Being the biggest guy on the team is not always easy. “When I was kid I always wore the really large numbers because the numbers like 1, 7, and 13 were always for smaller kids.” Recalled New Orleans outfielder Michel Bastide. “I always had to wear number 66 or 55 because those always came […]
For Release : November 12th, 2038 (Anchorage, AK) The New Orleans Trendsetter’s today brought an old favorite back into the fold. Former LF, Dave Nash has joined the organization and will take over the managerial duties for the Anchorage Mighty Moose. Nash, who spent nine season in a New Orleans uniform, is among the team leaders in […]
When Ron King was a little boy in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, all that he wanted to do was swing a bat. Swing a stick. Swing a broom. Swing anything. His father says that young Ron loved going to work with his father who was a groundskeeper for the Sydney Blue Sox of the Australian […]
The ballpark SHOULD be quiet at this time of the day. Players with injuries don’t even report for treatment until 2:00 PM on game day and while it is only 11:00 AM, you can here the grunt of effort every few seconds from the bullpen area. UUNNNHHHH! [THWACK]. Over and over again. UUNNHHHH! [THWACK]. […]
By Peter Barroquere, New Orleans Times Picayune February 5, 2039 (LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ) “I’ve kind of looked at my whole career as a spring training invite. -Jamie Moyer The groundskeepers line the basepaths, the clubhouse attendants fold the towels and hang the uniforms in their lockers. Spikes are shined to a […]
By Peter Barroquere, New Orleans Times Picayune December 17, 2038 (NEW ORLEANS) Instead of walk-off homers it was catwalk posers. Rather than hot dogs and beer it was, well, hot dogs and beer. But the crowd was pretty swanky anyways. Today, the New Orleans Trendsetters revealed a new look to replace the 32-year-old logo and […]
Trendsetters Season in Review: A Little Improvement and a LONG Way to Go. By Peter Barroque for the Times Picayune October 8, 2038 NEW ORLEANS, LA – When Chuck Valenches took the call from owner Jack Cobb in late winter 2037, Valenches was not sure what to think. The long-time front office executive had worked […]
By Peter Barroquere. pbarroquere@timespicayune.com LITCHFIELD PARK, Arizona – Opening Day is at hand in New Orleans, The trucks have been loaded in Litchfield Park, AZ and are enroute to the Big Easy with the gear, charts, scouting reports, bats, gloves, pine tar and other baseball related oddities waiting to be placed in the lockers for […]
NEW ORLEANS – January 21, 2038 After ten seasons at the helm of the New Orleans Trendsetters, longtime manager Kevin Wood was let go today in a move that many saw coming but was still a surprise to Trendie Town. “Kevin has been a valuable part of this organization for a decade now and […]
