Monarchs Blog and Q&A

Bee staff writer Melody Gutierrez grew up in Twentynine Palms. At 14-years-old, she decided to combine her two passions -- sports and writing -- when she became a special assignments reporter for the Desert Trail, her hometown weekly newspaper. Melody headed to Northern California in 2000 to attend Chico State and has remained in the region ever since. She earned an internship with The Bee and subsequently became a staff writer in 2004 and has covered virtually every sport, starting with high schools, up through college and then the pros. Melody took over coverage of the Monarchs last season and chronicled the team's pursuit of a second straight league championship -- a quest that fell just short.

Melody welcomes your questions and will answer as many as she can as the season progresses.

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July 25, 2007

Why road unis at home?

Question: Just curious - why were the Monarchs wearing their away uniforms during last night's game against LA?

Jayne, Sacramento

Answer: It's part of a promotion encouraging fans to watch upcoming Monarchs away games on TV. The campaign is tagged "Have You Seen Us ... On the Road?" The games being advertised are July 31 against Seattle at 7 p.m. on ESPN2; Aug. 10 against Houston at 5:30 p.m. on News10 and Aug. 19 against Phoenix at 4 p.m. on News10.
-- Melody Gutierrez

Posted by Bill Bradley, July 25, 2007 11:15 AM

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