A Calm After A Storm It would have been hard to top the Canton Longshoremen 2021 draft. Fortunately for draft mavens, but unfortunately for Longshoremen fans, the Longshoremen front office didn’t even try to pass off the 2022 draft as anything other than a disappointment. Couple an uncharacteristically good 2021 season with a snafu […]
You’re With Me All-Leather by Stevedores_Fan_Bob For the first time, bloggers have been awarded votes in certain PEBA Awards. Always a forward-thinking league, the PEBA home offices have recognized the impending death of traditional print media, and the ‘it’ and ‘cool’ factor associated with baseball bloggers. To further bring the voting process into the 21st […]
The Stevedore Apprentice Program Written by Stevedores_Fan_Bob, Special to The Record Time flies. This is the fourth edition of The Stevedore Apprentice Program, the now-annual list of the not-yet-proud organization’s Top 25 Prospects, and a look back at how last year’s list performed. At the PEBA level, 2021 was a decided step forward for the […]
Bigger is Better: 2021 Canton Longshoremen Draft Recap Written by Stevedores_Fan_Bob, Special to The Record Draft day 2021 dawned on a Canton Longshoremen organization in a much different place than it has been on the last few draft days. Long a laughingstock, the Longshoremen’s organization is now considered home to one of the top minor […]
Posted by Stevedores_Fan_Bob, January 30, 2021 at 1:35 a.m. StevedoresFan.com, the preeminent fan blog of your Canton Longshoremen, interviewed an anonymous scout for his take on the Longshoremen’s pitching staff and infield situations going into spring training. The organization’s hopes are as high as they have been in recent memory after a 2020 season that […]
The Stevedore Apprentice Program Written by Stevedores_Fan_Bob, Special to The Record We last ranked the Longshoremen’s top 25 prospects a season ago, when the Longshoremen were coming off of their second 100 loss season in franchise history, and the fourth straight 90+-loss season. Indeed, in the franchise’s 13-year history before 2020, there had been only […]
Longshoremen Get Their Man – A (Tape-Delayed) 2020 Draft Review Written by Stevedores_Fan_Bob, Special to The Record It was an odd draft for the Canton Longshoremen. With the #2 pick overall, and no second round pick (that having been traded to Aurora for Carlos Perez), it was always going to be a top-heavy draft. Fortunately […]
An excerpt from the 16th chapter of the book of II Weaver: 17 And it came to pass, when Canton Longshoremen Assistant General Manager Jay Wells saw Manager Joe Jackson, that Wells said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Canton? 18 And he answered, I have not troubled Canton; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye […]
Written by Stevedores_Fan_Bob, Special to The Record When last we took a detailed look at the Canton Longshoremen minor league organization, the calendar said February 2018, and the Longshoremen were coming off of their second consecutive sub-.500 finish, having followed up a breakout 2015 season that saw the franchise crack the .500 mark for the […]
Longshoremen Zig; Draft Zags [EDITOR’S NOTE: A truncated version of this article appeared earlier; the full article is printed for the first time here.] Draft day in Canton has always mostly been a disappointment during the current front office regime’s tenure, or at least the precursor to disappointment. Communication breakdowns (Jim Hayden), draftees with exorbitant […]