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Bradenton, FL -- The Crosscutters front office staff traveled to Bradenton, Florida during spring training to present the 2001 Crosscutters players with their Championship rings in a special ceremony at Pirate City.  The ceremony was held on-field in front of all Pirates minor league players.  Speakers at the ceremony included; Pirates GM Dave Littlefield and Pirates Manager Lloyd McClendon. 

Cutters Name 2002 Manager, Coaching Staff

The Williamsport Crosscutters announced today that Andy Stewart has been named manager of the 2001 NY-Penn League defending co-champions

Crosscutters Release 2002 Schedule
Cal Ripken, Jr. Joins League As Owner

The 2001 NY-P League Champion Williamsport Crosscutters have released their schedule for the 2002 season. Directly To Schedule

Oquendo Named To Topps Short-A/Rookie Stars

ST. PETERSBURG , FL --Call it the "rich get richer syndrome." The Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Yankees, this year's World Series rivals, seem to have more talent on the way as their farm systems each placed two young players on the 2001 Topps Class A-Short Season/Rookie League All-Star team. Full Story ...

Championship T-Shirts Available At The Sawmill OnLine

The Williamsport Crosscutters are selling Championship T-Shirts at their e-commerce site.  "Get your 2001 Crosscutters Championship T-shirt now!" The T-shirt are available in the color maroon.  Sizes are S, M, L, XL, XXL and the cost- $17.00 ... Buy Some!

Williamsport & Staten Island Dominate All-Star Squad

VanBenschoten Named Top Prospect In NY-P League

Williamsport Crosscuttesr RHP/DH John VanBenschoten was named as the #1 Prospect in the New York-Penn League by Baseball America in their latest issue (Oct. 15-28, 2001).

VanBenschoten received a $2.4 million
signing bonus after being drafted in the 1st round of the 2001 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.  On the mound VanBenschoten was 0-2 with a 3.51 ERA. At the plate he hit .227 with 8 RBI’s.  The listing of the Top 10 Prospects is voted on by the league’s field managers in interviews with Baseball America
staff.

Also named to the list was Cutters 2B Domingo Cuello who ranked as the
#10 Prospect in the league.

Cutters Set New Attendance Record For Williamsport!

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa -- With 72,258 fans through the turnstiles, at Historic Bowman Field this summer, the Williamsport Crosscutters set a new short-season attendance record for a Williamsport Team.  The old record of 67,220 was attained by the 2000 Crosscutters.

In addition, the per game average attendance of 2,007 shattered the highest per game average in Williamsport baseball history, dating back to the late 1800's.  The highest per game average record was previously held by the 1996 Williamsport Cubs who averaged 1808 fans per game.

The Crosscutters ended the regular season with a 48-26 record and were co-champions in the New York-Penn League.

New York-Penn League Cancels Remainder of Championship Series
Brooklyn & Williamsport Named Co-Champions

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa (September 12, 2001) -- The New York-Penn League has cancelled games 2 and 3 of the NY-P League Championship Series between the Williamsport Crosscutters and Brooklyn Cyclones.  The games were scheduled to be played in Brooklyn, NY tonight and tomorrow.

"Due to the emergency situation in the New York Metropolitan area, and out of respect to the families and friends of those who lost their lives or were injured in yesterday's tragic events, we are canceling the remainder of the Championship Series in Brooklyn," said Ben Hayes, President of the New York-Penn League.  Williamsport and Brooklyn have been named co-champions of the NY-P League.

Brooklyn beat Williamsport 7-4 in Game 1 of the series played Monday evening in Williamsport.