HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads will start their 26th baseball season with new ownership. The Texas Rangers, who have had a player develop agreement with Hickory’s minor league baseball team since 2009, have purchased the Crawdads from a group that includes majority owner Don Beaver, it was announced Thursday. A formal press conference with representatives from the Texas Rangers, …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Season over, Hunter Harvey headed for home
HobbsDailyReport.com Good read with comments, update on former Bandys High ace Hunter Harvey, who turns 23 in December. He made his last minor league baseball start on Monday and is headed home for an off season in which he won’t have to be dealing with recovering from an injury. That’s a change from previous seasons. http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bs-sp-orioles-hunter-harvey-20170904-story.html
CRAWDADS: Eliminated on Sunday, they’ll finish season with 1 p.m. game today
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The baseball season ends this afternoon for the Hickory Crawdads. Greensboro clipped Hickory 3-1 on Sunday at L.P. Frans Stadium, eliminating the Crawdads in the chase for a South Atlantic League (SAL) second-half title in the Northern Division. The Grasshoppers can clinch the division title by beating the Crawdads — who are closing their 25th anniversary season …
MINOR LEAGUE UPDATE: Harvey will make final start on Monday, then headed home
HobbsDailyReport.com A good read if you’re interested in a late-season update on former Bandys High star Hunter Harvey about how he is feeling and where he feels he is at confidence-wise – and otherwise – after nearly three years of dealing with injuries. As he heads into his final start of the season for the Delmarva (Md.) Shorebirds, he’s looking …
CRAWDADS: Have game to finish Saturday, then another against Greensboro
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Saturday is going to be a big day for the Hickory Crawdads. Still in the thick of a chase for the South Atlantic League (SAL) second-half Northern Division title, the Crawdads have a game with Greensboro to finish and another battle with the Grasshoppers shortly after that. Friday night’s game at L.P. Frans Stadium was stopped by …