Flying Squirrels to return to action on May 4
Fred Jeter | 2/25/2021, 6 p.m.
Starved for baseball?
Circle May 4 on your calendar.
That’s the date the Richmond Flying Squirrels will return to action for the first time since 2019.
The entire 2020 season for all minor league baseball was canceled because of the global pandemic.
The 2021 version of the Flying Squirrels will commence a 120-game schedule against the Hartford Yard Goats of Connecticut, an affiliate team of the Colorado Rockies.
The teams will play a six-game series through May 9 at The Diamond on Arthur Ashe Boulevard in Richmond. At this juncture, there are no details regarding any pandemic-caused attendance limitations.
Richmond will continue to be the AA farm club of the parent San Francisco Giants, but the name of its league has changed.
The old Eastern League is now the Double A Northeast League. Richmond will compete in the Southwest Division with teams from Akron, Ohio; Altoona, Erie and Harrisburg, Penn., and Bowie, Md.
The regular season will end with an Aug. 14-19 series at Erie.
Back for his second stint as manager will be José Alguacil. The native Venezuelan managed Richmond in 2015, posting a 72-68 record.
Prior to the 2020 cancelation, Richmond was 55-84 in 2019 under manager Willie Harris.
