TAGGED WITH 'brooklyn-cyclones'

NYC Could Benefit from Triple-A Yanks

(2nd September, 2011)

NYC Could Benefit from Triple-A Yanks   | read this item

ShareTweet   By now you might have heard that the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees will not be playing their 2012 season at PNC Field in Pennsylvania due to the much needed $40 million renovation.  Now the only question is where will they play.   Right now there are several sites being considered for the Triple-A Yanks, one [...]

Zach Attack Helps SI Yanks to 12th Straight Win

(3rd July, 2011)

Zach Attack Helps SI Yanks to 12th Straight Win   | read this item

ShareTweet In the ninth inning, with two outs on the board a runner at second big third baseman Zach Wilson stepped up to the plate for the Staten Island Yankees. With his team down by a run and the tying run 180-feet away, Wilson lined the ball to right field solidifying the Baby Bomber comeback [...]

Hughes Making Progress in Rehab

(19th June, 2011)

Hughes Making Progress in Rehab  | read this item

ShareTweet “I felt good,” said New York Yankees right-handed pitcher Phil Hughes after a 61 pitch rehab appearance for the Staten Island Yankees. “I kind of struggled there in the first inning,” referring to the base-loaded jam he found himself early on in the game. The young pitcher made his first ever appearance in the [...]

Gamel Saves Game with Superman-Like Catch

(19th June, 2011)

Ben Gamel had two hits and the game-saving catch.  | read this item

ShareTweet As the Brooklyn Cyclones were just starting to put together a two-out rally against Yankees right-hander Branden Pinder, Cyclones right-fielder Javier Rodriguez sent a fly ball into right field that looked like it would fall in for a base hit but Staten Island right-fielder Ben Gamel had ideas of his own. Gamel flew thru [...]

Shakespeare and Backman: A Season In Brooklyn

(19th October, 2010)

Shakespeare and Backman: A Season In Brooklyn  | read this item

From head – his cranium bursting with myriad bunt, steal, and hit-and run strategies – to foot, with a pack of cigarettes and a lighter tucked into his left baseball sock, Wally Backman is a 69-inch, barrel-chested, tightly wrapped bundle of wired energy.

SI Yanks and Cyclones Split Season Series

(20th August, 2010)

Gary Sanchez made his New York City Debut (Robert M Pimpsner)  | read this item

ShareTweet In front of a sold out crowd at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark the Brooklyn Cyclones came from behind to earn a season series split with the Staten Island Yankees. The Cyclones were the first to get on the board plating four runs in the first inning off of Yankees starter Mike Gipson.  After [...]

NY-Penn League All-Star Game has New York Feel

(8th August, 2010)

NY-Penn League All-Star Game has New York Feel  | read this item

ShareTweet On August 17, 2010 the top players from around the New York-Penn League will be diverging on the Richmond County Bank Ballpark in St. George for the sixth annual NY-Penn League All-Star Game.  Heading the game will be five Staten Island Yankees, eight Brooklyn Cyclones and their respective coaching staffs will head the American [...]

Consistency Key to Success for SI Yanks’ O’Brien

(1st August, 2010)

Consistency Key to Success for SI Yanks’ O’Brien   | read this item

ShareTweet “I love it, I really do,” that is how right-handed pitcher Mikey O’Brien responded when asked if he is enjoying the 2010 season.  “Especially being a part of the Yankees organization and playing in New York,” he added. The New York Yankees drafted O’Brien in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft out of Hidden Valley, [...]

Baby Bombers Fall to ‘Clones, 3-1

(1st August, 2010)

Kyle Roller watches as the ball flies about four feet down the third baseline. The catcher touched the ball in fair territory before it rolled foul and gave Roller his first base hit of the night. (Robert M Pimpsner/Gotham Baseball)  | read this item

ShareTweet The Staten Island Yankees continued to struggle to bring runners home as they fell to the rival Brooklyn Cyclones 3-1 at MCU Park in Brooklyn.  The Baby Bombers left seven runners stranded on base and was just 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position. Staten Island threatened first but was unable to get that big [...]

SI Yanks Leave Nine on Base in Loss

(27th July, 2010)

Garrison Lassiter had two hits - Photo Credit: Robert M Pimpsner  | read this item

ShareTweet In front of a crowd of 5,007 fans at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark the Staten Island Yankees fell to the Brooklyn Cyclones.  The theme of the night for the Baby Bombers was that they were unable to get things done with runners on base or in scoring position. The Yankees hit a combined six [...]