Leading off

It's a little after 2 a.m. and it's unlikely many readers will read this post as soon as its up. 

But after a delay because of some technical issues, the Trentonian Thunder blog -- a cousin of the Rutgers football blog and college basketball blog -- is ready for its debut. 

And after the Thunder beat their Yankees organization cousins, the Scarnton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, 3-2 in an eight-inning exhibition game at Waterfront Park, and the big boys in the Bronx beat the Blue Jays 3-2 in the last opener at the Old Stadium, what better time for a leadoff post than now? 

The Blog will follow the Thunder all year, from tomorrow's media day, to Thursday's season opener at Binghamton, all the way through the end of the regular season and possibly, if the Thunder can replicate their performance from last year's title run, well into the Eastern League playoffs. Similar to what we've done on the football and basketball (but especially basketball) blogs, we'll have live updates and insight from the press box whenever Internet connections allow it. 

Today's Trentonian has coverage by staff writers Josh Norris and George O'Gorman of last night's exhibition, along with an eight-page special section previewing the Thunder season. 

I skipped the game so I could write and edit some of the content for the preview, so it'd be especially appreciated if we sold as many of those babies as possible. 

I came across a lot of interesting information today while breaking down statistics on this year's members of the Thunder, but none of those numbers intrigued me as much as a factoid that came to mind about Trenton's center fielder: to my knowledge, Austin Jackson is the only player in baseball history whose first AND last names are state capitals. A quick search at baseball-reference.com didn't turn up any others, but if anyone can think of any, please let me know. 

With that, The Blog is calling it a night. Thunder media day is today (Wednesday) at 2 p.m., in advance of tomorrow's season opener, in which Chase Wright will take the mound for the Thunder. 

Leading off

It's a little after 2 a.m. and it's unlikely many readers will read this post as soon as its up. 

But after a delay because of some technical issues, the Trentonian Thunder blog -- a cousin of the Rutgers football blog and college basketball blog -- is ready for its debut. 

And after the Thunder beat their Yankees organization cousins, the Scarnton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, 3-2 in an eight-inning exhibition game at Waterfront Park, and the big boys in the Bronx beat the Blue Jays 3-2 in the last opener at the Old Stadium, what better time for a leadoff post than now? 

The Blog will follow the Thunder all year, from tomorrow's media day, to Thursday's season opener at Binghamton, all the way through the end of the regular season and possibly, if the Thunder can replicate their performance from last year's title run, well into the Eastern League playoffs. Similar to what we've done on the football and basketball (but especially basketball) blogs, we'll have live updates and insight from the press box whenever Internet connections allow it. 

Today's Trentonian has coverage by staff writers Josh Norris and George O'Gorman of last night's exhibition, along with an eight-page special section previewing the Thunder season. 

I skipped the game so I could write and edit some of the content for the preview, so it'd be especially appreciated if we sold as many of those babies as possible. 

I came across a lot of interesting information today while breaking down statistics on this year's members of the Thunder, but none of those numbers intrigued me as much as a factoid that came to mind about Trenton's center fielder: to my knowledge, Austin Jackson is the only player in baseball history whose first AND last names are state capitals. A quick search at baseball-reference.com didn't turn up any others, but if anyone can think of any, please let me know. 

With that, The Blog is calling it a night. Thunder media day is today (Wednesday) at 2 p.m., in advance of tomorrow's season opener, in which Chase Wright will take the mound for the Thunder.