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...
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...
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-...
In the offseason I was talking to Brian in hopes of figuring out a new way to write game wrap-ups that are concise but yet still informative. So here it is, the inaugural edition of the 5 W’s. I would appreciate any feedback that you may have. Who – Buffalo Bisons vs. the Rochester Red Wings What- – In the matchup between the Bisons and Red Wings, the first four hitters for Buffalo went...
It must have been a bittersweet moment for Josh Judy. In tonight’s opening day game in Columbus, his name was called, and he trotted out to accept his second Triple-A championship ring, which was nice. The catch was, he had to be called out specially, at the end of the ring ceremony, from the dugout of the visiting Louisville Bats. Judy chatted briefly with his former boss, Clipper skipper Mike Sarbaugh, claimed his...
Welcome to Bus Leagues Express. Every morning, you’ll be able to stop here for a quick summary of the previous day’s minor league action, what’s to come, and interesting links the staff wants to share. While you’re eating cereal getting ready for the day, you can check out the notable stories from each league and some of the top performers at the plate and on the mound. Since this is the first day of...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
