Mike Nannini
0-1, 1.69 ERA
Adam Johnson
0-1, 15.75 ERA
In the span of about 14 hours, the Barnstormers have to shrug off their most disappointing loss of the early season and try to salvage something from this miserable road trip. Since they left Clipper Magazine Stadium, they’ve dropped five games by a combined nine runs and twice [...]
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Rob Averette
0-1, 5.40 ERA
Jeff Farnsworth
0-0, 9.00 ERA
The Barnstormers are stuck in one of those funks where they can’t win a close game. The losing streak sits at five. In those five setbacks, the score has been tied in the eighth inning — or later — four times. So every game has been a nail-biter [...]
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Eric Ackerman
0-0, 0.00 ERA
John Halama
0-0, 0.00 ERA
It’s the first game at Regency Furniture Stadium and the Barnstormers are hoping to crash the party — Atlantic City Surf style. The Surf won the opener at the Clip 4-3 on May 11, 2005. Scott Patterson started that game. Troy Mattes took the loss. Catcher Mike Rivera, [...]
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As spring training nears its conclusion, Von Hayes’ managerial style is coming into focus. The best way to describe him is demanding. The skipper wasn’t happy with his club today and it had little to do with the Barnstormers’ 10-8 loss to the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs at Charlie Gehringer Field.
Hayes wants to see better [...]
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SoMdNews.com has a story on the latest transactions by the Blue Crabs. The article notes the team has traded the rights to 1B Ian Bladergroen to the Barnstormers in exchange for future considerations.
That’s not the whole story.
The Barnstormers have acquired Bladergroen, who played with the Road Warriors last season. They actually traded the rights to [...]
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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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Eric Crozier has decided to return to the Atlantic League for a third season. The former Barnstormers OF/1B has signed with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.
Crozier played in Lancaster for parts of the 2006 and 2007 seasons and was a key member of its championship team. He was left unprotected by the Barnstormers in January’s [...]
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The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs unveiled their uniforms rather quietly on Thursday. Here you can see them modeled by (from left to right) P Bradley Beck, pitching coach Andre Rabouin and manager Butch Hobson.
What do you think?
The home and road uniforms are simple and classic and you have to give the Crabs credit for not [...]
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It appears the Barnstormers are ready to close the book on Josh Stevens’ time in Lancaster. The pitcher could be reunited with Butch Hobson, his old manager, with the expansion Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.
Is this a smart move for the Barnstormers?
Stevens’ first full season here could be clearly broken into two parts. There was the [...]
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As you can tell from the dearth of updates, news has been scarce lately. Still only two players officially under contract, although several members of last year’s team are expected to eventually re-sign. The contracts are in the mail, so to speak.
Here’s some minor news, some of which was brought up in the comments section [...]
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