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ClawCast: Phillies Farm Director Steve Noworyta (Part Two)

It's almost baseball season! Greg Giombarrese had a chance to sit down with Phillies Director of Minor Leagues Steve Noworyta for a two part ClawCast. If you missed part one, click here. To listen to part two, click play on the right. Topics in part two include:

The scouting process throughout the season, so the staff has a level of familiarity with various players from other organizations if a trade or potential trade (like the Cliff Lee to Seattle deal) comes up
Thoughts on some players from around the system, including Jacob Diekman, Austin Hyatt, Sebastian Valle and Neil Sellers
Lefties Antonio Bastardo and Sergio Escalona competing for a spot in the big league bullpen
Some guys that could be in Lakewood in 2010

ClawCast: Phillies Farm Director Steve Noworyta (Part One)

It's almost baseball season! Greg Giombarrese had a chance to sit down with Phillies Director of Minor Leagues Steve Noworyta for a two-part ClawCast. Topics in part one include:

The BlueClaws 2009 championship season
Discussions of top prospects like Anthony Gose and Trevor May
What they saw in BJ Rosenberg that made the Phillies think they could send him from Lakewood straight to Double-A Reading
Managers...Dusty Wathan, who led Lakewood in 2009 and Mark Parent, who will manage the club in 2010
Building the big league club through trade and the farm system
Noworyta: "We always tell the players that you're not always playing for the Phillies but also for 29 other clubs that have a chance to see you play

Stay tuned for part two.

The Story of Clawd

Pinchy has been the face of the first nine years in BlueClaws history, but the longest tenured BlueClaw retired before the team's 10th season.

As we enter 2010, the BlueClaws have a new logo and a new face: Clawd. How did this all come about? How does Buster feel about this?

We sit down with some youngsters and tell the entire story. Enjoy!

Read more about The Story of Clawd .

Winter Meetings Preview with Rich Mozingo

In advance of the 2009 Winter Meetings in Indianapolis, we sat down with BlueClaws assistant GM Rich Mozingo for a ClawCast preview.

What's the best part about the meetings?
What do you hope to learn at the meetings?
How will this year be different in Indy compared to last year in Las Vegas?

It's all in there, enjoy.

Two Concerts, Seven Days

Two concerts, seven days. How does it happen? We wanted to find out.

Greg Giombarrese sat down with the three people that make it all happen: BlueClaws groundskeeper Ryan Radcliffe and special events managers Steve Farago and Lisa Carone.

The BlueClaws hosted THUNDERFEST on Sunday 9/27 and will host Wingstock on Saturday 10/3, and we'll take you through the entire week leading into and out of one and then into and out of the next.

(Note: this was taped on Tuesday 9/29 between the two concerts)

From the Locker Room: Korey Noles

The Lakewood BlueClaws are South Atlantic League Champions. After beating Greenville 5-1 on Friday night, the BlueClaws wrapped up the second championship in team history.

Afterwards, Greg Giombarrese caught up with Korey Noles, the left-hander who started the clinching game, allowing one over seven strong innings.

From the Locker Room: Hitting Coach Greg Legg

The Lakewood BlueClaws are South Atlantic League Champions. After beating Greenville 5-1 on Friday night, the BlueClaws wrapped up the second championship in team history.

Afterwards, Greg Giombarrese caught up with BlueClaws hitting coach Greg Legg, who won his first minor league title after 27 years in the game.

From the Locker Room: Travis Mattair

The Lakewood BlueClaws are South Atlantic League Champions. After beating Greenville 5-1 on Friday night, the BlueClaws wrapped up the second championship in team history.

Afterwards, Greg Giombarrese caught up with BlueClaws 3B Travis Mattair, who spent two seasons with Lakewood and finished them up with an SAL title.

From the Locker Room: Anthony Gose & Travis d'Arnaud

The Lakewood BlueClaws are South Atlantic League Champions. After beating Greenville 5-1 on Friday night, the BlueClaws wrapped up the second championship in team history.

Afterwards, Greg Giombarrese caught up with Anthony Gose and Travis d'Arnaud, who have been with the team all year long. Gose led the minors in steals and d'Arnaud hit over .300 in the second half while providing a power bat in the heart of the lineup.

Interview with Outfielder Anthony Gose

Josh Ellis sat down with BlueClaws outfielder Anthony Gose shortly before the start of the SAL Championship Series at FirstEnergy Park. Gose discussed his 4-for-9 series at the plate, the production of D'Arby Myers and the upcomming series with the Greenville Drive. Read more about Interview with Outfielder Anthony Gose .

ClawCast: Playoff Preview with Dusty Wathan

Greg Giombarrese sat down with Dusty Wathan, BlueClaws manager, in advance of the 2009 post-season. Topics included:

Getting the team ready for the playoffs
The state of his starting pitching
The state of his bullpen
The 2nd half resurgences of Travis d'Arnaud and Jim Murphy
Thoughts on Kannapolis

And more, enjoy.

ClawCast: Matthew Way 9/7/2009

Greg Giombarrese caught up with BlueClaws pitcher Matthew Way, named starter for game one of the upcoming postseason. Topics include Way's upcoming postseason start, his transition from college pitcher to professional pitcher this year, and the development of his change-up.

ClawCast: Travis d'Arnaud 9/6/09

Greg Giombarrese had a chance to sit down with BlueClaws catcher Travis d'Arnaud in advance of the 2009 BlueClaws post-season. d'Arnaud, a former supplemental first-round pick, was hitting .188 on June 13th but is up at 256 now, and hitting .310 in the second half.

He talks about his resurgence, the playoffs, a look at the BlueClaws starting pitchers for the post-season, and much more.

ClawCast; '06 Claws manager Dave Huppert

Former BlueClaws broadcaster Ben Wagner caught up with former BluleClaws manager Dave Huppert in Allentown earlier this week.

The man who called every BlueClaws game that year interviews the man who managed every game that year. The two reflect back on that 2006 season, the team's dreadful start, to the great pitching staff, the clincher, and much more.

Enjoy!

Interview with BlueClaws Starter Trevor May

The BlueClaws have named Trevor May the starter in game two of the playoffs. Josh Ellis caught up with the 6' 4" righty from Kelso, WA and this is what he had to say:

On pitching game two of the playoffs:

"I got a lot of respect to pitch in that game because its such a pivotal game, either to clinch things or keep it alive"

On Kannapolis:

They're a very very good hitting team with lots of guys hitting over .300 but at the same time they like to hit home runs, doubles and hit the ball off the wall so you can promote weaknesses like that."

"I had six walks agains them last time so I wanna cut down on that."

ClawCast: Jim Murphy

Greg Giombarrese had a chance to sit down with BlueClaws first baseman Jim Murphy for a ClawCast in advance of the playoffs.

The night of the interview, Murphy went 4-4 with a walk, and his six RBI doubles in his last four games.

Topics in the interview include getting ready for the postseason, him peaking at the right time, playing with teammates Anthony Gose and Harold Garcia, and much more.