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The Hickory Crawdads defeated the Asheville Tourists again tonight by a score of 2-0 at L.P. Frans Stadium in Hickory, North Carolina.  Tonight’s win helped solidify Hickory’s grip on first place in the Northern Division of the South Atlantic League.  Tonight’s win puts Hickory 4.5 games ahead of Lakewood with just 5 games to [...]

 
The Hickory Crawdads defeated the Asheville Tourists in the first of a 2-game home series by a score of 8-5 at L.P. Frans Stadium in Hickory.  Hickory is holding on to a 3.5 game lead over Lake County in the Northern Division of the South Atlantic League with just 6 games left in regular [...]

Another 3 hour 21 min game last night.  The umpires have to do something to move the game along.  At the very least keep guys in the box and make the strike zone a little larger than a postage stamp.
With the very real potential possibility that this past series is a preview of the playoff [...]

More on the game tomorrow, but fans will want to know that Stephen MacFarland was traded to the San Francisco Giants.  He was the player to be named later in the Matt Morris trade.  He has been assigned to Salem-Kizer (OR) in the Northwest League.

Another long couple of nights here at L.P. Frans Stadium, with Friday night’s thriller lasting until almost 11 pm.
After a protracted slump on the road, Hickory seems to have found the offense again.  the middle game at Greensboro seemed to be the game they found their stroke again as Pacheco and Sakamoto hit dingers there [...]

Greetings to everyone and my apologies for not posting much this week.  The new semester of school started for me on Monday and I have been covered up this week.  I haven’t had a lot of free time to post or follow the games during this road trip.  I have been watching the results and [...]

Went and saw several former ‘Dads play for the Indianapolis Indians in Charlotte (well Ft Mill, SC) on Sunday.  In between th 95 degree heat and children wanting relief from the heat, I did manaage to catch a few innings.  Here’s what I saw.
It was my first time to see Neil Walker at third base.  [...]

 
The Hickory Crawdads split the first two games of the 4-game series with Lakewood on Friday and Saturday night.  On Friday, the ‘Dads lost 5-0, but came back tonight to earn a 3-1 victory against the BlueClaws.  This two-game split keeps Hickory six games ahead of Lakewood in the Northern Division of the South [...]

Andrew McCutchen, the Pittsburgh Pirates 2005 first round draft pick, was promoted to the Indianapolis Indians AAA team this week.  Andrew played in Hickory during the 2006 season.
 

Neil Walker, the Pittsburgh Pirates 2004 first round draft pick, was promoted ot the Indianapolis Indians AAA team this week.  Neil played in Hickory during the [...]

Former ‘Dads Andrew McCutchen, Neil Walker and David Davidson have been called up to AAA Indianapolis. They will be in Charlotte to play at Knight’s Dungeon, I mean Castle on Saturday and Sunday.

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