The 5 W’s May 6, 2012 Who: The Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox The Starting pitcher for the Yankees was just some scrub, someone that no one has ever heard of, a 39 year old man that is still pitching in the minor leagues. Andy Pettitte, winner of four World Series championships took the mound on his road back to the majors; the only thing standing in his way...
Selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 23rd round of the 2009 Amateur Draft, 23 year old Matt Adams has been powering his way through the Cardinals system. Ever since his start in Johnson City and with his current team the Memphis Redbirds, Adams has been climbing his way into a legitimate prospect, the 6 foot 3, 230 pound 1st baseman talked to me about his career thus far and what it’s like to possibly...
Who: Rochester Red Wings (AAA, Minnesota Twins) vs. Buffalo Bisons (AAA, New York Mets) Scott Diamond started for the Red Wings against Buffalo’s Dylan Owen. Diamond came into the game at 4-0 with an ERA just over 1.00. The start was Owen’s second of the year after five relief appearances (spoiler alert: he did not hit a homerun). When: 1:05 PM, Sunday, April 29 Where: Coca-Cola Field (Buffalo, NY) This is my second visit...
I predicted weeks back that Bryce Harper would be in the Big Leagues before the All-Star break. Heck! I told you if you played Fantasy Baseball, put him on your bench. He wouldn’t be there for too long. I know. For my next trick, I will predicted that Kim Kardashian will date Kanye West just long enough for the NFL draft to finish. On a side note, why hasn’t she ever gone for...
From The Book of Revelations: Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. HE is here. The Chosen One. Born of pure midiclorians, HE is the one of the great prophesy of the Book of Doubleday. For years now, we have awaited this glorious day. The day in which HE would descend upon us, don...
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...
While being away from live baseball for the 2012 season, I’ve had to look a little harder for things to write about. Fortunately, within my first week in Afghanistan I met Air Force Tech Sergeant Marc Leistico and oddly enough our conversation drifted towards minor league baseball. A few days later, TSgt Leistico was nice enough to sit down with me and answer a few questions for Bus Leagues Baseball.com. Bus Leagues Baseball: So...
This is a post that appeared at Philly Sports Central earlier this week, and I thought it could be appropriate here too. Any team, Pat Burrell. Last Thursday, the Phillies announced that Pat Burrell will sign a ceremonial one-day contract so he can officially retire as a member of the team (Ruben Amaro initially offered a three day contract, but that was deemed unnecessary.) He’ll be honored the weekend of May 18-20 against the...
In an effort to milk this list as much as possible, I made a post that has all 100 prospects in just one list with their Opening Day assignments. At the bottom, I have a handful of stats that show the distribution of the top 100 by organization, position and classification. 1. Bryce Harper, OF, Washington- Syracuse (AAA, International) 2. Matt Moore, LHP, Tampa Bay- Tampa Bay (MLB, AL) 3. Mike Trout, OF, Anaheim-...
The Minor League season opened across the country with record crowds, pomp, pageantry, fireworks and several noteworthy performances. The following are the top 7 things you missed in affiliated Minor League Baseball last week. 1. Bryce Harper got his first Triple-A hit on Thursday. It was a double in the second for the Syracuse Chiefs. He ultimately went 2 for 4 for the Washington Nationals affiliate, which took the loss to the visiting Rochester...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
