THE BUZZ OF GREATER ROME

GET READY FOR THE NIGHT OF 1,000 Ks

This Thursday, at the Rome Braves-Savannah SandGnats game at State Mutual Stadium, Comcast Sports Southeast will have its array of TV cameras and crews on the scene beaming the game across the region.

It will be the first of regular-season South Atlantic League games CSS broadcasts on primetime cable this year. The Braves co-star in three others but this is the only one from home.

So to celebrate, The K Club/Strike Out Club and the Rome Braves Fan Club are adding something special to the evening: 1,000 yellow-and-black letter-sized Ks.

You've seen Ernie Studard, Bill Pelfrey Jr. and Randy van Horne holding up those Ks since about this time last season. They post a K for each time a Braves pitcher strikes out an opponent.

The idea has caught on and you can hear Studard leading the fans in sections 206 and 208 each game with the battle cry, "What Time Is It?" Their response: "K Time!"

But K Time has never been this loud, this big, this exposed.

Depending on the crowd (and it should be a good one considering Thursday is two-for-one beverage night), at least a fourth of all those present will have Ks. (They'll find membership applications for the Rome Braves Fan Club on the flip side). Imagine how that will look on regional cable TV.

The only question now is whether Studard can make his way around the stadium to lead sections of K-flashing fans.

As for the telecast: Look for it on Comcast each Thursday night through Aug. 26. The schedule:

ROME ON CSS:

July 15 at Charleston, S.C.
Aug. 12 at Lexington.
Aug. 26 at Augusta.

SAL ON CSS:

July 22: Savannah at Columbus.
July 29: Charleston, S.C., at Augusta.
Aug. 5: Lexington at Savannah.
Aug. 19: Asheville at Charleston, S.C.

The official CSS/SAL announcement: Click HERE to read it.

And for our Braves Blog, please click HERE.