The Cajun Chronicles Mike Whiteman, special contributor October 23rd 2023 New Orleans, Louisiana National news are just sensationalists. They have no idea of the world of a manager, or of a baseball team for that matter. Whatever happened to quiet contenders? Can’t teams build those anymore? In the short-attention-span world that we live in with […]
The Cajun Chronicles Gary Salisbury May 29th 2023 New Orleans, Louisiana “What the hell is that thing? Is that seriously a VCR?” exclaims Ryan, the team’s IT guru. “Yeah… Why? You’ve never seen one of these?” replies the team’s manager, Mike Whiteman. “Not since I last went to my grandmother’s, no!” “Yellow is video. That’s […]
Gary Salisbury The Cajun Chronicles April 3rd 2023 New Orleans, Louisiana “Heck, I don’t know what he is tring to accomplish, but it’s 100% humidity out here. He must be out of his mind.” New Orleans backup catcher Rafael Moya is certainly not a big fan of the training regimen for the Trendsetters, and he […]
The Cajun Chronicles Tim Kersey February 16th 2023 New Orleans, Louisiana “Do you remember George Whiteman? Outfielder for the Red Sox?” As I ask my question to reporter Scott Plack, my trivia-loving, stout-drinking, pub-stool-occupying journalist friend, I receive a blank stare. “…of course you don’t!”, I reply, “you also remember the motorized vehicle! Plus he […]
Harold Lamoureux The Cajun Chronicles September 19th 2022 New Orleans, Louisiana The New Orleans Trendsetters’ 2022 season did not exactly go as smoothly as it could have gone. That first sentence implied that things went off the rails at some point. But, in reality, things would have needed rails to begin with. Instead, this team […]
Gary Salisbury Cajun Chronicles May 9th, 2022 New Orleans, Louisiana Sometimes when you deviate from the usual routine, you notice things you would otherwise miss. A bad case of the flu has kept me from travelling to Kentucky for the Trendsetters’ (apparently heated) series with the Thoroughbreds. So, instead I sit here in the press […]
Gary Salisbury Cajun Chronicles July 12th, 2021 New Orleans, Louisiana The salmon-grey-and-blue face paint is applied, the custom t-shirt and matching pom-poms are readied. A group of women have started a “trend” at New Frontier Park. They walk through the entrance of the park with curious-looking matching t-shirts spelling out “H-N-S-!-A”. What could that mean? […]
9/1/2020- With the Trendsetters continuing to struggle, dropping 9 of their last 10, there have been many questioning the direction and future of the organization. Few thought that it would lead to the resignation of one of the longest tenured general managers in PEBA. But in front of a small group of reporters, Tanner announced […]
Craig Hampton was sitting in front of his locker. He had just been informed that after playing for Fargo his entire career (minors and up) he was being shipped to New Orleans. “I guess the writing was on the wall when the moved me out of the rotation and into the pen,” he mumbled as […]
By Connor Jackson, DDStaff With the announcement that Matt Higgins would be moving to take on the challenge of converting a LRS team to compete in the PEBA, local real estate prices in Laredo, Texas were on the rise. Some properties tripled in value as players began to feel comfortable buying rather than just renting. […]