Baseball America’s 48th-ranked prospect entering the season, Billy Hamilton is known for being among the fastest players in Minor League Baseball. Last year he used that speed to his advantage, becoming the first player in a decade to steal 100 bases in a season. He’s off to another great start this season, hitting .356/.447/.589 with 19 steals in 19 games for the Bakersfield Blaze in the California League. I had a chance to speak...
This story came to me via the Our Sports Central RSS feed earlier today. It’s probably better suited to be shared via a quick-hit link on our Tumblr, since that’s sort of what that page is for, but autism is an important topic to me personally so I decided to make note of it here: The Autism Action Partnership and the Omaha Storm Chasers proudly unveil a very special item being sold in the...
When Blue Jays minor leaguer Kevin Howard was 13-years-old, he played on the Thousand Oaks team that won the 1994 Little League Junior World Series, vanquishing the Sean Burroughs-led Long Beach squad along the way. “I think when you’re that age, everything is a little bit more fun and better,” Howard said with a laugh last week in the Media Room at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium, home of his current team, the New Hampshire...
The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot but did not receive any votes. Mike suggested I bring those old posts over to Bus Leagues. I liked the idea, so for the next few months, we’ll re-run a couple each week in addition to our regular content. For the most...
James McOwen is a guy who has been on our radar since way back in 2009, when he put together a California League record 45-game hitting streak while playing for Seattle’s affiliate in High Desert. This earned him a permanent spot in our ever-evolving pantheon of favorite players, so when I saw he had been released by the Mariners at the end of spring training and picked up by the Long Island Ducks, I...
About two months ago, I wrote a post about the Sugar Land Skeeters and a press release they sent out with the title, “Major League Pitcher Liriano Joins Skeeters.” The intent, of course, was to make people think that Francisco Liriano was the newest member of the Atlantic League. And, of course, he was not – that honor went to an unrelated Liriano named Pedro. Well played, Sugar Land. At the end, I tossed...
While Drew Hutchison missed out on Baseball America’s preseason Top 100 list (he was ranked ninth in the Toronto Blue Jays organization), he did appear on lists compiled by notable talents scouts such as Frankie Piliere (79), John Sickels (73), Project Prospect (60), and Keith Law (42). The 21-year-old righthander blew through three levels last season (Low-A, High-A, and Double-A) en route to an Eastern League championship with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Hutchison...
The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot but did not receive any votes. Mike suggested I bring those old posts over to Bus Leagues. I liked the idea, so for the next few months, we’ll re-run a couple each week in addition to our regular content. For the most...
The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot but did not receive any votes. Mike suggested I bring those old posts over to Bus Leagues. I liked the idea, so for the next few months, we’ll re-run a couple each week in addition to our regular content. For the most...
Who: Binghamton Mets (AA, New York Mets) vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA, Toronto) Mark Cohoon, the Mets 12th round pick in the 2008 draft, made his second start of the year for Binghamton. The 24-year-old lefthander is in his third tour with the Junior Mets, having previously made 13 starts in 2010 and nine in 2011. He spent most of last season with Triple-A Buffalo, posting a 4-11 record, 6.11 ERA, and 51/38...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
