Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
That's how long the Florida Winter Baseball League lasted . Jim Gabella, the manager of the Burlington Bees, has reaction: Instead of boarding their white vans for a one-day delayed series in Miami, Space Coast Surge players on Wednesday morning went their separate ways from their home base at the Cocoa Expo because the Florida Winter Baseball League is no more. Fifteen games into its inaugural 60-game...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Buckner to Speak at Winter Banquet The 7th Annual Burlington Bees/Friends of Community Field Winter Banquet will be held on Friday, January 15th in the PZAZZ! Convention & Events Center. This year's event will feature former baseball great Bill Buckner as the keynote speaker. The event will also include an exciting line of autographed memorabilia and collectible items that can be purchased through...
Royals Review (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
One of two low-ranking Royals affiliates located in a city named "Burlington" (let's just trust the process, ok?) the Burlington Bees of Burlington, Iowa are one of my favorite affiliates in the system. Burlington is a pretty small place (26,000) and it isn't particularly close to any big population centers. It isn't in a suburb and it isn't even in an town that's really growing. I'd like...
Royals Review (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Royals : The Royal Tower: Team Review - Burlington Bees The Pipeline: The Pipeline's Top 20 Royals prospects 2009 Bookends - Royals Authority Back to normal " KC Monarchy Royals find new way to lose - SweetSpot by Rob Neyer - ESPN Royalscentricity: Trey Hillman: Doing Us A Solid, Better Late Than Never More Hardball: Zack Greinke for Cy Young Zack Greinke adds to his legend and his status as this...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
LaMond Pope is the TinCaps beat writer at Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette .* I'll give him the last word for now with these links to his blog posts from last night/this morning. TinCaps tidbits The 1978 Appleton Foxes went 97-40 in the regular season (best regular-season record in Midwest League history), 4-1 in the playoffs... For a total of 101-41. They beat Burlington, 2-1, in the championship series....
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
It's over. It's all over. The Fort Wayne TinCaps win for the 101st time, grab a three-game sweep of the Burlington Bees, and claim their first Midwest League Championship. Fort Wayne 4, @Burlington 3 There is a lot from the Fort Wayne-Journal and we'll kick it off with this picture from Stephen Mally TinCaps are champions Brad Brach flung his glove high in the air. The closer raised his arms and then...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
The TinCaps are up 1-0 after their win over the Bees last night. Here are the reports from the papers. First up, the Journal-Gazette Redemption for TinCaps starter Davis rebounds from loss to win Game 1 of finals Erik Davis couldn’t have had a worse performance than his first playoff start. His second one went more according to plan. Davis pitched six strong innings, leading the TinCaps to a...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
Here is MiLB.com's take on the matchup between the Bees and the TinCaps. No one said repeating as Midwest League champions would be easy, and the Burlington Bees are faced with the ultimate challenge as they meet Minor League Baseball's winningest club in 2009, the Fort Wayne TinCaps, for the title. Both clubs squeaked into the Finals, edging their second-round opponents by just one run in their decisive...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
The West will have a Game Three @Cedar Rapids 4, Burlington 1 From the Gazette Online Manaurys Correa is known simply as ‘Pollo.’ His friends in the Dominican Republic started calling him that a couple of years ago, and it’s stuck. You even hear people in the stands at Memorial Stadium yelling encouragement via his nickname. “Everybody calls me ‘Pollo’ because they...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Bees 8) Bees strike first Burlington Bees manager Jim Gabella figured it was going to be a dogfight. Not only was the season series with the Cedar Rapids Kernels almost a 50-50 split (Kernels 8-7), but the teams' personnel have been battling for two years, last year in the short-season Pioneer League and this year in the Midwest League. It was only fitting that Game 1 of the MWL Western Division Championship...
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Kernals' first baseman Gabe Jacobo hit .444/.500/.889 against Peoria, helping to push Cedar Rapids into the next round. Play against the Burlington Bees begins to night. View full size photo uploaded September 12, 2009 The A-Ball Cedar Rapids Kernals swept rival Peoria in a best of three series to advance to the Midwest League semifinals, which begin today at 6:30 Central Time. The Kernals, who finished...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Timber Rattlers were trailing the Burlington Bees 4-0 in the top of the fourth inning. That’s when it began raining too hard for the game to continue. There was a one hour delay before the game was called. There will not be a make up date because last night was the final scheduled meeting of the season between the Rattlers and the Bees. WHEW: Daniel Meadows was the starting...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Nashville Sounds (Triple-A) - 68-63 Lost 5-1 (4 innings) at Round Rock Express (HOU) ( box / pbp ) Huntsville Stars (Double-A) - 62-66 Won 9-7 vs Montgomery Biscuits (TAM) ( box / pbp ) Brevard County Manatees (High-A) - 73-44 Won 14-3 vs Clearwater Threshers (PHI) ( box / pbp ) Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Low-A) - 57-72 Lost 2-1 at Burlington Bees (KAN) ( box / pbp ) Helena Brewers (Rookie) - 26-33...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
Nashville Sounds (Triple-A) - 68-63 Won 4-1 at Albuquerque Isotopes (LAD) ( box / pbp ) Huntsville Stars (Double-A) - 61-66 Won 5-0 vs Montgomery Biscuits (TAM) ( box / pbp ) Brevard County Manatees (High-A) - 72-43 Game 1: Won 2-1 (7 innings) vs Clearwater Threshers (PHI) ( box / pbp ) Brevard County Manatees (High-A) - 72-44 Game 2: Lost 6-4 (7 innings) vs Clearwater Threshers (PHI) ( box / pbp )...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
Complete scoreboard @Burlington 5, Wisconsin 1: There was not much offensive production between the Burlington Bees and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Monday night. What there was, though, was powerful and enough to keep the Bees in front of the Midwest League's Western Division wild-card race. @South Bend 7, Dayton 3: Throwing strikes from the mound isn't unusual at Coveleski Stadium. Former Notre Dame...
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