Today, Major League Baseball gave permission to the Tampa Bay Rays to explore the possibility to become a two market team. The team would play its home games in the Tampa Bay area in the early part of the season and in Montreal in the remainder. ESPN came with this new item. Prerequisite for this…
Today, another little piece of baseball history, even though it is only baseball related. This blog post is about the famous Abe Stark sign at Ebbets Field, the former home of the former Brooklyn Dodgers. In the early days of baseball, many MLB parks looked like many MiLB parks look nowadays. The outfield walls were…
Today 107 and 106 years ago there were some ballpark christenings. In 1912 Fenway Park opened its doors. A year later another iconic ballpark would be opened: Ebbets Field. Even though the first MLB game at Fenway Park was played on April 20, the first game ever was played on April 9, 1912. The Red…
After a blog post about the comic “Peanuts” and baseball, I thought it would be nice to describe how peanuts became a common thing in baseball. We all know the verse of “Take me out to the ballgame”, “Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks.” Since this song is from 1908 it means that the legume…
According to the Long Beach Post, the city of Long Beach and the Los Angeles Angels are involved in talks about a possible move of the baseball club to the Californian coastal town. The ballpark should be built at a Downtown waterfront lot. Since the current ballpark lease runs through 2020, the eventual move will…
With a special logo, the Texas Rangers herald the final season of Globe Life Park in Arlington, the ballpark that was their home since 1994. According to Ballparkbiz.wordpress.com, the logo show on the picture below is slightly different than the logo the Rangers wear on their uniform. The actual logo mentions the name Globe Life…
Recently the Boston Red Sox ownership requested a name change for Yawkey Way, the street that runs next to Fenway Park which is named after one of the previous owners of the Bosox, Tom Yawkey. But despite this request, the club is not seeking to remove the name of Yawkey and his wife in Morse…
A wheelchair-using Cubs fan has sued the Chicago Cubs for the lack of enough wheelchair space at Wrigley Field. According to David F. Cerda, the Wrigley Field renovations have eliminated or excluded some disabled accessible spaces at the Friedly Confines, thus violating federal law. Cerda, who is using a wheelchair since he was ten years old,…
Finally, the cat is out of the bag. Maricopa County has freed $3.75 million for the much-needed repairs of Chase Field. The Maricopa County Stadium District has approved a $3.75 million contract for additional improvements to Chase Field. The contract was approved Wednesday and will contain steel and concrete repair work which is expected to…
Marathon runners don’t usually mean the Big Green Monster at Fenway Park when they talk about hitting the wall. But today, 50 runners will circle the outfield 116 times to cover the classic 26.2-mile distance in a race being billed as the first marathon held entirely within the confines of a major league ballpark. While the…
