Newark Bears Make the Front Page of Sunday Star Ledger
The Newark Bears are featured on the front page of this Sunday's Star Ledger. Credit: Phil Hoops
The story, which highlights the team's recent ownership transition, as well as plans for a possible reality TV show is available to read for free here.
Game 3 Recap: Bears Claw Past Boulders, 16-4
Tim Raines Jr. led the Bears offense with two home runs and 6 RBI. Credit: Phil Hoops
The Newark Bears picked up their very first win in the Can-Am League with an offense assault on the Rockland Boulders. Tim Raines Jr. led the charge with two home runs and 6 RBI. Todd Gossage also had a big day at the plate driving in three runs.
Ryan Lobban started the game for Newark and opposed Jonathan Velasquez. Lobban held his own by surrendering 3 runs through 5 innings pitched while striking out two.
It was the bottom half of the order who got Rockland on the scoreboard with runs driven in by Tommy Giles, Mark Hill and Eric Flynn. Former Newark catcher started his third straight game and went 3-for-4 to raise his season average to .385.
Relievers T.J. Hose and Andrew Pluta combined to pitch four innings of one run ball.
It was quite the game and the game drew a fairly impressive crowd considering a fair amount of people in North Jersey had already bolted for the Jersey Shore for the Memorial Day Weekend. The Bears finish out the homestand tomorrow afternoon at 1:05 p.m. when they officially launch their "friendly" rivalry against the New Jersey Jackals.
Rockland's Norm Hutchins takes out Newark shortstop Jeff Toth on a slide. Credit: Phil Hoops
Brian Nichols mans first base for the Bears. Credit: Phil Hoops
Newark Bears starter Ryan Lobban allowed three runs in five innings pitched. Credit: Phil Hoops
Newark Bears catcher Billy Alvino had three hits to raise his season average to .727. Credit: Phil Hoops
Game 2 Recap: Rockland Boulders at Newark Bears
The crowds were sparse at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium on Friday (announced attendance of 569), as the game got underway just shortly after 11 a.m. on a Friday work/school day. Nevertheless, the competitive atmosphere was there as the Bears fought right out of the gate for their first win since joining the Can-Am League. Both Jacob Wild (Newark) and Roger Lincoln (Rockland) put up matching zeros through the first two innings. In the third inning, Newark's Wild surrendered a towering three-run home run to Rockland lead-off hitter, Jermel Lomack.
In the sixth inning, Rockland catcher Todd Jennings plated another run on a double to make the score 4-0, but the Bears weren't out of it just yet. Newly acquired (or should I say reacquired) infielder Jeff Toth smacked a single that scored a pair of runs for Newark in the seventh. In his next at-bat in the ninth inning, Toth crushed a solo home run to bring the game within a run. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to get the Bears on top and the game ended after a Brandon Watson ground-out.
The Bears look to avoid the sweep and collect their first win of the season when they conclude the series against Rockland tomorrow night at 6:35 p.m. which also happens to be Fireworks Night at the ballpark.
Jacob Wild started Game 2 of the season for the Newark Bears. Credit: Phil Hoops
Dustin Smith, the son of Hall-of-Famer Ozzie Smith, collects a base hit for the Boulders. Credit: Phil Hoops
Former Indians prospect Roger Lincoln was dominant allowing only one run in seven innings pitched against Newark. Credit: Phil Hoops
Infielder Jeff Toth made his Bears debut on Friday morning. Credit: Phil Hoops
Rapid Reaction: Bears Lose 11-5 on Opening Day
The Newark Bears opened up the 2011 Can-Am League regular season at home against Rockland Boulders on Thursday morning.
Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium was PACKED with students from nearby schools, who were given free tickets in honor of the "Lets Move!" event.
Like the Bears' season opener last year, the game was forced to go into extra innings -- only this time Newark wasn't able to come out on top. In the tenth inning, reliever Anthony Pluta, who started Sunday's exhibition game against Hank's Yanks, surrendered 6 runs to the Boulders.
Much more on the game later tonight.
Bears slugger Brian Nichols connects on a base hit on Opening Day. Credit: Phil Hoops
Outfielder Brandon Watson made his debut with the Bears on Thursday. Credit: Phil Hoops
Bears Trade For Jackals Starter
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The Newark Bears completed their first trade ever with their friendly local rivals, the New Jersey Jackals, earlier in the week when the Bears acquired starting pitcher Ryan Lobban in exchange for a player to be named later. Lobbon has shown potential to be an above-average pitcher in the Can-Am League.
In 2008 as a member of the Worcester Tornadoes, Lobban went 5-1 with a 3.11 ERA as a reliever. The following season in Worcester, Lobban converted to a starter and pitched quite well going 10-7 with a 3.56 ERA. He also struck out 74 batters in 121.1 innings pitched. Last season with the Jackals he regressed a bit and his ERA rose considerably to 5.56 in 18 starts.
You can never have enough pitching so if Lobbon can slot in as a middle of the rotation starter and put up numbers similar to like he did in 2008 and 2009, the Bears should be in pretty good shape in the starting pitcher category. Ryan Lobban is scheduled to make his season debut this Saturday in the series finale against the Rockland Boulders.
Little Known Fact: Ryan Lobban, a native of Saddle River, was recognized nationally in 2003 by Sports Illustrated as an up-and-coming sports star. Check it out here.
Bears Roster Moves: In With the New — Out With The New?
The Newark Bears recently parted ways with three members of their roster. Among those who were cut is infielder John Sciullo, pitcher Dan Ramos-Dominko and outfielder Clint Reynolds. All three were slated to make their pro debuts with the Bears.
In addition none of these players, who were all signed in March, started in either of the team's exhibition games over the weekend against the New Jersey Jackals and Hank's Yanks. For more information on the recently released players check out this post over at Paul's Random Baseball Stuff.
In case you were wondering: The Bears were scheduled to play their final exhibition game of the year against the Jackals today at 1:00 p.m. but so far there is no word on the score from that game.
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