August was the only month the Barnstormers posted a winning record. They went 16-13 and momentarily dragged themselves into the race. Lancaster pulled within 3½ games of Somerset before falling apart down the stretch. Interestingly, the Barnstormers didn’t make a single roster addition this month until the Reggie Taylor dispute was resolved on Aug. 28.
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July is when things started to heat up everywhere for the Barnstormers — except on the field. The struggling defending champs fired their manager and retooled their roster in an attempt to salvage a season heading into the infinite abyss. It didn’t work. Lancaster ultimately finished with a worse record in the second half than [...]
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Game 1
Mike Woodyard (Newark) 2-1, 3.60 ERA vs.
Scott Wiggins (Somerset) 2-0, 3.89 ERA
FINAL: Bears 7, Patriots 6
Box score
Ramon Castro’s single scored Jose Herrera in the eighth inning as Newark snapped a 6-6 tie and took Game 1. Ruben Mateo and John Pachot each had two hits and two RBIs for the Bears. Somerset struck for [...]
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Posted in Atlantic League, Camden Riversharks, Lancaster Barnstormers, Long Island Ducks, MLB, Newark Bears, Pennsylvania, Road Warriors, Somerset Patriots, Sports, York Revolution, baseball, minor leagues on September 21, 2007 | 23 Comments »
Derrick DePriest was the only member of the Barnstormers to make the postseason All-Star team. Rather than snubbing a big name, the Atlantic League also honored Danny Graves. So they’re co-relievers of the year.
Jeff Scott of the Road Warriors won manager of the year. Brian Adams of Somerset is pitcher of the year. Victor Rodriguez [...]
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By the time June arrived, it was obvious the Barnstormers were a notch below the 2006 version. They were already six games under .500 and four games behind first-place Camden. June was the month it started to fall apart. Bo Hart went to Triple-A. Quincy Foster headed to Mexico. The long wait for reinforcements began.
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It started with so much promise for the Barnstormers. They had 16 players returning from their championship team and they had that quiet confidence that comes with past success. It didn’t last. The Barnstormers started slowly and never turned it around.
This is the first installment of a month-by-month review of the Barnstormers’ season gone wrong. [...]
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Game 1
Matt Beech (Camden) 12-8, 5.15 ERA vs.
Brian Adams (Somerset) 15-2, 3.68 ERA
FINAL: Riversharks 4, Patriots 1 (10 innings)
Box score
Raul Marval’s sacrifice fly and Denny Abreu’s two-run single were part of a three-run rally in the 10th inning that lifted Camden to victory at Commerce Bank Ballpark. Riversharks closer Lou Pote pitched two innings of [...]
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When the Barnstormers take the field to start next season, their roster is going to look dramatically different. The franchise will have a new manager and an infusion of new players. It needs both.
“We would like the opportunity to start from the ground up,“ head of baseball operations Adam Gladstone said. “All contracts in the [...]
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VS ROAD WARRIORS
Kieran Mattison (3-1, 7.61 ERA) vs.
Zack Parker (5-1, 2.62 ERA)
The air is crisp and the shadows are long. Those are the unmistakable signs of September. A season of mostly unfulfilled expectations reaches the end today. It’s last call for the 2007 Barnstormers. It’s also, presumably, the last time many of these [...]
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VS ROAD WARRIORS
Miguel Martinez (0-1, 4.50 ERA) vs.
Josh Stevens (10-9, 4.10 ERA)
Although he’s had some rough patches during the second half, Stevens has been the Barnstormers’ best starting pitcher over the course of the season. He leads the team in wins, innings and strikeouts. The righthander’s 4.10 ERA is second-best among starters in [...]
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