HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Matt Hagen is headed back to Hickory in a new role for the Hickory Crawdads. Hagen, a Crawdads coach in 2016, will be Hickory’s manager during its first season under the new ownership of the South Atlantic League (SAL) team by the Texas Rangers. In a press release on Thursday, Rangers officials said Hagen – after a …
CRAWDADS: Club has 3 events this week for its fans, 2 of them Tuesday
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads welcome fans to hear more about the team’s new ownership with a media event scheduled Tuesday at L.P. Frans Stadium. Gates open at 10:30 a.m. and the speakers will begin at 11:15 a.m. Expected to discuss the sale of the Crawdads to their parent club in the big leagues, the Texas Rangers, are Jeff …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Crawdads announce home game times for 2018 season
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads will have early starts to their spring games for the sixth consecutive season, the club announced on Tuesday. Games scheduled to be played on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday on the 2018 schedule will again have 6 p.m. first pitches, while Sunday games during the first half of the South Atlantic League (SAL) schedule …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Texas Rangers new owners of Crawdads
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