As soon as the 2022 baseball season ended, it was clear that 2023 would be a year of big changes for the Sussex County Miners. Manager Bobby Jones was leaving. The former big league pitcher had been the face of the team...
In a different universe and if the stars had lined up differently, maybe Jorge Tavarez would be pitching today for the New York Yankees. Or maybe the New York Mets. Or the White Sox or the Twins or the Cardinals. Instead, he’s...
It was a seven-game winning streak to end the season that sent the Miners into the Frontier League playoffs. In particular, it was last week’s three-game sweep of the Tri-City ValleyCats on the road in Troy, N.Y., that lifted Sussex County from fifth place...
The great Yogi Berra was a World War II hero and maybe the best catcher in the history of baseball. He was born in St. Louis but spent most of his adult life in New Jersey. He sometimes spoke as a poet and sometimes spoke...
Vincent Sangemino arrived in Augusta in early March as the new general manager of the Sussex County Miners. Last week, he was the man behind one of the proudest moments in the history of Skylands Stadium. There have been other proud moments,...
Here we are, late in the season, the stretch run is fast approaching, and it all comes down to this… again: While the rest of the league can sit back and watch as spectators, this Route 80 four-game series in our own Garden State...
Thirteen Hits Not Enough As Miners Drop Opening Game to Ottawa Boxscore May 23, Ottawa, ON - A nine-run outburst by the Ottawa Titans in the third and fourth innings proved to be too much for the Sussex County Miners to overcome, as their comeback attempt that...
Becomes The Eighteenth Miner Since 2018 To Go From Sussex County To Affiliated Ball June 28, Augusta, NJ - The Sussex County Miners announced today that the Texas Rangers have purchased the contract of 2B Trey Hair, making him the eleventh player to have his contract...
Run Winning Streak To 4 With Pair Of Wins June 11, Augusta, NJ - The Sussex County Miners (11-2) welcomed Major League veteran Todd Frazier to the ballclub in the morning, then went out and swept the evening's doubleheader against the Tri-City ValleyCats (3-10) by final...
Voice of the Miners Always Ready to Go It’s hard to tell what Bret Leuthner loves more – the game of baseball or the art of broadcasting. Fortunately, he doesn’t have to choose. A dream job? You’d better believe it. He’s...
