(Daily Record/Sunday News -- Bil Bowden)
Workers lower dynamite into a nine-foot hole on Tuesday at the Sovereign Bank Stadium construction site.
In case you missed it, here is some recent local baseball coverage you'll want to check out:
The York Revolution will hold a pair of job fairs to find individuals to work as part-time, game-day staff during their upcoming inaugural baseball season.
Those interested are required to pre-register for one of the job fairs online at the team’s Web site. (click on above link)
According to the team, job openings include ticket takers and sellers, parking attendants, ushers, press box workers (video board, camera, scorekeeper), customer service, on-field promotions team, concessions and retail vendors, bat boys and grounds crew.
The York Revolution baseball team made a big announcement on Thursday.
The team announced corporate partnerships with Thomasville-based Martin’s Potato Chips and Pizza Hut.
Both companies will have their food products available at the still-under-construction Sovereign Bank Stadium during this inaugural season.
Oh, and there's more. (Of course there's more!)
Revs manager Chris Hoiles isn't doing much scouting these days. He's stuck at his house in Ohio in near-blizzard like conditions. Gusting winds and driving snow.
Sound familiar York County?
The man to envy is director of baseball operations Adam Gladstone, who is watching dozens of players down in the sunny Dominican Republic. On assignment at the Atlantic League's open tryout camp, Gladstone was attending a workout at Jose Rijo's complex. (And yes, that's Jose Rijo as in former Cincinnati Reds pitcher Jose Rijo.)
But Tuesday's signings of shortstop Victor Gutierrez and Charles Hesseltine creates some interesting questions.
One is more flashy, he's the veteran shortstop who can bat .300.
The other is a youngster with potential, a left-hander who comes out of the bullpen.
The Revs signed two more players Tuesday, inking shortstop Victor Gutierrez and pitcher Charles Hesseltine to the one-year deals customary for the independent Atlantic League.
Gutierrez has Triple-A experience in the Angels system. Midstate baseball fans might remember him because he spent the 2003 season with the Harrisburg Senators. He's played in three Atlantic League All-Star games, reaching the midsummer classic most recently in 2005 when he played for the Camden Riversharks.
The Revs have now signed three players to their 25-man roster. Gutierrez and Hesseltine are expected to join former Expos center fielder Peter Bergeron at spring training in Florida.
But are Tuesday's signing good news for York? See what manager Chris Hoiles and director of baseball operations Adam Gladstone said.
The Revs are doing just fine at the ticket booth.
The expansion Atlantic League team has already sold out all 20 skyboxes and all 12 behind-the-plate luxury boxes -- called Heritage Boxes.
The team also announced Monday that the 12-game ticket package is sold out.
That means the only way fans are guaranteed a seat for the May 15 home opener is if they buy a 24-game premier package or full season tickets. If you don't want to spend a bundle, but still want to be in the ballpark for the opener -- hurry to buy your tickets. Less than 100 24-game packages remain.
Peter Bergeron has major league experience playing center field.
But that doesn't mean he is going to play that position for the York Revolution.
York manager Chris Hoiles said Bergeron could be his Opening Day starter in center, but that isn't a given.
Hoiles said he liked the flexibility Bergeron gives his club. Bergeron can play another outfield position if the Revs find another outstanding center fielder. Or the club can build its outfield around Bergeron.
Also in Revs news, after talking to Revs Director of Baseball Operations Adam Gladstone on Saturday, the club had yet to sign a player at the Atlantic League's open tryout camp in Lakeland, Fla. Gladstone and Hoiles expected to scout players at the camp again on Sunday.
The York Revolution signed the first player in franchise history Saturday, locking up former Montreal Expos center fielder Peter Bergeron.
This is a great move for couple of reasons.
Bergeron gives the Revs flexibility in the outfield. He's fast, he's good with the glove -- and he's able to play all three outfield positions.
He's also a former major leaguer, which goes a long way to destroy the notion that independent Atlantic League baseball in York is going to be nothing more than an expensive alternative to the popular townball/sandlot teams of the Central and Susquehanna leagues.
Feel free to e-mail me at jseip@ydr.com to voice your opinion of the Revs' first player.
