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The Boys of Summer in Billings
Like watching the tearfilled ending of Puccini’s masterpiece, Madame Butterfly, you keep hoping that the Billings Mustangs will do something different and maybe the ending will be different, but you know in your heart, at least for the summer of 2009, that is not how life works out.
The Mustangs lost 3-0 to the Helena Brewers…. »
Caribbean Youngsters Shine
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 they… »
Irony at Dehler: Mustangs Win in 10
The usual number of foul balls into the stands and into the streets surrounding apparently did not result in any recorded injuries, but a foul ball off the catcher’s glove into the side of the home plate umpire’s head resulted in him having to leave the game. The other guy called a great one-umpire game… »
Green-Shirted Scarlets Thrash Gray-Suited Royals 16-6
A good crowd turned out for this Friday night Royal—Scarlet shootout.
Not obvious in this picture because the sun was still fairly fierce early in the game, so most everyone was sitting on the Royal side where there was at least some protection from the sun.
No one explained to me why the Scarlets wore green shirts… »
Changes Around Billings IV
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… »
Changes Around Billings III
In an earlier post I forgot to mention this excellent bust of Bob Wilson, a fine gentleman and baseball man, who cashed in his chips too early. It is located down the left field line inside Dehler Park. That is an unlit cigar in his hand. It must have been dedicated earlier when we were… »
Gamblers? Dealers? 21s? CardSharks?
As you can see it only takes 4 guys to water the infield at the AAA level, whereas I think it takes about 12 to do it for a major league team at least in spring training.
The title: Those are the names I came up with in 3 seconds of not-very-serious thinking about what to… »
Legion Baseball Notes from Dehler Park
On Saturday the Royals took on the Bozeman Bucks at Dehler Park in a couple of 7 inning games. On Mother’s Day the Scarlets hosted the Great Falls Stallions in a similar format. I only managed to see parts of the first game of the doubleheaders that were played each day. Apparently the Scarlets opened… »
Spring Baseball in Billings
I got home to Billings just in time to see the Montana State University Billings baseball home opening weekend 10-11 April against Northwest Nazarene of Nampa Idaho. According to their very useful program, ($1), they have been playing since the middle of February at least on weekends, though some of those games look like they… »
Dehler Park
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 the… »
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