After a one-year absence, minor league baseball has returned to Richmond, Virginia. Officials announced earlier today that the Eastern League’s Connecticut Defenders franchise, which just lost in the championship round to the Akron Aeros, will move to Richmond in time for next season. The team will play at The Diamond (the ballpark that contributed to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Connecticut Defenders’
9 Sep
Now Pitching For The San Francisco Giants…
The San Francisco Giants have bad news and good news. The bad news is that Tim Lincecum, the team’s ace, was scratched from his start on Tuesday with back spasms. It sounds like they’re being optimistic about the issue, which isn’t all that surprising, considering they’re pinning their hopes and dreams on his golden right [...]
20 Aug
One More Note On Tonight’s Night At The Ballpark
One of the things Dan and I talked about was next weekend’s series against the Portland Sea Dogs. Those games always draw big, but none may be bigger than the Saturday contest, when Daisuke Matsuzaka is scheduled to pitch for the Sea Dogs in the first game of a doubleheader at Merchantsauto.com Stadium. Rumor has [...]
20 Aug
Madison Bumgarner Is Done And So Am I
The title says it all. We’re in the top of the eighth and there are post-game fireworks, but I’m hitting the road. (Early day tomorrow and all that jazz.) Pleasant surprise on the way out, though, when I ran into my Lozoball compatriot Dan Suitor, who works at the ballpark. He recognized me, introduced himself, [...]
20 Aug
Why Can’t The Mascot Win The Base Race, Just Once?
There should be a rule stating that no base race contestant can be older than four-years-old. There’s nothing cute or funny about seeing some nine-year-old tearing around the bases and winning big. A real little kid, on the other hand, is hilarious because it takes like an hour and a half for them to really [...]
20 Aug
MMM…Food
I’m currently standing on the concourse on the third base side of the ballpark, having left the cozy confines of Section 110 to go in search of food. As I was leaving my seat, two things happened: a guy proposed marriage to his special lady friend on the scoreboard (she said yes) and I knocked [...]
20 Aug
Nice Defense By The Defenders
With Madison Bumgarner in trouble yet again – first and second, nobody out, leading to the first mound visit of the night – Brad Emaus lifted a long fly to right. Todd Donovan tagged up at second and advanced to third, with Manny Mayorson attempting to move up behind him. Connecticut’s shortstop alertly cut the [...]
20 Aug
In A Jam
Bumgarner found himself in another jam in the second – second and third, nobody out – but worked out of it with a sacrifice fly and two called strike threes (neither of which were appreciated by the Fisher Cats or the crowd). Between innings entertainment: sumo wrestling. You wouldn’t think you’d have a chance at [...]
20 Aug
At The Game…Finally
I like a lot of things about Merchantsauto.com Stadium. Two things I don’t like? The name and getting to the ballpark. Traffic was terrible on the way in, and parking near impossible (okay, mainly because I didn’t want to walk). But I’m here, in a really good seat behind home plate (pictures to come later, [...]
20 Aug
A Little Experiment
Here at Bus Leagues, we’re all about trying new things. So when I upgraded my phone recently to include a new data plan, it seemed obvious that I should give mobile blogging a try. I’ll be at tonight’s game between the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and Connecticut Defenders. Madison Bumgarner is pitching for the visitors, [...]
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