That's a Wrap: Blue Crabs End Their Inaugural Season

SOUTHERN MARYLAND - 9/30/2008

By Pete Hurrey

The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs ended its first-ever baseball season in the Atlantic League with a narrow 2 to 1 victory over rival Camden. on Sept. 21. 

With 70 home games, the Blue Crabs showed  many Southern Marylanders some good  baseball.

 Southern Maryland’s first professional baseball team finished the season one game out of the playoff race. It was quite a first season for the baseball organization and the surrounding community in which the team plays half of its games.

 The team sprang into the Southern Maryland landscape on May 2 with a weekend of pomp, circumstance and fun for a community that has had no professional sports so accessible. The Blue Crabs opened with parades, rock concerts, magic and parachutes and a couple of wins.

 Manager, Butch Hobson did an admirable job with the players he had throughout the season. The team lost the league’s best starting pitchers, John Halama and Dan Reichert to the Cleveland Indians organization.

 However, Hobson managed to keep his young team in focus all the way into September. The team ended the

Fans enjoyed  August's concert  with  REO  Speedwagon.

Fo r the community, Regency Furniture Stadium and the Blue Crabs hosted many events including an event for Breast Cancer Awareness and a Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society. The team and stadium also played host to Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and a number of other local charities.

 Now that the season is over for the Blue Crabs, the venue turns to concerts and meetings until next spring when the team returns for training and another year as Southern Maryland’s own professional baseball team.