Today, out of the blue, the Jacksonville Suns, AA team of the Miami Marlins, announced that it will adopt a new identity. This really comes as a surprise as the team did not organize a name the team contest. The new name? Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp…. Aside from the 1985-1990 seasons, when the team was called…
Randolph Oduber and Dashenko Ricardo will follow the example of Curt Smit and Shairon Martis. Smith and Martis joined the Lincoln SaltDogs of the independent American Association in 2016. Oduber and Ricardo reached an agreement on a contract for the 2017 season. Randolph Oduber played for the organization of the Washington Nationals from 2010 through…
This morning a tweet about the U23 World Cup caught my eye. The U23 World Cup of baseball, played in Mexico under the auspices of the WBSC. Europe is represented by the Czech Republic and Austria. Austria? Yes Austria. In 2014, the Czech Republic won the European U23 championship and Austria finished as the runner…
The Lynchburg HillCats, A Advanced team (Carolina League) of the Cleveland Indians, have adopted a new logo and a new color scheme. They said farewell to the forest green and the cartoonesque logo and replaced it with a more modern look. In all logos there is a combination of navy and two shades of green….
With the move of the Brevard County Manatees to Kissimee in Central Florida a new brand was needed for the A Advanced (Florida State League) Braves affiliation. Yesterday the club presented its new name and the new logos. After a name the team contest the team has chosen for the name of Flordia FireFrogs. “We’re…
The Florida-Alabama-Georgia League saw the light in 1915 as the Georgia State League changed its name when the Americus team moved to Gainesville FL and a team in Dothan AL was added. This happened in June 1915. The Georgia State League had previously been known as the Empire State League. The FLAG league started the…
If you always wanted to own a minor league club, this is your chance. The city of Auburn is putting the DoubleDays into the shopping window. They are asking $6 million for it. In 1982 the city of Auburn took over the team from the owner at his request since he had substantial debts. The…
The city of Richmond Va, the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and the Richmond Flying Squirrels have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding a new ballpark in Richmond. It would be a boulevard area ballpark with a price tag of $50 MM – $60 MM. This was all presented in yesterday’s press release of the…
The Florida International League was a rather stable baseball league that lasted from 1946 though 1954. In fact it was a continuation of the 1940-1942 Florida East Coast League with a couple of the same cities. The backbone of the league were the teams in Miami, St. Petersburg, Tampa and Havana. The team in Havana…
In a new series I will pay attention to several ballparks all over the world, just because they are worth the attention. This series will be a mix of posts about brand new stadiums with all the bells and whistles, old stadiums from yesteryear and everything that is in between. Grainger stadium was the home of…
