...the Southeast. All four rank outside the top five in home runs per game as a league, with the highest being the Carolina League at sixth, averaging 1.36 home runs per game.Four of the bottom five parks in home runs per game are in the South...

...Rice was bumped up from Single-A Kannapolis to Advanced-A Winston-Salem last weekend, played four games in the Carolina League and then was sent back down to Kannapolis on Saturday.Rice went 2 for 13 with Winston-Salem. He posted a .328...

...the United States Navy during WWII. As a young man he played amateur baseball on the Augusta City and Georgia-Carolina Leagues. Later he would go on to coach many teams in the Fleming Community. Vernon worked at the Augusta Arsenal, Camp...

...average has jumped 19 points to .229 since the streak started. He leads the Advanced-A Salem Red Sox, of the Carolina League, with nine home runs.BACK TO JERSEY: USC Aiken product Bill Rice has been promoted within the Phillies' organization...

...special assignment scout and instructor.Ochoa was the hitting coach for Boston's Class-A affiliate in Salem of the Carolina League.Royster was most recently the manager of the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization from 2008-10.

...his reputation as a player with limited offensive potential, even after winning the batting title in the Class A Carolina League last year, hitting .311 for Lynchburg.The Braves wanted to see Simmons hit against more advanced pitching. Simmons...

...night. The Salem Red Sox slugger hit safely in 11 consecutive games, which tied for 10th longest in the Advanced-A Carolina League.1-2-3-4-5 INNING: Charleston RiverDogs closer Mike Montgomery , drafted by the New York Yankees earlier...

...Coast league.Poythress, one of the top hitters in the Advanced-A California League, played in the California/Carolina League All Star Game on Tuesday in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Poythress went 1 for 4 with a double in a 4-3 California League...

...games at Coastal Carolina will be in Myrtle Beach, S.C., at BB&T Coastal Field, home of the Atlanta Braves' Carolina League affiliate. The regional played host to by Connecticut will be played at Dodd Stadium, the home ballpark of the Detroit...

...esophageal cancer. He worked until mid-May as pitching coach at Class A Myrtle Beach, Atlanta's affiliate in the Carolina League. Dal Canton went 51-49 with a 3.67 ERA from 1967-77 with Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Atlanta and the Chicago...