David Purcey

It took a while, but another ex-IronPig has found a job. Kyle Hudson, who hit .253 in 79 games last year after coming over from Tampa Bay in a trade that put popular outfielder Rich Thompson in the major leagues, has signed on with Baltimore, the team...

TODAY HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING Mitchell at Brandon Valley Philip Tournament Pierre at Huron HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY Aberdeen Cougars at Watertown, 8 p.m. JUNIOR HOCKEY Aberdeen Wings vs. Bismarck, Odde Ice Center, 7:15 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL...

The Chicago White Sox invited 20 players to major league camp when spring training starts in mid-February in Glendale, Ariz., including their 2011 No. 1 draft choice Keenyn Walker. Walker stole 56 bases while hitting .267 at Class A last season. Also...

The White Sox have added a few players in the last week to play key bench roles. They re-signed Dewayne Wise to be the fourth outfielder, Steve Tolleson to play a infield/outfield utility position, and added a left-hand hitting minor league hitting...

Baseball's winter meetings are getting underway in Nashville, and that's usually when minor league free agent signings start to be revealed. Don't look for a whole lot of action from the Phillies, however. With the young talent starting to rise through...

Ah, life in the minors ... Ryne Sandberg woke up this morning expecting to send B.J. Rosenberg to the mound at McCoy Stadium tonight against Pawtucket. Instead, he put the right hander on a plane to Philadelphia. The Phillies called up Rosenberg to...

The season's first roster shuffle is approaching rapidly. Relief pitcher Jose Contreras pitched back-to-back nights for Clearwater, the final hurdle toward his return to the Phillies which is expected to occur sometime this week. So, who leaves to make...

A year ago the IronPigs were among the International League leaders in one-run games (25-15) and in games decided by three runs or less (57-43). So far they're perfect in 2012 in one-run games (5-0) and 6-1 in games decided by three runs or less....

The IronPigs roster is now set after the Phillies announced their Opening Day roster. Infielder Hector Luna, outfielder Scott Podsednik and left-handed pitcher Raul Valdes will join the IronPigs Wednesday. Luna lost out to infielder Pete Orr for the...

Sometime today the IronPigs prelliminary roster is expected to be announced. I say "preliminary" since their final roster won't be known until the Phillies set their roster, and with the Phillies opening later than usual this year, that presents...

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