Monday the 12th found me visiting my second consecutive Bus Leagues park with a good Babe Ruth story: It was in Asheville that the Swat Sultan finally succumbed to the “belly-ache heard round the world,” which limited him to just 98 games and a measly .936 OPS for the 1925 season—too many hot dogs slathered with that super-tangy VD brand mustard, apparently. Six years later during an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Ruth earned himself...
Again, we meet the most interesting people through Twitter. About a week ago, we exchanged follows with Ann Marie Naumes, the Director of Merchandise for the AA Harrisburg Senators. She’s in charge of putting together the new team store in H’burg, and she happens to have joined the club the same year that phenom Stephen Strasburg is pitching there. She talked to us about all that great stuff we can never seem to leave...
I’ve learned a lot about minor league baseball this season, but the most interesting might be something I just discovered about ten minutes ago: major league teams and their minor league affiliates are like the characters on Friends* – sooner or later, they all end up dating one another. *Yeah, Friends. My pop culture references are so timely. The backup example was Beverly Hills 90210. Almost immediately after the season ended, what I’m assuming...
If there’s one thing I know about our readership, it is that you-all are very, very curious about Jay Bruce. As central HQ for Jay Bruce worship on the web, we’ve decided to help you out. This feature will tell you everything we can glean from the vast wine-dark seas of Internetia, so we can all anticipate what the pundits will be talking about when Jay is inevitably called up within the next week or...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
