Click here to see the breakdown on the 2009 Bus Leagues Player of the Year. Bus Leagues voters were given twelve pitchers to consider for Pitcher of the Year – eight starters and four relievers. The presence of relievers on the ballot caused some early dissension within the ranks. Some refused to consider them, others [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Madison Bumgarner’
24 Sep
Tales From The Minors, As Told By A Minor Leaguer
Almost every other day, it seems, I find a great new minor league-related blog or web site. Today’s find was Life in the Minors, a blog written by Giants minor leaguer Garrett Broshuis. One of his recent entries, “Notes on a bus trip,” had me laughing from the second paragraph on: 10:37 pm: I’m talking [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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