There was hope, until the Barons came back to town. The team continues to lose close games, so there’s no clear answer to the problem. Now, I’m fully aware that the minor leagues are not necessarily about winning and losing. But, as a season ticket holder, it’s not fun at all to endure a miserable […]
Cuban prospect Dayan Viciedo has been a disappointment early in his professional career, but that mostly stems from extremely high expectations. Of course, when the White Sox signed him to a $10 million contract that was bound to happen. He got off to a horrible start last year in AA Birmingham, but gradually improved. He
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Justin Greene’s great catch for the Winston-Salem Dash. Watch and enjoy. Hat tip to larry at SSS for bringing this to my attention. While I’m here I may as well give a Justin Greene update. The speedy center fielder has made a great start to the season and is hitting .328/.438/.627 (1.064) through his first
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The first month of the season is in the books and early overreactions are occurring everywhere. That means it’s time to bring back the monthly awards, albeit a week late.
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It’s time for week three’s wrap up as Dan Hudson’s season goes from mediocre to very bad, and Trayce Thompson kicks things off with a blast.
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Coming into the 2010 season there were high hopes for Dan Hudson, but through the first month he has not quite lived up to his billing. But should we be worried, or is it merely noise in what will otherwise be a very successful career? Everyone knows what Dan Hudson did last year, tearing through
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Josh Phegley was placed on the Minor League Disabled List on 4/16, and we were immediately worried given the extremely minimal amount information that was given out. Unfortunately it turns out we were right to worry. From WTHITV.com: Josh Phegley’s baseball career is on hold right now. The Wabash Valley baseball great has been out
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In his second installment of JPNese, John Norris talks about some Barons hitters who are starting to turn it around, the attitude of Cole Armstrong and Charlie Shirek’s fine form. Baseball is a brotherhood, and Barons catcher Cole Armstrong didn’t care for our home fans heckling Jacksonville Suns pitcher Jeff Allison last week. Allison has
Barons @ Smokies, 4/25/10, Twin-bill at Smokies Park Well, my Saturday night plans this weekend were ruined. We had both a barbeque fest and an Italian fest in downtown Knoxville, and instead of constantly eating, I ducked home at 3:00 in the afternoon to avoid a full night of torrential rains. The good part though
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With week two in the books, it’s time to review performances to see who stood out amongst the crowd, for both good and bad reasons.
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