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BUSCHMANN, KEMP EARN CAL LEAGUE HONORS

Posted on May 13, 2014 by | Comments Off on BUSCHMANN, KEMP EARN CAL LEAGUE HONORS
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PITCHER OF THE WEEK – RHP MATT BUSCHMANN, STOCKTON
RHP Matt Buschmann started the season with AAA Stockton, but after an elbow injury, Buschmann was assigned to Stockton to rehab. His second start with the Ports was a clean, six-inning outing against Modesto where he allowed no runs, no hits and two walks with seven K’s. The two starts were good enough to get the 30-year old from Vanderbilt is back with Sacramento.

 

Photo: MiLB.com

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OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – 2B, LANCASTER
Kemp filled up the boxscores from Tuesday through Sunday with multi-hit games each day, including two four-hit games. The 2013 fifth round pick out of Vanderbilt leads the California League in batting average (.372), OBP (.463), hits (55) and runs scored (44) and is in the top-10 for BB’s and stolen bases. After earning SEC Player of the Year honors in 2013, Kemp has brought his dangerous, top-of-the-order skills to pro ball.

 

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ROAD TRIP: LANCASTER

Posted on April 21, 2014 by | Comments Off on ROAD TRIP: LANCASTER

IMG_4582On Saturday night I made my first trip to Lancaster to see a first-place showdown between the Jethawks and the High Desert Mavericks at The Hangar. The visiting Mavericks had won the first two games of the series to take a one-game lead in the South, including a 9-0 romp on Friday night.

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FRIDAY NIGHT WRAP

Posted on April 19, 2014 by | Comments Off on FRIDAY NIGHT WRAP

It was a great week of Cal League baseball but not such a great week for me to be posting here with any regularity. All kinds of craziness went on around here, money changed hands, mysteries went unsolved, innocence was lost….well, not anything that dramatic. I was just crazy-busy and only able to keep an eye on the goings-on in the high-octane hi-A league from a distance, with no time to post anything. Here are some observations as we head into the holiday weekend.

EARLY DRAMA

With the season just underway, both divisions were being tightly contested as the teams changed dance partners on Thursday. Visalia was looking to reel in the fast-starting Bakersfield Blaze in the North while Lancaster and High Desert, in the middle of six straight matchups, shifted from Adelanto to the confines of The Hangar, with the South division lead in the balance.  The rest of the Cal League clubs were scrambling to catch up to these four.

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OPENING NIGHT MATCHUPS

Posted on April 3, 2014 by | Comments Off on OPENING NIGHT MATCHUPS

CLThe California League kicks off on Thursday with the usual split-season format. There hasn’t been any action since Inland Empire swept San Jose in three games in the Championship series last September. See the Cal League page for all the playoff results here.

Here’s how the 2014 schedule opens:

Lake Elsinore at Lancaster, 6:30PM
Stockton at Visalia, 7:00PM
Inland Empire at High Desert, 7:05PM
San Jose at Rancho Cucamonga, 7:05PM
Modesto at Bakersfield, 7:15PM

 

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2014 ROSTER LINKS

Posted on April 3, 2014 by | Comments Off on 2014 ROSTER LINKS

Tomorrow is Opening Day for the California League with all 10 teams in actions. Here are links to each club’s roster information in various spots where they have been posted. Not every club’s roster page has been updated so some of these are press releases, twitter posts, etc.

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SJ GIANTS FANFEST MARCH 31

Posted on March 16, 2014 by | Comments Off on SJ GIANTS FANFEST MARCH 31

San JoseThe San Jose Giants will be hosting a Fanfest on Monday, March 31st at Municipal Stadium from 5-8:30PM. The 2014 roster and coaching staff will be on hand for this free event.

The Giants have Lenn Sakata returning to the club as manager after being the skipper for the Modesto Nuts in 2012 and 2013. Sakata is the all-time leader in managerial wins for San Jose, as well as for the California League.

All the details for this event are up at the San Jose Giants website.

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PORTS FANFEST APRIL 12TH

Posted on March 16, 2014 by | Comments Off on PORTS FANFEST APRIL 12TH

StocktonThe Stockton Ports Anchor Fund will host a Fan Fest on Saturday, April 12th that is free to the public. The annual Pancakes with the Ports breakfast will also be held on that date with $5.00 tickets for the general public, $3.00 for season ticket holders.

Details are provided on the Stockton Ports webpage where the Fund’s purpose is defined along with what is included in the Fan Fest.

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STORM-TRACKING IN PADRES CAMP

Posted on March 8, 2014 by | Comments Off on STORM-TRACKING IN PADRES CAMP

Storm2014The Lake Elsinore Storm website has a story by Tyler Zickel that lists former Storm players figuring into the Padres’ plans this spring. From Peoria, Zickel notes 10 former Storm players that have agreed to terms for the upcoming season and goes on to add some perspective on some who have played in LE.

Highlighted in the piece are five former Storm players that are in Arizona with the Padres, and the list features highly notable names. From as far back as 2006 (Chase Headley) and as recently as 2013 (Austin Hedges), Zickel has some tidbits from the desert as the Padres prepare for a tough NL west battle this year.

The Padres are getting to be a trendy pick to surprise in the loaded NL west by many experts, despite the gaudy talent on the Dodgers and the championship pedigree of the Giants, as well as the 2011 division champion Diamondbacks. However the big-league club comes out this year, there are significant players in the mix that came through the minor league pipeline, some of them through LE.

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