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Red Sox Extend Affiliation Agreement with Lowell Spinners

Nov 10, 2015

Boston Red Sox, Headlines, Minor League Baseball

The Boston Red Sox' short-season affiliate, the Lowell Spinners, have extended their player-development contract with the organization for three more years and will continue to play their home games in Lowell, ...

New York-Penn League Announces 2016 Schedule

Gershon Rabinowitz

Oct 30, 2015

Minor League Baseball

The New York-Penn League released their preliminary schedule for the 2016 regular season on Thursday. The season will begin on Friday, June 17, one week after the 2016 MLB draft, with a traditional home-and-hom...

Minor League Lawsuit Can Proceed Against MLB

Gershon Rabinowitz

Oct 21, 2015

Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball

Minor League Baseball serves as the initial step towards achieving the big league dream. For roughly four to six years, aspiring players hone their crafts in the most arduous conditions to hope to catch a break...

West Virginia Black Bears Capture New York-Penn League Championship

Gershon Rabinowitz

Sep 16, 2015

Breaking News, Milestone, Minor League Baseball

STATEN ISLAND, NY – The journey began in the middle of June. A convergence of recent college draft picks, international free agents, and high school prospects entered the clubhouse ready to embark on their prof...

Staten Island Yankees Take Game 1 of New York-Penn League Playoffs

Gershon Rabinowitz

Sep 10, 2015

Headlines, Minor League Baseball

STATEN ISLAND, NY - Let the games begin! Forty-eight hours after the bedlam and euphoria of clinching the McNamara Division in Brooklyn against the rival Cyclones, the Staten Island Yankees found themselves in ...

Staten Island Yankees Clinch McNamara Division Title

Gershon Rabinowitz

Sep 7, 2015

Breaking News, Headlines, Milestone, Minor League Baseball

BROOKLYN, NY - It all came down to this. After 75 games in a span of 80 days, the outcome of the season would be decided by one game. Nine innings and 27 outs separated a postseason berth from a premature st...

The Brooklyn Cyclones Make History

Gershon Rabinowitz

Sep 6, 2015

Features, Minor League Baseball

Someday everything ends. The law of averages dictates that for every positive outcome an adverse one is bound to eventually follow. Widespread success appears enteral for a franchise and t...

Vermont Squanders Lead, Tri-City Avoids Sweep

Marshall Hastings

Aug 30, 2015

Minor League Baseball, Oakland Athletics

The Vermont Lake Monsters squandered a 5-0, seventh-inning lead over the Tri-City Valley Cats, as the Cats rallied with five runs in the top of the seventh before adding a pair in the ninth en route to a 7-5 vi...

Orioles Prospect Ryan Mountcastle Takes Game to Next Level

Gershon Rabinowitz

Aug 27, 2015

Baltimore Orioles, Features, Minor League Baseball, Prospect Reports

From a very precious age, a baseball player typically faces those who are older than them. Against competitors bigger, stronger, and faster, there is consistently a need to prove themselves. Having a standout q...

Bubba Derby Continues to Baffle

Marshall Hastings

Aug 20, 2015

Features, Minor League Baseball, Oakland Athletics, Prospect Reports

In a season full of inconsistencies for the Vermont Lake Monsters, there have been few bright spots. The offense has struggled to put together explosive performances on consecutive nights while the pitching sta...

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