Postgame Thoughts (4/18/11)

The Timber Rattlers front office and grounds crew places the tarp on the field after Mondays game.

FINAL: Beloit 4, Wisconsin 2  Boxscore | Game Story

• I am bestowing honorary Cheesehead status on Austin Ross. For a guy from Shreveport, Louisiana to pitch like that…well, there’s gotta be a little Wisconsinite in him.  Get that man a foam Cheesehead…STAT!
• No. Seriously. It was 38 degrees at game time and the wind chill made it seem like 32.  Seven innings, 3 hits, 8 strikeouts, 0 runs.  Mix him a brandy old fashioned, get him a BoDeans CD.  Teach him the words to On, Wisconsin, all about the Hodag, and – by all means – what a bubbler is.  That was impressive.
• Two more steals for Reggie Keen.  He is 7-for-8 on the season.  Run, @ReGGieReg21, run!
• The tarp is on the field.  I really want it to come off the field tomorrow.  Fingers crossed.
• A few videos to wrap up tonight’s post.

Here is the Tyler Thornburg pregame interview:

Here are the Rattlers highlights from Monday’s game: