Keene Swamp Bats 2018 Diary

My, things change. Our game was rescheduled for today and the latest, through the NECBL.com site has the game starting at 4:00pm  Sunday. It’s s chance to remind you to you to listen with Joe Fitzhenry and Josh Caredeo on 104.1FM/1220 AM.   You can follow online and you can watch the game by clicking on the multimedia tab on NECBL.com .    Good luck, team!

Just as we wondered if winter would never end, we worry if the rain will ever stop. Certainly, we haven’t had the danger that’s befallen Pennsylvania and Virginia but golly, Mother Nature’s thrown a monkey wrench into the NECBL schedule. Just check out the story in the Keene Sentinel. Friday’s rainout means rescheduling to Saturday night at 6:30 pm. Photo from the Sanford Mainers twitter page. As always, if you don’t make the trip, we invite you to listen with Joe Fitzhenry and Josh Caredeo on 104.1FM/1220 AM.  You can follow online and you can watch the game by clicking on the multimedia tab on NECBL.com .  Good luck, team!

Wednesday didn’t go as planned but there’s a rematch for Friday night. Brandon Smith Jesse Mayfield-Sheehan hade a good write-up in today’sSentinel. It’s onto Sanford Friday.  If you can’t make the trip, we invite you to listen with Joe Fitzhenry and Josh Caredeo on 104.1FM/1220 AM.    You can follow  online  and you can watch the game by clicking on the multimedia tab on  NECBL.com .    Good luck , team!

  There are no faint hearts amongst Swamp Bats fans. After all that rain, over 500 hearty souls turned out for Fan Appreciation night at Alumni Field. Your Swamp Bats took it on the chin, 9-2 to the Sanford Mainers. This sets up the Friday rematch in Maine for the wildcard game. oude came in relief after three inni8ngs and did a superb job.   If you can’t make the trip, we invite you to listen with Joe Fitzhenry and Josh Caredeo on 104.1FM/1220 AM. Also, you can watch the game by clicking on the multimedia tab on NECBL.com. The winner of Friday night’s game would move onto the Valley Blue Sox. Starting pitcher Erick Zecha had a rough night, the Moose scored 7 runs, all with 2 out, before he exited after 3 innings. Andrew Houde came pitched 6 innings of stellar relief. Sanford picked up two unearned runs. Brandon Heath pitched the 9th inning and put the Moose away 1-2-3. Joe Breaux, Alex Griffin and, Lorenzo Hampton, Jr had the night off. Get your rest T...

Wednesday’s weather took a toll on the NECBL schedule.  An afternoon tilt between the Valley Blue Sox and Sanford was scrapped with the idea the rain would blow away and allow us to play our scheduled regular season finale. Then, the rain blew our start from 6:30 till 8 pm. Your Swamp Bats will open the gates at 6 pm. A win for Keene means a home playoff game.   There will be no charge for Fan Appreciation night. 

As of Wednesday afternoon, Brandon Smith has set a league record or Runs Batted In, has set a team record for hits and going into Wednesday night, has 11 Home runs (tied for league-lead) and is batting 373 ! MichaelMcMahon of the Keene Sentinel and Swamp Bats manager Lyndon Coleman have brought up the idea that Brandon Smith should be the Most Valuable Player of the NECBL. That’s a heck of an idea. The Pride of Georgetown, Indiana Smith’s a heckuva player, a great ambassador for the Swamp Bats, did NOT miss a beat when he switched from 1st to 3 rd base and been a leader on the field and a great teammate. Plus, he is always smiling! This blog and your twitter maven* support Brandon Smith for NECBL Most Valuable Player. *Joe Fitzhenry tweets also. I don't mean to speak for him but, c'mon!