The Billings Free Press

Starting pitcher McMyne—I wish they would tell us with certainty how this name is pronounced: I sometimes hear it with a short ‘i’ and sometimes with a long ‘i’ where the ‘y’ is—did fairly well, barely escaping being pecked to death by ducks with a series of bunts and bloopers and sacrifice flies by Great [… Read More]

This is the scoreboard just after 18 year old Daniel Corcino induced the 8th batter in the 9th inning to line out hard to the first baseman Nurre for the final out. The other youngster from the Caribbean was 16 year old Yorman  Rodriguez, the under age beer batter for the game. I wonder, do [… Read More]

Sorry for shouting in the headline above. There haven’t been a whole lot of wins this year. I think the Mustangs’ record at close of play this evening is something like 9 wins v. 18 losses. That might be a good batting average but for a team that means you are fairly low on the [… Read More]

Sorry friends, it is taking me longer than usual to get caught up with what is new at Dehler Park. Chalk that up to age and being away for three weeks.The picture to the lower right was taken from left field trying to give you an impression of the vastness of the outfield, something we [… Read More]

It’s more than a little surprising to find the Mustangs having won only two games this far into the season. We didn’t get back early enough on 1 July to make it to the game. Listening to the last few innings on KBUL persuaded us that it was just as well. They lost 10-0. Apparently [… Read More]

August 1, 1903 [Former Billings native] Calamity Jane dies from the effects of years of hard living and alcoholism at Camp Terry, South Dakota. She is about fifty-two years old, give or take a year or two. She is buried next to Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood according to her wishes. August 1, 1994 Billings [… Read More]

July 27, 1849-(1928) Luther “Yellowstone” Kelly, scout for the military, is born in Geneva, New York. Following service late in the Civil War, Kelly comes west, eventually becoming chief of scouts for Colonel Nelson Miles. As chief scout, Kelly’s extensive knowledge about the Yellowstone and upper Missouri River basins proves to be invaluable to the [… Read More]

One of the biggest stories in Billings the past few months has been the construction and opening of Dehler Park, our brand spanking new baseball park. The Gazette has a great section on their website which tells the story from the original planning up to opening day. So far I have heard mixed reviews on [… Read More]