Daily Archives: September 4, 2008

Iron Pigs Report

Lehigh Valley finished the season at 55-89, in last place in the Northern Division of the International League, 33 games behind division leading Scranton. Taking a last look at Iron Pigs among International League leaders, Brandon Watson was 3rd in at bats (514), 2nd in hits (157), and 10th in batting average (.305).  Mike Cervenak was 5th in the league in batting average (.310), and 7th in the league in doubles (30). Andy Tracy was 2nd in the league in doubles (34), 8th in the league in homers (22), 5th in the league in RBI’s (85), 4th in the league in walks (64), 5th in the league in OBP (.383), and 7th in the league in slugging % (.525). Jon Knott was 8th in the IL with 30 doubles. Continue reading Iron Pigs Report

Reading Phillies Weekly Report (8/27-9/1)

The Reading Phillies have played their final game, thankfully.  The Phils finished the season by losing 5 of 6, to drop their Eastern League Southern Division worst record to 53-89, 12 games behind 5th place Altoona.  The season isn’t over for all of the Reading Phils, however, as both Golson and Marson have already been summoned to the big leagues.  Hopefully, those two can help the actual Phils more than they helped the Reading Phils.  Onto some player profiles…

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