German 1. Baseball Bundesliga club Regensburg Legionäre presented its secondary/mascot logo today. Next to the primary logo that came from the cooperation with new sponsor Guggenberg, the team now has another logo. A while after the Legionäre announced the new sponsor, the new primary logo was presented. The logo is modern, sports the name of…
Yesterday, the FFBS (Federation Française de Baseball et Softball) presented the new alignment of the highest French baseball league, the Division 1. The league of eleven teams will be split in two divisions, just like 2019 (last year, no competion was played due to corona). What catches the eye immediately is the alignment of both…
The former New York-Penn League member, Vermont LakeMonsters will have a new owner. Besides that the club will join the Futures League, a collegiate wood bat league. Luckily another team that was abandoned by MLB because of the short term profits for the MLB owners, has likely found a new home. The Vermont LakeMonsters will…
Some baseball news from Spain. The Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation (RFEBS: Real Federación Española de Béisbol y Sófbol) had decided to rename the current highest baseball and softball leagues in the country. The highest baseball league in Spain is scheduled to start on April 11, barring corona misery. The RFIBS has announced through a…
Last week you could read here about the Yakult Swallows chasing Dutch pitcher Rick van den Hurk to bolster their rotation. Today the news was released that the 35-year old was signed by the “other” team from Tokyo. The Swallows signed Van den Hurk for 79 Million Yen, which comes close to $750,000. So with…
One of the teams that was left alone by its parent club recently, has found a new home. The former Pittsburgh Pirates A Full season affiliate, West Virginia Power has joined the “independent” Atlantic League. After MLB cut 40 MiLB teams to safe the MLB owners $700,000 per year, several teams took their time to…
What started as a single interview with Rick van Dijck, turns out to be a series of interviews with lesser known players from the Netherlands and the Dutch kingdom, who play abroad. This time we pay attention to Phildrick Llewellyn. For the diehard Dutch baseball fan, the name Phildrick Llewellyn may ring a bell. But…
Currently, the playoffs in Cuban baseball are being played. Today the game between Alazanes de Granma and Vegueros de Pinar del Rio is streamed live by the WBSC. Enjoy. https://fb.watch/3R2WOky1AI/ VS
It has been a while since the last episode. In today’s edition of Minor League History we pay attention to a very short lived professional baseball league that lasted less than two weeks. The Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League. If you know the geography of the United States, you will know that this league operated…
Some time ago, you could read here about Bob Uecker and his quotes. But years before the active days of Bob Uecker, there was a player that was at least as colorful as Uecker was. For sure he was the better player of the two but he had some very humorous quotes as well. We…
