As the summer wound down and the major league signing deadline passed, the Orleans Firebirds saw three of their top 2009 performers ink contracts with professional teams. Alex Hassan (Duke), Matt Packer (Virginia) and Jorge Reyes (OregonState) have all played their last collegiate games and will now try their hands at the professional ranks. (More)
Behind a spectacular start from Seth Maness (East Carolina), the Bourne Braves got one run in the third inning and added seven more in the last four frames to defeat the Orleans Firebirds 8-0 Sunday night and move on to the Cape Cod League championship series. (More)
Jorge Reyes (Oregon St.) had retired 18 straight batters when he came out to pitch the ninth inning, but neither he nor the Firebirds' bullpen could close out the deal, as Bourne stunned Orleans with three runs in the ninth to steal a 3-2 win in Game 1 of the second round playoff series. (More)
The AWARD WINNING
Firebirds Clinic will begin on June 15th and continue to run into
August. Please see the Clinics page
for more details and updated information regarding the summer of 2009!