Following up on the announcement of last week's sale of the Charlotte Knights to Diamond Baseball Holdings, the Charlotte Observer ran a story that applies the playbook DBH uses for the nearly three dozen minor league teams in its portfolio, but specific to the Knights.
You have:
Local management: "This place is a local asset, it’s not a national asset. It’s not going to be run out of New York — I saw some of the headlines about that — this is going to be run here. It’s going to be run, honestly, by (Knights COO Dan Rajkowski) and his team."
Investments in facilities: "We definitely will invest money here. We know that some of the assets here need replacing — whether it’s the video board out there or some of the seats — but we’re in this to invest and do the right thing."
More events hosted at a ballpark: "We see all of the stadiums that operate, and in this case, own, as
community assets that should be activated 365 days a year. So, actually, we can activate it even more."
Tennessee 6, Birmingham 0
- Jacob Gonzalez and Tim Elko both were 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Brooks Baldwin, 0-for-4 with one strikeout.
- Edgar Quero was 0-for-2 with a walk and a K.
- Wilfred Veras, 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
- Ky Bush: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 52 of 94 pitches for strikes.
Winston-Salem 12, Rome 8
- Samuel Zavala went 1-for-2 with four walks and four runs scored.
- DJ Gladney was 3-for-5 with two doubles and a strikeout.
- Calvin Harris, 0-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- Wes Kath doubled, walked twice and struck out twice.
- Eddie Park went 3-for-4 with a walk.
- Corey Knebel: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP, 13 of 25 pitches for strikes.
Columbia 7, Kannapolis 3
- Ronny Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a strikeout.
- George Wolkow was 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Ryan Burrowes, 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Lucas Gordon: 4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 44 of 74 pitches for strikes.
