Eastern Iowa Sports and Rec

Former major league player and manager Bob Brenly is expected to be the featured speaker at the Cedar Rapids Kernels‘ 2011 Hot Stove Banquet, it has been learned. There is no firm date for the banquet. Brenly was a third baseman for the Cedar Rapids Giants in 1977 and went on to play nine seasons and 823 [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS — Jack Roeder got in three more tarp pulls this week. That brought his career mark to, oh, about a million. “It’s tough to figure,” the Cedar Rapids Kernels General Manager said smiling, during a short break on a busy Friday at Veterans Memorial Stadium. “You play 70 games over 20 years. I [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS — So where is this team? The smart-guy answer, of course, is four games from the end of the regular season. But with the Midwest League playoffs next week, how are the Cedar Rapids Kernels playing and what are their postseason chances? Let’s give the wishy washy answer in both cases of “so-so.” [...]

There are grand slams, then there’s what Terrell Alliman hit Wednesday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Call it a 10-grand slam. The Cedar Rapids Kernels outfielder capped off an 11-run fifth inning with a granny that helped his team to a 15-3 win over the Burlington Bees. This just happened to be the final Winning Wednesday [...]

The Cedar Rapids Kernels are conducting a “Pack The Park For Jack Night” on Friday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium. It’s the final regular-season game for outgoing General Manager Jack Roeder, who is retiring after 20 years with the Kernels and 30 years in professional baseball. The Kernels play the Burlington Bees at 6:35. The [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS — Jake Odorizzi will gladly sacrifice a chance to be alone in the record books, if it results in a long stint in professional baseball. The 19-year-old Wisconsin Timber Rattler right-handed pitcher wasn’t upset long when he was pulled after throwing eight no-hit innings against the Cedar Rapids Kernels. If a possible future [...]

Wisconsin Timber Rattler pitcher Jake Odorizzi entered Tuesday night’s with a 6-3 record and 3.58 earned-run average. The 19-year-old right-hander is working on improving both of those stats, no-hitting the Kernels through seven innings. The Kernels have had three base runners. Jose Jimenez reached on an error and Randal Grichuk got on by a fielder’s [...]