Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: lugnuts

Members of Lansing's Capitol City Chordsmen perform the Star Spangled Banner before last night's baseball game at Oldsmobile Park. The Lugnuts beat the Loons by a 7-4 score. Original photo here . Game photos here .

Oldsmobile Park, Lansing, Michigan.

West Michigan Whiecaps center fielder Gorkys Hernandez. Handsome gent, no? Original photo (not much different) here . More game photos here . ============= Edit 9/3/07: Gorkys is the Midwest League's Most Valuable Player for 2007. At least according to the managers.

Lansing's Peter Mooney's the shortstop, whose throw didn't get the batter-runner (Oliver Tavarez). The (forced-out) runner in the photo is QC's Ronny Gil; Jonathan Jones is in right field. Really pleased with my ballpark photos on Thursday, but they took hours (literally) to upload over our "high-speed" internet connection. Broadstripe should be ashamed for taking my money. Original photo here . 595 game photos here .

Bowling Green leadoff man Cody Rogers is off to second base as brand new Lansing pitcher Justin Nicolino steps toward the batter. Welcome to the Midwest League, Justin. Cody got the steal, but Justin got the Win. The Luggie first baseman is KC Hobson. Original photo here . 179 game photographs here .

Great ballgame last night at Cooley Stadium. Lansing won 4-3, coming from behind and winning on a bases-loaded, ninth-inning error. Excellent weather, too; it's about time. Earlier in the game: Peoria's Matt Szczur gets back to first on a pickoff attempt. A few seconds later he'd make the second out in a 9-3 (RF-1B) double play. Balbino Fuenmayor's Lansing's first baseman; Michael Crouse in right. Original photo here . 655 (!) game photos here .

Lansing versus East Lansing. Single-A versus Division I. Pros versus amateurs. (The collegians won, by the way.) Whatever. Baseball! ============ Original photo here . 35 game photos--disproportionately cheerleaders (!) and pro photographers-- here . I'll take a better camera this weekend, when they start playing for real....

Christian Reyes of the Swing of the Quad Cities (Cardinals farmhand) looking to see where the ball's gone, and starting his run to first base. The out-of-focus coach in the background is Charlie Poe; Matt Liuzza's catching. Original, quite similar, photo here . 135 game photos here

And all is well with the world. Original picture (not much different) here . Two hundred or so others from the game here .

Kane County first baseman Greg Dowling, the base runner's Lansing's Justin Jackson, and the ump is Ryan Blakney. Cougars @ Lugnuts, last night. I love it when I catch an airborne ballplayer. Original photo here . 221 game photographs (and a passing pair of geese) here . Starting to get the feel for the new lens....

West Michigan shortstop Audy Ciriaco. Likely my best baseball picture of the summer. Original here . More game photos here . The Whitecaps begin the Midwest League Championship Round against Beloit tomorrow night.

Fort Wayne pitchers Derek McDaid, Jake Ociesa, Stevie Delabar, and pitching coach Wally Whitehurst before the game... Original photo here . Game photos here .

Peoria Chiefs third basemen Ryne Malone (hmm: a guy named after his manager , I expect) unleashes a throw which will get hitter Jordan Newton at first base. That's Peoria's Nate Samson covering second, and West Michigan's Ryan Strieby hustling back to the base. Another version of this photo here . More game photos here .

Lansing Lugnuts third baseman Josh Bell--not to be mistaken for Great Lakes Loons 3B JB--follows through at West Michigan's Fifth Third Ballpark. The catcher's Louis Ott (normally an infielder); the ump is Takeshi Hirabayashi. Original photo here . More game photos here .

Pitcher Zach Piccola of the West Michigan Whitecaps. Zach was signing autographs, bantering with the crowd, and watching Duane Below, the starting pitcher, warm up pretty much simultaneously. Looked to be enjoying himself. He'd eventually relieve Below in mid-game. That's Whitecaps pitching coach Ray Burris behind him. Original photo here . More game pictures here .

Dayton at Lansing, 6/12/2007. Lansing pitcher Julio Pinto, with second baseman Scott Campbell in the background. The Dragons won by a 10-6 score. Original photo here . More game photos here .

Finally, a ball game. Michigan State ballplayer Adam Slusher, wearing a retro M.A.C. uniform (that being Michigan Agricultural College, MSU's ancestral school.) I suspect that makes him an Aggie, since the Spartan nickname dates from when the school was MSC (Michigan State College, of course). State rallied in the ninth to tighten the game to 4-3. Lansing's Lugnuts held on to win the exhibition.... More game pix here .

Tom Brookens, infielder for the 1984 World Champion Detroit Tigers , is now managing the West Michigan Whitecaps. The 'Caps played their home opener last night, losing to Lansing. It was cold . More photos from the game here . A few more photographs of Brookens here . My website's Brookens page here .