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Rockers coaching staff returns for 2025 season
Steve Shutt January 21, 2025
HIGH POINT, N.C. – Jamie Keefe, the only manager the High Point Rockers have known since forming in 2019, will return as manager for a sixth season, team president Pete…
Switch-hitting SS returns to Ducks
Steve Shutt January 21, 2025
(Central Islip, N.Y., Jan. 21, 2025) – The Long Island Ducks today announced the signing of shortstop Kole Kaler. He returns for his second season with the Ducks and fourth…
J.C. Encarnacion returns to Ducks
Steve Shutt January 17, 2025
(Central Islip, N.Y., Jan. 15, 2025) – The Long Island Ducks today announced the signing of outfielder JC Encarnacion. The four-year Atlantic League veteran returns for his second season with…
Lancaster to host Pack the Park
Steve Shutt January 13, 2025
Lancaster, PA – Clipper Magazine Stadium is proud to announce the 5th annual Pack the Park event, taking place from Tuesday, January 21st, through Friday, January 24th, from 9 AM…
Mets tab Long Island’s Yonny Hernandez
Steve Shutt January 13, 2025
(Central Islip, N.Y., Jan. 9, 2025) – The Long Island Ducks today announced former infielder Yonny Hernandez has been signed to a minor league contract by the New York Mets. “We…
Rockers bring back OF Gilberto Jimenez
Steve Shutt January 13, 2025
HIGH POINT, N.C. – Outfielder Gilberto Jimenez has signed a contract to return to the High Point Rockers in 2025. Jimenez, 24, joined the Rockers on July 5, 2024 and…
Kimera Bartee selected to Ducks 25th Anniversary Squad
Steve Shutt January 13, 2025
(Central Islip, N.Y., Jan. 13, 2025) – The Long Island Ducks today announced that former outfielder Kimera Bartee has been chosen as the 11th member of the franchise’s 25th Anniversary Team.…
Rod Henderson Named to Ducks’ 25th Anniversary team
Steve Shutt January 7, 2025
(Central Islip, N.Y., Jan. 6, 2025) – The Long Island Ducks today announced that former pitcher Rod Henderson has been chosen as the 10th member of the franchise’s 25th Anniversary Team.…
Naming a team is harder than you think
Steve Shutt January 7, 2025
Click the link below for the full story: From the Wall Street Journal: The Gastonia Baseball Club became the Gastonia Ghost Peppers during the off-season. It was not an easy…
Rickey Henderson, former ALPB All-Star MVP, passes
Steve Shutt December 21, 2024
Rickey Henderson, Major League Baseball’s all-time leader in stolen bases and runs scored and a former Atlantic League All-Star, passed away on Friday, December 20, at the age of 65.…