by Francis Ferry, NLN baseball beat writer July 26, 2038: Reno, Nevada – The trade deadline may yet be five days away, but over the last three weeks the contendors of the PEBA – seeking the coveted Rodriguez Cup, have already been on the hunt – looking for that key piece that will put them […]
4/1/2016: Manchester, NH – The Manchester Maulers baseball club is proud to announce significant alterations to the dimensions of Whiten Field, a park that has long offered one of the most distinctive playing environments in the Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance. Whiten Field’s asymmetrical dimensions heavily favored left-handed power hitters and pitchers, while its cavernous left […]
Manchester Boutique Monday, December 7, 2015 Manchester Maulers General Manager Morris Cooley is refusing to address widespread Internet reports claiming that he has reached an agreement with Aurora Borealis General Manager Will Topham on a blockbuster trade that would send starting pitchers Anastasio López, Christian Murdoch (who finished last season at AA Hartford), and a […]
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 L.H. Thompson, Manchester Boutique Elevating his always inscrutable manner to new heights, Manchester Maulers General Manager Morris Cooley has been neither seen nor heard from since news broke of a rift between he and owner Arturo Bruto over the direction of the franchise. Cooley has made no significant inroads during the […]
Friday, November 21, 2014 L.H. Thompson, Manchester Boutique Manchester Maulers General Manager Morris Cooley is refusing to discuss widely cited Internet rumors suggesting that he is preparing to trade the team’s veteran players and begin a new round of rebuilding. According to the website Live Straight (www.livestraight.com), Cooley has determined that the Maulers’ 3rd place […]
Manchester Maulers (96-66) vs. Tempe Knights (109-53) VS. 2012 Planetary Extreme Championship at a Glance Both Tempe and Manchester are making their first PEC appearance. This is the first time two teams are making their PEC debuts since 2008, when the New Orleans Trendsetters faced the Crystal Lake Sandgnats. Manchester is the first […]
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 L.H. Thompson, Manchester Boutique The bizarre events of yesterday’s press conference at Whiten Field, combined with last week’s leak of a confidential internal memo, have raised questions about the stability of the Manchester Maulers baseball club. Indeed, the probability of behind-the-scenes intrigue has quickly emerged as the dominant takeaway message from […]
by L.H. Thompson 5/8/2008: Manchester, NH – In what can only be described as a mass outbreak of self-punishing behavior, Manchesterites are inexplicably turning out in droves to support the hometown Maulers. This in spite of an off-season so foul, so hideous, so wretched that it caused this reporter to ponder the depths of self-hatred […]
By L.H. Thompson 10/27/2007: Manchester, NH – News of the pending trades of hometown stars Jude Pew and Kirby Gibson for the inexplicably All-Stared Ernest Mathis and a bunch of other guys who are less memorable has brought down Hellfire on the surprisingly-gleeful Manchester Maulers GM Jeff ("call me Jeffrey, or not – whatever you […]
It’s been nearly a decade since we’ve made an attempt to rank PEBA players, but it’s time to go ahead and give it another go. Back by popular demand (one or two people?), here is the 2040 edition of the PEBA‘s Most Valuable Players. For those who are new and haven’t read one of […]
