A Unique Walk-Off

June 18, 2012 by Bob Hurte · Leave a Comment

I attended a SABR meeting of the Connie Mack Chapter in June of this year. It was held at Waterfront Park in Trenton, New Jersey. This is home to the Trenton Thunder, the ‘AA’ affiliate for the New York Yankees. That day one of the presentations was about players that had hit over twenty triples […]

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Sally League Showdown (Almost) Matches the Hype

May 13, 2011 by Austin Gisriel · Leave a Comment

The showdown between two of the South Atlantic League’s best teams just about lived up to all the hype that preceded this week’s four game series as the Delmarva Shorebirds sandwiched two victories around two defeats to the Hagerstown Suns. Manny Machado, the Orioles top selection and 3rd overall in the 2010 draft was on […]

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Centerfield in Washington Is Ankiel’s Now

April 3, 2011 by Ted Leavengood · 2 Comments

When Rick Ankiel laid down the perfect squeeze bunt in the seventh inning yesterday all the thoughts of the Nationals nagging center field question disappeared like Brad Wilkerson going back into the dugout after waving to the crowd upon hitting for the cycle early in the 2005 season. Â Nyjer who? Â And what was that other […]

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Disaster Start

April 21, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment

So far the Cardinals have played two games in Arizona. Â The differences could not be more stark. Monday night, it was vintage 2010 Cardinals. Â Brad Penny allowed a couple of runs in the first, then cruised, piling up out after out, extending the streak of starters going seven and allowing two runs or less to […]

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Letters From Quebec: Remembering Willie Davis…

March 11, 2010 by Bill Young · Leave a Comment

â€œThere was only one Jackie Robinson and he was fantastic,â€ Willie Davis said about the Dodger immortal who broke baseballâ€™s colour barrier, first with the old Montreal Royals and then with Brooklyn Dodgers.Â Then he added, â€œThereâ€™s only one Willie Davis, and Iâ€™m fantastic too.â€ Willie Davis, to Montreal Gazette journalist Tim Burke, June 12, […]

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