Northeast Baseball League

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As we move to Spring Training, once again, John Mizer talked the coaches, me, and the owner into going another scouting trip, this time to Canada and spending some time looking for prospects. And THIS is what he comes up with?? Glad Mizer enjoyed the hockey games, and all the Canadian beer!





Another Rule Change - Interleague Play
Glad to see this one. Means we'll be making some trips to NY. It also means that the games played has changed from 140, to 154! Everyone seems fine with it!!

Pre-Season Predicitions Are Out!!
Man, nothing like putting pressure on the Aces this season! This means we would break our own "games won" number by two!!

Nice to see Roberson listed, and Davis and Heida for pitchers!


American Conference Predictions

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Spring Training!

Really couldn't have went any better for the Aces! Not just about our overall record, but three key players, catcher Jack Langley, who hit .310 in 21 games, Javier Sanchez, our first baseman who struggled last year, hit .333 in the spring, and most importantly, the young rookie, Jack Weber, who had four decent starts for the Aces! All three will be important pieces to the puzzle this season!

Jack Weber




Spring Training Results



And of course, the season couldn't get started without the Owner putting his two cents in. After last year's successful season, this doesn't surprise me!

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Play Ball!!

The Aces started out with a short, two game road trip to Lebanon to play the Chix, and things started off great, as Mark Davis pitched a complete game shutout! The bats were alive too, as the Aces pounded out 15 hits!




After losing the next game to Lebanon, we traveled to Chambersburg for a four game stint with the Maroons, and we split the series with them. We won two games 10-4 and 10-9, and lost two by the identical score of 9-4. If I had a concern through these first six games, it's that after an opening day shutout, our pitchers in five games, have allowed 41 runs! Also, our rookie pitcher, Jack Weber, who replaced Bryan Freake, got roughed up in his first outing. My Manager, Ed Bane, says not to worry, as it was "nerves" that did him in, being it was his first start! Let's hope so!




As we were leaving Chambersburg, we had to take some back roads due to an accident on the main highway(Route 81), and here's what we saw along the way! Nice Deer Stand! Innovative, to say the least!!

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4/8 - 4/10 - Hanover Raiders at Coatesville

So the Raiders roll into town for a three game set, and as I have mentioned in one of my first posts, the Raiders played in a "Class D" league from 1915 to 1929, and actually had a team in 1896, in what was called the Cumberland Valley League.

Hanover Raiders 1921



Game 1 - Besides our overall pitching, an early concern is Denny White, who has struggled mightily in his first two starts. Today, he lasts two and a third, and his ERA is now over 18 with two starts!





The Aces win the next two games, and the last one really gave the fans something to cheer about, as we won in the bottom of the 12th, on a two out double by Greg Griffith, which scored Gene Brown all the way from first! Game two saw the Aces bang out fifteen hits enroute to a 9-1 win!





Early Season Standings

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So after a split with Gettysburg on the road, the Aces traveled to Allentown to play the Ambassadors. Allentown's baseball history dates back to when the Allentowon Dukes played for one season. Here's a bit of information on their history!

Professional baseball in Allentown dates to 1884, when the Allentown Dukes completed one season in the original Eastern League. Four years later, the city fielded a Central League team, the Allentown Peanuts, which also folded after a season. The 1890s brought a series of ball clubs to the city. The Allentown Colts played in the Pennsylvania State League from 1892-93. The next year, the team became Kelly’s Killers, named for its player-manager, future Hall of Fame member Mike "King" Kelly. Late in the season, Kelly moved the Eastern League’s Binghamton Bingoes here as the Allentown Buffalos. Kelly, the era’s most flamboyant figure, died of pneumonia that fall at age 35, and the Buffalos were dissolved. In 1895, the Allentown Goobers returned Pennsylvania State League play to the city for one season. In 1898, yet another team was formed, re-using the name the Allentown Peanuts. The Peanuts played for three seasons in the Atlantic League, which succeeded the Pennsylvania State League in 1896. The league and the team were dissolved in 1900.

Mike "King" Kelly




Early 20th century
Over the next two decades, Allentown hosted only one professional team, a Tri-State League club which played from 1912-14. Then, in the 1920s, the name the Allentown Dukes was revived for a semi-professional team that played four seasons (1923–26) at Edgemont Field, a new field at Second and Susquehanna Streets. On September 7, 1923 the Allentown Dukes defeated the New York Yankees by a score of 8 to 7 at Edgemont Field. Babe Ruth struck out at bat in the ninth inning, with bases loaded. The semi-pro team led to the start of an Eastern League team under the same name in 1929. League champions the next year, the team was renamed the Allentown Buffaloes in 1931. At the end of the 1932 season, the league collapsed, and the Buffaloes folded.

The Babe!!




Well, the Aces dropped the first game, as for the third straight game, Eisuke Heida got pounded for six hits and six runs in and inning and a third!
The next two games we were worried, as we had to start two relievers, Victor Alvarado in Game 2 in which we won, 6-3, and Jorge Machado in Game 3, which we won 6-3. This was because Mark Davis was out with a migrane, and Juan Aguilar had back spasms! We were so fortunate to win two out of three!

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We came home to play the Johnstown Johnnies, and once again, split another four game series, winning the first two, and then dropping the next two. And although our early record of 11-8 is not that impressive, we are sitting in first place in the East. And hey, we could be the poor Syracuse Stars, who have one win, and have now lost 15 in a row!Syracuse went 47-93 last season, and they may not win that many games this year!





The second game against Johnstown was a real nail biter, and went ten innings, and once again the Aces, who have been so good in extra innings games from the very first season, pulled another one out. This time, Dale Roberson was the hero as he tripled in Devin Forrest!





And even though it's early, the Aces have done nearly a complete turnaround from last season, as it's now the hitting that's carrying us, and the pitching, which was always one or two in all categories, has been suffering early!

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So as we made our way to Mahanoy City to play the defending champion Brewers, and once again, as we entered their stadium, this was a strong reminder of what happen last season!





Game one didn't go that well, as we lost to the Brewers, 5-3. Once again, Jack Weber struggled, giving up eleven hits and five runs. We did do better in game two, as our bats came alive, and they had to as Denny White once again struggled, but was bailed out in a 10-8 win!

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Game 3 - What a crazy game! The longest game in Northeast Baseball League history, 18 innings, as once again the Aces came through with three runs in the 18th to win 8-5! Whose said this isn't a great sport!!!

This game had everything, between fans so worn out, that they caught a snooze, to the Mahanoy City Manager getting tossed! The game took five hours and 39 minutes to play! A very long night!!










Early in the season, but here are where things stand! And hey, Syracuse got their second win!!

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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!

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welcome back

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Here are some stats throught the first month! The Aces are doing a nice job offensively, with a team batting average of .288, but it's the pitching that is holding us back! Baseball is a funny game, as last year, it was just the opposite!





Hitting Leaders



Pitching Leaders



Standings



Now, when you want to schedule an appointment to see the GM of the Aces(me), when you drive to our offices, you will see this famous locomotive, that is the result of the "Huston family" purchasing this back in the day!




This black locomotive has the number ten painted on it. It is in good shape with its little bell up front, its white walled steel wheels and its two boiler stacks. There are some worker cars in front of it. They refer to it as LUKENS 10(0-4-0T), where 0-4-0T is the model number, and the number 10 is the identifier number.
Originally, Lukens purchased two HK Porters in 1902. Endless searching through contacts at Lukens Steel Company and elsewhere, a 1911 HK Porter 0-4-0-T was located in Decatur AL and purchased. It had run for the Florida Paint and Turpentine Company located operating in Alabama. Restoration and fabrication was done at Lukens.
Today, the engine remains at its new home, restored and sitting on a railroad bed, with 4 narrow gauge flat cars, donated to by the Lukens Steel Company.

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We finished up our series with Lebanon on May 1st, with a 5-3 win, as Juan Aguliar goes to 4-0, with a nice 2.89 ERA. Dale Roberson stays hot, going 3 for 4, and lifting his average to .396. Roberson has been amazing in the first 30 games this season!

Our next series, would be a first place battle with the Chambersbur Maroons on our home turf. The Maroons have a storied history, having started back in 1895, and as did the Hanover Raiders, playing in the Class D Blue Ridge League from 1915-1917, and then from 1920-1928.

One of their Managers, Mike Mowrey, who also played for the Maroons in 1922, was a former major leaguer, who played for Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Robins, and the Pittsburgh Pirates, from the years 1905-1917.



Mike grew up playing baseball with school and town teams in the Chambersburg area. By the turn of the century he was a husky third baseman for Chambersburg Academy, playing well enough in 1902 to earn a shot with an independent team from Chester, Pennsylvania, just south of Philadelphia. Mike returned to central Pennsylvania with Williamsport of the outlaw Tri-State League in 1904, the same year he married Nannie K. Hammel (the couple remained married until his death 43 years later). In 1905 the 22-year-old Mowrey finally joined the ranks of Organized Baseball with Savannah of the South Atlantic League. His .285 batting average and flashy defensive play at third base so impressed the Cincinnati Reds that they purchased his contract.

Mike made his big-league debut on September 24, 1905, playing both ends of a doubleheader. In total he appeared in seven games during his late-season tryout, batting .267 but making seven errors at third base. That off-season the Chicago Cubs reportedly tried to acquire Mowrey from the Reds but wound up with veteran Harry Steinfeldt instead. Steinfeldt went on to lead the Cubs in batting average in 1906 and become a key member of one of the greatest clubs of all time. Mowrey, meanwhile, spent most of 1906 on loan to Baltimore of the Eastern League, which was owned by Cincinnati manager Ned Hanlon. The Reds recalled him in August to avoid losing him in the minor-league draft, and Mike hit a robust .321 in 21 games to give him the inside track on a starting position for 1907.

After the war Mike became a player-manager for minor-league teams in the Chambersburg area. In 1920 he batted .342 and led the Hagerstown Hubs to the championship of the newly organized Blue Ridge League. Hagerstown fell to the cellar the following season and in 1922 Mike managed his hometown club in the same league. Though he batted .351 in the 75 games he played, Chambersburg finished next to last. Mowrey also managed Rochester in the International League and Scottdale, Pennsylvania, in the Middle Atlantic League, but at some point during the 1920s he got fed up with professional baseball and returned to Chambersburg.

Mowrey lived there for the rest of his life. He bought some farmland and supplemented his farm income by working as a night watchman at Wilson College. During World War II Mike worked at the Letterkenny Ordnance Depot and coached its baseball team. He passed away from heart disease on March 20, 1947. Two months later, over 1,000 people attended a memorial service for Mike held at Henninger Field after a Letterkenny game. According to the eulogy, "He was our Grand Old Man of Baseball, who started as a sandlotter and went to the top in baseball to become one of the greatest third basemen the game had known."


Game 1 - A 7-2 thumping by the Maroons, as the Aces Eisuke Heida dropped his 4th straight game, and is now 0-4. There is growing concern amongst the ranks, about what to do with Heida, and is something I will need to discuss with Ed Bane sooner, rather than later!


Game 2, 3, and 4 - All three games saw the Aces bounce back and sweep all three by the scores of 5-3, 12-4, and 10-3! Jorge Machado came out of the pen to get another start, and did a nice job for us. In the 12-4 win, Mark Davis scattered seven hits, only giving up one run, and in the "getaway" game, the Aces pounded out 14 hits in their 10-3 win! And it was good to see Denny White gets his second straight win!





The fans were certainly delighted with the last three games, and there was a lot of energy both on the field, and in the stands! After this series with the Maroons, the Aces were firmly in first place, a game and a half up on Chambesburg! Nice way to start the month of May!!And the poor Syracuse Stars are still sitting with just two wins!!

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The Aces welcomed the Allentown Ambassadors to Ash Park for a three game set, and the Ambassadors are currently one game under .500, although playing much better baseball lately!

Allentown's baseball history goes back to 1884 when they were know as the Dukes, and played in the Eastern League. They changed leagues and names through the years, and in 1941 they were managed by Jimmy Deshong, who had pitched in the majors for seven years, from 1932 to 1939(he didn't pitch at that level in 1933). Deshong pitched for the Phillies, Yankees, and Senators.


Career statistics
Win-Loss record
47-44
Earned run average
5.08
Strikeouts
273
Teams
Philadelphia Athletics (1932)
New York Yankees (1934-1935)
Washington Senators (1936-1939)


Well, Jimmy would have been proud of the Allentown team, as they smacked us around the first two games, winning 5-4, and 6-1. The first game went 10 innings, and the second game Eisuke Heida took the loss, and his record stands at 0-5, and it is obvious we need to make a change fast!

Game 3 - Saw the Aces salvage a win, 3-2, with rookie Jack Weber finally getting his first win of the season! Our catcher, Jack Langley hit his second homerun of the season!




After a meeting with Manager Ed Bane, we decided to move Heida to the bullpen, and bring Victor Alvarado out of the pen. Victor has started two games for us this year, winning one and getting a no decision in the other. It will still give us four lefties in the rotation, but we'll live with that for now!

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So for the first time in NBL history, we will travel to New York to play a three game series, in this case, with the American Conference first place Catskill Cougars!

Catskill played one year in the Hudson River League in 1903.

Hudson River League History

In 1903, one of the more prominent citizens of Poughkeepsie, New York, was William A. McCabe. McCabe, the Chief of Police and "tenement" investor, had been a professional baseball player with the 1886 Poughkeepsie team in the old Hudson River League, primarily at second base, and had sponsored semi-professional teams in Poughkeepsie since the mid-1890's. McCabe had been acquainted with J. H. Farrell, President of the New York State League and Secretary of the National Association, for many years. In mid-March, McCabe and Farrell called a meeting "for the purpose of forming a league."
Working closely with these men was Henry D. Ramsey, a long-time minor league player and manager, who had been retained by the Kingston stock company as its manager for 1903. On March25 and again on April 1, meetings were held which resulted in forming the Hudson River Baseball League for 1903. Franchises were taken up by Ossining, Newburgh, Hudson and Saugerties, as well as Kingston and Poughkeepsie. Elected President was McCabe, Secretary was Ramsay, and Treasurer was Col. H. D. Claflin of Saugerties. Application was made to the National Association for the Class C classification; admission was received on May 5.

As the season progressed, dissatisfaction with the umpiring mounted. In spite of frequent levying of $5 fines on rowdy players, umpires were under such pressure that all the original umpires had resigned by June 21. At a league meeting held June 21, McCabe and Ramsay resigned their league offices and C. S. Harvey, who resigned that day as umpire, was elected President. McCabe's letter of resignation, quoted in the Poughkeepsie Eagle, spoke to the criticisms of the umpires-by players, management and newspapers-and his reluctance to serve longer. In fact, the Newburgh paper had taken to calling McCabe by the cognomen "Bad Bill," because of his managerial protests to the umpires. Ramsay, at Kingston, and Evans, at Ossining/Catskill, were also highlighted as bad actors, while even the Eagle characterized the Hudson aggregation as "gentlemen."

The 1903 Hudson River League season is remarkable for the playing of the first known mid-season All-Star game. On August 17, the stars, called the All-Leaguers, defeated Poughkeepsie by a score of 7 to 0 before a capacity crowd. Demonstrating Kingston's dominance in the league, five of the stars were from the Kingston Colonials, with one each from Catskill, Peekskill, Hudson and Saugerties. The Newburgh Hillsides were unrepresented.


Game 1 - The Aces jumped all over starter Justin Carlson, and Mark Davis pitched a complete game, giving up only one run, in a 7-1 rout! Second baseman Marcelino Trevino had three hits!






Game 2 - Once again the Aces bats were red hot, as we pounded out ten hits enroute to a 7-3 win. The game was tied until the 8th, when the Aces scored four runs! Denny White got his third straight win, and is now at 3-3.



Game 3 -Unfortunately, we couldn't get the sweep, as the Cougars beat us 4-3. We were down 4-0 until the 8th, when the Aces scored three runs, but couldn't get the tying run across the plate! But despite this loss, we were happy to take two of three, and now headed to Elmira, with a three game series with the Colonels!

Standings

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Its a tight race in the EC.... go Aces go!

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Once again, our normal bus company let us down, so we had to take SCHOOL BUSES back to Coatesville, and of course one over heated, which delayed our trip for a couple of hours. Is this anyway to treat a first place team?




The team however, was really loose! A lot of the players were cracking jokes, laughing, and just enjoying the ride. Perhaps, taking two of three from a team with the second best record in the NBL, will do that to players! Even Manager Ed Bane was "yukking" it up with his coaches!

The Elmira Colonels are 20-17, and tied for one of the wild card spots with Albany, and Buffalo. Elmira is a short distance over the PA line, and the city has a long history of baseball, dating back to 1885. The Elmira Colonels played in the New York State League in 1885 and again in 1889. Two years later, the Elmira Gladiators were one of six teams in the original New York–Penn League. That league failed, but in 1892, the Gladiators were one of the original teams in the original Eastern League but only lasted one year in the league.

The Pioneers name first appeared in 1900, when the team joined a new New York State League that was founded a year earlier.

The Elmira Red Jackets, presumably named after the Seneca chief, were charter members of the new New York–Penn League in 1923. Armando Marsans, one of the first two Cubans to play Major League baseball, served as their manager in 1923.



They changed their name to the Elmira Colonels from 1924–31 and remained unaffiliated through those years. The Colonels signed on with the St. Louis Cardinals and changed their name to the Red Wings for the 1932–34 seasons. They resurrected the Pioneers name for their unaffiliated 1935 and '36 seasons. After winning the league championship that year, they signed on with the Brooklyn Dodgers and re-established the Colonels name for the 1937 season, in which they repeated as champions. The league became the Eastern League in 1938 and Elmira managed to pull off a three-peat that year. Elmira maintained their affiliation with the Dodgers, known as the Pioneers, through 1940. This, despite losing its home stadium, to fire in 1938. On June 12, 1939, the Pioneers played their first night game in Elmira, which was a novel concept for fans at the time.

The Pioneers then became an affiliate of the Tigers for a couple seasons and then the St Louis Browns before re-establishing ties with the Dodgers from 1950 to 1955. During the 1951 season, then player Don Zimmer married his wife at a ceremony at home plate.





Game 1 - The anticipated start of Victor Alvarado, who replaced Eisuke Heida, and things couldn't have went any worse! Alvarado only lasted 2.2 innings, and gave up six hits and six runs, as the Colonels won 9-3. We had a crowd of nearly 15,000, but the game was over before the 5th inning!

Game 2 - Saw the Aces bounce back with a 5-3 win, as rookie Jack Weber picked up his 2nd win! Dale Roberson was the hitting star, as he went 4 for five, to raise his average to .396.

Game 3 - What a display Mark Davis put on, as he shoutout the Colonels 1-0 on a four hitter! Bob Donaldson was the offensive hero, as he drove in the only run! I was proud of the Aces to come back and win two straight, after losing so badly in game one!

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The Aces were able to take two out of three against Allentown, a series which saw Denny White win his second straight game to go 4-3 on the year, and Juan Aguilar pitching a five hit shutout in a 2-0 win! The Aces did lose the getaway game, 2-1, despite Victor Alvarado rebounding from his previous disastrous start, to only give up two runs over nine innings!

Our next series is with the Chambersburg Maroons, and I know I've posted some of their team's history already, but here are a few of the players that were part of the Maroons championship team back in the day!

After the 1914 season, the Maroons join the newly formed Class D Blue Ridge League in 1915. The Maroons gain instant credibility when former Major League Player Gus Dorner took the managerial position of his hometown team.

Gus Dorner



1916 Championship Season!
In 1916, the Maroons brought in a new manager in Eddie Hooper. The Maroons club president, named Kottcamp, worked out a deal with Jack Dunn's Baltimore Orioles, who had returned to the International League, after the demise of the Federal League during the off-season. Two pitchers, Hank Thormahlen and Al Ehmling, and a catcher named Alex Schaufele joined the Maroons, along with a former Federal League player, first baseman Karl Kolseth, and outfielder James "Bugs" Snyder to combine for one of the strongest overall teams in the league in 1916.

Hank Thormahlen

MLB Debut -September 29th, 1917 for the NY Yankees. Also played for the Boston Red Sox, and the Brooklyn Robyns.


Game 1 - Our rookie, Jack Weber got hit around, 12 hits in all, giving Chambersburg a 4-1 win. The Aces did get eight hits, but couldn't get the key hit when needed! Concerns are growing on whether Weber is ready for the big time!

Game 2 -The guy who is really our ace, Mark Davis, pitched another gem, winning his fourth straight, in a 7-1 win. Not many times have the Aces hit three home runs in one game, but this was one of them!




Game 3 - The Aces had a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth, but couldn't get the hit they needed, and lost the game 3-2. Encouraging to see Denny White go eight strong innings, only giving up the three runs! With this loss, the Aces dropped into a first place tie with the Hanover Raiders!

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Before the last week of the season, there are some things I need to mention. First, the draft pool was released, and of course, with having the best record in the NBL last season, the Aces will pick dead last!



Also, it's nice to see that Dale Roberson got some recognition, as he currently leads the league in extra base hits, with 13 home runs, 11 doubles, and 2 triples!




And while I don't want to see any ballplayer get injured on any team, I'm just glad this poor guy isn't on the Aces! This issue wouldn't go over to well with me or my Manager, Ed Bane!




And finally, there are many people over the years that I have asked for advice regarding being a successful GM! But this man below, really started it for all of us! Among many of his accomplishments, he managed in the minors, and in 1920, became the Business Manager for the Yankees! You can read his bio and accomplishments in the nearest library, but here's some interesting facts on the great, and Hall of Famer GM, Ed Barrow!

Ed Barrow

Barrow was the first executive to put numbers on player uniforms He also announced the retirement of Lou Gehrig's uniform number, the first number to be retired. Barrow was also the first executive to allow fans to keep foul balls that entered the stands] Barrow was also the first to require the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner", the United States' national anthem, before every game, not only on holidays.
In May 1950, an exhibition game was played in honor of Barrow, with Barrow managing a team of retired stars. Barrow was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1953.
On April 15, 1954, the Yankees dedicated a plaque to Barrow, which first hung on the center field wall at Yankee Stadium, near the flagpole and the monuments to Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Miller Huggins. The plaques later moved to the stadium's Monument Park.

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So it's back to baseball, as we travel to Greensburg, to play the Green Sox! Our prized rookie, Devin Forrest came off the DL, and we sent Ben Brown back to AAA. Brown in 45 at bats was struggling, and only hitting .222. Forrest, on the other hand, in 93 at bats was hitting a whopping .344.

Game 1 - The Greensox hammer the Aces 8-0, as Juan Aguilar, who came into the game at 5-1, only lasted 4 and two thirds, giving up 13 hits and seven runs. Ouch!!


SWEET REVENGE!!

Game 2 - The Aces set a franchise record by scoring 18 runs, and also 18 hits! I can't believe I was watching the same team that got shutout the night before! And we did all this without hitting a homerun! The Aces also had five stolen bases, and Victor Alvarado, despite giving up 13 hits, allowed just five runs. Dale Roberson had a monstrous game, going 5 for 7!





Game 3 - The Aces bats stayed "red hot" as we pounded out 12 hits, and had an incredible, come from behind 8-7 win! The Aces scored five runs in the top of the ninth, to stun the fans, and the Green Sox! Jorge Machado came on in relief to get his 4th win, and Broderick MacDonald game on to get his 10th save! What a way to finish a series!

Despite taking two out of three from the Green Sox, and going 6-4 over our last ten games, we are still in second place, a half game behind Hanover, who are red hot, going 9-1 over the same, ten game stretch!

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Something I haven't mentioned yet, is the very first professional ballplayer who was born in Coatesville!

Doc Amole


Doc Amole was born on Friday, July 5, 1878, in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Amole was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 19, 1897, with the Baltimore Orioles.

Morris George "Doc" Amole (July 5, 1878 – March 9, 1912) was a professional baseball player who career spanned nine season, including parts of two in Major League Baseball with the Baltimore Orioles (1897) and the Washington Senators (1898). On both occasions, Amole was the youngest player in the National League at the age of 18 and 19, respectively. Over his major league career, Amole comiled a record of 4–10 with a 4.75 earned run average (ERA) and 30 strikeouts in 18 games, 12 starts. In those 12 starts, 10 were complete games. Amole also played in the minor leagues with the Class-A Wilmington Peaches (1896), the Class-B Reading Actives (1897), the Class-A Buffalo Bisons (1898–1903) and the Class-A Providence Grays (1903–1904). Over his career in the minors, Amole compiled a record of 108–137 in 227 games. As a member of the American League Buffalo Bisons in 1900, a year before the league turned major, Amole threw a no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers.


Games 1 & 2 - So the Aces welcomed the Berwick Slaters for a three game set at Ash Park. And after splitting the first two games, winning 2-1 as Mark Davis got his sixth win, but had to leave the game after the 5th inning, due to a calf strain, the Aces dropped game two, 7-6, as Denny White loses for the 5th time.

Game 3 - The Aces jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the second inning, and then scored a franchise eight runs in the fourth, enroute to a 16-1 win! Dale Roberson went 3 for 3, including a home run, and Juan Aguilar picked up his sixth win!



The Aces traveled to Lebanon to take on the Chix, and game one would finish up the month of May, and the team went out on a high note, beating the Chix's 11-6. Victor Alvarado picked up his 5th win, and the bats stayed hot, as the Aces pounded out 15 hits.

So, as the month of May comes to a close, this is how the standings look, with the Aces in the top spot in the National Conference East!