tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74931392011-12-23T10:49:25.017-05:00A baseball blog covering the Atlantic and Northeast Leagues of professional baseball. Two independent leagues in operation between South Jersey and Maine. (Formerly called the Atlantic League Blog...for about a week and a half.)Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843219962446280517noreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493139.post-1091371945199607132004-08-01T10:49:00.000-04:002004-08-01T10:52:25.200-04:00

Yeah, I'm stupid. I lost my logins. But that's ok. I have them back. But more importantly, I've got big plans. I'm sitting down right now working on the layout for a page that will be the Atlantic League Blog on 'roids. The (untitled) Atlantic Baseball Blog v.2 will cover east coast baseball. Including affiliated minor leagues and eastern division American and National League teams. Stay

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The Nashua Pride added three pitchers and a catcher to their roster today.  The signings include former major leaguer Rusty Meacham who's returning to the Pride for his second season.  They also picked up pitchers Terry Pearson and Carlos Chantres along with catcher Mike Figga.   THe team released Tom Klemm, Jason Navarro, Cliff Smith, Jeff Hastings and Al Benjamin.

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I passed along bad information yesterday.  The Jackals not only swept Elmira in one doubleheader.  But they took 4 games in 2 days from the Pioneers.  Yesterday the Jackals earned a North Division tie with 7-3 and 3-2 wins at Yogi Berra Stadium.   The Jackals and Cutters play a decisive play-off game today at Yale Field.   The Capitales needed eleven frames and a walk-off two run homer from Shane

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Ballpark Digest has become one of my daily vists, and it's a great site for all baseball fans. Editor Kevin Reichard points us to this article (reg. req.) from KnoxNews.com on one "writer's" opinion on possible league realignment. First, let me say that I hesitantly use the word writer. Ray McNulty is about as much a writer as I am the Queen of England. An example of what McNulty considers a

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Brad Whitworth and Aaron Myers both pitched complete game shut-outs for New Jersey taking both halves of a double header with the Pioneers to force a one game do-or-die playoff with the New Haven County Cutters. NHC three hit the road-dog Aces and earned a shut-out and the tie with NJ. For those in Connecticut, the game will be played tomorrow (July 15), at Yale Field. North Shore wrapped up

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The Atlantic League All Star game is scheduled for tonight, and the league is in the middle of the obligatory three day break. This leaves us with a shortage of Atlantic League stories, but gives us a chance to talk about the first half. And you can't talk about the first half without talking about the pennant chase, which still hasn't been determined. I'm not a big fan of the split season

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Atlanticleaguebaseball.com is reporting that two AtL players have signed on with MLB franchises. Julio Mosquera (C) from Newark signed with Texas and was assigned to AA Frisco. Ryan Minor (3B) from Atlantic City signed with Florida and was assigned to AA Carolina. During our little blackout, the Atlantic League announced that tomorrow night's All-Star game in Camden will be webcast on New

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I've noticed, as I've traversed the baseball-blogerati, that an overwhelming number of baseball bloggers are statheads. I am not. My mind is not geared for positive math interaction. Infact, I would have to say that if math were a person, I would punch it in it's stomach...then run away. I don't know the significance of a pitcher's WHIP, or any of those new stats Sabermetricians want to use

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So, you're one of the dedicated few who read the Atlantic Baseball Blog. You love indie baseball, and you want to help. Here's your chance. If you run a baseball blog, you can add this to your site: <a href="http://atlanticleague.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/AtlanticBaseballBlog.gif" height="67" width="200" border="0" alt="Atlantic Baseball Blog"/></

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Due to inclement weather conditions, the game between the Bridgeport Bluefish and Long Island Ducks on Monday night has been postponed following a one hour and thirty-six minute delay. Atlantic League Exective Director Joe Klein decided that the North Division first half championship will be decided on August 9th. The penultimate game of the first half was suspended after over an hour and a

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I've been without a computer, much less internet access for about a week. So apologies to those few who actually come here to find news. But I am back and bad as I want to be. Regular updates will resume in a few hours as I'm still trying to restore drivers that I lost when I had all this fancy shiny new stuff put in my computer (which now glows a very meancing green through a side window).

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Jerson Perez went 4-for-4 with two doubles and five RBI's to lead the Bears back from a six-love deficit to beat the Patriots 12-6. Somerset batted around in the first hanging their six-spot on Bears starter Tommy Parks. Jeff Nettles and Chris Wakefield each notched a homerun in that first inning before Joe Gannon came out of the bullpen and shut the game down. The knuckleballer threw 6.1

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I work third shift, so it's very late for me. The regular daily update will come this afternoon. But until then, think about this. The New Haven County Cutters replaced the Berkshire Black Bears in the Northeast League this season. The Cutters are last in attendance averaging 936 fans at Yale Field. That's less than the Pensacola Pelicans who are the only team left from the debacle that was

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This is a bit off topic, but baseball fans are baseball fans. I stopped by Ballpark Digest, and they had several interesting articles that could affect Atlantic League fans and fans in Pennsylvania. The Yonkers expansion idea has been out there for AtL fans for a while, but it appears that the stadium project is reaching critical mass. Yonkers city officials must displace 20 businesses for the

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Want to thank David from Baseball Musings and Bill from NLfan.com for linking to Atlantic Baseball Blog. Both know much more about baseball than I do. Bill also corrected some information from an earlier article. Miles Wolff has not been a part of the Northern League since 2002.

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The Aces - remnants of the Allentown Ambassadors' preseason scuttling - proved that you "can't lose 'em all." The traveling team, using a name and logo borrowed from Miles Wolff's Central League, scored six before Brockton ever picked up a bat. They added four more, and held the Rox to 5 and won just their sixth game of the season (improving to 6-31). Starter Jerry Dunn didn't record an out

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Newark posted five runs in the first inning off Patriots starter Mike Spiegel, but that's all the Bears would get as Somerset rallied for a 10-5 win. Chris Jones cranked a 3-run homer for Newark to start the scoring. Jason Davis threw four scoreless innings and picked up the save. Bridgeport held off the Road Warriors for a 6-4 win. Tino Sanchez hit a two-run homer for the Bluefish and Nick

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I spent the better part of the night working on this design. It doesn't look much different than the old. Just a new color scheme, and a new sidebar. But trust me when I tell you, it took close to six hours of adjusting code to get the site to look the way it does now. I'm still looking for an image host so that I can add graphics to the page. But that will have to wait for tomorrow. Right

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Atlantic City celebrated the 4th in style, taking both halves of a double header against Camden and taking a two game lead in the South Division. The Surf's 2 games is the biggest lead any team has had in either division in quite a while. A four run third inning in the first game was all starter Ray Davis needed as he earned his first win of the year on the seven inning complete game. Travis

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Very few people have seen this site (and I'm already considering visual changes). But I really enjoy writing this site. I think I will be adding the Northeast League to the site. I'm also looking for an image host so I can add actual images to the site.

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The Patriots and Ducks went ten innings infront of an Atlantic League record crowd of 8,048 at Commerce Bank Ballpark last night. Long Island closer Bill Simas gave up an RBI single to Manny Santana in the home half of the tenth and took the loss in the back-and-forth game. Jason Davis leveled his record at 2-2 picking up the win for Somerset. An Oresete Marrero homerun couldn't help Bridgeport

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Long Island held off the Patriots in the conclusion of Thursday's game with a 4-2 win. Bill Simas picked up the save on Bryan Rekar's first win of the season. In the regularly scheduled game, Ducks' catcher Luis Rodriguez hit for the cycle. His 5-6 night marked the first cycle in Ducks' history. Rodriguez finished with two homers (4&5) including back-to-back shots with Taylor McCormack in the

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The Nashua Pride have signed former Major League All Star Henry Rodriguez. Rodriguez will join the team Monday to finish their series in Long Island. The Nashua Telegraph is also reporting the Carlos Rodriguez was back in the line-up and Butch Hobson has benched injured captain Glenn Murray. Rodriguez was benched after not making a play that he feels was Kevan Burns and Murray has been playing

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The Somerset Patriots are announcing today that first baseman Paul Ottavini has retired from baseball to attend the Mt. Olive Police Academy. Ottavini had 4 homeruns and 25 RBI's for the Patriots this year and ends his baseball career batting .270 with 48 homeruns and 409 RBI's. He was one of two players the Pats signed in open tryouts this past April and he spent time with the Yankees, Expos

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Atlantic League Baseball.com is reporting two transactions in the league today. The Atlantic City Surf sold the contract of Outfielder Chad Alexander to Detroit, Alexander will report to AAA Toldeo. Somerset added some depth to their beleagered bullpen, inking Gene Stechschulte to replace Dan Mozingo who was released after posting a 9.00 ERA.

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The Long Island Ducks debuted the stars and stripes jerseys that they will wear on July 4th (vs. Nashua) and July 31st (vs. Newark). The jerseys will be up for auction between the 4th and the 31st with proceeds going to the QuackerJack Foundation. You can take a look at the very fashionable jersey and get bidding information at the Long Island Ducks' website.

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You can read an interview with Long Island Ducks' manager Bud Harrelson. He talks about the Ducks, Mets and Pete Rose.

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The Lancaster Barnstormers will have two more paychecks to write next week. The team, slated to open Clipper Magazine Stadium next spring, hired Vince Bulik as Director of Corporate Partnerships and Andy Frankel as Director of Public Affairs. Both have experience working in minor league baseball offices and both will be working for Keystone Baseball's other teams, the York expansion franchise

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NashuaTelegraph.com is reporting that Pride manager Butch Hobson has benched centerfielder Carlos Rodriguez. Rodriguez was late for two games in two weeks and was accused of dogging it on the field in Tuesday night's game. "I talked to him the day before yesterday. I said 'I'm giving you six days.' I don’t need to say anything more to him." Said Hobson to reporters yesterday. The Pride may be

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A three-run fifth inning, and a 2-3 win over the Bears pushed Bridgeport into sole posession of first place in the North Division. The Bluefish were helped by a Central New Jersey power-outage that shut down the Patriots and Ducks in the seventh. The game will be continued prior to tonight's regularly scheduled game with Long Island leading 3-2. Evan Thomas through a three-hit shutout for

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The Nashua Pride announced tonight that 300 game winning manager Butch Hobson will host 3 more coach's show. The Nashua Pride Coach's Show will with Hobson will air on WSNH 900AM on July 12th, 19th and 26th broadcast live from Nashua Gardens with Dick Vaughan.

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On July 10th the Newark Bears and Joe Piscopo, of Saturday Night Live fame will celebrate Italian Heritage month on July 10th. The first 2,000 fans through the turnstiles will get a t-shirt courtesy of Ragu, and be regailed with stories of famous people Joe Piscopo knew in the 80's. The Bears with Piscopo, will matchup with the Somerset Patriots at 6:05. Get your seats now, this ticket is sure

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The Atlantic League announced today that Bud Harrelson and Sparky Lyle will face off in the 2004 AL All Star Game. Harrelson's Long Island Ducks are tied with the Bluefish for first place in the North Division and Lyle's Patriots are in a three way dog-fight for the South's First Half title. The game will be played at Campbell's Field in Camden in the shadows of Philadelphia. A major league

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Atlantic City 7 Bridgeport 6 Camden 5 Long Island 4 Somerset 11 Nashua 2 Pennsylvania 2 Newark 11 Bridgeport and Long Island remain tied for first place in the North Division after both teams dropped one run decisions on Wednesday night's action. Both teams keep their 5 game spread over third place Nashua. With only South Division teams winning last night, the three way tie between Atlantic

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Butch Hobson won his 300th game last night as his Nashua Pride jumped all over the Somerset Patriots. Ben Guy earned Hobson the win spreading 7 hits over a 9 inning complete game. Cam Smith took the loss giving up 10 hits and 8 runs (all earned) in just 3.2 innings of work. Atlantic City Surf 7 12 0 Bridgeport Bluefush 9 12 3 W - Blake Williams | L - Rob Corrado S - Shane Authurs Att. - 3276 (

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A little look inside the birth of a blog. Here is a list of plans I have for this page: 1. Custom template. This one's nice, but I'm going to work on building a site that looks really nice. 2. Add "Standings" and "Transactions" include blogs (how-to) 3. ALB logo buttons & banners. So that you can link to this page with stylish banners. 4. Link-whoring. Finding anyone that will link to

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The Atlantic League Blog will be here to bring you information on the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. The AL is a 6 team league (with one road dog team) based in the Northeast Corridor (Camden, NJ north to Bridgeport, CT. The AL is one of several independent leagues scattered in the eastern half of the United States, and produces a minor league product equivalent to a AA/AAA level of

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