Back in 2014, I wrote a series of blog posts about the origin of minor league team names. Since then, the minor league landscape has changed a lot. Clubs moved, adopted new names. All reasons to have a new series in which the new names are added and explained. This time the letter: D Danville Braves:…
Taiwanese baseball is known for its small-ball approach. The islanders are playing an attractive kind of baseball with hit and run, (sacrifice) bunting and timely hitting. That was in the past. Nowadays you see more power hitters in Taiwanese baseball. Sure thanks to training and lifting weights, players are getting stronger but there is another…
Today, 108 years ago, the Detroit Tigers fielded mainly an amateur team against the Athletics in Philadelphia. Why? Continue reading and you’ll find out. What was the reason, the Tigers refused to play? Well, in a game vs the Highlanders in New York a few days earlier, Cobb was heckled by a Highlander fan. He…
A few days ago, I posted the links to the Twitter accounts of three CPBL teams. As I could not find an account of the 7-Eleven Uni Lions, I assumed you could not watch their home games. WRONG. I found a Twitter account linked to the Lions that shows their home games as well. https://twitter.com/ElevenSportsTW…
In today’s episode of Baseball Shorts, we pay attention to a no-hitter that wasn’t celebrated after the final out as it was only ruled a nono after the end of the game. On May 6, 1917, a scoring change by a panel of sportswriters after the game turned the game into a no-hitter. The panel…
In today’s episode of Baseball Related Songs, we pay attention to 31 Seasons in the Minor Leagues, performed by Jason Molina’s band Magnolia Electric Co. The song comes from the EP “Hard to Love a Man.” Magnolia Electric Co. is the successor of the band Songs: Ohia of which Jason Molina also was the lead…
Since I forgot to post a Peanuts Baseball Comic yesterday, let’s do one today. Enjoy.
In today’s edition of Baseball Shorts, we pay attention to the term Uecker Seats, named after former MLB catcher and play-by-play announcer Bob Uecker. Uecker seats are referred to seats with a very poor view of the playing field. The term can be linked to one of longtime Milwaukee Brewers announcer Bob Uecker’s TV ads in which he…
Starting tomorrow, May 15, the CPBL will allow clubs to host 2,000 fans in their ballparks. Also, concession stands will be opened. According to a tweet by the Taiwanese professional baseball league, the aforementioned measures are taken to make it possible for families to watch a ballgame again. 入場観客数を増やす提案が承認され、金曜日（5月15日）から、ファンの入場が最大2,000人まで可能となります！ さらに球場ではお弁当などの飲食物が販売され、家族連れの方々は隣同士で座ることができます。 ファンの皆様、球場でお待ちしております！#CPBL#球場で会おう pic.twitter.com/lIVzHhzMQS — CPBL 中華職棒…
Back in 2014, I wrote a series of blog posts about the origin of minor league team names. Since then, the minor league landscape has changed a lot. Clubs moved, adopted new names. All reasons to have a new series in which the new names are added and explained. This time the letter: C Carolina Mudcats:…
