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Minor League Baseball Players Face Time Without a Season
Some minor league baseball players are trying to make the most of an unexpected summer back home here in Connecticut.
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Local Minor League Baseball Players Hit Pause on the Game, but Not the Dream
The Major League Baseball season will start next week, but the same can’t be said about Minor League Baseball. Two baseball players from Stafford found themselves looking at the canceled MiLB season and an unexpected summer back home. “I went out to spring training in Arizona with the Dodgers for six days,” said Dodgers prospect Jimmy Titus, who grew...
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Minor League Baseball Cancels 2020 Season Amid COVID-19 Pandemic; Yard Goats, Sea Unicorns Seasons Canceled
Minor League Baseball cancelled the 2020 season on Tuesday amid challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic ending the seasons for the Hartford Yard Goats and Norwich Sea Unicorns before they had a chance to get started. Major League Baseball informed MiLB that it will not provide its affiliated minor league teams with players for this season, a press release said….
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Minor League Baseball Delays Start of 2020 Season; Hartford Yard Goats Home Opener Date Unclear
The Hartford Yard Goats will not be opening the 2020 as scheduled on April 9. Minor League Baseball released a statement Thursday announcing a delay to the start of the 2020 season. The league said it will “announce additional information about the 2020 season at a later date.” The league made the decision after consulting with medical teams and Major…
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Yard Goats Announce Southington Native Chris Denorfia as New Manager
The Hartford Yard Goats announced Chris Denorfia as the team’s manager for the 2020 season, the team announced Tuesday. Denorfia, a former player in the major leagues, is a Connecticut native. He grew up in Southington and graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford. Most recently, Denorfia was a member of Chicago Cubs Manager Joe Maddon’s staff as Quality...
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MLB Says it is Committed to Protecting Minor League Teams Amid Concern Over Future of Norwich Sea Unicorns
Major League Baseball said Saturday it is committed to protecting minor league teams, a day after U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal warned of possible congressional action if the organization followed through on minor league contraction plans. “It is not Major League Baseball’s goal to eliminate any club in these negotiations, and MLB currently has a plan for every club to...
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Leaders Fight to Save Baseball in Norwich
According to the Senior Vice President of the Sea Unicorns, formerly the Connecticut Tigers, the team has been named on a list of 42 minor league baseball teams that Major League Baseball is proposing to cut ties with.