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Tony Campana - subflea - 05-17-2011 01:57 AM
Former Bearcat called up to the Cubs, will be in Cincy for tomorrow's game with the Reds.
RE: Tony Campana - Ragpicker - 05-17-2011 07:26 AM
Good to see a kid from Springboro make it to the Bigs.
RE: Tony Campana - BearcatOtto - 05-17-2011 08:02 AM
Wonder when the last time that UC had two players in the majors at the same time?
RE: Tony Campana - BearcatOtto - 05-17-2011 08:02 AM
Wonder when the last time that UC had two players in the majors at the same time?
RE: Tony Campana - bearcat54 - 05-17-2011 09:08 AM
thats going to be awesome for him to debut in the major leagues in his hometown area! congrats to him and his family on this special moment. Hopes he sticks around for a long time without hurting the Reds.
RE: Tony Campana - bearcat54 - 05-17-2011 09:09 AM
CRAP...looks like THE ncaabbs message board changed something again....everything posting Twice. Why do they keep changing things?
RE: Tony Campana - ctipton - 05-17-2011 11:20 AM
RE: Tony Campana - LKR33 - 05-17-2011 09:48 PM
He looked great and could not believe how small he looks with the men playing in the bigs. Looked incredibly fast with very fast hands at the plate. I could only wish he played for the Reds...
RE: Tony Campana - subflea - 05-17-2011 09:52 PM
He is small compared to most grown men anywhere. He is like 5'8" and 160.
RE: Tony Campana - rath v2.0 - 05-17-2011 09:59 PM
Felt a little bad for him. He got hung out to dry when he didn't play the overthrow to third....he pulled up expecting it to hit off the wall down behind 3B and bounce into the field but it kept on going all the way to the LF fence. Bet that was a long lonely run down to the foul pole. Cost a run and gave Hannigan an extra 2 bases. Only good thing was that the place was going nuts at how bad that play was that they didn't watch him.
RE: Tony Campana - bearcat54 - 05-17-2011 10:02 PM
Tony did a great job in his major league debut. He pinch ran and scored and then on the first pitch of his first major league at bat, he doubled to right. Good job, Tony but glad the Reds still won.
I HOPE he has a good career in the majors and never has to go back to the minors. The Cubs are painful to watch, though. Too bad they'll play Soriano most of the time because of the money. Soriano is a joke for a major leaguer. Campana was refeshing to watch.
RE: Tony Campana - ctipton - 05-18-2011 09:43 AM
Cubs make Tony Campana's dream come true
University of Cincinnati product nearly beats Reds in major-league debut
11:25 PM, May. 17, 2011
Written by
Tom Groeschen
tgroeschen@enquirer.com
CINCINNATI – Tony Campana was told for years that he was too small to play baseball.
Tuesday, the 5-foot-8 Campana became a major leaguer.
Provided/MLB./com
Tony Campana stands at second base after hitting a double in his first major-league at-bat against the Reds Tuesday night.
Campana, a speedy outfielder from Springboro High School and the University of Cincinnati, was called up from Triple-A Iowa as Tyler Colvin was demoted.
Hours later, Campana made his major league debut in the seventh inning, as a pinch runner for Alfonso Soriano at first base. Campana wound up scoring the run that put Chicago ahead 4-3, against Reds reliever Jose Arredondo.
With the game tied 3-3 and no outs, Campana advanced to second base on a bunt single by Welington Castillo. Reed Johnson then struck out. Kosuke Fukudome then walked to load the bases, with Campana going to third. Campana then scored when Darwin Barney walked, to put the Cubs up 4-3.
Campana stayed in the game and played left field.
Campana also had his first major league at-bat, in the eighth inning against Reds reliever Jordan Smith. Campana, on the first pitch he saw, lined an RBI double to right field to put Chicago up 5-3.
But the Reds rallied to win 7-5.
Campana, 24, arrived in the Great American Ball Park visitors’ clubhouse about 2 ½ hours before the game. With Cubs players coming up to congratulate him, it took Campana nearly an hour to don his No. 41 jersey.
Provided/UC
Tony Campana holds UC records for career stolen bases (104), steals in a season (60) and game (6).
“I was pleasantly surprised,” Campana said of his promotion. “Honestly, I was hoping maybe to get a September call-up.”
Campana, listed at 5-8 and 160 pounds, was drafted by the Cubs in the 13th round in 2008.
Campana stole 66 bases at the Class A level in 2009, and had 48 steals in Double-A in 2010. This year, Campana was hitting .342 with no homers, nine RBI and eight steals in 30 games with Iowa.
“I think I can be a valuable guy off the bench,” Campana said. “I can play defense and I can run.”
Campana, who said he grew up a Cleveland Indians fan, left 50 tickets Tuesday night for family and friends. Springboro is about 40 miles north of Cincinnati, and Campana could not have scripted his big-league arrival any better.
“Getting to come home to play, it’s a dream come true,” Campana said. “It’s everything that anybody wants.”
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110517/SPT0101/305170084
RE: Tony Campana - Bearhawkeye - 05-18-2011 12:13 PM
(05-17-2011 09:59 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote: Felt a little bad for him. He got hung out to dry when he didn't play the overthrow to third....he pulled up expecting it to hit off the wall down behind 3B and bounce into the field but it kept on going all the way to the LF fence. Bet that was a long lonely run down to the foul pole. Cost a run and gave Hannigan an extra 2 bases. Only good thing was that the place was going nuts at how bad that play was that they didn't watch him.
Plus it looked like he was screened by the Reds ballboy as he tried to get out of the way.
Congrats to Tony but glad the Reds won.
RE: Tony Campana - ctipton - 05-19-2011 09:12 PM
Cubs rookie outfielder Campana a real odds-beater
By GORDON WITTENMYER gwittenmyer@suntimes.com May 19, 2011 3:24PM
Cubs suddenly sharper in 7-5 win over Marlins
MIAMI — When he was 7, Tony Campana used to entertain friends by reaching up and pulling out a clump of hair from his head.
‘‘I thought it was kind of funny, I guess,’’ the Cubs’ rookie outfielder said. ‘‘I think it was a good thing that I was a little kid, because I don’t think I really knew the extent of how much I was sick.’’
Campana had Hodgkin’s lymphoma and required surgery at age 7 to remove a tumor, followed by eight months of hair-robbing chemotherapy — then 10 more years of checkups and tests until he was in remission long enough for doctors to declare him cured.
For all the people who told him he’d never make it in baseball because of his 5-6, lightweight frame, Campana knew that beating those odds was nothing.
‘‘I think that’s why I am the way I am,’’ he said, ‘‘kind of fighting and battling through everything. Like when people tell me I can’t do something, I don’t really listen.’’
In Tuesday’s major-league debut in Cincinnati, Campana scored a run as a pinch-runner. In his first at-bat, he hit a RBI double.
As Cubs first-base coach and former minor-league instructor Bobby Dernier said of Campana before the debut, ‘‘This will be the second-hardest thing he’s ever done.’’
On Wednesday against the Florida Marlins, Campana pinch-ran for Alfonso Soriano and scored on a nifty slide on a failed fielder’s choice in the eighth inning.
Where Campana, 24, goes from here is up to him. Manager Mike Quade doesn’t have any immediate plans to get him a start, though the well-schooled, speedy player bunts well and plays all three outfield spots.
Considering that he’s a 13th-round draft pick, has never been to spring training and wasn’t even on the 40-man roster when the week started, betting against Campana’s ability to stick and contribute might not be such a wise bet.
‘‘I proved that I can definitely help the team,’’ said Campana, who was hitting .342 at Class AAA Iowa when called up. ‘‘That kind of makes me excited to go out and try to do it every day, and try to get some wins. Now I’ve just got to prove myself so I can stay.’’
Sub for Soriano?
With the continued defensive breakdowns this week and razor-thin margins the Cubs are working with nightly, don’t be surprised to see left-fielder Soriano get replaced for defensive purposes when the Cubs are leading, as he was Wednesday night.
‘‘It’s not going to be an automatic thing,’’ Quade said. ‘‘But it’s great to have a kid like Campana. He’s pretty damn good. And he can fly. If we have a lead and I can inject him in there and make a difference defensively, or have him steal a base or whatever, we’re going to do that.’’
Fair-weather Cubs
The Cubs started play Wednesday ranked 13th in the National League in fielding, but 11 of their 29 errors have come in the three games they’ve played in the rain — Tuesday, Saturday and April 24. The errors led to 13 unearned runs.
‘‘We’re not mudders, man,’’ said noted horse man Quade. ‘‘If it’s raining, it’s not a good deal.’’
On the other hand, the Reds, Giants and Rockies committed three errors in those three games combined. And despite all that, none of the games was decided by more than three runs.
‘‘In between those situations, we’ve been much more solid defensively,’’ Quade said. ‘‘Maybe I should turn the sprinklers on at Wrigley when we have an off day, and we’ll work on our fundamentals.’’
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/5458164-419/cubs-rookie-outfielder-campana-a-real-odds-beater.html