Tom Brookens Managing Oneonta

[Craig341]

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.jsp?ymd=20050120&content_id=932814&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp

[Gantry]

TB has been added to the WATN Page, along with Larry Herndon.  He got a mention at the end of the article...

What exactly does "Class A Oneonta of the short-season New York-Penn League." mean?  Since the former manager of this team was promoted to the A club, this is some sort of sub-A minor league?  I used "low-A" from another entry, but don't really know what that means...

[JoeDirt]

They have "short seasons" for the players that are new to professional ball...to help 'em adjust from HS/college season lengths to professional schedules.

[Gantry]

Is "low-A" a proper designation for this?  The page mentioned it was A

[Big Apple RBI Champ]

Each organization has one Triple A, one Double A and several A teams.  They differentiate between High A and Low A.  e.g. Mets High A is St. Lucie and Low A is Capital City.

So Low A is like Quadruple A.

[Gantry]

So if a team has 3 A teams for example, do they still fall into the High A and Low A categories?

[Big Apple RBI Champ]

I think each organization only has one high a and several low a, but i am not sure.

[Gantry]

Works for me, this club definitely wasn't the high-A team.  Thanks for the info...

[Big Apple RBI Champ]

yeah, "Stoneonta" is low A