Day-Night Dragons Doubleheader
Posted on 26. May, 2010 by Corey in All, Dayton Dragons Baseball, General Baseball.
Last Saturday at Fifth Third Field, the Dayton Dragons and the Bowling Green Hot Rods participated in a day/night doubleheader. The first game started at Noon, and the second game at 7:07 pm. Both games went the scheduled nine innings. Typically in the minor leagues, doubleheaders are played back to back with a 30 minute break in between and are seven innings in length. At the conclusion of the first game, the stadium was cleared and fans re-entered the park for the night game.
Situations like these are rare in minor league baseball and a first of its kind for players from both teams. The day was long, and the players schedule was a bit different from their typical in season routine.
7:30 AM Clubhouse opens for players to start arriving
8:00 AM Breakfast of Champions is served to the team- Pop Tarts, Lucky Charms, Cookie Crisp, fruit, bagels, english muffins, juice, etc. is available to eat
9:00 AM Optional batting practice in the indoor cage
10:30 AM Team stretch on the field
10:45 AM Pitchers and position players warm-up
10:55 AM Infield practice
11:25 AM Players begin to make their way to the field to sign autographs for early arriving fans
Noon Tim Crabbe throws the first pitch of Game 1 to the Bowling Green Hot Rods
3:10 PM Game 1 ends
3:30 PM Post game meal is served to the players
4:45 PM Optional batting practice in the cage
5:30 PM Team stretch on the field
5:45 PM Infield practice
6:30 PM Players begin to make their way to the field to sign autographs for early arriving fans
7:07 PM Pedro Villarreal throws the first pitch of Game 2 to the Bowling Green Hot Rods
9:50 PM Game 2 ends
10:10 PM Post game meal is served to players in the clubhouse
11:30 PM Last player leaves the clubhouse
Next Day…Game Time 2:00 PM
A few players sat down with me to discuss their thoughts on the entire day.
Josh Garton
“I just love to be on field. The more games I can get the merrier. “
“It is hard on the body to play so many innings in the same day.”
“It can be hard mentally if you have a bad first game and the next one comes up so quick.”
“Between games, I just got away from the field for a little bit. I hung out with Cameron (Satterwhite) and his dad and finance.”
Donnie Joseph
“It is tough to stay focused for the entire day. You can get easily distracted with everything going on.”
“The hardest part is trying to stay loose all day. Being a relief pitcher, you really never know when you will be pitching so you have to stay mentally and physically ready all the time.”
“Between games, I left the field to eat and spend time with my dad who happens to be in town for a few days.”
Shane Carlson
“This was a long day. It was very demanding on the body to play all 18 innings.”
“Trying to find a way to stay loose is key. You have to stay mentally and physically tough.”
“Between games, I decided to leave the field for a few minutes to try to relax and get focused for the second game.”
Chase Weems behind the plate making his 2010 Dragons debut
Tim Crabbe making his 2010 Dragons debut
We wore our black jersey's the first game
Such a nice day everyone was on the rail
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