King Kamala
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As happy as I am that my state has our own Celtics (and awesome they got Mike Gorman to narrate the announcement), it is a bittersweet moment. I feel like Red Claws is a much funner, more distinct name.
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As happy as I am that my state has our own Celtics (and awesome they got Mike Gorman to narrate the announcement), it is a bittersweet moment. I feel like Red Claws is a much funner, more distinct name.
King Kamala
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Polished Emma Tiedemann shining as Sea Dogs’ play-by-play voice - The Boston Globe
If Baseball America or another publication put together a list of the top broadcasting prospects in the minors, she’d make the cut.
www.bostonglobe.com
alkeiper
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Two months ago I eyed up tonight’s game in Lehigh Valley. Lower than capacity crowd, Memorial Day weekend, fireworks, perfect. So of course it’s 48 degrees and rain chased us from our seats after the first inning.
sfaJack
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Got in 3 of the 4 Memorial Weekend games I had planned. Arkansas Travelers, Mississippi Braves and this afternoon in Biloxi for the Shuckers.
Got monsooned/hailed out of the NW Arkansas Naturals on Thursday which is a real bummer but what can you do.
Back home tomorrow but not after a visit to Sugar Land since the Skeeters are now AAA.
Got monsooned/hailed out of the NW Arkansas Naturals on Thursday which is a real bummer but what can you do.
Back home tomorrow but not after a visit to Sugar Land since the Skeeters are now AAA.
I had a former friend who played for the Shuckers that year they opened with 54 on the road. They'd only made it to AAA for a season before getting kicked back to AA. That long road stretch broke them and they gave up after the year.
alkeiper
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Yesterday I had a lucentis injection in my right eye and I think I prefer that to watching Rob Schneider at a minor league baseball park.
King Kamala
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One of my best friends and old comedy producer buddy lives in Lansing area. We assumed that those shows were going to be in the concourse but they're actually going to have the stage on the field. That's an absolutely awful setup for comedy even if it was somebody great and not Rob Schneider!
alkeiper
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I took a trip to Harrisburg last night for a AA game between the Senators (Nationals) and Reading Fightin’ Phils (duh). On the mound Cade Cavalli, first round pick and minor league strikeout leader. Batting for the Phils Jack Perkins, two professional plate appearances. Of course Perkins hits an opposite field home run. Baseball is weird.
King Kamala
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College baseball pitcher Sang Ho Baek dies after complications from Tommy John surgery
The 20-year died just four days after having the routine surgery for pitchers
deadspin.com
sfaJack
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I found out this week that the Frisco Roughriders charge $24 for most of the tickets available in the former Dr Pepper Ballpark. That is an absurd price for AA baseball.
King Kamala
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GD. It's just $13 for seats behind the dugout for Portland Sea Dogs. I bought tickets to see a Somerset Patriots (Yankees Double A affiliate) game during my road trip in August and I expected it to be more expensive considering it's a NYC exurb and it was but still only $17 for seats behind the dugout.
Anything more than $20 for Double A seems unreasonable unless it's one of those All You Can Eat seats. And even then I think those top out around $25 here. Even then it's not really worth it cause I rarely buy more than $12 of non alcoholic concessions.
Anything more than $20 for Double A seems unreasonable unless it's one of those All You Can Eat seats. And even then I think those top out around $25 here. Even then it's not really worth it cause I rarely buy more than $12 of non alcoholic concessions.
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alkeiper
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$21 for advance Frisco tickets, the most expensive I found nearby was $19 for Harrisburg Senators tickets. That may seem expensive but it doesn't take into account the mayflies you get to take home with you.
sfaJack
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$24 must be day of game price then which is when we were buying. Even still $21 seems steep especially since it only get you a seat--no food/drink coupons or even access to the lazy river in RF (unless it's Thursday or Sunday game).
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I went to a Lehigh Valley Phantoms game in 2017 (visiting a friend) and the ticket was like $20 and it included food and drink.
King Kamala
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Minor league hockey in Portland, ME has been on a slow and steady but significant decline for the past 25 years. We had our AHL team get moved to GD Springfield, MA like literally a year or two after they begged for and got a $30 million arena renovation. Then we got a new team but downgraded to the ECHL. Attendance never really goes into four digits unless it's a weekend and there's some sort of wacky promotion. It seems like affiliating with the Bruins is a last ditch effort. If that doesn't raise interest, I don't think anything will.
Now all of Portland's minor league teams are affiliated with the Boston teams. Now we just need the NFL to start a minor league and stick the Patriots affiliate at Portland High's stadium!
Now all of Portland's minor league teams are affiliated with the Boston teams. Now we just need the NFL to start a minor league and stick the Patriots affiliate at Portland High's stadium!
alkeiper
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this is weird. Gotta be something serious
alkeiper
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The Kingsmen Axmen cancelled two games because of his threats, and Taylor was released on bond. That sounds insane.
King Kamala
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Portland Sea Dogs have won 13 in a row and now have the best record in Double A. By gawd, we might get October late September baseball this year in Southern Maine.
(actually since season is ending two weeks later, maybe the Eastern League Championship will end in October)
(actually since season is ending two weeks later, maybe the Eastern League Championship will end in October)
King Kamala
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alkeiper
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King Kamala
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Front page article of Maine Sunday Telegram Sunday sports section was on the pay issues in minor league baseball so I'm glad issue's getting some (small city) mainstream attention. No one's asking minor league players to get rich, just a living wage...or at least provide consistent housing. If you're playing professional baseball, you shouldn't have to cram 8 guys into a 2 bedroom apartment.
Unless maybe it's the Pecos League, which could be designated league for yahoos willing to play baseball for $50, a hot dog and a handshake.
Unless maybe it's the Pecos League, which could be designated league for yahoos willing to play baseball for $50, a hot dog and a handshake.
alkeiper
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People need to understand that for an elite athlete it's not baseball versus a real job. It's baseball versus football versus basketball versus et cetera.
King Kamala
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And it's not like pro athletes are able to get side gigs to supplement the income during the season. It's an 80-100+ hours week type job. Yahoos think the game is only aspect of it but diet, training, video sessions all add up.
alkeiper
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"They get jobs during the offseason!"
Yeah, those plentiful full time jobs that only require you to work from October/November to February. Unless of course the organization wants you to go to an instructional league. And you don't get paid for spring training. So if you're not a high draft pick you have to pay your own way. For lower income athletes baseball often is not an option. Then baseball shakes its head every Jackie Robinson Day and wonders where the african americans went. It's just lip service because the answer is obvious if you think about it for more than twelve seconds.
Yeah, those plentiful full time jobs that only require you to work from October/November to February. Unless of course the organization wants you to go to an instructional league. And you don't get paid for spring training. So if you're not a high draft pick you have to pay your own way. For lower income athletes baseball often is not an option. Then baseball shakes its head every Jackie Robinson Day and wonders where the african americans went. It's just lip service because the answer is obvious if you think about it for more than twelve seconds.
King Kamala
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Broadcasters navigating unique path in 2021
When Minor League Baseball returned to fields in May, it also came back to a place it feels almost as much at home on -- the radio. In doing so, broadcasters across the baseball landscape have had to adapt to new ways of doing things. With limited travel opportunities and
www.milb.com
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alkeiper
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I’m in Hudson Valley for a minor league game. Nine innings of no-hit baseball from the Jersey Shore Blueclaws and it’s going to extra innings tied at zero. Of course.