Rocket City Trash Pandas
Posted: May 7, 2021 10:59 PM
Posted By: Max Cohan
With any new franchise comes a laundry list of firsts. The first game, first hit, first home run, first win and even first rainout got checked off the list this week for the Rocket City Trash Pandas, but the team had a few others in mind during the team’s 12-10 win over Chattanooga Friday.
In the fourth game of their six-game series, outfielder Orlando Martinez became the first player in team history with a multi-home run game.
The Angels’ No. 17 prospect hit one in the first inning, giving the team a three-run lead. In the third, with the game tied at two, he became the team’s all-time home run leader with a shot over the centerfield fence. Martinez capped it off in the eighth, a two-run shot put the Trash Pandas up five as he took his third orbit around the diamond.
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One Big Thought: El Ellis Is Getting the Keys
We know the ins and outs of Louisville’s stagnant offense this past season:
1. With only two effective guards playing the vast majority of minutes, the Cardinals didn’t feel confident running their transition offense as much off defensive rebounds and turnovers out of fear of fatiguing David Johnson and Carlik Jones. Louisville ranked 300th in the nation in adjusted tempo, according to KenPom. This pained Chris Mack, whose best Xavier teams ranked 32nd and 62nd in the nation in adjusted tempo.
WAAY to air all Rocket City Trash Pandas home games on new channel, This TV
WAAY-31 is the Official Home of the Rocket City Trash Pandas
Posted: May 7, 2021 3:49 PM
Updated: May 20, 2021 3:45 PM
Posted By: Josh Rayburn
WAAY-31 and the Rocket City Trash Pandas are pleased to announce a multi-year partnership that will bring live telecasts of the minor league baseball team’s home games to fans across North Alabama.
WAAY-31, the Official Home of the Rocket City Trash Pandas, will broadcast all home games live from Toyota Field on WAAY-31’s newest channel, This TV, now available over the air on channel 31.6, on WOW! cable channel 155 on Legacy, channel 46 on WOW’s TV+, channel 150 on Scottsboro Cable, and on more systems to be announced.
Audit will decide how much Trash Pandas owe city of Madison
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Madison Mayor Paul Finley speaks at the announcement of the eastbound I-565 ramp opening at Town Madison on April 29, 2021. (Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com)
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The Rocket City Trash Pandas and the city of Madison are working through the process of identifying how much money the minor league baseball team owes the city in accordance with its lease agreement.
That process includes an audit by the city of the Trash Pandas finances that both sides describe as routine and will determine how much the team owes the city.
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FILE - Tulsa Drillers Hueston Morrill waits for his name to be announced at the Double-A baseball team s game against the Frisco RoughRiders in Tulsa, Okla., in this Tuesday, June 30, 2020, file photo. Minor league teams across the country are set to open their seasons Tuesday, May 4, 2021, returning baseball to communities denied the old national pastime during the coronavirus pandemic. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP, File) Ian Maule
FILE - Players stand during the national anthem before the Rosemont Dogs played their baseball home-opener against the Milwaukee Milkmen at Impact Field in Rosemont, Ill., in this Tuesday, July 7, 2020, file photo. Minor league teams across the country are set to open their seasons Tuesday, May 4, 2021, returning baseball to communities denied the old national pastime during the coronavirus pandemic. (John Starks/Daily Herald, via AP, File) John Starks