Articles related to "Minor League"

Looking to build upon a successful inaugural campaign, the Warriors held open tryouts for the 2008 season on the 22nd of March in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

The Major League Baseball Roster expands from 25 players to 40 players after Sept. 1

Casual fans like to see their favorite team play at home; serious fans love to see them on the road. Here's some hints on how to make the most of your baseball road trip.

Fantasy owner's alert! Here are five hot minor leaguer sluggers that could soon be Fantasy MLB finds.

Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken announced he will be bringing a minor league baseball team to Port Charlotte, Florida, in a partnership with the Tampa Bay Rays

With all of the injuries and incompetence among MLB pitching lately, these young pitching prospects and veteran hangers-on will help your 2007 Fantasy Baseball Team.

Harrisburg's great minor league baseball tradition has taken a downturn lately, but new ownership and new management are looking to return the franchise to prominence.

After injuries, many major league baseball players will continue their recovery by working out with minor league teams.

A baseball umpire earns years of low pay, reaps abuse when his job is done well, and receives his highest complement when he's unnoticed. It's amazing how good they are.

The Brooklyn Cyclones make baseball affordable and fun, two elements that have disappeared from major league baseball games.

Finding regular success as an AHL franchise in a small market may not always be easy, but it's not impossible. Just ask the Hershey Bears.

Part Two of an interview with the new executive management team of the AA Baseball Harrisburg Senators.

Brett Myers, who closed out the Philadelphia Phillies National League East pennent winning game last season, has poor start to 2008 and sent to minor leagues

The B-Mets have more than just Fernando Martinez in their lineup--players like Mike Carp, Nick Evans, and Daniel Murphy are proving their worth.

The Northwoods League, a Summer Collegiate Baseball Association (SCBA) sanctioned wood bat league, finished its 15th season this past summer.

After years of being denied, Allentown, Pennsylvania will finally have an affiliated Minor-League Baseball team in the City.

The Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, the Philadelphia Phillies new triple-A minor league team in Allentown, goes 14-15 in May after a 3-24 start in April

The Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs Have A 10-13 Record in 2009 After Getting Off to a 3-24 start in 2008

Any medium size city can support a National Basketball Association, National Hockey League or National Football League franchise, but not Major League Baseball

Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Brett Myers pitched games in Allentown and Reading to get ready for his return to the major leagues.

Ken Oberkfell is known throughout the minor leagues as a hard worker that works well with young players. He has spent eight seasons managing for the Mets' farm system.

In 2004, the Montreal Expos played their final season at the Olympic Stadium. Five years later, the franchise is still in Washington, D.C. What about the players?

The Boston Red Sox are perceived as the front-runners in the Johan Santana Sweepstakes, although New York is also actively pursuing the two-time Cy Young Award winner.

Tim Beckham, Brian Matusz and Buster Posey are hoping to be the top overall pick in this year's draft.

The Baltimore Orioles called-up minor league catcher Matt Wieters, who will make his major league debut Friday, May 29th at Camden Yards.

Fifty-five years before the first night baseball games were introduced to the major leagues in 1935, lighting was brought to baseball at lower levels.

As Mets fans look forward to what 2008 first-rounders Ike Davis and Reese Havens can do, it is a good time to look at how former Met first-round picks have done.

Brad Kilby took the mound as a starter in the major leagues for the first time in Oakland's final game of the season. He pitched two scoreless innings and was taken out.

This article reviews Greg Hoard's book, Joe: Rounding Third & Heading for Home, a biography of the late Cincinnati Reds pitcher and broadcaster, Joe Nuxhall.

San Francisco Giants Manager Bruce Bochy and General Manager Brian Sabean have called up their best prospects to get some MLB experience heading towards 2009.

The Syracuse Chiefs are in second place at the All-Star break. After signing with a new affiliate after 32 years, fans have been hungry for a team this good.

Beginning in the 1890s, the skill level of women baseball players greatly improved, even to the point that some were able to hold their own against men.

The New York Yankees have apparently decided to include young righty pitcher Phil Hughes in a trade for Minnesota's Johan Santana, possibly edging out Boston in a deal.

Sean Avery is back to playing hockey and he has declared that he is a better person and he has changed for the better.

The Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs cannot recover from a 3-24 start and ends up in last place.

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Has Losing Team In Its First Season Of Minor League Baseball

After a self-imposed Yankee deadline passed it appears the Boston Red Sox once again have the upper hand in their quest for lefty hurler Johan Santana.

The Chicago Cubs gave former Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg a promotion, moving him up from Class A Peoria to manage the Double-A Tennessee Smokies.

Putting Hughes and Kennedy into the Yankees' starting rotation is bad baseball. It is unfair to Hughes, Kennedy, the Yankees, and the fans.

Alex Rodriguez was the most celebrated baseball prospect in history, and in his early years with the Seattle Mariners, he quickly showed why he deserved that distinction.

As baseball approaches the 60th Anniversary of Jackie Robinson's historic debut, the great man's career and life should be celebrated by all baseball fans.

Albert Pujols joined an elite club by winning his third MVP award in 2009. Only eight other players have done it; the first was Jimmie Foxx.

The infamous Scott Kazmir trade is not the only trade that continues to hurt the Mets.

David Price and Matt Wieters lead a list of very talented young players knocking at the door to the Majors and ready to break it down with a Rookie of the Year award.

Here are six pitchers who are still rookies for the 2008 season. Each of them can help your fantasy team in 2008.

The AFL is a little-known baseball development league boasting alums such as Troy Tulowitzki.

Minor league baseball is known for some silly stunts and promotional gags. But the Brooklyn Cyclones are changing the team name for one day to honor Barack Obama.

Despite the Yankees top MLB standing for the 2009 season, and despite Derek Jeter's hall of fame-entering shortstop hit, the Seattle Mariners won by seven points Sunday.

Florida Marlins prospects Mike Stanton and Matt Dominguez, Cubs third baseman Josh Vitters and Marlins lefty Andrew Miller top the Surprise Rafters roster for the AFL.

3B Mat Gamel, SS Alcides Escobar, C Angel Salome and RHP Jeremy Jeffress top the Milwaukee Brewers' long list of top prospects.