When I covered AHL hockey here in Worcester I had an end of season posting where I named my award winners, and called those awards the "210 Awards" after the moniker I use on several sports message boards. Generally those awards were a mix of serious awards and a few humorous ones I'd add poking... Continue Reading →
Worcester Bravehearts franchise records set in 2016
During the 2016 Futures Collegiate Baseball League season several regular season Worcester Bravehearts franchise records were broken or tied. Below is list of those franchise marks set or tied, and this list may be updated as more stats are collected. Individual, single game, new record BATTERS Hitting for the cycle Rafael Bournigal vs Wachusett, 07/09/16... Continue Reading →
WooBall Weekly: Bravehearts come up short in quest for third consecutive championship
The Worcester Bravehearts started the season with one goal: "Mission3peat". Everything looked good for the hometown team as they put up win after win in the regular season to clinch the Futures Collegiate Baseball League's West Division and then went on to claim the number one playoff seed. After sweeping the semi-finals it looked like... Continue Reading →
One Toke Over The Line
With Michael Phelps announcing his retirement after winning his 23rd Olympic gold medal (and 28th Olympic medal overall), this seems like a good time to repost this. It originally appeared on February 4, 2009 on a blog I used to share with my wife. It appears here slightly edited, although the statistical information is still... Continue Reading →
Playoff preview: Worcester Bravehearts vs Nashua Silver Knights
Worcester Nashua Record 36-18 34-21 Division standing 1st, West 2nd, East FCBL standing 1st 3rd TEAM BATTING Batting Average .263 .282 FCBL ranking 3rd 1st Runs scored 309 316 FCBL ranking 4th 2nd Hits 486 544 FCBL ranking 3rd 1st Doubles 80 106 FCBL ranking T5th 1st Triples 19 11 FCBL ranking T1st 5th Home... Continue Reading →
Playoff preview: Worcester Bravehearts vs North Shore Navigators
Worcester North Shore Record 36-18 29-27 Division standing 1st, West 3rd, East FCBL standing 1st 4th TEAM BATTING Batting Average .263 .251 FCBL ranking 3rd 8th Runs scored 309 303 FCBL ranking 4th 5th Hits 486 485 FCBL ranking 3rd 4th Doubles 80 85 FCBL ranking T5th 3rd Triples 19 15 FCBL ranking T1st 4th... Continue Reading →