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FotF: Catching a Glimpse – Part 3 (Wilmington)

Wally Fish — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:43:44 +0000

The recent major league debuts of Manuel Pina and Salvador Perez have inspired me to switch gears, at least temporarily, in my minor league coverage. Instead of examining players on a team by team level, this week we’re going to look at the position of catcher across all levels of the Royals system. This involves 26 players, and by now you know that I’m a bit verbose so I will be breaking this up into multiple parts.

This is Part 3 (for Part 1 click here) (for Part 2 click here) which will cover the catchers playing in Wilmington. I had intended to include Northwest Arkansas and Omaha at this point but I went a little long on one of the four Blue Rocks backstops to there will be a Part 4 coming soon. (more…)

FotF: Catching a Glimpse – Part 2 (Idaho Falls to Kane County)

Wally Fish — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:56:08 +0000

This is Part 2 (for Part 1 just click here) which will cover the catchers playing in Idaho Falls, Burlington and Kane County. (more…)

Fish on the Farm: The Return

Wally Fish — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:42:35 +0000

Hello again! For the last month I’ve been standing on the banks of Lake Kauffman. From time to time I’ve dipped my toes in the water but have been unable to take the plunge and publish my first article here since November 11th of last year. Now, things have changed.

As you have read, Jeff Herr has moved on to head up our network’s KU coverage over on Through the Phog. His departure leaves a gap in the minor league coverage on this site, but if you’re a long time reader of Kings of Kauffman you may remember my days as this site’s lead. You may also remember that I spent a lot of time writing about prospects and the draft. Since leaving KoK, my nomadic writing tendencies have taken me to several sites, but at all of my stops I’ve tried to work in coverage of the minor leagues as it has always been a facet of the game that I love to follow and write about.

With the launch of Seedlings to Stars just over a month ago, I’ve been able to hone my content focus more fully to minor league coverage. So when Jeff notified us that he was leaving KoK and S2S to take a lead position, it seemed natural that I pick up the baton and carry forward the weekly minor league feature here on this site. (more…)