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The Southern League announced Tuesday that Mobile BayBears’ starting pitcher Archie Bradley was named the league’s Most Outstanding Pitcher for the 2013 season. However the Arizona Diamondbacks’ top prospect was moments away from playing quarterback for the Sooners of Oklahoma. It is a decision that he still thinks about to this day. “I think about […]

In this week’s edition of This Week in the Southern League, the North Division is decided.  Going into Sunday it was a 3-team race for the South Division.  Who was eliminated?  Who will be crowned South Division Champ?  Listen to this week’s Installment of the This Week in the Southern League.

By: Nick Roark Before becoming a big league sensation, Yasiel Puig’s talent was on full display in the Southern League. Since Javier Baez arrived at Double-A, opposing managers and players have admired the shortstop’s raw ability. The lasting memory for players, fans and media will be the rare athleticism of of Puig and the excitement […]

In this week’s edition of This Week in the Southern League, the South Division is still up for grabs.  Who has the inside track on the second half division title? Click below to listen and find out in this week’s edition of “This Week in the Southern League”.

In this week’s edition of This Week in the Southern League, there are under three weeks to go in the regular season.  Will the teams in first place be able to hold on to their playoff spots? Click below to listen and find out in this week’s edition of “This Week in the Southern League”.

By: Nick Roark Ask Chattanooga Lookouts starter Ross Stripling about two current Iowa Cubs pitchers and chances are he will tell you of their collegiate days together at Texas A&M. More importantly, the 23-year-old right-hander will tell stories of how Brooks Raley and Barret Loux helped turn him from a walk-on reliever to a fifth-round […]

By: Danny Will  Not many life-altering decisions have to be made when one is at the young age of 18.  Chattanooga Lookouts pitcher Zach Lee was faced with one of those decisions.  A two-sport star at McKinney High School in McKinney, Texas, Lee graduated in 2010 and committed to LSU to play quarterback. Things slowly […]

By: Matthew Osborne Even though Chattanooga Lookouts pitcher and Los Angeles Dodgers prospect Chris Reed is only 23 years old, his baseball career is well traveled. The London, England native played baseball for Stanford University in Southern California and represented Team Great Britain in Germany during qualifications for the 2013 World Baseball Classic. While representing […]

In this week’s edition of This Week in the Southern League, there are under 30 games left in the regular season and the races are getting tight.  Which teams are making the strongest pushes for a playoff spot? Click below to listen and find out in this week’s edition of “This Week in the Southern […]

By: Nick Roark  Ryan Brett’s trek to Double-A Montgomery has been a eventful one. In a career full of decisions, the Biscuits second baseman made one that would slow his career down by 50 games. In late August of 2012, Brett was suspended by Major League Baseball for using Adderal, “a prescription stimulant which contains […]