Former Smoky Dan Uggla of the Braves set to apply a tag on Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo Thursday. Photo Courtesy: Scott Cunningham, Getty Images
By Roger Hoover / Smokies Radio Network
The Tennessee Smokies and Jacksonville Suns were postponed due to severe thunderstorms on Thursday, resulting in an unforgettable tarp incident that you can see in the video below.
The Smokies and Suns will play a double-header (two seven-inning games) beginning tonight at 5 p.m.
It’s time for today’s What We’re Reading, but keep checking the blog and our Facebook and Twitter pages for more info throughout the day on tonight’s game at Smokies Park.
- Knoxville News Sentinel: Smokies game rained out
- Bleed Cubbie Blue: Cubs Minor League Wrap: July 5
- Chicago Tribune: Garza ticked after 44-pitch 1st inning
- Chicago Tribune: Series preview: Cubs at Mets
- Chicago Sun-Times: Darwin Barney, Starlin Castro are NL’s best keystone combo
- CSN Chicago: What if Rizzo had been here all year?
- Ballpark Digest: Looking back at 10 years of baseball
- ESPN Boston: Carl Crawford: Fan used racial slur
- ESPN New York: Reggie Jackson calls out A-Rod
- Yahoo’s Big League Stew: Where’s ZimBear?: Huntley, Illinois — home of a giant Don Zimmer memorabilia collection
- Yahoo’s Big League Stew: Luke Scott in 0-for-39 slump: ‘If I wasn’t a Christian man, I’d be an alcoholic’
- The New York Times: Collins Muses About Dickey’s All-Star Options
- Grantland: The Big Show
