Energetic Firebirds squad gears up for 2023 season
By Brendan Nordstrom 2-2 count. Yarmouth-Dennis pitcher Cole Carrigg was set in the windup. Carrigg kicked and delivered strike three...
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rajdas84
- Aug 5, 2022
- 3 min
Big Lead, Big Comeback, Hot Tempers
By Jack Loder After the top of the first inning on Thursday, it looked as though game one of the Orleans va Y-D playoff series would be a...
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rajdas84
- Aug 3, 2022
- 4 min
The Patriarch of the Pitching Staff: Q and A with Jim Lawler
By Jack Loder There is a lot of collective wisdom within the Orleans Firebirds coaching staff. Kelly Nicholson has been at the helm for...
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rajdas84
- Aug 3, 2022
- 2 min
Clinch! Birds Win and Head to Playoffs On Their Own Terms
By Jack Loder It had been a long time since Luke Keaschall had gone deep. Too long. When he dug into the box in the bottom of the seventh...
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rajdas84
- Aug 2, 2022
- 2 min
Rainy Loss in Brewster Sets Up High Stakes Season Finale
By Jack Loder As the rain poured down on Chris Clark in the bottom of the first, it looked like Orleans and Brewster would not be able to...
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rajdas84
- Aug 1, 2022
- 2 min
Birds Winning Streak Halted, But Playoffs Just a Win Away
By Jack Loder Patrick Reilly has settled into a habitual routine this summer. The Vanderbilt right hander is often dominant for the...
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rajdas84
- Jul 31, 2022
- 2 min
Birds Stay Hot With Impressive Road Win Over Hyannis
By Jack Loder Something is afoot with the Orleans Firebirds as the calendar turns to August. A team that struggled to score all summer...
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rajdas84
- Jul 28, 2022
- 3 min
Bryce is Nice: Another Warrecker Gem Lifts Birds Over Y-D
By Jack Loder Sometimes all it takes is a spark. A simple ember catching fire and igniting a hot streak. This is what 2022 has felt like...
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rajdas84
- Jul 27, 2022
- 3 min
Too Little Too Late: Birds Drop Heartbreaker At Home to Bourne
By Jack Loder This time of year, each and every play in a baseball game could be the difference in playoff positioning, and even a...
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rajdas84
- Jul 26, 2022
- 3 min
8th inning magic nets Orleans huge Division win
By Jack Loder The weather could not have been more consistent with the mood of Monday night’s game through seven and a half innings at...
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rajdas84
- Jul 23, 2022
- 2 min
Skid Continues With Ugly Loss at Harwich
By Jack Loder Sometimes during a big skid, a manager will go to great lengths to fire up his team. Be it a biblical locker room rant, a...
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rajdas84
- Jul 21, 2022
- 2 min
All Bad.
By Jack Loder There are games that need to be studied. There are games that need to be learned from. This game, however, should be...
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rajdas84
- Jul 20, 2022
- 3 min
Too Little Too Late: Birds Comeback Effort Falls Short
By Jack Loder On any other night, this effort by the Firebirds’ bats likely would have won them the ballgame. Their five runs isn’t any...
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rajdas84
- Jul 19, 2022
- 7 min
Heart and Soul: How Nate Furman Plays The Game The Right Way, All The Way To The Top
By Jack Loder If you look away from the field at Eldredge Park for a moment after the third out of an inning is made, you might miss it....
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rajdas84
- Jul 17, 2022
- 3 min
Two Big Innings Doom Birds As Hyannis Wins Big
By Jack Loder Donye Evans was dominating as usual through three innings on Saturday night. He retired the first nine Hyannis batters he...
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rajdas84
- Jul 16, 2022
- 2 min
Three Of A Kind: Pitching Carries Again in 2-0 Win
By Jack Loder If it is a day of the week that ends in Y, Orleans’ pitching staff likely spun another gem. On this Friday night, things...
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rajdas84
- Jul 15, 2022
- 4 min
Clutch Hitting, Late Onslaught Lead Orleans To Big Road Win at Cotuit
By Jack Loder Jack Bulger surprised everyone in Cotuit when he took off for third base on a 2-0 pitch with first and second and nobody...
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rajdas84
- Jul 14, 2022
- 3 min
Bats Explode In Huge Second Inning as Orleans Routs Harwich
By Jack Loder Baseball is a streaky game. Hitting especially. For much of the past three weeks, the Orleans bats have been subpar,...
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rajdas84
- Jul 13, 2022
- 3 min
Burns, Offense Not Enough in Loss at Harwich
By Jack Loder Tuesday night’s game at Harwich had all the makings of a feel good, get back on track win for Orleans. After jumping out to...
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rajdas84
- Jul 11, 2022
- 3 min
Harbor Hawks Soar In Battle of the Birds
By Jack Loder One team wanted it more at Eldredge Park on Sunday night. The Hyannis Harbor Hawks made the quick trip east to Orleans and...
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