The Barnstormers have taken their first official step toward constructing the 2008 roster. They’ve signed pitcher Derek Forbes.
Forbes, 29, auditioned for the team during the Atlantic League’s tryout in Arizona earlier this month. The 6-1, 185-pound righthander was drafted by the Diamondbacks in the 37th round in 1999. The highest level he reached was Single-A [...]
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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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VS SOMERSET PATRIOTS
Lincoln Mikkelsen (1-0, 1.50 ERA) vs.
James Lira (7-7, 6.11 ERA)
Mikkelsen was the marquee story in the Atlantic League last season. The ageless righthander went 15-5 with a 1.85 ERA for the Atlantic City Surf and was named the league’s pitcher and player of the year. Today, Mikkelsen returns to the scene of [...]
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AT BRIDGEPORT BLUEFISH
Manny Ulloa (6-6, 4.02 ERA) vs.
Barry Armitage (3-1, 4.82 ERA)
The Barnstormers try to salvage a split of this four-game series tonight. Armitage is making just his third start since 2002. The righthander is thrust into emergency duty because Lancaster is playing its seventh game in five days. Ulloa, meanwhile, is one of [...]
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VS NEWARK BEARS
Jose Garcia (1-0, 7.47 ERA) vs.
Rob Henkel (4-7, 4.94 ERA)
If the Barnstormers are going to put together a winning streak, this is the time to do it. Lancaster is about to start a nine-game homestand, including three games against suddenly pitching-starved Newark, three against Camden (which is 7-11 in the second half) [...]
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Here are some off day musings …
* Zack Parker was with the team in Newark Sunday and, obviously, will be in uniform when the Barnstormers play the Bears Tuesday. Initially, Parker will be placed in the bullpen.
“In talking with his agent, he made no bones of the fact he’d like to start,” said BASA executive [...]
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The Riversharks and Bears have won first-half division titles and are headed to the playoffs. Camden, winners of the South, will make its first postseason appearance since 2005, when it finished tied with Atlantic City for the league’s best overall record. Newark, champs of the North, is playoff bound for the first time since 2002, [...]
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According to the Press of Atlantic City, former Barnstormers pitcher Matt Scheuing has signed with the Atlantic City Surf. Scheuing made 26 starts for the Barnstormers in 2005 — finishing 6-6 with a 5.29 ERA. The lefty, who graduated from Penn Manor High, pitched for the Road Warriors last season.
The Where are they now? page [...]
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AtlanticLeagueBaseball.com is reporting that former Barnstormers outfielder Clyde Williams has signed with the New Jersey Jackals of the Can-Am League. So the Barnstormers didn’t bring Williams back and they’re not getting anything in a trade to another Atlantic League team.
I spoke with Williams today. Here’s what happened …
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The Barnstormers have lost another of their key offseason acquisitions. Designated hitter Dario Delgado has left to join the Schaumburg Flyers of the Northern League. It’s being termed a trade for a player to be named later.
During the offseason, manager Frank Klebe recruited Delgado to join the Barnstormers as a reserve. After years as a [...]
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