(This was also the first winning season here since 2011.)Įverything had to go at the team’s gear shop. The season average was 2,984, a tick above the past couple of seasons, well up from the depths of around 2,000 in 2012 but still regularly last in the league. “If they supported it like last night, maybe they’d still be here,” said Carmen Macisco of Newtown, who attended with her husband both days. Friday’s was 3,265, and Saturday’s was a full-house 5,550. That brought up Mayor Joe Ganim, whose first administration built the ballpark and brought the Bluefish to town, and whose second administration sent them away.įans’ boos mostly drowned him out as he asked for a hand for the team, “for 20 years of family entertainment.”Īttendance was 4,909. “In ‘99 we did something special,” he said, “won a championship for you and the city. “I call this home as well,” said the Brooklyn native.Įspada was the other Bluefish to get his number retired. 19 was retired, by the team, said Bridgeport was the only team to offer him a contract in 2008. Maybe the numbers didn’t show it, but everybody supported us on the field and off the field.” “My children are being raised here, and it’s all because of the Bluefish,” said Guilfoyle, now a Fairfield police officer. It won a championship in 1999, its second season, and was runner-up four other times.Ī pregame ceremony featured words from former owner Mickey Herbert, now the president of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council, along with former players Mike Guilfoyle, Adam Greenberg, Luis Lopez and Angel Espada.
BLUEFISH BRIDGEPORT PLUS
The franchise’s final record was 1341-1296, plus 13-18 in the playoffs. Coincidentally, it’s tied with Lancaster, which also missed the playoffs in the Freedom Division. Indeed, though, Bridgeport’s 76-64 record tied for best in the league. A 9-2 run got the Bluefish back in the second-half race, but Saturday’s loss left them two behind Long Island with just one to play. Somerset won the Liberty Division’s first-half title, a game better than the Bluefish. Everybody knows I had the best record in the league, and I’ve got to go home.” I would like to make the playoffs as a manager. There’s more jobs,” said manager Luis Rodriguez, who played here eight years and managed two more. LAST TRAIN WHISTLE: A passing Amtrak train saluted the fans at 3:22 p.m. LAST STRIKEOUT: Delcarmen fanned Tyler Bortnick to end the top of the ninth. LAST BRIDGEPORT PITCHER: Former Red Sox pitcher Manny Delcarmen pitched the top of the ninth, giving up four runs but ending it with the. LAST HOME RUN: Cuevas blasted a 1-1 pitch over the left-field wall with one out in the bottom of the first. LAST EJECTION: Somerset third baseman Mark Minicozzi had words for home-plate umpire Kris Engstead after striking out in the top of the ninth, got tossed and then appeared to bump Engstead at least once. LAST OUT: The Patriots’ Jon Hunton got Santiago Nessy to fly to right on a 1-1 pitch to end the game at 4:04 p.m. LAST RBI/RUN: Bridgeport’s Jonathan Galvez’s sacrifice fly scored Jose Cuevas from third base with one out in the ninth. LAST HIT: Bridgeport third baseman Angelys Nina, a pop-fly single into right field with two out in the bottom ninth.
Some prominent “lasts” in the history of the Ballpark at Harbor Yard: Somerset, now the only remaining original Atlantic League team, beat Bridgeport 9-2 in the last game in Bluefish franchise history.
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