Are the Nats rushing yet another “savior” to the show in a single season, a la Zimmerman and Strasburg? This tidbit of information arrived in my inbox mere moments ago: Attention Media, Bryce Harper has been promoted to Harrisburg, and is expected to be with the club when they come to Richmond on Friday. He will be participating in the XM All-Star Futures Game in Phoenix, AZ, on Sunday. The Washington Nationals are expected...
On Sunday, I woke up with a hankerin’ to take my son to a minor-league baseball game. Living in central Virginia, we have several options at just about any level of affiliation, but not one of the teams is located less than an hour’s drive from my house, so I try to spread the love around. My first thought was to go to Salem, VA, where the Winston-Salem Dash (White Sox) were visiting the Salem...
My son was on spring break last week, so it was a perfect time for us to take in our first game of the season. Since the Braves flew the coop in Richmond, Lynchburg is the nearest minor-league town to ours, and we go there often. This time out, I was excited to see the Pirates’ top new prospect, former Vanderbilt star Pedro Alvarez. Alvarez went 0-5, but knocked in a couple of RBIs....
Last summer I took my son to nearly every minor league ballpark in our home state of Virginia. I called it “The Summer of Baseball”, and published some of my photos on this blog. I ended up writing an article about it for Camperways magazine, which runs destination features for fans of RV travel. At the time we had seven teams active in the area. Since then, the Atlanta Braves have announced that they will...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
