There were literally fifteen first pitches before the game. I’ve never seen a catcher take a bucket out to catch the first pitch before. Billy hates the girl two rows in front of us because she was eating during the national anthem. I’m not saying he’s wrong. It’s just funny that every game we go [...]
Archive for August, 2009
29 Aug
Bus Leagues Live, Part Two
Once again, I’m live from Merchantsauto.com Stadium in Manchester, watching the Fisher Cats. Tonight, they will be taking on Ryan Kalish, Lars Anderson, and the Portland Sea Dogs. This was originally supposed to be a doubleheader and Daisuke Matsuzaka was supposed to start one of the games, but Tropical Storm Danny took care of that. [...]
29 Aug
Eastern League All-Stars Announced
The Eastern League announced it’s 2009 All-Stars last night. I really want to refer to them as postseason All-Stars, because that’s basically what they are, but the season still has a week to go. Can you have announce postseason All-Stars while the season is still happening? What came first, the chicken or the egg? How [...]
29 Aug
Early Progression Of 2009 First Round Draft Picks
Now that the deadline has passed for 2009 draft picks to sign with their teams, I thought it might be fun to take a look at the first round selections, where they landed, and how they’re doing. 1. Stephen Strasburg, 21, RHP (Washington Nationals) – Expected to make his debut with the Phoenix Desert Dogs [...]
29 Aug
Vote For The USA Today Minor League Player Of The Year
I was looking through the Bus Leagues archives (because there’s no better way to spend a Saturday morning) and saw that last year around this time, Eric directed us to the online voting for USA Today’s Minor League Player of the Year award (Tampa Bay’s David Price eventually won). The newspaper has already named its [...]
28 Aug
Arizona Fall League Rosters Announced
Okay, so they were announced Tuesday. Timeliness has never been one of my strong suits. More information about the AFL can be found in this column from Examiner.com and the Winter Leagues page at MLB.com. I’ve taken the liberty of listing some of the key players for each team, their ages, and the levels at [...]
28 Aug
From MLB Draft Pick to NCAA Champion?
I know, I’m like you. That sounds totally backward to me. In the course of doing research for an upcoming college basketball project, I looked into the much-vaunted Henry brothers, both of whom were set to play for the Memphis Tigers this season before coach John Calipari bolted for Kentucky. Instead, the brothers opted to [...]
28 Aug
The Ongoing Saga Of The Brothers Rasmus: Colby Strikes Back
It’s been five days since we last spoke of the glorious Rasmus Brothers, which always feels like about four days too long. This time, however, I nearly forgot about it until a trip to Twitter jogged my memory. Cory Rasmus had a nice night on Thursday: six innings, one run, three hits, one walk, eight [...]
28 Aug
It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over: The 2009 Southern NH Media Homerun Derby
The ribs on my right side were starting to hurt. The base of my right index finger burned from a broken blister. My arms were tired from swinging a 30-ounce bat nineteen times in the August heat. And while I didn’t know the exact score, I had a pretty good feeling that if we were [...]
27 Aug
File This One Under, “The NCAA Is Stupid”
The story of the Fort Myers Miracle and their scheduled “What Would Tim Tebow Do?” promotion has been all over the internet for the past few days. Basically, the team had planned the promotion for months, only to receive a cease and desist email on the morning of the event. I probably would’ve let it [...]
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