Posts Tagged ‘Harrisburg Senators’

Harrisburg/Hershey, home to two D.C. farm teams, is #1 minor league market again

The Harrisburg, Pa. market, which includes Hershey, has been named the #1 minor league market by Sports Business Journal. It had that distinction in 2009 as well. The Harrisburg Senators AA-Eastern League baseball team are an affiliate of the Washington Nationals. The Hersey Bears are the AHL affiliate of the Washington Capitals. While the Bears, [...]

Nats and Cubs at 2:20; Strasburg update

Day baseball!
The Washington Nationals put their 11-10 record on the line against the Chicago Cubs (10-11) at 2:20 p.m. Luis Atilano (1-0) makes his second big league start for the Nats while Ryan Dempster is on the hill for the Cubbies. WGN is carrying the game, so you might be able to watch it even [...]

Nats: Another Stephen Strasburg profile

Stephen Strasburg: In minor leagues, phenom tries to blend in while his talent stands out – The PostYet another well-written story about Stephen Strasburg, the Washington Nationals presumed ace of the future. Many say he’s ready now and the Nats are just being cheap by not calling him up. Perhaps.
In the meantime though, the [...]

Stephen Strasburg makes minor league debut for Harrisburg in Altoona

Strasburg struggles, dazzles and wins in pro debut – The PostA memorable debut for Strasburg, who proved himself a man of several talents – Patriot-NewsNational attention – The Altoona MirrorStrasburg live-blog: This time it counts – Nationals Journal, The PostIn the biggest thing to happen to Altoona since the Nazis tried to blow up Horseshoe [...]

Harrisburg/Hershey, home to Nationals & Capitals farm teams, #1 minor league market

Harrisburg, Hershey have best fans, sports publication declares – The Fan Box, Patriot-NewsAccording to Sports Business Journal, Pennsylvania’s capital region is the leading minor league market in the country. Two Washington teams, the Nationals and Capitals have minor league teams there, the Harrisburg Senators and Hershey Bears. My in-laws live up that way and I [...]

Wanna buy a location bound AA franchise?

City to sell the Senators – Patriot-NewsThe city of Harrisburg is putting the Nationals AA farm team, the Senators, up for sale. The team has been owned by the city of Harrisburg for about ten years and though team turns a $250,000 profit for the city annually, Mayor Stephen R. Reed sees the sale [...]

PENNSYLVANIA MINOR LEAGUE SPECULATION

It looks like Baltimore’s AAA affiliate, currently in Ottawa, will be heading to the Lehigh Valley in 2008 (The Morning Call). You may be wondering why this relevant to this blog?
Well, I have a handful of friends from the Lehigh Valley who may be excited by this news. Of course, two of them have just [...]

HARRISBURG — D.C. JUNIOR? WELL, LET’S NOT GO THAT FAR

Caps closer to Hershey shift – The Wash. TimesThis is kind of old news, but when it comes to hockey, you can wait a few days. There is a strong possibility that Washington Capitals will align themselves with the legendary Hershey Bears AHL franchise. This would mean that two minor league affiliates of D.C. teams [...]

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