International League

IronPigs intern Bryan Hnat was assigned to the new "Bacon Strip" area above the wall in right-center at Coca-Cola Park. The term "Bacon Strip" implies that there was something sizzling about Thursday night's season opener for the IronPigs. Food on the...

Growing up in pre-Rockies Colorado, Scott Elarton — like countless fans in non-major league markets in the pre-ESPN, pre-MLB Network era — got most of his baseball fix watching the Chicago Cubs on Superstation WGN. "I knew all the Cubs guys,"...

COURTESY: INDYINDIANS It was a picture-perfect night for baseball on Thursday as the Indianapolis Indians defeated the Louisville Bats 6-1 at Victory Field, lowering their magic number to clinch the International League West Division title to just one....

PHILADELPHIA — Let me make one thing clear right now: This idea Charlie Manuel has is out there. Nonetheless, it goes to show you how desperate he is, how discouraged he is and how much he wants to avoid a repeat performance of the mess that is the...

In his role as the Triple-A manager in the Phillies organization, Ryne Sandberg talks often to his players about opportunity. It's always there, he says. And when it opens the door, be prepared to burst through it. Wednesday's signing of Cole Hamels...

Of the nine position players in IronPigs manager Ryne Sandberg's Opening Night starting line-up, six are no longer with the team. Six players who were on the roster for that first game are now with the Phillies — Erik Kratz, Hector Luna, Jeremy...

The IronPigs' two representatives for Wednesday's Triple-AAll-Star game in Buffalo represent the two opposite ends of the spectrums of baseball's highest minor league classification. Second baseman Kevin Frandsen has appeared in 228 major league games...

You don't get a whole lot of conversation from Cody Overbeck. An interview with the IronPigs first baseman produces a lot of short answers, not because he's rude or has an ego, just because, as even his father admits, he's not the type of person who...

Back in the season's first month it was tough to use the words "clutch" and "hitting" in the same sentence about the IronPigs, even as they got off to the best start in franchise history and one of the best starts ever by a Phillies Triple-A affiliate....

PBS39 reporter and producer Laura McHugh said her documentary on the Lehigh Valley IronPigs encountered a change of direction as the 2011 baseball season unfolded. "We started out this documentary with the idea being 'How does a losing team make...

They made it official on Wednesday. Out with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees; in with the Empire State Yankees — at least for one season. The name change might make it easier to understand what's going on with the Triple-A affiliate of the New...

The Phillies Winter Caravan makes its annual stop in the Lehigh Valley tonight at DeSales University, marking the unofficial start of the upcoming IronPigs season. In about three weeks, major league pitchers and catchers report to Clearwater, and Opening...