The parts of the city we drove through were a bit run down but once you got near the ballpark and down to the riverfront, the area looks rejuvenated. If you're lucky enough to be coming from the Northwest, you can avoid the Philadelphia traffic but you will have to travel through West Chester and the City of Wilmington, so it's a lot of stop-and-go. Anyone who has traveled through or around Philadelphia knows that a lot of roads funnel into only a few, making traffic a nightmare. Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Greg Holland and Salvador Perez are all recent graduates who are contributing at the big league level today.Ĭoming from the North, the drive is brutal.
Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie and Justin Masterson all played for the Blue Rocks during the Boston tenure and Zack Greinke highlighted the 20 teams. Early teams featured players such as Carlos Beltran, Johnny Damon and David DeJesus. They've been the Royals Hi-A affiliate since 1993 with the exception of 20 when the team was part of the Red Sox farm system. The fans in Wilmington are no strangers to hyped prospects. The team has several mascots, most notably Rocky Bluewinkle - a blue moose used for their logo. The Blue Rocks name is a result of a name-the-team contest and stems from the blue granite found in the Brandywine Creek that feeds into the Delaware River. The Carpenter family lived in Wilmington and also owned the Phillies until 1981.
Carpenter when they formed the original Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Class B Interstate League. Unfortunately, I missed on the big name pitching prospects on Sunday but both teams had pitchers step up to throw a great game and the lineups were packed with promise.įamous Philadelphia A's owner and manager, Connie Mack, started baseball in Wilmington in 1940 along with the R.R.M. The Dash, an affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, have a few prospects of their own - namely Tim Anderson, Jacob May, Keon Barnum and Courtney Hawkins. The Blue Rocks are the Hi-A affiliate for the Kansas City Royals and boasts a roster that includes Raul Adalberto Mondesi, Bubba Starling, Hunter Dozier and Cam Gallagher in the field as well as Sean Manaea, Miguel Almonte and Christian Binford on the mound. Sunday was a warm, sunny day - the first of its kind so far this year in the Northeast - so I traveled to Wilmington, Delaware to see a loaded Blue Rocks team take on the Winston-Salem Dash.
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