I should have made him 42

I just used a version of this "joke" over at the Timber Rattlers Twitter account. But, I don't know how many of you follow us over there...

Background, I have been counting down to Opening Day by giving little clues to former Foxes, Papermakers, and Timber Rattlers. Today, I picked Blue River, Wisconsin native Doug Adams from the '66 Foxes.

If I had been thinking clearly this morning, I should have picked someone else.

Doug Adams belongs at 42 days left until Opening Day.

My mistake.

Wow

I hate to do this, but I just gotta be me.

Here is a link to the Grand Rapids Press preview of the Timber Ratters before the series opener with the Whitecaps tonight.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers begin a three-game series with the West Michigan Whitecaps tonight. Entering play Thursday night, the Timber Rattlers were 21-25.

Wisconsin's roster includes Cutter Dykstra, the son of former three-time National League All-Star Lenny Dykstra. Cutter Dykstra is batting .212 with one home run and seven RBIs.

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More about the Timber Rattlers

Affiliation: Seattle Mariners

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Not to be a jerk and all

I mean this is a nice story on Kane County Cougar media relations director Shawn Touney and all, but the writer makes a glaring error in the second paragraph. I have bolded and italicized the appropriate text.

It's all part of the job

Shawn Touney was just doing his job.

The media relations coordinator for the Class A Kane County Cougars, Touney had been in Chicago all afternoon. The team had just announced a July 29 game against the Peoria Chiefs at Wrigley Field -- the first time a Midwest League game will be played in a Major League stadium -- and Touney had been busy preparing press releases and interviewing Cubs players for future stories.

Unless they stopped counting Miller Park as a Major League stadium or the Beloit Snappers and the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers stepped out of the Midwest League in 2003 and 2004 when they played each other at said Miller Park....well, I'm just pointing it out.

Nice story on all the hats worn by one person in one front office, though.

EDIT: It is a story not just on Shawn. Also on Cortney Mahoney of the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League, Doug Czurlyo of the Cougars, and Bill Sokolis of the Chicago Bandits, the team in the National Pro Fastpitch League.