MLB slugger and former Colorado Springs Sky Sox third baseman, Jim Thome, has been voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Pro Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced Wednesday, marking the first ever Sky Sox player to be inducted. The induction comes in his first year of eligibility alongside other inductees Chipper Jones, Vladimir…
Of course this series was destined for a fifth game, of course it was. The season series finished 8-8 between Colorado Springs and Memphis and now it sits at 10-10 after the Redbirds claimed game four 11-8 in 10 innings. The win put them up to 12-0 in extra innings games this season and it…
Friday we discussed the first postseason win for the Sky Sox in 22 years…Saturday we’re talking about the first playoff game along the Front Range in 20 years, and boy what a ballgame it was. It seemingly made up for lost time, and even better, the Sox ended up on the right side of the…
For the first time in 22 years the Sky Sox picked up a postseason win, and they did it in historic fashion! Colorado Springs used three pitchers that combined for a two-hit shutout and the bats provided the support in the 5-0 win over Memphis in game two of the series. The best-of-five set comes…
For the first time in twenty years, the Sky Sox lost a playoff game. Yes, it was the first playoff game in 20 years, but that’s beside the point. The Memphis Redbirds powered up and hit three homers, which accounted for all of their runs, in the 4-1 game one win Wednesday night at AutoZone…
The regular season came to a close Labor Day Monday in the form of a 5-4 Memphis win in 10 innings. Perhaps a fitting end to not only the regular season, but the season series between the Sox and Redbirds. More on that in a bit. The scoring took off in the bottom of the…
The penultimate game of the regular season has come and gone, and with it went the use of penultimate, and that is just an ultimate shame. Penultimate, what a word. Underused, under appreciated, and now gone. Anyways, the game was a dud as far as the Sox were concerned, but for the Redbirds, the eight-run…
Playoffs start Wednesday, right? Just checking because Colorado Springs and Memphis have played two games in the Springs and they have been very playoff-esque. Friday’s ended 4-3, a come-from-behind victory for the home team and Saturday’s finished 14-11 with the good guys on top in another come-from-behind effort, with a little EXTRA juice. With the…
There is the possibility that Colorado Springs and Memphis could play nine straight against one another over a 10-day span and if Friday night’s game was a sign of things to come, then buckle up because it’s going to be a fun stretch. The Sky Sox fell behind early, but battled back to take the…
The Sox have had their struggles against the Express all season, but they put the struggles behind them and capped off the season series with a 4-0 win Thursday night at Dell Diamond. The victory gives Colorado Springs another winning month, their fifth straight in 2017, and pushed their record to 4-8 against Round Rock.…
There is just something about the Round Rock Express this year that the Sky Sox can’t figure out. It has been a season-long problem and as a result the Sky Sox have dropped 8 of 11 to the Express in the series. Loss number eight came Wednesday night in the form of a 2-1 affair,…
Finally! The Sky Sox were able to get back in action on the road after two straight cancellations on Sunday and Monday. The good news is they have already clinched the PCL’s American Northern Division, the not so good news is that Round Rock scored four runs in the seventh inning and held on for the…
The Colorado Springs Sky Sox control their own destiny, no bones about it. Win and they are in. That’s exactly what they bounced back and did on Saturday night, won and won handedly 10-2 over the New Orleans Baby Cakes, shrinking the magic number to clinch a playoff spot down to 2. It would be…
The Colorado Springs Sky Sox started the game scoreless and found themselves in a 3-0 hole entering the sixth, but turned things around to the tune of a four-run sixth and led by a run heading to the ninth. That’s when the New Orleans Baby Cakes started baking up a comeback. They took advantage of…
Go back to June 24 for a minute. The site? The Shrine on Airline. The teams? Colorado Springs Sky Sox and the New Orleans Baby Cakes. The final score? 1-0 Sox. Now fast forward, two months two the day, to August 24. The site? The Shrine on Airline. The teams? Colorado Springs Sky Sox and…
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