Audio from Nashville — “Getting a Read on Khris Davis”

Tonight’s interview is with new Sounds outfielder Khris Davis, who went 1-for-3 and scored the game-winning run last night in his first game with the Sounds. He joined the club from Double-A Huntsville where he batted .383 in 44 games, and he’s combined for a 14-game hitting streak.

The reason for the “Getting the Read” portion of the title is that I learned Davis is an avid reader, not something you typically hear from baseball players (at least during the season).

July 31 – Getting A Read On Outfielder Khris Davis

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Audio from Nashville — “Mondays with Mike (Guerrero)”

Here is this week’s installment of “Mondays with Mike” with Sounds manager Mike Guerrero. As you might imagine, our main topic this week was what the Sounds’ manager makes of all of the recent roster moves involving the Brewers and Sounds. As of right this second (hey, moves can happen at any time), in the past five days a total of 16 different players have been involved in a Nashville Sounds roster move. Here’s the short version:

To Milwaukee from Nashville
Jonathan Lucroy (after rehab assignment)
Jim Henderson
Mark Rogers
Mike McClendon

To Nashville from Milwaukee
Jeff Bianchi
Tyler Thornburg

From Nashville to the Disabled List
Dayton Buller
Logan Schafer

From Double-A Huntsville to Nashville
Mitch Stetter
Hiram Burgos
Khris Davis

Others
Seth McClung (released)
Fautino De Los Santos (to Sounds via trade)
Humberto Quintero (to Sounds as free agent signee)
Edwin Maysonet (activated off Temporarily Inactive List)
Juan Sanchez (from Sounds to High-A Brevard County)

July 30 – Monday With Manager Mike Guerrero

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Audio from Nashville — “(Donovan) Hand on Hand”

Tonight’s interview is with Sounds reliever Donovan Hand, who owns a 1.40 ERA over his last 16 appearances. He discusses his upcoming start on Sunday in Game 2 of a doubleheader, what it would mean for the Sounds to get to .500 (they’re nine under) after a rough start to the season, how much enjoyed seeing his pal, Jim Henderson, make his major league debut on Thursday night and what things are like for a Triple-A player surrounding the July 31 trade deadline.

July 27 – Donovan Hand On Hand

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Jim Henderson makes his major league debut for Milwaukee 7/26/12…Photo courtesy of MLB.com

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Audio from Music City — “Talking Pitching with Fred Dabney”

Tonight’s interview is with Sounds pitching coach Fred Dabney, who discusses the Sounds’ pitching staff (ranked 4th in the PCL in team earned run average and 1st since June 1), including the progression this year from guys like Mark Rogers, Wily Peralta and Jim Henderson. 

July 25 – Chat With Pitching Coach Fred Dabney

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Audio from Nashville — Jonathan Lucroy Returns to Music City

Tonight’s interview is with Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy, a Sound from 2010 who returns to Nashville for two games to continue his six-game rehab assignment for Milwaukee. Lucroy has been out since late May with a hand injury, and the Brewers hope to have him back by Thursday when they return from Philadelphia.

In this chat, Lucroy discusses what the rehab process has been like from his surgery, whether he thinks the Brewers are still in the race,  how difficult it has been for him to watch the team struggle while he’s been out, the impact that Martin Maldonado has made with the Brewers and the comparison between Lucroy’s 2010 season and Maldonado’s 2012 season.

July 24 – Chat With Rehabbing Catcher Jonathan Lucroy

Jonathan Lucroy with the 2010 Nashville Sounds

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Audio from New Orleans — “Mondays with Mike (Guerrero)”

Here is this week’s installment of “Mondays with Mike” with Sounds manager Mike Guerrero. Among the topics he discusses: the Sounds’   great pitching and defense lately and this season, the team’s continued struggle to score runs consistently, whether or not he considers right-hander Mark Rogers the most improved player on the Sounds this year, the job that catcher Dayton Buller has done lately and whether or not he feels the Sounds are holding up as the team has passed the 100-game mark for the year.

July 23 – Mondays With Manager Mike Guerrero

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Audio from The Big Easy — “A Talk with The Big Cheesy”

Tonight’s interview is with Sounds first baseman Sean Halton, to whom his teammates refer as “Cheesy.” Among other topics, Halton discusses his great hitting in New Orleans this year (8-for-18, 2 HRs), what he thinks about his season — his first at Triple-A — so far, his upcoming return to his hometown of Fresno in a couple weeks, his love of football (namely the San Francisco 49ers) and his high school baseball career that included some playing time at shortstop (keep in mind Halton is 6’5, 265 lbs.).

July 22 – Audio from The Big Easy — A Talk with The Big Cheesy — Sounds First Baseman Sean Halton

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Audio from The Big Easy — “Easy Being (Taylor) Green”

Tonight’s interview is with Sounds infielder Taylor Green, who ended Thursday night’s game in Nashville with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth, just minutes before a huge thunderstorm hit. Green discusses his time in Milwaukee this year, his return to the Sounds to play every day, his thoughts about what fellow ’12 Sounds Mike Fiers, Edwin Maysonet and Martin Maldonado have done for the Brewers this year, and his moving around the infield between third, second and first base.

July 21 – Talking With Taylor Green

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Audio from Nashville — “Dropping Sidearm with Tim Dillard”

Tonight’s interview is with the always-popular, always-jovial, always- amenable Tim Dillard. The Sounds reliever recently came down from Milwaukee, and he discusses his season so far, the Brewers’ season so far, how the weather and the baseball (MLB or MiLB) affect his effectiveness as a submarine-style pitcher, and his uncanny ability to impersonate almost anyone (including Sounds pitching coach Fred Dabney. You can go here – May 22 – Pitching Coach Fred Dabney – to compare Dillard’s Dabney to the real thing).

July 19 – Birthday Chat With Pitcher Tim Dillard

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Audio from Nashville — “(Mark) Roger(s) That”

Tonight’s interview is with hard-throwing Sounds right-hander Mark Rogers, who has posted consecutive seven-inning quality starts (14IP, ER) and victories over his last two outings. He discusses the pair of performances, how feels at this point in the season at the 90-inning mark with less than two months to go, if he wishes every stadium had a visible radar screen to see velocities in-game, the Sounds’ recent hot streak and the team chemistry, and what life was like growing up in Maine in a family of commercial lobster fishermen.

July 17 – Chat With Pitcher Mark Rogers

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