.<br /><br />The non-league loss brings the Giants to 10-11 overall and still 8-10 in the MINK. The Giants host FCA at Seaman tonight at 7:00 p.m. before heading out on a 4 game, 3 day road trip to Clarinda, Chillicothe and Beatrice.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-22388483783531572082007-07-07T09:10:00.000-05:002007-07-07T09:16:09.233-05:00The Topeka Golden Giants lost both games of last night doubleheader, 2-1 and 6-3.<br /><br />The Giants are now 10-12 overall and 8-12 in the MINK. The Giants travel to Junction City tonight for a non-league game and face FCA at Seaman tomorrow night.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cjonline.com/stories/070707/loc_182874800.shtml">C-J article</a>Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-14867582512704958422007-07-05T22:45:00.000-05:002007-07-05T22:54:05.779-05:00The Beatrice Bruins will be in town for a doubleheader tomorrow evening. Game one will start at 5:00 p.m. at Seaman High School.<br /><br />Other upcoming games include:<br /><br />at Junction City Generals on Saturday the 7th, 7:05 p.m.<br />vs. the FCA Grays at Seaman HS on Sunday the 8th, 7:00 p.m.<br />at Clarinda, Iowa on Monday the 9th, 7:00 p.m.<br />at Chillicothe, Missouri on Tuesday the 10th, 7:00 p.m.<br />at Beatrice, Nebraska on Wednesday the 11th for a 5:00 p.m. doubleheader.<br />vs. Clarinda at Hummer Sports Park on Friday the 13th, 7:00 p.m. <br /><br />The Topeka Golden Giants are currently 10-10 overall and 8-10 in the MINK.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-8271926549334114742007-07-03T22:11:00.000-05:002007-07-05T22:54:58.782-05:00The Topeka Golden Giants defeated the Chillicothe Mudcats tonight, 12 runs to 7.<br /><br />Update: <a href="http://www.cjonline.com/stories/070407/loc_182094306.shtml">C-J article</a>Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-56478464485911589992007-07-02T21:02:00.000-05:002007-07-02T21:18:46.254-05:00It looks like the Giants were rained out versus Beatrice on 6/28. According to the Bruins schedule, the matchups in Topeka on 7/6 and in Beatrice on 7/11 will both be doubleheaders. Game one on Friday the 6th is scheduled to start at 5:00 p.m. As far as I know, it will still be played at Seaman High School.<br /><br />I don't have any news on the game in Clarinda on the 30th but the Giants <a href="http://www.chillicothenews.com/articles/2007/07/02/sports/sports2.txt">lost 2-1</a> in Chillicothe on Sunday night.<br /><br />The Mudcats come to Hummer Sports Park tomorrow night, 7 p.m. start.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-44890466328970041322007-06-27T07:49:00.000-05:002007-06-27T07:54:00.928-05:00The Topeka Golden Giants lost to the Chillicothe Mudcats, 6 runs to 5.<br /><br />Beatrice comes to Hummer Sports Park on Thursday night.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cjonline.com/stories/062707/loc_180261243.shtml">C-J article</a><br /><br />(Internet's down at home so posting will be light for the next few days)Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-79719761070799327592007-06-24T22:30:00.000-05:002007-06-25T07:29:44.887-05:00The Topeka Golden Giants defeated the visiting FCA Grays, 10 runs to 4.<br /><br />The Giants are now 9-7 overall and 7-7 in the MINK.<br /><br />Update: <a href="http://www.cjonline.com/stories/062507/loc_179851932.shtml">C-J article</a>Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-82912405932958818222007-06-22T22:28:00.000-05:002007-06-24T10:16:16.586-05:00The Topeka Golden Giants lost at home tonight to the Clarinda A's, 11 runs to 4.<br /><br />Next game is Sunday night, hosting the FCA Grays. The Golden Giants are now 8-7 overall and 6-7 in the MINK.<br /><br />Update: <a href="http://www.cjonline.com/stories/062307/loc_179510982.shtml">C-J article</a>Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-39440421054022240082007-06-21T18:41:00.000-05:002007-06-21T19:07:18.192-05:00The Golden Giants schedule had a game scheduled in Chillicothe tonight, but I'm guessing it's been rescheduled to July 10th, since Chillicothe's website does not have a game on <a href="http://www.chillicothemudcats.com/schedule.asp">their schedule</a> tonight, but does have a Golden Giants at Mudcats matchup on July 10th which is not on the Giants schedule.<br /><br />As noted in comments below, the Giants lost in Blue Springs and won in Beatrice, so the record now stands at 8-6 overall and 6-6 in the MINK. <br /><br />The Golden Giants will face the <a href="http://clarindaiowa-as-baseball.org/">Clarinda A's</a> at Seaman High School at 7 p.m. tomorrow night.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-6133645047214240262007-06-20T07:35:00.000-05:002007-06-20T07:37:24.932-05:00The Topeka Golden Giants will face the Beatrice Bruins in Beatrice tonight at 7 p.m.<br /><br />No word on the FCA game yet. (I missed the webcast.) If you have a score, please leave a comment below.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-20416722486117240612007-06-20T07:30:00.000-05:002007-06-20T07:31:53.064-05:00Be sure to read David Streeter's <a href="http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=3696">Down on the Farm </a>post to catch up on former Golden Giants in minor league baseball.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-2148402786409289722007-06-19T12:25:00.001-05:002007-06-19T12:28:20.220-05:00The Topeka Golden Giants look to continue their winning streak in Blue Springs, Missouri this afternoon against the <a href="http://www.fcabaseball.org/FCASummerCollegiateMinistry/FCAGrays/">FCA Grays</a>. Game time is 4 p.m. and a <a href="http://www.kcteamsports.com/graysbaseball.htm">webcast</a> is availiable.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9826614.post-45065204588449671632007-06-17T22:30:00.000-05:002007-06-18T07:15:30.612-05:00I missed the game tonight, but local TV is reporting that the Giants defeated the Beatrice Bruins, 4 runs to 2.<br /><br />As noted in the comments below, they also won in Chillicothe last night, 7-2. So our Topeka Golden Giants are now 7-5 overall and 5-5 in the MINK.<br /><br />Update: <a href="http://www.cjonline.com/stories/061807/loc_178269152.shtml">C-J article</a>Dannoreply@blogger.com