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So it's April 26th already, and the Aces roll into Hanover to play the Raiders. I'm hoping this will be the series that we can put together some wins, and our pitching will come around, and catch up to our hitters!

Here's a bit more history on the Raiders, who as I have mentioned earlier, played in the Class D Blue Ridge League, starting in 1915, until it ended in 1930! This was one of their Managers early on!

George Wilson



George "Squanto" Wilson began the 1923 season as the Raiders' manager. He was born in Maine in 1889. George graduated from Hebron Academy and Bowdoin College. He made it to the majors briefly with the 1911 Detroit Tigers and the 1914 Boston Red Sox. His minor league credentials included Providence, Toronto, Lynn and Memphis. Squanto joined Hanover after spending the 1922 campaign with the famous Augusta Millionaires. His time with the Raiders was brief. The team lost its first five games of the season and it cost Wilson his job. George acquired the nickname Squanto because of his swarthy complexion and dark piercing eyes. He spent his off-season as a high school principal for nine years. George then developed a chain of dollar stores that bore his name.


Game 1 - Things didn't go as I would've liked. Our relief pitcher, Victor Alvarado had to start in place of Mark Davis, who had the flu, and although Alvarado only gave up two runs, Xavier Chacon gave up the game winner in the bottom of the 15th, to the delight of the fans, as the Aces lost 3-2. And not only that, we lost Greg Griffith, our speedy centerfielder, for three weeks because of a "hair line" fracture in his foot. Griffith did this when he slid into second base, attempting to steal.



Game 2 - Saw the Aces get a nice "come from behind" win, 6-4, as we scored three in the top of the eighth.



Game 3 - Bobby Butler is a nice little "junkballing" left hander for the Raiders, and that's all that was needed today, as he "confused" the Aces throughout the entire game, enroute to a complete game, and a 3-1 win. And to make matters worse, we lost our young, talented left fielder, Devin Forrest to a herneated disc issue in his back, and he'll be out for at least five weeks! The Aces had been lucky the first two seasons when it came to injuries, but early on this season, it has caught up with us!