Rickey Came to Visit, Did You?

Published on June 6, 2003 under Canadian American League (Can-Am)
American Defenders of New Hampshire News Release


Despite a rain delay of two hours on Sunday, June 1st and school nights on Monday the 2nd and Tuesday the 3rd, about 6000 fans came to the three-game Pride-Bears series to see the Pride take two out of three from Newark with the future Hall-of-Famer patrolling the Holman Stadium outfield in front of Roy Campanella, Don Newcombe and Jackie Robinson's legendary numbers in left field.

Henderson and his teammate, former Houston Astros 20-game winner Jose Lima, showcased themselves in an 11-2 victory over the Pride in the series finale, and their presence helped generate alot of publicity for Pride baseball. In addition to the regular Pride coverage on WMUR, and in the Telegraph and Union Leader, WB56, CN8, the Worcester Telegram, just to name a few made the trip to the Pride press box to catalog Rickey's visit.

******************

WINNING WAYS CONTINUE

Despite Rickey's presence, Nashua took two of three vs. Newark, as well as the first game of a two-game set with Atlantic City last night, maintaining their grip on first place. The 20-11 Pride currently have a three-game lead on the Long Island Ducks in the North. Last night vs. the Surf, Paxton Crawford had his best outin gof the season, pitching 7.1 strong innings, giving up just 1 run while striking out 3.

*******************

CLASS L TAKES CENTER STAGE

While the Pride are on the road from 6/7 to 6/16, the New Hampshire Class L state baseball championships will take place at Holman Stadium. The quarterfinals are tomorrow, June 7th, the semis on Wed. June 11, and the finals at 7PM next Saturday, June 14th.

*********************

HOBSON TO MANAGE AT ALL-STAR GAME

Butch Hobson was named the manager of the North Division All-Star team, the game to be held at Holman Stadium on July 9th. He replaces Duffy Dyer, who last year managed the Bridgeport Bluefish into the league finals, but has since moved on to the NY Mets as a MLB scout. Wayne Krenchicki of the Riversharks ahs been named manager of the south, replacing Marv Foley, who led Newark to the 2002 title, but now manages at AA Tulsa. ONLINE VOTING FOR THE ALL-STAR GAME STARTS TOMORROW, JUNE 7TH

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



Canadian American League Stories from June 6, 2003


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central