{"id":7312,"date":"2010-08-10T17:46:14","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T00:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=7312"},"modified":"2010-08-10T17:46:14","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T00:46:14","slug":"camden%e2%80%99s-von-hayes-and-chiaravalloti-doing-double-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/10\/camden%e2%80%99s-von-hayes-and-chiaravalloti-doing-double-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"Camden\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Von Hayes and Chiaravalloti Doing Double Duty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Camden <\/strong>Manager Von Hayes<\/strong> and part-time cleanup hitter Vito Chiaravalloti<\/strong> both have a lot on their mind these days, and it is only partially due to the Riversharks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 <\/strong>uphill battle to make the Atlantic League <\/strong>playoffs.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

The postseason is immediate priority No. 1, but Hayes, the onetime Philadelphia Phillies <\/strong>star, also heads up a group that hopes to purchase the team, while Chiaravalloti\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time is split between trying to drive in runs and his new love, education.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>While the Riversharks are nine games off the second half pace in the Liberty Division<\/strong>, they could well get into the playoffs if Southern Maryland <\/strong>and York <\/strong>both win each half of the regular season, which is a distinct possibility.\u00c2\u00a0 More on that topic later.<\/p>\n

Aside from guiding the current team day to day, Hayes and the group of sports-oriented Philadelphia businessmen he has put together \u00e2\u20ac\u0153are still negotiating\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, he said, with current owners Frank Boulton <\/strong>and Peter Kirk <\/strong>to buy \u00e2\u20ac\u0153maybe up to 75 per cent\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of the team.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153My goal (now is) to put out the best defensive team I can\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Hayes explained.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I feel we now have a chance to make a run at this thing (playoffs).\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s where Chiaravalloti fits in.<\/p>\n

Chiaravalloti played in three games for Somerset <\/strong>as a backup until Hayes and Patriots <\/strong>boss Sparky Lyle <\/strong>struck up a discussion while exchanging lineup cards at home plate.\u00c2\u00a0 The problem for both teams is that the onetime Richmond Spiders <\/strong>player is starting his second year as Director of Admissions, psychology teacher, head swimming coach and jayvee baseball coach at Christian Brothers Academy<\/strong> in Lincroft, NJ<\/strong> and is working on a master\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s degree in administration at Seton Hall <\/strong>and getting a teaching certification.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t expect to play this year,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d 6-foot-3 first baseman-designated hitter told this corner, even though \u00e2\u20ac\u0153my heart has always been in baseball.\u00c2\u00a0 Education is kind of my new passion.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

The right-handed hitter has hit safely in the last six games in which he has had an official at-bat, going 8-for-17 (.471) to raise his Camden average to .233 (10-for-43) with nine RBI but no home runs. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bridgeport Run Strengthens Its Playoff Bid<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

By winning 11 of its last 13 Bridgeport <\/strong>has strengthened its pursuit of a playoff position by staying within one-half game of Liberty Division <\/strong>pacesetter Southern Maryland <\/strong>and building a five and a half game bulge in the wild card race, which goes into effect if at least one team takes both halves in the regular season.\u00c2\u00a0 The Bluefish <\/strong>actually have the second best overall record, moving slightly ahead of York<\/strong>, which won the first half in the Freedom <\/strong>bracket.\u00c2\u00a0 Lancaster <\/strong>currently leads that division by one game.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

This \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcn That<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

It took only three appearances and six mediocre innings (0-1, 7.50) before San Francisco <\/strong>purchased the contract of right-hander Adrian Martin <\/strong>from Long Island<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 He had been in Double-A with Toronto<\/strong>, and will go back to that level in Richmond, VA<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6The Ducks <\/strong>have brought in six-year major league vet Joey Gathright<\/strong>, who had been in Triple-A with Baltimore <\/strong>after increasing his big league games total to 445 when he spent time with Boston <\/strong>and the Chicago Cubs <\/strong>in \u00e2\u20ac\u212209\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Tim Lavigne <\/strong>is the latest Atlantic Leaguer to move into a college coaching job.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t found a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dccon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to retiring as a player to become pitching coach at Old Dominion<\/strong>, the 32-year-old told MyCentralJersey.com<\/em>, after taking off his Somerset <\/strong>uniform and ending an 11-year pro career.\u00c2\u00a0 He was 0-2, 4.97 in nine appearances, including four starts for the Patriots.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 (These are excerpts from the Atlantic League Notebook.\u00c2\u00a0 Subscriptions to the full Notebook are available via <\/em>www.AtlanticLeagueBaseball.com<\/em><\/a> or <\/em>www.WirzandAssociates.com<\/em><\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Bob Wirz also writes a weekly column, the Independent Baseball Insider, 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><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Camden Manager Von Hayes and part-time cleanup hitter Vito Chiaravalloti both have a lot on their mind these days, and it is only partially due to the Riversharks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 uphill battle to make the Atlantic League playoffs.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The postseason is immediate priority No. 1, but Hayes, the onetime Philadelphia Phillies star, also heads up a […]<\/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":[4580,5806,9757,870,9759,9598,9761,6546,871,9553,9755,466,9754,9753,9756,6252,743,9758,9760,9752],"class_list":["post-7312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atlantic-league-notebook","category-general","tag-baseball-coach","tag-boulton","tag-christian-brothers-academy","tag-cleanup-hitter","tag-current-team","tag-defensive-team","tag-distinct-possibility","tag-double-duty","tag-first-baseman","tag-league-playoffs","tag-lineup-cards","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-psychology-teacher","tag-richmond-spiders","tag-seton-hall","tag-southern-maryland","tag-sparky-lyle","tag-swimming-coach","tag-teaching-certification","tag-vito-chiaravalloti"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\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\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