{"id":6170,"date":"2010-06-29T14:46:45","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T21:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=6170"},"modified":"2010-06-29T19:30:38","modified_gmt":"2010-06-30T02:30:38","slug":"with-york-22-5-when-john-pachot-catches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/29\/with-york-22-5-when-john-pachot-catches\/","title":{"rendered":"With York 22-5 When John Pachot Catches, Revolution Near Division Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

So many factors can be pinpointed when a team is on the brink of a championship as York<\/strong> <\/strong>is on this very evening, but\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 the most striking is what all-star catcher John Pachot<\/strong> has meant to the Revolution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>York had whittled its magic number for clinching its initial Freedom \"\"<\/a>Division<\/strong> first half title\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand only its second of any kind\u00e2\u20ac\u201ddown to two entering Tuesday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s home game against Long Island<\/strong> with the enviable cushion of knowing five more home games remain if they are needed before the Revolution eliminate two-time defending champion Somerset.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where would Andy Etchebarren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <\/strong>club be if Pachot had not returned from Mexico <\/strong>early in the season and eventually taken over the fulltime catching duties once Salomon Manriquez <\/strong>was traded to Lancaster. <\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Here is the stunning fact of what the 35-year-old backstop has meant.\u00c2\u00a0 York is 22-5 in games he has caught, an unheard of .815 winning percentage.\u00c2\u00a0 The Revolution is only 16-21 (.432) when anyone other than the Puerto Rican <\/strong>native is behind the plate.<\/p>\n

Lancaster Slows Southern Maryland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Title Run<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The other Pennsylvania<\/strong> <\/strong>team in the Atlantic League<\/strong>, Lancaster<\/strong>, is keeping the Liberty Division <\/strong>race tight even though the Barnstormers <\/strong>are Freedom members.\u00c2\u00a0 Lancaster swept Southern Maryland<\/strong> Monday as second-place Camden<\/strong> <\/strong>was doing the same against Somerset<\/strong>, cutting the Blue Crabs\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 <\/strong>lead back to a single game.\u00c2\u00a0 Lancaster, which has won 11 of its last 17, had taken two of three from Camden last weekend.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are equal-opportunity spoilers,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Lancaster<\/strong> <\/strong>radio voice Dave Collins <\/strong>quipped Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Junge Latest to Join Salt Lake City<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eric Junge\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <\/strong>stay in Lancaster<\/strong> <\/strong>lasted only four starts after he was released from his contract in Taiwan<\/strong> <\/strong>before the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim <\/strong>purchased the right-hander for its top farm club in Salt Lake City<\/strong>. <\/strong>Junge, who pitched for Bridgeport<\/strong> <\/strong>for a time in 2007, went 2-1, 3.08, but had 36 strikeouts in 26.1 innings at Lancaster, including a franchise-record 13 K\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in one game. \u00c2\u00a0He has not yet pitched in the Pacific Coast League<\/strong> where his teammates include Michael Ryan (Somerset) <\/strong>and Cory Aldridge (Newark).<\/strong><\/p>\n

(These are excerpts from the <\/em>Atlantic League Notebook. <\/em>Subscriptions to the full Notebook <\/em>are available via www.AtlanticLeagueBaseball.com<\/a> or www.WirzandAssociates.com<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Bob Wirz also writes a weekly column, the Independent Baseball Insider<\/em>, as well as a blog, www.IndyBaseballChatter.com. The author <\/strong>has 16 years of major league baseball public relations experience with Kansas City and as chief spokesman for two Commissioners and lives in Stratford, CT.) <\/strong><\/p>\n

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So many factors can be pinpointed when a team is on the brink of a championship as York is on this very evening, but\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 the most striking is what all-star catcher John Pachot has meant to the Revolution. York had whittled its magic number for clinching its initial Freedom Division first half title\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand only its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6254,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atlantic-league-notebook","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t