Chris Coste steps down as F-M RedHawks skipper
A titan of the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks organization has departed the club for the second—and perhaps final—time, as manager Chris Coste stepped down today after seven seasons on the job. Coste went 365-294 (.554) mark at the helm, leading the RedHawks to six playoff appearances, two Miles Wolff Cup Finals trips, as hoisting the Cup as…
American Association Releases 2027 Schedule
The slimmer 10-team American Association unveiled it’s first significant plans for the 2027 season: releasing the schedule for next season. Not surprisingly, there are quite a few changes, some expected, some a little surprising. The season will begin on May 7 and conclude September 5, with playoffs to begin on September 7. All-Star Game festivities…
It’s Official: Cleburne and Kane County ditch AA
It has been a poorly-guarded secret since July and out in the open since late August, but finally, the powers that be have ripped off the Band-Aid once and for all: the Cleburne Railroaders and Kane County Cougars will be heading to the newly-christened National Association—the re-branded Frontier League—for the 2027 season. It is believed…
Kansas City cements dynasty with another title
Kansas City 3, Milwaukee 1 Box score Yordys Valdes went 4-for-4 and drove in a fifth-inning run to ensure that the Milkmen wouldn’t get shut out for the entire series, but that would be all as Kansas City again overwhelmed the Milwaukee offense to finish off a decisive sweep. The Monarchs twice squandered bases-loaded chances…
Miles Wolff Cup Finals Game 2 Recap
Kansas City 4, Milwaukee 0 Box score It was another cold and blustery night in Wisconsin and once again it was a night for pitching—more specifically, Kansas City’s pitching. The Monarchs spun their second consecutive shutout to pull KC within one win of their historic fourth Miles Wolff Cup. The Monarchs scratched across the first…
Miles Wolff Cup Finals Game 1 Recap
Kansas City 2, Milwaukee 0 Box score On a cool, windy night in Milwaukee, conditions were ripe for pitchers to thrive with the wind howling in from left field—which was exactly what happened. However, Kansas City’s arms were just a little bit better. Milwaukee started AA Pitcher of the Year Jhordany Mezquita, who set down…
West Division Series Game 5 Recap
With Milwaukee waiting, the war for the West was waged (and was moved up to avoid bad weather). Kansas City (barely) got it done to reach the Miles Wolff Cup Finals for the fourth time. Kansas City 10, Fargo-Moorhead 9 Box score Game 5 couldn’t have started any better for Kansas City, but that didn’t…
Division Series Game 4 Recaps
It was a tale of two contests tonight, with one nailbiter and one blowout, but the end result is the same: both series are tied 1-1 going into Wednesday’s off day. Milwaukee 7, Kane County 1 Box score Kane County started the game by snapping an 18-inning scoring drought, but Milwaukee dominated the rest of…
Division Series Game 3 Recaps
It was a tale of two contests tonight, with one nailbiter and one blowout, but the end result is the same: both series are tied 1-1 going into Wednesday’s off day. Milwaukee 3, Kane County 0 Box score Milwaukee was held to just three hits and stuck out 15 times, yet it was the Milkmen…
Division Series Game 2 Recaps
It was a tale of two contests tonight, with one nailbiter and one blowout, but the end result is the same: both series are tied 1-1 going into Wednesday’s off day. Milwaukee 13, Kane County 0 Box score The most lopsided game of the postseason, this one was over pretty quickly as Milwaukee evened the…
Division Series Game 1 Recaps
Once more, rain was a factor as West Division action in Fargo was pushed back an hour, but we were treated to two nail-biters to start off the best-of-five Division Series on each side. Kane County 4, Milwaukee 3 (10 innings) Box score Early on, Kane County was sitting pretty—they led 3-0 after two innings…
First Round Game 3 Recaps
It was a late night thanks to rain not cooperating in Kansas City, but the three remaining first round series came to a close. We saw one era come to a close, another continue onward, and the league’s top team survive a scare to advance. Milwaukee 4, Cleburne 0 Box score When their season depended…
First Round Game 2 Recaps
We saw our first advancement, as Fargo-Moorhead finished off a quick two-game sweep of Winnipeg in the opening round, but with a lot of drama to get there. Here’s a look at how everything played out: Cleburne 5, Milwaukee 2 Box score Playing on the road once again, Cleburne pitching swayed precariously early, but held…
First Round Game 1 Recaps
All four first round series got underway on Wednesday night, with two road teams surviving big comebacks to take a victory in hostile territory and a pair of underdogs starting off their upset bids with home victories. All four Game 2’s are schedule for Friday night. Milwaukee 4, Cleburne 1 Box score No surprises here…
REVving up to move out? Rumblings grow louder on possible defections
This is an article I did not want to write. I was debating on whether to write about it at all since nothing’s happened. Yet. I also didn’t want to overshadow playoff races and record chases with something that’s flat-out crappy (and ironically on a day one of these teams clinches a playoff berth), but…