Butch Hobson is back in affiliated baseball. The former skipper of the Lancaster Barnstormers will manage the Kane County Cougars, a Class A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, this season. "I'm ...

Butch Hobson walks into a batting cage, holding a bag of baseballs, and arranges a tee. "You ready, hotshot?" he asks a young boy who steps into the batter's box. Standing in the cage behind the left ...

NASHUA – It was the fall of 1999, and two entities in need of a rejuvenation were about to be on a collision course to join forces. There was the Nashua Pride, the independent Atlantic League ...

Butch Hobson is in his third season as the Lancaster Barnstormers manager. Hobson began his pro career in 1973. The 2013 season is his 41st year in pro baseball. Each week, he sits down with beat ...

Butch Hobson is a baseball lifer. “I just decided pretty much when the Good Lord is ready for me to come home, I’ll be on baseball field,” Hobson said. “I love it.” The soon to be 70-year-old manager ...

Regarding the July 8 Sports article "Trying to Make Contact; Hobson Hopeful of Another Big League Call-Up": My family is host to the former major leaguers Butch Hobson and Andy Etchebarren for the ...

This Friday, the first 1,500 fans who come to watch the Chicago Dogs face off against the Cleburne Railroaders receive a free Butch Bobblehead, in celebration of Chicago Dogs field manager Butch ...