Welcome to awards season at Bus Leagues! Once again, we will have nine to hand out: Full-season, Short-season and Independent League Player, Starter and Reliever of the Year. These players are the best of the best of minor league baseball, except for the short-season starter I forgot to put on the ballot and didn’t realize until it was too late. Voting works like the college football polls. Voters selected five players from a list...
Welcome to awards season at Bus Leagues! Once again, we will have nine to hand out: Full-season, Short-season and Independent League Player, Starter and Reliever of the Year. These players are the best of the best of minor league baseball, except for the short-season starter I forgot to put on the ballot and didn’t realize until it was too late. Voting works like the college football polls. Voters selected five players from a list...
I love mascots. I am officially outing myself. And why shouldn’t I love mascots? They are fun. They’re like Michael Bay movies. They are entertaining. They are a good time, but they probably will never win an Oscar. Who cares? Mascots are integral to the health and security of minor league baseball. In this current economy, you would think a budget-friendly version of our national pastime could stand on its own. Let’s face it...
Clay Holmes was my third choice to write about last week for MiLB.com, a fact that stands more as a testament to the amount of interesting talent on the State College Spikes than Holmes’ ability on the field. (For the record, my first two choices were Luis Heredia, who was pitching and therefore unavailable the day I went down to Lowell to get my interview done, and Tyler Gaffney, whose unavailability I only found...
After following Mascot Mania on MiLB (congratulations Orbit!), it was time to give attention to some great mascots that did not make the Sweet 16…or 64…or were ever even considered. They’re like the Michael Bay movies of mascots. We might love them, but they’re never going to win an Oscar. Today, we’re taking a trip to the New York-Penn League. The New York–Penn League is a minor league baseball league, operating in the northeastern...
After following Mascot Mania on MiLB (congratulations Orbit!), it was time to give attention to some great mascots that did not make the Sweet 16…or 64…or were ever even considered. They’re like the Michael Bay movies of mascots. We might love them, but they’re never going to win an Oscar. Today, we’re taking a trip to the New York – Penn League. The New York – Penn League is a minor league baseball league,...
After following Mascot Mania on MiLB (congratulations Orbit!), it was time to give attention to some great mascots that did not make the Sweet 16…or 64…or were ever even considered. They’re like the Michael Bay movies of mascots. We might love them, but they’re never going to win an Oscar. Today, we’re taking a trip to the New York – Penn League. The New York – Penn League is a minor league baseball league,...
A while back, I was looking for information on the New York-Penn League when I stumbled upon an online copy of the league’s 2011 media guide. While I later discovered that it was not a perfect resource (it contained an error that led to a mistake in the league preview I wrote last month), it was still pretty cool and I spent some time flipping through it. Around the time this season started, I...
After following Mascot Mania on MiLB (congratulations Orbit!), it was time to give attention to some great mascots that did not make the Sweet 16…or 64…or were ever even considered. They’re like the Michael Bay movies of mascots. We might love them, but they’re never going to win an Oscar. Today, we’re taking a trip to the New York – Penn League. The New York – Penn League is a minor league baseball league,...
After following Mascot Mania on MiLB (congratulations Orbit!), it was time to give attention to some great mascots that did not make the Sweet 16…or 64…or were never even considered. They’re like the Michael Bay movies of mascots. We might love them, but they’re never going to win an Oscar. Today, we’re taking a trip to the New York – Penn League. The New York – Penn League is a minor league baseball league,...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
