Things got headed at a New York Mets' minor league team's game last night, as a hit-by-pitch led to benches clearing and punches being thrown between the two teams.
Joe DeLuca was cut from the Cicero-North Syracuse baseball team as a senior in high school in 2013. Nine years later, he's signed a professional baseball contract.
Let's take a trip back in time, and remember New York Yankees' hurler Ron Guidry's memorable night in the Capital Region, pitching for the Albany-Colonie Yankees.
Sahlen Field has seen it all this season. Yet, possibly the most bizarre situation of them all unfolded on the field last night, thanks to Rookie the Bat Dog.
The remnants of Hurricane Ida struck the Northeast last night, and a minor league affiliate of the New York Yankees was one of the storm's biggest victims.
Life for most minor league baseball players is filled with long bus rides; not so great hotels and plenty of fast food. Truly not the formula one would recommend for training a world class athlete. Some players are on their way up to "the show", many are fighting to be noticed, while some are finishing a dream. The Frontier league is filled with all 3.