A Lancaster Laugher

Too bad it was Inland Empire doing the laughing. The Lancaster JetHawks, the A Advanced affiliate of the Boston Red Sox gave up ten runs in the ninth inning on their way to losing to Inland Empire 25-1. The 66ers scored five runs in the first, four in the second, two in the third, fifth and eight and then 10 runs in the ninth. This was the highest scoring game so far this season in Lancaster which usually sees some shootouts, the odd line of the day though was that Lancaster scored just once on three hits. The winds that assist the scoring has already caused two postponements this season. The two teams wrap up the series tomorrow afternoon.

Lousy Lancaster

As the new season began I found the games of Lancaster, Boston's A Advanced minor league affiliate to be entertaining. How can you not love slug fests where being up 20-0 after five innings probably doesn't guarantee you a win. It was fun, real fun. That was then, this is now. Playing in this league does nothing to advance the players on the team. Is what were seeing from Aaron Bates and Bubba Bell what we can expect in 5 years in Boston? How about the pitchers? Does getting shelled outing after outing really help their development? Boston made a wise move when they moved their 1st round pick from 2006, Daniel Bard down to Single A Greenville and away from this autrocity of a league in California. I have already stated that Bard should never again be put on Lancasters roster, no good will come from him being out there. However other Boston farm hands remain their, Justin Masterson and Kristofer Johnson have ERAs of 4.85 and 6.00 respectively. Masterson's is actually very repectable considering the league. I understand Boston was in a bind when they chose to hook up with Lancaster, but lets hope it's a short lived relationship. As I am writing this, Lancaster has taken a 18-14 lead in the 5th inning. That my friends is just ridiculous!