NASHUA – It was the fall of 1999, and two entities in need of a rejuvenation were about to be on a collision course to join forces. There was the Nashua Pride, the independent Atlantic League ...

Butch Hobson walks into a batting cage, holding a bag of baseballs, and arranges a tee. "You ready, hotshot?" he asks a young boy who steps into the batter's box. Standing in the cage behind the left ...

Regarding the July 8 Sports article "Trying to Make Contact; Hobson Hopeful of Another Big League Call-Up": My family is host to the former major leaguers Butch Hobson and Andy Etchebarren for the ...

<P> <I>Posted at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday</I><P> Usually manager Butch Hobson and the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs leave the curveballs to their Atlantic League-leading pitching staff.<P> Not this time.<P> ...

NASHUA – The Class of 2025 for the Nashua Lions Club Legends of Holman Hall of Fame is now complete. Former longtime Nashua Pride manager Butch Hobson was presented with his award at Friday night’s ...

Butch Hobson is beginning his third season as the Lancaster Barnstormers manager. Hobson began his pro career in 1973. The 2013 season is his 41st year in pro baseball. Each week, he sits down with ...

In 738 career major league games, Hobson batted .248 with 98 homers and 397 RBIs.<P> "It's never really been anything I've politicked for," Hobson said about returning to a major league organization. ...

Clell Hobson Sr., a football and baseball standout at Alabama in the early 1950s and the father of Butch Hobson, died Thursday. He was 93. Born Nov. 28, 1930, in Tuscaloosa, Hobson played for the ...