NABA League News
05/28/11
The Kentucky Long Rifles have decided to part ways with manager Brian Barnes. Barnes, in only has second season as skipper of the Long Rifles, amassed a 68-144 record in his first stint as a NABA manager. Word out of the Kentucky front office is they will look internally for a new manager.
Rumor Mill
No Rumors to Report
Trade Report
05/25/11
The Boulder Canyons and the Bentonville Loggers have reached a trade agreement in which Boulder has agreed to send 33yo Left fielder Richard Browning and 21yo minor league reliever Paul Farmer to Bentonville in exchange for 30yo Centerfielder Ben Dorsey. Browning was hitting .269 with 5 RBIS for Boulder at the time of the trade. Dorsey was hitting .352 with 3 home runs and 14 RBIs for Bentonville.
Injury Report
05/26/11
The Kansas City Gunslingers will be without Centerfielder Jorge Ramirez for the next 9 months after Ramirez suffered a torn labrum. The 22yo Ramirez was hitting .266 with 12 RBIs for Kansas City.
05/27/11
The news just keeps getting worse for the Kansas City Gunslingers, as they learned today that they will be without reliever Todd Carroll for another 5 days as he has not responded well to treatment for his strained oblique. Carroll was 2-2 with a 2.40 ERA at the time of his injury.
05/29/11
Brad Thompson, of the Raleigh Rebels, will be out of action for the next 4-5 months after suffering a ruptured achilles tendon. The 26yo Thompson was hitting .283 with 10 RBIS for Raleigh this season.
Jorge Cuellar and doctors cannot explain why his hamstring strain is not responding to treatment. Doctors reported today that Cuellar will miss another 2 weeks due to his injury. Cuellar was hitting .261 with 11 RBIs for the Buffalo Ironclads this year.
Awards
05/29/11
The Yankee League Player of the Week award goes to Michinaga Uenohara, of the Kansas City Gunslingers. Uenohara hit .696 with 6 RBIs for the week. For the season Uenohara is hitting .341 with 23 RBIs.
The Dixie League Player of the Week award goes to Tomas Benitez of the Raleigh Rebels. The 28yo Starting Pitcher was 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA, strking out 16 in 18 innings on the week. For the season Benitez is 8-1 with a 1.92 ERA.
Meet an NABA Legend!
Craig Hall, the Yankee League record holder for doubles in a game, with 4, set in 1904.
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