On August 16th, Pittsburgh Pirates GM Neil Huntington announced that they had agreed to terms with their 2nd round draft pick(52nd overall) of 2010, RHP Stetson Allie. However, due to the hype surrounding their 1st round pick Jameson Taillon, Allie has not received the appropriate exposure for a prep whose fastball can reach triple digits. [...]
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A Long Goodbye to Baseball
Late last Wednesday night the Farmington Caridinals lost 4-0 to the Arizona Firebirds at Ricketts Park, thus ending their run in the Connie Mack World Series. The game was very even, very clean, and seemingly very quick. The following day I was on my way back to Dallas, where I had second-year orientation Friday morning. [...]
2011 Draft: A Look at the Arms of the Connie Mack World Series
The Connie Mack World Series is always littered with draftable talent, and first-rounders are in the Series annually. This year has been a little different, though. The first round of this year’s CMWS has seen potentially four first round picks and a handful of guys who should eventually land within the top few rounds (or [...]
Connie Mack World Series: The Best Baseball Tournament You’ve Never Heard Of
It seems every small town holds its own annual festival of some sort, a social happening to bring the community together and give the few people there a reason to get out and celebrate collectively. For many places this event is the local fair, a chance for folks to show off their best quilting and [...]
The Final Chapter of the Ricketts Park Series: Connie Mack World Series Time
How you doin Sombrero Nation? I know I have not posted in a while and I apologize for that. I have been busy handling my coaching duties for the Farmington Cardinals, your 2010 FABC representative Host team in the 2010 Connie Mack World Series. I say that with pride. The Cardinals were the winner of [...]
Cardinals Win City Tourney and Connie Mack World Series Hosting Rights
Monday evening, fans at Ricketts Park saw the final two rounds of the Farmington Connie Mack City Tournament, a night closing out the most grueling and exciting week of New Mexican baseball each year (in this writer’s opinion). Still left on the final evening were the Strike Zone Cardinals of Farmington, the Four Corners Thunder [...]
Previewing the 2010 Farmington Connie Mack City Tournament
With the upcoming city league tournament set to begin Wednesday evening, tension around the Farmington baseball community is very high. The team that wins city receives one of the three Connie Mack World Series berths not requiring a regional title. It is basically the path of least resistance into the Series, and as a consequence [...]
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