New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang brought a New England Collegiate Baseball League team to New Bedford, but the team received very little community support.
Adley Rutschman: O’s fans are ready
Published Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2021, 10:51 pm
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Adley Rutschman (35) was the #1 overall pick in the 2019 MLB Draft. Photo by Scott German.
Last season, because of the COVID-19 crisis, Major League Baseball was reduced to a 60-game regular season schedule, and minor league baseball went dark for the entire season.
Not the best of situations for those players in the infancy stages of their baseball careers.
But for some minor leaguers the void of actual games was not to be an impediment. Such was the case for Adley Rutschman, who was determined to make the most of his 2020 minor league season.