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March 7, 2010
A-Rod Clubs #500
SYLMAR, CA - Sylmar star Alex Rodriguez joined an exclusive club on
Sunday night when he hit his 500th career home run in a game against
the Manchester Irish Monarchs. After being stuck at 499 for
several games, A-Rod then launched #501 and #502 shortly thereafter.
He now sits 57 home runs away from #2 on the all-time list, Manny
Ramirez (445.)
March 5, 2010
An Historic Start for New Hope
NEW HOPE, PA - The New Hope Badgers are off to an historic
start...but not in a good way. Through their first 16 games,
New Hope is sporting a record of 1-15. The Badgers are hitting
.210 as a team, own a 6.11 ERA, and have been outscored by their
opponents by a margin of 75 runs (114-39) -- that's a difference of
nearly five runs per game!
March 1, 2010
The .700 Club
SALEM, NH - With two weeks remaining in the first chapter, several
teams are standing heads and shoulders above the rest with winning
percentages north of .700. The Corona Confederates lead the
BDBL with an .800 mark (16-4), while Ravenswood (17-7, .708) and Los
Altos (15-5, .750) have been equally dominant. In the Eck
League, the 19-9 Akron Ryche currently own the best record in the
league, just missing the .700 mark at .679.
February 7, 2010
Break Up The Confederates
CORONA, CA - The Corona Confederates have gotten off to a
blazing-hot 10-2 start to the 2010 season, including two series
victories against division rivals New Milford and Salem. The
Corona pitching staff has carried the team thus far. They own
a 2.19 team ERA, and have allowed just 74 hits and only 3 homers in
107 innings. And Joe Mauer has been a one-man wrecking machine
offensively, as he is hitting .500/.540/.727 overall, with 4
doubles, a pair of homers, 11 runs scored and 9 RBI's.
January 26, 2010
Are You Ready for Some Baseball?
SALEM, NH - With the selection of Garrett Olson at 8:48pm on
Saturday night, the 2010 free agent draft finally came to a
conclusion. Opening Day is now just around the corner, which
means the annual Season Preview is
here!
January 10, 2010
Black Sox Bonanza
SALEM, NH - The Chicago Black Sox went into the free agent auction
with a BDBL-high $52.1 million to spend, and GM John Gill has taken
advantage of that position by signing six players in the auction:
Ryan Dempster, Cliff Lee, Paul Maholm, Victor Martinez, Carlos
Zambrano and Jose Reyes. Incredibly, the team still has more
than $9 million left to spend, and only a dozen roster spots left to
fill.
January 3, 2010
Halladay Falls to Niagara
SALEM, NH - The Niagara Locks made huge waves in the free agent
market on Sunday night when they signed the #1 free agent available,
Roy Halladay, to a $19 million salary. Halladay will join a
starting rotation that includes Kyle Lohse, Vicente Padilla, Ian
Snell and David Price. (And yes, that is just the first of many
corny headline puns you'll be seeing this season about the Locks
franchise.)
January 1, 2010
Draft Day Has Arrived
SALEM, NH -The 2010 draft officially kicked off at 8:50am Eastern
when Tony DeCastro of the South Carolina Sea Cats made Cuban
refugee/phenom Aroldis Chapman the first pick of the farm draft.
Starlin Castro, Simon Castro, Jameson Taillon, Wil Myers, Chris
Withrow and Jarred Cosart then followed with the next six picks.
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