Tag Archives: Sugar Land Skeeters
Astros ink Skeeters’ De Jong
It didn’t take Chase De Jong long to ink a new professional contract. Heck, it’s only been a couple weeks since we wrote about his pristine numbers with the Sugar Land Skeeters in the shortened version of their season. The …
Chase De Jong nearly unhittable early on in CEL
As mentioned in a previous post, Independent Baseball was close to getting back on the field. And since then, the Constellation Energy League, a four-team league with approximately 90 players, will play a shortened version of the season at Constellation …
Indy baseball close to getting on the field
While we sit back and wait for Major League Baseball and the players to come to an agreement, Independent baseball is looking to move forward with their seasons. The Atlantic League has recently announced that they are still looking at …
Retirement short-lived for Chris Colabello
It wasn’t that long ago that I spoke with the Sugar Land Skeeters’, Chris Colabello. In the weeks since, he’s retired. But not for that long. Since retirement or perhaps strategic scenery change, the former Blue Jay fan favorite has …
A baseball journey like no other: An exclusive interview with Chris Colabello
There really hasn’t been anyone that’s epitomized the trek through independent baseball and minor league baseball like Chris Colabello. Colabello went undrafted after his senior year at Assumption College in Worcester, MA and from there unconventional became commonplace. He spent …
Former Blue Jay Colabello returns to his Indy roots
After spending 2018 in T&A San Marino last year in the Italian Serie A1 League, Chris Colabello is back stateside playing for the Independent Sugar Land Skeeters. Before inking the deal with the Skeeters, the former Blue Jay, who surprised …
Skeeters give former Cardinals catcher one more shot
The Sugar Land Skeeters announced they have signed former big league catcher, Cody Stanley. Stanley was a 4th round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft out of the University of North Carolina at …
Former first-rounder leverages personal bests
Former first-round pick Courtney Hawkins took a career year with the Independent League’s Sugar Land Skeeters and used it to sign a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds organization. Hawkins, who was drafted 13th overall by the White Sox …
There’s no denying Rafael Palmeiro’s ability to swing the bat
The guy can flat out hit. There’s no denying it. 20 MLB seasons, 569 home runs, 1,835 RBI, 3,020 hits and a .288 batting average all says Hall of Fame. Unfortunately the fingerpoint and vehemently denying his use of performance …
