Another Indy Milestone Achieved With 150th Major Leaguer

April 7, 2011 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment

Â Â Â Â Independent Baseball reached another impressive milestone shortly after the major league season opened.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Appearances by rookies Tom Wilhelmsen and Aaron Crow plus a re-appearance by Eric Almonte, who is at the gameâ€™s highest level for the first time in eight years, jumped the non-affiliated branch of baseball past the 150 mark in getting […]

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Two-Time Batting Champ Victor Rodriguez, Wily Mo Pena Could Add Substantially for Bridgeport

June 4, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment

Yorkâ€™s worst-to-first dash can only encourage others to keep striving to improve, and that certainly seems to be the case for Bridgeport. The Bluefish, eager to return to the upper ranks of the Atlantic League since 1999 championship Manager Willie Upshaw was available from Day One (he took over in mid-season last year), were stung […]

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