This is the first in a series of reviews of the farm affiliates' 2004 seasons. In the series, the focus will be mainly on the teams, as Jordan will be preparing his top 30 prospect summary shortly with details on most of the guys you want to know about.
The end of the 2004 minor-league season also signals the arrival of the Batter’s Box Post-Season Top 30 Prospects List. It was constructed with invaluable assistance from all members of the Minor-League Reports Team: Gerry McDonald, Mike Green, Ryan01, Jonny German and Craig Burley -- especially regarding the rankings, which were challenging this time around. A separate big thank you to Jonny, who assembled all the stats in HTML format.
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here for an exclusive Batter's Box interview with Blue Jays’ Director of Player Development Dick Scott.
The Fisher Cats defeated Altoona 2-0 to sweep their best-of-five Eastern League Championship series.
The Fisher Cats took a 2-0 series lead with a 5-4 victory over the Altoona Curve last night.
The Fisher Cats defeated Binghamton 5-2 last night to win the Eastern League's Northern Division crown.
More bad news from the minor leagues, as Charleston is eliminated from the playoffs and New Hampshire fails in its bid to sweep its first-round series.
Posted by
Jordan on Saturday, September 11 2004 @ 07:42 AM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 09/12 09:24PM by _Kevin Pataky [
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The Fisher Cats make it two straight. Shaun Marcum and Tom Mastny lose. Dunedin are toast and get to head out of town before Ivan moves in. New Hampshire and Charleston are the only clubs still playing.
Posted by
Gerry on Friday, September 10 2004 @ 09:37 AM EDT.
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New Hampshire won a thrilling pitcher's duel, while Dunedin was swamped by those damn Tampa Yankees in playoff openers. Charleston's opener was postponed due to rain.
Charleston and New Hampshire had the day off, Frances made Dunedin wait another day and the Doubledays made another early exit.
Posted by
Ryan01 on Wednesday, September 08 2004 @ 11:17 AM EDT.
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New Hampshire ends the regular season with a bang and Syracuse with a whimper, while Charleston hangs on to win in a nervous ninth. Auburn drops a close one in the farm system’s post-season opener.
On the second to last day of the season, we report good pitching by Mike Smith and Josh Banks, not so good pitching from the Charleston bullpen. We read Mikael Jova's escape from Cuba story and how Glenn Williams is unhappy to be still in Syracuse.
Posted by
Gerry on Monday, September 06 2004 @ 09:37 AM EDT.
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Fine pitching in Syracuse and Auburn and a topsy-turvy win for Charleston were the order of the day as the farm affiliates went 3-1.
Good pitching and lots of hitting led Syracuse, New Hampshire and Charleston to wins. Six minor leaguers had three hit games. Auburn emulate the big Jays with five errors in game 2, three in the last inning, as they were swept in their doubleheader.
Posted by
Gerry on Saturday, September 04 2004 @ 09:42 AM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 09/05 09:05AM by Gerry [
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Francisco Rosario has his groove back as the Fisher Cats break out the sparkling wine. Russ Adams is hot as he leaves Syracuse, Guillermo Quiroz and Eric Crozier are not. Ryan Glynn, who has a degree in business economics, delays his retirement plans. Plus bonus coverage for the same low price.
Every team won and Auburn lost (the back end of a doubleheader).
Two wins and two losses, and two teams a total of two wins from two milestones. Two more are waiting for the playoffs. Oh, and David Purcey threw two-thirds of a perfect freakin' game.
It was a good day.
