The Brothers Hoorelbeke, Jesse and Casey, are having quite a summer in their new home, the independent Northern League.
Jesse, who was the Atlantic League’s all-star first baseman when he bombed 23 homers and drove in 88 runs for Bridgeport in ‘09, is setting the home run pace with 11 in his first 30 games in the Northern League, and he is second in batting at .343 and third in RBI at 28 for league-leading Fargo, ND. He had a three-home run game earlier this week. He played at Fargo in 2006 before coming to Bridgeport for three years, leading the Atlantic League in home runs (33) in 2007 and in RBI (106) the next season.
Meanwhile, Casey, who also played for the Bluefish one year ago, has the second best earned run average in the league at 1.39.
This story was only one of those in Friday's subscriber-only Atlantic League Notebook. Some of the other features of the Notebook include:
--If Bobby Valentine takes over the Florida Marlins, as suggested, could this recent Atlantic Leaguer be reunited with him?
--Two of the six players Oakland took out of the Atlantic League recently are gone. Who are they, and how are the remaining four doing?
--York turns to an established local businessman as its new president and general manager
--Which Atlantic League teams have the most players now in major league organizations? See the count for each team.
Subscriptions to the Atlantic League Notebook are $29.95 for the season, and are available by using the link elsewhere on this page.
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