By Jack Ankony After fending off five foul balls in a row, Chicago Dogs second baseman Joey Terdoslavich waited patiently for a mistake. He turned on a fastball from Luke Lind and cut Fargo-Moorhead’s lead to one run with a home run over the right field wall in the bottom of the seventh inning. Terdoslavich’s [...]
(Former Boston Red Sox and current Chicago Dogs manager Butch Hobson chats with Roger Clemens on the mound.) By Jack Ankony Roger Clemens sported a custom “Rocket Man” shirt as he etched his signature on a foul ball for an 11-year-old fan in section 105 at Impact Field. Meanwhile, Clemens’ former manager Butch [...]
By Jack Ankony The Dogs capped off a series victory in Cleburne with a 6-1 win over the Railroaders on Wednesday night. With this win, the Dogs move into sole possession of second place in the North division in what promises to be a heated playoff race until the final day of the regular season. [...]
By Jack Ankony Butch Hobson called Kyle Murphy’s first professional outing on July 30 a “bulldog start.” But Hobson will now have to find a better superlative to describe Murphy’s second start for the Dogs on Aug. 4 after Murphy pitched eight and one-third of an inning while allowing three hits, one run, two walks [...]
By Jack Ankony Mystical forces may have been listening to the dugout conversations at Impact Field. As Grant Kay sprinted to third base in the fourth inning of the Chicago Dogs’ 11-7 win over the Kane County Cougars on July 29, manager Butch Hobson tossed his palms to the sky. Kay had to settle [...]
By Jack Ankony The accomplishment of winning his 2,100th game as a manager hasn’t sunk in for Chicago Dogs skipper Butch Hobson, but he is already setting new goals. Hobson began his professional baseball career in 1975 as a 23-year-old third baseman for the Boston Red Sox and is now approaching his 70th birthday in [...]
By Jack Ankony Brennan Metzger’s dance moves entertain the crowd, but his ability to predict the future wins games. As Johnny Adams led off second base in the 10th inning on Tuesday against the Kane County Cougars, Metzger was sitting on a sinker. Having faced Mark Seyler in the past, Metzger knew this pitch was [...]
By Jack Ankony A towering fly ball collided with the center field wall, and AJ Jones had given up a run just five pitches into the Dogs’ Sunday afternoon contest with the Houston Apollos. After striking out Ian Yetsko to end the first inning, Jones walked off the mound with four earned runs to his [...]
By Jack Ankony Clinging to a two-run lead in the bottom of the sixth, the Dogs needed a clutch hit to secure a win over the rival Milwaukee Milkmen. Dogs designated hitter T.J. Bennett kept his hands close, brought the barrel down in the zone and snapped a double down the right field line. Bennett’s [...]
By Jack Ankony After trailing 6-0 to the Milwaukee Milkmen through four innings on Wednesday, Dogs manager Butch Hobson called on new signee Jase Dalton out of the bullpen. Dalton made his professional debut for the Dogs on Tuesday and pitched one third of an inning, but Wednesday was his first opportunity to showcase his [...]