With the coming of the Thanksgiving holiday, pro baseball moves into hibernation with the conclusion of the Arizona Fall League and the crowning of a new champion in Scottsdale.
The final month of the season will hold fascination for baseball observers, with the Hoppers scrapping to grab a playoff spot and the young kids up from the Florida rookie leagues trying to find their way in full-season ball.
By Ben Spanier August 7, 2018 WINSTON-SALEM—The Dash took care of business upon their return home Monday night, and making his Foothills debut was second baseman Nick Madrigal. Madrigal, the fourth overall pick in the 2018 draft, didn’t pick up a hit, but he did show an encouraging opposite-field approach and hit a
By Ben Spanier July 27, 2018 WINSTON-SALEM—The Winston-Salem Dash were on a summer roll, until they crashed into the Frederick Keys and a midweek sweep of three games. The Dash had been setting the pace in the Carolina League South at 21-10 entering action July 24th, 62-39 overall and having already clinched a playoff
The Greensboro Grasshoppers fared better against North Carolina rivals after dropping two of three games during a weekend excursion against the Lexington Legends of Kentucky.
The Winston-Salem Dash ride into the first-half’s final week at the top of the Carolina League South, on the heels of a road sweep of the last place Carolina Mudcats.