Play ball: NJ minor league teams set to return after 2020 hiatus
Following a year in which the Major League Baseball schedule was sliced by more than 100 games, with no competitive Minor League games at all, the road to the Majors is opening back up again this spring, and New Jersey will play a key role.
It s going to be different for many reasons, most related to COVID-19, but also because the very landscape of New Jersey minor league baseball has shifted since 2019.
The New York Yankees have moved their AA affiliation (two steps away from MLB) from the Trenton Thunder, which had been a Yankee partner since 2003, to Bridgewater s Somerset Patriots, who ve been around since 1998 but were never before connected to a Major League team.
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At this point in 2020, life was normal, the economy was in a stable enough place and then one month later, everything turned upside down for months leaving many out of work.
As of December of 2020, 6.8-percent of Ocean County was unemployed,
That number continued to grow as the months wore on but now as we head into 2021, employment opportunities for all things we enjoy about the summer are coming back.
If you re looking for work, even part-time, there are a dugout and bullpen full of opportunities for you to sign-up for this baseball season.