Another former Barnstormer is headed south.
P Derrick DePriest plans to sign with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. The closer, who posted a 1.06 ERA in 51 games for the Barnstormers last season, wanted to reunite with his former manager, Butch Hobson. The two were together with the Nashua Pride in 2006.
“He’s the best manager in [...]
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Posted in Atlantic League, Can-Am League, Lancaster Barnstormers, MLB, Nashua Pride, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Phillies, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, Sports, YouTube, baseball, minor leagues on November 15, 2007 | 8 Comments »
“There are so many players who have it right there in front of them and for one reason or another it just kind of gets away from them and the organization lets them go. A lot of times they come to independent ball with the attitude that baseball owes them something. You can hear that [...]
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Posted in Atlantic League, Can-Am League, Lancaster Barnstormers, MLB, Nashua Pride, Pennsylvania, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, Sports, baseball, minor leagues on November 3, 2007 | 31 Comments »
It’s time to engage in the sports media’s new favorite pastime: speculation.
But first we bring you the news.
Butch Hobson is coming back to the Atlantic League, but he won’t identify his next team. Tom King of the Nashua Telegraph broke the story in this article. Since there are only two managerial openings in the league [...]
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The Barnstormers have signed former major leaguers Felix Jose and Chris Brock. They will be with the team when it opens the second half in York tonight.
To make room for the new additions, Lancaster sent outfielder Vince Blue to Bridgeport and placed catcher Jeremy Deitrick on the inactive list.
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Posted in Atlantic League, Bridgeport Bluefish, Lancaster Barnstormers, Long Island Ducks, Nashua Pride, Newark Bears, Pennsylvania, Somerset Patriots, Sports, baseball, minor leagues on July 3, 2007 | 144 Comments »
No Atlantic League franchise has ever won back-to-back championships. That has become common knowledge among avid Barnstormers fans this season and it has been used as an explanation for why Lancaster has flopped in 2007.
So, it made me curious. Is there some kind of hex on champions in this league? Not really. In fact, most [...]
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Tuesday’s New Era will feature a story about Josh Stevens, who is slated to start the second game of the season against the Road Warriors on Saturday.
Seven months have passed since Stevens lifted the Barnstormers into the Atlantic League championship series. That magical night instantly became one of his fondest memories.
“It was
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Tom King of the Telegraph of Nashua wrote an article about new Barnstormers hitting coach Glenn Murray, who is the Atlantic League’s all-time leader in home runs and RBIs. Murray is the Pride’s most recognizable player.
Among the topics: what it was like for Murray to leave Nashua after eight seasons, why he came to Lancaster [...]
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The Bluefish finally got around to announcing their first player acquisitions.
Among the 11 under contract is catcher John Nathans, who played part of 2005 with the Barnstormers. Nathans batted .215 with one homer and 11 RBIs in 52 games with the Bluefish and Newark Bears last season.
The marquee name in this group is pitcherAlbie Lopez, [...]
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Posted in Atlantic City Surf, Atlantic League, Can-Am League, Lancaster Barnstormers, MLB, Nashua Pride, Pennsylvania, Sports, St. Louis Cardinals, baseball on March 21, 2007 | 17 Comments »
The New Era story is here.
For those of you anxiously awaiting the next batch of signings, today is your lucky day. The Barnstormers have announced the addition of seven players: second baseman Bo Hart, outfielder Clyde Williams, infielder Mike Woods and pitchers Josh Stevens, Jason Norderum, Gustavo Martinez and Manny Vazquez-Santiago.
Let’s take a closer look:
Hart, [...]
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Josh Stevens has officially been re-acquired from the Nashua Pride in exchange for future considerations. Stevens went 2-0 with 2.63 ERA in two starts for the Barnstormers in September and was the winning pitcher in Game 2 of the team’s playoff series against Atlantic City.
The “future considerations” could mean a player who gets released at [...]
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