(AP) BOSTON, MA-
Looking out over the covered field of Bootlegger Ballpark, new owner Chuck Valenches looks like a man who has finally arrived at the place he always dreamed. Atop a relatively new stadium that plays home to a CBU franchise in a city famous for its baked beans, chowder and rabid baseball fanatics. A city that has played host to the Splendid Splinter, Yaz, Fenway Park and the ground ball through Buckner’s legs. Valenches has the air of a man who has finally found his home. The new Boston …
(AP) NASHVILLE – With construction almost finished on Regions Field the player personnel department and owner/GM Chuck Valenches were finally able to move into their new digs in downtown Nashville today. Once the movers figure out where everything is supposed to go it will be up to management to figure which direction the Legends will take in their inaugural season in Music City.
Reports out of the front office indicate that the GM may not be certain which is the right path to a CBU championship. It appears they will be …
This years was brutal for the Pedestrians. They finished 12 games under .500 and 26 games back of 1st place in their division. Sounds like it’s a good time to recap the teams 1st round picks that have been made in the first five amateur drafts in the PeoPeds history.
2009, 14th overall: 2B Luis Marin
Marin actually has two full seasons under his belt at the young age of 23. In his first full season (2012), the rookie actually made it to the CBU All-Star game, but his …
(AP) BOSTON, MA-
Looking out over the covered field of Bootlegger Ballpark, new owner Chuck Valenches looks like a man who has finally arrived at the place he always dreamed. Atop a relatively new stadium that plays home to a CBU franchise in a city famous for its baked beans, chowder and rabid baseball fanatics. A city that has played host to the Splendid Splinter, Yaz, Fenway Park and the ground ball through Buckner’s legs. Valenches has the air of a man who has finally found his home. The new Boston …
The team plane has just flown back into Sioux Falls after a wild CBU World Series that went 7 long games back and forth between Portland and Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls for the first time all season was able to use the same line up for 7 straight games while they faced the trio of aces from Portland over and over again. Sioux Falls started off right in Portland by taking game one, but the fans of Portland cheered on their Lions to a game two shut out vicotry.
Three games …
In honor of 19-year old left-handed starter Terry “Splatter” Marshall of Waterloo High School being selected second overall in the 2012 amateur draft by the Princeton Black Squirrels, here’s a look back at recent Princeton #1 amateur draft selections:
2009: Theodore Hudson, 22, Catcher, bats right
In an infamous paperwork mix-up, catcher Teddy Hudson was selected with the #7 overall pick in the first CBU amateur draft in 2009. 2009 would be a difficult transition year for Hudson; after he had already played 34 games for the Mt. Vernon High School Wildcats, …