Triple-A baseball is back in New Jersey
With the Buffalo Bisons calling Trenton home to start the 2021 season, New Jersey has Triple-A baseball for the first time since 1961.
With the Buffalo Bisons calling Trenton home to start the 2021 season, New Jersey has Triple-A baseball for the first time since 1961.
New Jersey used to be the hub of the Atlantic League, with up to half of the franchises located in the Garden State. Now, there are none.
When the new arrangements between Major League clubs and their affiliates become official, the Twins will have the closest Triple-A affiliate, perhaps in history, based on the shortest overland distance between their Target Field in Minneapolis and the Saints’ CHS…
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The above photo is quite the capture, isn’t it? Joseph Monge of the Greenville Drive after he hurdled through Lakewood BlueClaws pitcher Yoel Mecias (who lost his glove) and first baseman Rhys Hoskins. Hoskins fielded the bunt and threw to the…
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