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Magnante will return as Lake Monsters manager
Manager Rick Magnante and hitting coach Casey Myers will return to Vermont in 2012 as part of the Lake Monsters field staff, along with new pitching coach Ariel Prieto, the Oakland Athletics have announced ...
Minor league notebook: Beliveau earns Cubs honor
For Jeff Beliveau, the 2011 baseball season was so good that he saw no reason to bring it to an end. The Rhode Island native turned in a sparkling summer in the Chicago Cubs’ minor-league system ...
Connecticut Tigers GM steps down
The Connecticut Tigers have announced that after four years with the organization, general manager Andrew Weber will be stepping down. Current vice president of operations, C.J. Knudsen, will replace Weber ...
Minor league notebook: Howard paved way for N.H. title
Kevin Howard began the 2011 season with the independent league's Lancaster Barnstormers. He ended it by being named the Most Valuable Player in the Eastern League's Championship Series. Howard ...
Fisher Cats win Easter League title
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats won their second Double-A Eastern League title on Saturday night, defeating the Richmond Squirrels, 4-3. New Hampshire won the best-of-five championship series 3-1. New ...
Minor league notebook: Fisher Cats playing for EL title
Pitching and strong defense proved to be a recipe for success in this year's Eastern League semifinals. New Hampshire advanced to the league championship by defeating Reading in four games. The Fisher ...
Minor league notebook: PawSox snag playoff berth
It wasn't worst to first, but it was close. The Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox, a team that finished 12th in the 14-team International League last season, earned a spot in the IL playoffs by winning the ...
Minor league notebook: Halladay trade pays off for Jays
When the Toronto Blue Jays traded Roy Halladay to the Philadelphia Phillies in 2009, they received some pretty good young players in return. The package the Phillies sent to Toronto included pitcher Kyle ...
Minor league notebook: Eastern League All-Stars named
Three players from the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, two players from the Portland Sea Dogs and one player from the New Britain Rock Cats were named to the Eastern League's season-ending All-Star Team ...
Connecticut's Palacios earns NY-Penn League honor
Connecticut Tigers pitcher Wilsen Palacios has been named New York-Penn League Pitcher of the Week after tossing a complete-game shutout against Staten Island on Aug. 18. Palacios went nine innings, giving ...
Minor league notebook: Cote signs with Yankees
As it turned out, the biggest decision of Jordan Cote's life was no decision at all. Earlier this week Cote, a right-handed pitcher from Sanbornton, N.H., passed on a scholarship offer from Coastal ...
Minors Q&A: Scribner has unique take on Sox vs. Yanks
Evan Scribner understands the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry as well as anyone. The 26-year-old right-hander plays in the San Diego Padres system, but he grew up in central Connecticut along the imaginary border ...
Minor league notebook: Spinners named All-Stars
Four members of the Lowell Spinners have been selected to the American League roster for the 2011 New York-Penn League All-Star Game, which will be played Tuesday at Lowell's LeLacheur Park. Left ...
Norton is pitching behind enemy lines
Tim Norton may be pitching in the Yankees’ system, but the 28-year-old right-hander is a New Englander through and through. Despite a career that has been riddled by injuries, he also remains a ...
Minor league notebook: Bittersweet week for Cecchini
What may have been the best week of Garin Cecchini's professional career came with a bittersweet ending. Cecchini, a third baseman with the Lowell Spinners, was named the New York-Penn League's ...
Journey continues for Bridgeport's Greenberg
As a ballplayer, Adam Greenberg is probably best known for being hit in the head by a fastball. He owns the cruel distinction of being the only major leaguer ever to be hit by the one pitch thrown to him. ...
Minor league notebook: Lowell's Cecchini injured
The Lowell Spinners may be without third baseman Garin Cecchini for the rest of the season. Cecchini, who hits left-handed, carried a nine-game hitting streak into Saturday night’s game against ...
