Triple AAA games not safe anymore?!

Leave your valuables in your game ladies and gentlemen because when these two men are in the starting lineup they have been known to be thiefs!  OK now, settle down we are talking the base paths here!  Frank Foster has 8 stolen bases so far meanwhile Tom Hunter who was the last player cut off the 25 man roster in Maple has 7 steals.  Together they are creating all kinds of issues for opposing starting pitchers as Astoria remains the only farm club in the Maple Organization appeared poised to make a post season bid this year in the ABL.

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB
12	41	14	4	0	1	6	4	8	.341	.413	.512	8

Frank Foster stats above:  Tom Hunter stats below:

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB
12	45	15	3	1	1	6	8	12	.333	.426	.511	7

Anthony Lewis ruins Boston Tea Party!

Anthony Lewis goes 4 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 2 runs batted in to help Maple take down the power house Boston Cardinals in front of a capacity crowd in Maple, ON - Canada.  One of his four hits was towering blast to CF!  He also stole base.   On the season Lewis is off to a hot start:



G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB
13	51	19	1	0	4	11	6	19	.373	.439	.627	1

R1 pick is off to a great start!

Roberto Martinez after having a disspointing opener in Jacksonville comes back to have one of the best pitching performances of week #1 in the ABL vs. Eureka.  "Each time I get the ball, I want my team to know that we have a chance to win today!", says Martinez

Maple	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI		ERA
R. Martínez W (1-1)	8.0	4	1	1	0	8	0	113		2.81

Round 77 pick has a big week!

Bobby Hall, OF for the Sandy Spring Spartans had a huge first week in the ABL minors.  See his statistics below:  An amazing 15 runs driven in after only 6 games!

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB
6	22	7	3	0	2	15	3	2	.318	.400	.727	0

Frank Powers reaches ABL milestone!

The line score is shown below.  That crushing double was the first ever hit in ABL history and a milestone that Frank Powers will never forget.  Fernandez hung a breaking pitch over the plate and Powers just drove it into the alley.  Despite the game being played in Jacksonville, all the faithful stood up and gave him a standing ovation.

Top of the 1st - Maple Marauders batting - Pitching for Jacksonville Jacks : RHP Juan Fernández
Pitching: RHP Juan Fernández
Batting: LHB Frank Powers	0-0: Ball 1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78M)

Maple selects in Round 3...

The #10 pick in Round 3 was Anthony Lewis from San Marcos, TX-USA.  "Another talented ball player and hard worker was added to our team", GM Goldberg replied at the press conference.  It is clear to the fans of Maple that the team is building around ball players in their mid to late 20's in order to build a long term dynasty and strong chemistry in the club house.  Lewis is not your typical CF'er, in that he doesn't have great running speed, however;  he has great range and can hit for power and average.

"Wow I love our new ballpark!"

Maple selects in Round 2...

Maple stepped up to the microphone in Round 2 and with the #15 selection called out, "We select LF Anthony Shelton".  The power hitting OF will anchor the middle of the lineup for the Marauders.  Shelton has a been a leader at every level of baseball.  He is very smart and a hard worker.  Shelton is penciled in to be the everyday LF right now but, could see some work at DH.  The media asked Shelton after the draft if he was ready to ink a long term deal with Maple and he said, "I'm excited to be here and I'm very interested to not draw out this process".

"Lets Play Ball!"