Who: Reading Phillies (AA, Philadelphia) vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA, Toronto) The starting pitchers were two guys you might’ve heard of: Deck McGuire, Toronto’s first-round pick in the 2010 draft (11th overall) and 8th-ranked prospect according to Baseball America, for New Hampshire; for Reading, Trevor May, Philadephia’s fourth-round pick in 2008 and the team’s number one prospect. May was also 69th on Baseball America’s 2012 Top 100 list this spring, his first such...
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...
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...
Top stories Jurrjens tries figuring it out in AAA: Jair Jurrjens has had an up and down ML career since being sent to Atlanta from Detroit for Edgar Renteria. When he had a dominant first half last year, many said it was merely luck, and that proved to be true. His 2012 season started off in a major valley, and he finds himself assigned to Gwinnett to work out of his struggles. In his...
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...
Last week, I posted a story I wrote about New Hampshire Fisher Cats infielder Kevin Howard and the path his career has taken the past couple years. We’ve had a pretty good week around these here parts, so I figured I’d bust out a little weekend Q&A action and post the transcript from my recent conversation with Howard. Last year, you came in late, but I feel like you were one of the feel-good...
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...
Due to scheduling difficulties, I won’t be able to include players whose games end at 11:30 or later. Sorry to all Cal League and PCL fans. Top stories AAA outfielder promoted to majors: It was announced that Lorenzo Cain suffered another another injury just before returning from the DL, and the Royals decided to bring up Jarrod Dyson from Omaha and option the struggling Jason Bourgeois to AAA. Also in one that flew under...
First baseman Jordan Lennerton is hitting .286 in 17 games with Erie. He’s also drawn 9 walks, hit 6 home runs, knocked in 11 runs. The 26-year old played all of 2011 in Class-A Lakeland, finishing the season hitting .285 with 75 RBI and 92 walks, and was twice named Florida State League Player of the Week. In a three-game series against the Trenton Thunder, the Erie Seawolves were not just facing the regular...
Top stories Brandon Weeden selected in first round: It wouldn’t be an NFL draft without some connection to baseball, and Thursday that honor belonged to Brandon Weeden. The Oklahoma State Quarterback was drafted 22nd overall by Cleveland in a move that surprised many. He was drafted in the second round by the Yankees in 2002 as a pitcher, and he actually showed some promise early. However, he hit a wall as he reached the...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
