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Thornton Returns, Hitt Signs To Further Strengthen Staff April 10, Augusta, NJ - Just before the Easter holiday arrived, the Miners treated themselves to two more arms in preparation for the upcoming season. On Thursday, Sussex County signed right-handed pitcher Robbie Hitt, and they followed that...

     It was getting to be late in the season last year, and the Miners were tangled in a six-team race for three East Division playoff spots. The pitching was there – one of the Frontier League’s best teams on the mound. But, at...

   Last year, the Miners did not face their biggest rival, the New Jersey Jackals, until the 40th game of the season on July 1. This year, they’ll meet in Game 7 on May 19. That’s just one of this year’s scheduling twists to look forward...

  While playing third base for the Rutgers University baseball team 15 years ago, Vinnie Sangemino learned much more than just how to hit a curve ball or how to handle a vicious one-hopper at the hot corner. He learned about teamwork and leadership and how...

Last year’s Miners just missed the Frontier League’s postseason playoffs, losing a couple of heart-breakers in the last week of the season while a couple of rival teams suddenly got ridiculously and uncharacteristically hot down the stretch.      The solution to those last-minute quirks? Don’t...

Above: Miners John Baker (photo credit: Phil Hoops)   Skylands Stadium won’t be the same this year. Two strange new additions will be obvious as soon as fans reach their seats. The game of baseball won’t be quite the same either. That will be obvious as soon...

Widger Named as New Manager      The Miners will have a new manager in the dugout when they take the field in 2023 – a former major leaguer who played in a World Series and played for some legendary managers over the course of his...

8th Championship Season Begins On The Road October 3, Augusta, NJ - Mark your calendars, Miners fans! The Sussex County Miners will kick off their 8th Championship Season - and 9th overall - with a 3-game series at the Joliet Slammers on Friday, May 12th. This...

 It was another great summer of baseball in a great little Field of Dreams ballpark next to North Jersey corn fields, a time for little kids with wide eyes to see their first pro games and for grandmas and grandpas to be magically young again...

One or two hits in May or June… A walk instead of a strikeout in July… A putout instead of an error in August… A one-run win instead of a one-run loss one routine night at home… A round-tripper instead of a long foul ball...