farm system Stories - Viva El Birdos
Diamondbacks Farm Round-Up: April 7th
As part of our enhanced focus on the farm system, we'll be doing a daily recap of the results from all our teams: suggestions for a cool name I can give these would be welcome. Note that this may appear in the evening, or it may go up the next morning, depending on what time the games finish and...
Today's Amateur Athletic Status: A Brief Visit
Up from 15 minutes? Okay, a free Corvair to those who didn't think Ralph Nader was already dead. The cantankerous 76-year old buzz-kill is still alive and well and looking for something to meddle in. I guess the droll of insignificance was too much to bear. Yes, he did run for president in...
Purple Row interviews Marc Gustafson, Part 3
In our final installment of our interview with Rockies Director of Player Development, Marc Gustafson, we round out our questions about the draft and the talent acquired, and ask Marc to give some reflections on the Major League club and how his involvement has shaped the product on the field...
Purple Row interviews Marc Gustafson, Part 2
As you read in our first in this 3-part series, Rockies Director of Player Development Marc Gustafson took time to answer some questions for Purple Row. In this installment, Mr. Gustafson answers a lot of questions about specific farmhands, and we begin to touch on players recently...
A Minor League Make-over in May?
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." Robert Oppenheimer, Trinity test, 1945. I prefer Oppenhiemer's variation to the direct translation for a couple reasons. For one thing, I prefer the rhythm that comes with the extra foot when including "become". More importantly, I like the sense...
Letter from Springfield II
Letters from Springfield is a biweekly report from the Cardinals’ AA affiliate in Springfield. The writer, Matt Lemmon (itsalemmon1019), is the editor of GO Magazine and the web editor for 417 Magazine in Springfield. If you have suggestions for AA post topics or interview subjects, leave...
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