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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

2009 Lexington Legends Team Capsule

http://lexington.legends.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t495

Home Stadium...Applebee's Park(Lexington, Kentucky)

Follow them from home...Audio for all games is streamed at MiLB.com. Tentative plans are for home game video to be included there also.(There is a fee for live video. Apparently the archive of games on MiLB.com is no longer available.
WLXG 1300 AM in Lexington is the flagship station of the Legends.

Play-by-play announcer: Keith Elkins

Manager: Tom Lawless, the veteran major league infielder played in two World Series with St. Louis(1995 and 1997). He was a coach of the Chinese baseball team at the 2008 Olympics.

Five Prospects who will likely be in Lexington...

Ross Seaton, P(2008 draft pick)
Jordan Lyles, P(2008 draft pick)
Federico Hernandez, C(Product of the Astros Venezuelan Academy)
Jay Austin, OF(2008 draft pick)
Kyle Greenwalt, RHP

If you're going to Lexington...
Tickets are $4-$16.50, Parking is $3

Five things to do before/after the game:
Keeneland Race Course
Aviation Museum of Kentucky
Explorium of Lexington
Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate
Kentucky BorbounTrail

NOTE: IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE PLANNING A TRIP TO LEXINGTON OR ANY OTHER MINOR LEAGUE CITY, PLEASE CONTACT FARMSTROS. WE HAVE BEEN TO MANY MINOR LEAGUE GAMES AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP.

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