At Least One Wild Card Likely for Atlantic League Playoffs

August 3, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment

It is getting close to â€œwild cardâ€ time.Â Some newspapers have been listing the major league wild card data in their standings for weeks now, but this subject also carries importance in the Atlantic League since it seems very real that Southern Maryland and York could capture both first and second half divisional titles. The […]

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It Is Easy to Tell How Much Sparky Lyle Loves Managing and the Atlantic League

April 27, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment

It only takes a few minutes with Sparky Lyle to understand how much the Somerset manager thinks of the Atlantic League.Â It is equally impressive that the 65-year-old, who was a major league star as early as the late 1960s, still has fire in his belly for his job, which has to be part of […]

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