There has been minor league baseball in Princeton, West Virginia since 1988, and only once, in 1994, did the local team take the Appalachian League crown. The Princeton Rays are one win away from giving their city its second championship and its first since they became a Tampa Bay Rays affiliate after a dominating victory to start their best-of-3 series against the Greeneville Astros.
Advanced Rookie Appalachian League Championship Series: Princeton Rays 12, Greeneville Astros 2
There truly wasn’t a single weak link in the chain. Aside from Blair Beck, who was a late-inning defensive replacement, the worst performance from anyone on the P-Rays came from Peter Maris, who still went 1 for 4 with a walk, an RBI, and 2 runs scored.