In Sioux Falls, there are no parties tonight, there isn’t even many happy campers. The best regular season team in the Landis League will spend another offseason empty handed thanks to the Houston Woodland. Cameron Copeland who had been lights out all season leading the CBU in saves could not nail the door shut to send Sioux Falls to the CBU World Series. Copeland came into the 9th inning with a 1 run lead however a double, triple, then single later he was out of the game completely shaken up. …

April was very kind this season to the Sioux Falls Uber Giraffes as they spent 17 of their 24 games played in April on the road. The road record was a very respectable 11-6 while they gave fans at home something to see when they were around going 5-1 in the two series they played.
Defensively the Giraffes are still best in class as the pitchers are working with a opponents BABIP under .270. Hitting they are crushing the ball as well. Nick Donovan, Andrew Scott, and Ruggiero Masini have mashed …

Here in Sioux Falls the 2011 season is brand spanking new and we’re 7 games in. The Giraffes struck fear into their first two opponents taking 6 out of 7 games against Boston and Peoria. This team looked very much different that it did last year and it is called a rotation. Sadly guys of the past are gone, but the new guys are here to stay and they showed much promise so far.
Ramon Cruz the prize of the off-season opened up the 2011 season with a start that went …

February hit and it was a vision of groundhogs day in Sioux Falls. Everyone in Sioux Falls was talking about the relief ace that Sioux Falls just signed. However many bar patrons were confused when people were naming different names. Was it bringing back Ramon Ochoa or Masaki Kurota two favorites of Sioux Falls? Or were those rumors about Sioux Falls and Cameron Copeland true?
Luckily no bar fights were reported over people beliving they were more right than the other as they were all right. In fact in one week …

Last week before the winter meetings Sioux Falls brought in ace pitcher Ramon Cruz. This week as the winter meetings close the Uber Giraffes unload some more depth to fill in some voids at starting pitcher. The Sioux Falls outfielders all knew that their stays in Sioux Falls may be coming to an end soon. Last week it was Bobby Moore packing his bags, this week its Tom Stewart buying plane tickets for a new home.
The front office is still very high on Tom Stewart’s potential, but GM JWay stated, …

The Sioux Falls Uber Giraffes finally found a pitcher who can be a leader in former New Orleans starter Ramon Cruz. The 26-year-old right-hander from New York, NY will find a taste of farm life in South Dakota. Cruz this season had less luck than in 2009, but in two years in the Classic Baseball Union has started 33 games each season, won 32 games and lost 18 for the New Orleans Voodoo. his 3.06 carer ERA and 332 strikeouts will be a very welcome addition to the Sioux Falls …

In Sioux Falls this season there was only one question that never got answered. What happened to the rotation? Last year’s ace and post season goat Will Hill left in free agency to pitch in Redbank, then went along to have a season ending injury. Lonnie Cole and Albert Rosas both battled old age and injuries. In 2009 the Giraffes never had much of a 5th starter, and 2010 was no change to that story. Christian Edgar the only mainstay from 2009 to 2010 went on to have a mediocre …

The 2010 season is 40% complete and Sioux Falls is behind Nashville by 10 and a half games. Sioux Falls is getting rocked by the lack for anything good at the starting pitcher position.
Christian Edgar staff ace is stuck at 5-5 in 14 starts with a 4.28 ERA. He is struggling in the last few months and has not been the leader Sioux Falls forced him into being.
Kun Kwan the free agent acquisition this last off season has failed to surprise anyone. He has been quite a bit unlucky according …

Simulation Highlights
After dropping a very tough opener at home, the WBC turned around and opened up a solid three series wins against Oshawa, Carson City and Peoria outscoring their opponents by a narrow Margin of 56 to 47, enabling a 6-3 record.
Game one saw a WBC kick-start as Stewart smashed a solo shot on the first strike thrown to him, however the club lost control of the score boards in the third and came close to a recovery in fifth, but ultimately didn’t have the momentum to go further.
On the …

Sioux Falls — The Uber Giraffes ended up having a quite off-season as they failed to woo Dave Henderson and did not pony up the money to snag Earl Grant during the winter months. On top of this the Sioux Falls front office failed to get anything until this week. Starting pitcher Kun Kwan from Canada agreed to a 3 year deal just shy of 20 million dollars which caused a temporary outrage among avid fans. Kwan who pitched in Colorado suffered an ERA over 6 last season.
The …