This is the last weekend of the regular season. Many leagues begin playoffs on Tuesday or Wednesday. The top player charts are for the month of August. Top stories Hamilton honored again: While Hak-Ju Lee is the Southern League Postseason All-Star shortstop, Billy Hamilton still found a way onto the roster as the league’s best hustler. Not only does he hustle every game to torment teams with his speed, he had a lot of...
Top stories Empire State clinches division: Just days after punching their playoff ticket, the Empire State Yankees clinched the International League North division with a 5-0 win over rival Lehigh Valley. Although this is their 5th division title in the last six years, this is still a remarkable season for a team that didn’t play a single home game. While they called Rochester their home for much of the season, it’s not the same...
Top stories Corrigan fires perfect game: It’s the first time Palm Beach starter Chris Corrigan has thrown more than six innings in a game, and he made it count. Corrigan threw the first Florida State League perfect game in 11 years in Palm Beach’s 8-0 defeat of hapless Charlotte. Corrigan, who wasn’t even a regular starter in his professional career until this season, struck out nine batters as he retired all 27 batters he...
Top stories Miley leads International League All-Stars: Although they aren’t represented by any players on the All-Star team, Empire State’s manager Dave Miley was honored. It was an easy choice; not only do his Yankees have the second best record in the league, he’s done it without a single home game on the season. It was easy to write them off before the season, with the adversity they were facing as I did, but...
Top stories MiLB recognizes Player of the Week recipients: Every Monday, MiLB recognizes each league’s Player of the Week recipient. This week’s honorees include not Darin Ruf but Bryce Brentz in the Eastern League. Brentz had two or more hits in every game during the week with five extra base hits. Also honored was Jacksonville’s Kyle Jensen in the Southern League. Jensen had a rough start to the season, but he homered in five...
He’s back. Like an uninvited guest at your birthday, the man who just won’t stay down and be retired is back. Now, he’s a Skeeter. Regardless of how I feel about what he did or did not do, Roger Clemens has had a storied career. I will not deny that. However, if he keeps on this road he’s traveling, he’ll be remembered less for his numbers and more for acting like a cold sore...
Top stories Wheeler dominates in first AAA win: After an adjustment period when he was promoted to Buffalo, Zack Wheeler is now pitching the way he did all season. In Buffalo’s 1-0 win over Rochester in the first game of a doubleheader, Wheeler fired a complete game shutout, his second of the year. He struck out seven, and 65 of his 98 pitches were strikes. In five starts with Buffalo, Wheeler has a 3.54...
Top stories Sands homers amid trade rumors: Although he was officially not officially traded to Boston in their blockbuster deal with the Dodgers, Jerry Sands suited up as usual for Albuquerque and played a key role in their 4-2 win at Memphis. His two run homer in the 1st inning proved he will be a factor for the Isotopes over the season’s final few weeks as they look to clinch a PCL playoff berth....
Top stories Half of the International League playoff field set: On back to back nights, the Indianapolis Indians and Charlotte Knights clinched the West and South divisions of the IL respectively, locking in half of the league’s postseason bracket. Indianapolis punched their ticket by virtue of their Thursday win and Columbus’, the two time defending champs, loss. It’s the first time since 2000 that they’ve won the division and second time reaching the playoffs...
Top stories Cosart returns to rotation: After going on the DL for blisters again this season, Jarred Cosart returned last week with an appearance out of the bullpen before returning to the rotation Wednesday. He was solid, pitching five scoreless innings in Oklahoma City’s 6-3 win over Iowa. He struck out three and generated a lot of groundouts, and he only allowed two hits and a walk. Despite only walking one batter his strike...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
