Unlike the blog post of last week in which was written that A.S.D. Rimini Pirates appeared to be saved, the curtain has fallen for the three-time Italian champion. Today it was announced the club will be put back to the Italian third division. Last week, RiminiToday had a positive article about the club in which…
Normally, with this blog, I stay away from politics or social issues. Unless it is baseball related like the MiLB salary dispute. In the case of this blog post, it is baseball related (in)directly. As a baseball cap nut, it is time for me to write an accusal against New Era cap co. For decades…
Today a lot of traffic on Twitter about the future uniforms of the Padres. As the Padres announced earlier, the team will return to brown as one of the main colors in 2020. Today someone posted pictures of possible uniforms of the 2020 Padres. It remains to be seen which uniforms the Padres will wear…
In imitation of the NPB, the Taiwanese Baseball League, CPBL, will sign a deal regarding a posting system. CPBL commissioner Wu Chih-Yang and MLB senior vice president Jim Small will both sign the agreement on March 8. In previous years MLB teams were unable to bid on Taiwanese players and since MLB believes CPBL’s “international…
After many players turned their back on A.S.D. Rimini Pirates it looked like the club would not be able to field a team for the upcoming season in the Serie A1. This would mean it would be demoted to one of the lower Italian leagues. But according to RiminiToday, the flagship team is almost ready….
In the wake of the Bryce Harper lunacy, today a blog post about two players that were the highest paid players in their days. Regarding the money they got, none could stand in the shadow of Harper’s $330 million. On this day in 1927, a certain Yankee player became the highest paid player ever as…
Today, 111 years ago, MLB introduced the sacrifice fly rule. It would take some attempts before the rule was reinstated for good. In 1908 MLB introduced the sac fly rule. But after 23 years the rule was abolished again only to be reintroduced in 1939. This stay was rather short as the rule was cut…
After extending Aaron Hicks’ contract for seven years, the Yankees are reportedly looking to keep Didi Gregorius in their ranks. The only right decision of course. Didi Gregorius joined the Yankees after a trade on December 5, 2014. He had the ungrateful task to replace Derek Jeter, a big fan favorite. The comments about the…
Last year you could read here about the Amarillo Sod Poodles unveiling their home jersey. Today, the club unveiled their road jersey and alternate jersey as well. The home jersey was described in the aforementioned blog post already. The road jersey and alternate jersey have the same feature the home jersey has as well. Blue…
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…
