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Cape Fear Crocs
The Cape Fear Crocs were a minor league baseball team in Fayetteville, North Carolina. They were a low Class-A baseball team which played in the South Atlantic League, and were a farm team of the Montreal Expos for the franchise's entire tenure as the Cape Fear Crocs. They played all of their home games at J. P. Riddle Stadium and were previously known as the Fayetteville Generals. Even though the Crocs were a perennial playoff team during their time in the SAL, poor attendance figures and problems having their existing stadium renovated and updated to league standards or even a new downtown stadium built, all proved too much to bear for the ownership of the struggling franchise. Prior to the 2001 season, the Crocs were sold and moved to New Jersey, where they officially became the Lakewood BlueClaws, and dropped their affiliation with the Expos in favor of becoming an affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. Their mascot was the Cape Fear Croc. List of Cape Fear Croc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Parker
Christian Michael Parker (born July 3, 1975) is an American former baseball player. He was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft. Parker has played in one Major League Baseball (MLB) game during his career, which came on April 6, 2001. He pitched three innings for the New York Yankees, and gave up seven runs in three innings, while striking out one. Parker was the player to be named later in the trade that sent Hideki Irabu to Montreal. Following the 2002 season, he was granted free agency In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is ..., and went on to sign with New York once more, although he never again appeared in a Major League game. He was granted free agency after the 2003 season, and ended up signing with Montreal again. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital City Bombers
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Hagerstown Suns
The Hagerstown Suns were a Minor League Baseball team based in Hagerstown, Maryland. They were a member of the South Atlantic League and, from 2007 through 2020, were the Class A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. They played their home games at Municipal Stadium which was opened in 1930 and seats 4,600 people. The team mascot was Woolie, a giant woolly bear caterpillar. History Toronto Blue Jays (1993–2000) The ownership of the previous Double A Hagerstown Suns chose to move their existing Hagerstown franchise to Bowie as the Bowie Baysox. Hagerstown would not go without, though. Winston Blenckstone immediately relocated his Myrtle Beach Hurricanes franchise in the Class A South Atlantic League (SAL) to Hagerstown after the 1992 season and promptly renamed them the Suns. The change brought a competitive team to Hagerstown for the 1993 season. The offense got steady power production from Mike Coolbaugh, who led the team with 16 home runs. The best all-ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greensboro Bats
Greensboro (; formerly Greensborough) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. It is the third-most populous city in North Carolina after Charlotte and Raleigh, the 69th-most populous city in the United States, and the largest city in the Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. At the 2020 census, its population was 299,035. Three major interstate highways (Interstate 40, Interstate 85, and Interstate 73) in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina were built to intersect at this city. In 1808, Greensborough (the spelling before 1895) was planned around a central courthouse square to succeed Guilford Court House as the county seat. The county courts were thus placed closer to the county's geographical center, a location more easily reached at the time by the majority of the county's citizens, who traveled by horse or on foot. In 2003, the previous Greensboro–Winston-Salem– High Point metropolitan statistical area was redefine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charleston Alley Cats
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Tim Young (baseball)
Timothy R. Young (born October 15, 1973) is a former American professional baseball pitcher. He played professionally for the Montreal Expos and the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB), and was a member of the United States national baseball team that won a gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Early life Born in Gulfport, Mississippi, Young attended Liberty County High School in Bristol, Florida. He played college baseball at the University of Alabama. Professional career On June 4, 1996, at 5'9" and 170 pounds, Young was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 19th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft. He played one season for the Expos in 1998, and was granted free agency on December 18, 1998. Young signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox on February 3, 1999, and played one season with the team in 2000. In an 18-game major league career, he posted a 6.23 ERA with 13 strikeouts in 13 innings pitched without a decision or save. He was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson Valdéz
Wilson Antonio Valdez (born May 20, 1978) is a Dominican former professional baseball infielder. Playing career Early career Valdez was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Montreal Expos on February 4, 1997. He played on the Expos' Dominican League teams from 1997- and then on various minor league Single-A teams for the Expos through . On March 29, 2002, he was claimed off waivers by the Florida Marlins and sent to the Marlins' Double-A team in Portland. He continued in the Marlins organization in , playing with their Double-A team in Carolina and their Triple-A team in Albuquerque. Chicago White Sox On June 17, 2004, while hitting .319 for Albuquerque, he was traded by the Marlins with cash to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for reliever Billy Koch. The White Sox promptly assigned him to their Triple-A affiliate in Charlotte where he hit .302 and earned his first major-league call-up in September of to the White Sox. On September 26, 2004, he hit his first career home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Tracy
Andrew Michael Tracy (born December 11, 1973) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman who played for the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies, and Philadelphia Phillies between 2000 and 2009, and is currently the manager for the Columbus Clippers. Amateur career A native of Bowling Green, Ohio, Tracy attended Bowling Green High School and Bowling Green State University. In 1994, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Professional career Montreal Expos Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 16th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft, Tracy made his Major League Baseball debut with the Expos on April 25, . Tracy compiled what would become a career high .260 batting average with 11 home runs and 32 RBI in 2000. Tracy split time backing up Expos starting first baseman Lee Stevens and starting third baseman Michael Barrett. Tracy entered Spring Training of competing for the starting third b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Strickland
Scott Michael Strickland (born April 26, 1976) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) relief pitcher who played for several teams between 1999 and 2010. Amateur career A native of Houston, Texas, Strickland attended the University of New Mexico, and in 1996 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Professional career Montreal Expos Strickland was selected by the Montreal Expos in the 10th round of the 1997 MLB Draft. He played in the Expos minor league system from 1997–1999 with the Vermont Expos, Cape Fear Crocs, Jupiter Hammerheads, Harrisburg Senators and Ottawa Lynx. Strickland made his Major League debut on August 14, 1999 against the Colorado Rockies. He worked 1.2 innings and allowed one earned run in his debut. New York Mets He was a relief pitcher for the Expos from 1999 through 2002, when the Expos traded him to the New York Mets in a seven player transaction. With the Mets, Strickland pitched in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Schneider
Brian Duncan Schneider (born November 26, 1976), nicknamed "Hoops", is an American former professional baseball catcher and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals, New York Mets, and Philadelphia Phillies. Schneider was the Miami Marlins catching coach from 2016 through 2019, and the quality control coach for the Mets from 2020 through 2021. Early life Schneider was born in Jacksonville, Florida to Peter and Karen Schneider. He has one sister, Melissa. Early career Schneider played high school baseball and basketball at Northampton Area High School in Northampton, Pennsylvania, in the state's highly competitive East Penn Conference. He was named Player of the Year in the Lehigh Valley, in both 1994 and 1995. Over the course of his high school career, Schneider hit .427, with 22 doubles, and 11 home runs, and set a school record with 91 runs batted in. As a senior, he had a .484 batting average. He signed a letter of inten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilkin Ruan
Wilkin Chal Ruan (born September 18, 1978) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Career Known primarily for his speed, Ruan was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Montreal Expos on November 15, . He hit .348 with 33 stolen bases for the Expos Dominican League team in before being brought to the states and placed in the Expos rookie ball team in . Against more experienced U.S. pitchers he struggled slightly, hitting only .239 for the Gulf Coast Expos that season, though he still stole 13 bases. With the Cape Fear Crocs in and , he improved his average (.224, .287) each year and continued to steal bases at an amazing rate, swiping 64 bases in 2000. In , he started at the Expos High-A team in Jupiter and hit .283 with 25 steals before being promoted to their Harrisburg Double-A team. On March 23, he was traded by the Expos to the Los Angeles Dodgers along with pitcher Guillermo Mota for Jorge Nunez and Matt Herges. He started the 2002 season with the Dodgers Doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
