Tucson Mexican Baseball Fiesta
Happy Cinco de Mayo, Amigos! Time to look at which teams and individuals are heating up the lower leagues. The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers have a powerful offense. The team’s 0.767 OPS reflects 56 doubles, 13 triples and 14 home runs. It’s a balanced, team effort as well, with no one player dominating the production. Infielder Chris Dennis is the home run leader, with 4; Peter Fatse, who also plays in the dirt, has four...
While we’re sure you’ve grown to love and cherish our higgledy-piggledy random posting style, this year we got together and decided to present minor-league baseball with a certain regard for structure. That means each guy got a classification or two to focus on throughout the season. That’s in addition to whatever higgledy-piggledy stuff each of us does, because we value our freedom. My focus will be on Low-A and Short-Season A ball. For starters,...
On Friday, my six-year-old son and I attended our first minor-league game of the season in Lynchburg, VA. During the game, Jack said something to me that made me laugh. “Daddy, when I grow up I want to be a minor-league baseball player!” I laughed, because I know that the goal of every minor-league player is to stop being a minor-league player, and advance to the majors. But then, one day later, I read...
