BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field will be home to the MLB Little League Classic, a regular season game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates. As you may know, Williamsport is home to the Little League World Series. It was in March 2017 that the MLB Little League Classic was announced. MLB…
Unlike the teams in the hoofdklasse playoffs, the teams in the promotion/relegation group will only play on Saturday and Sunday. This is a big advantage for the three clubs from the hoofdklasse because their rotation is made for three games per week instead of two. On the first day of the first round, DSS hosted Onze…
On the second day of the first playoff round, L&D Amsterdam Pirates crushed Hoofddorp Pioniers and made a statement as one of the candidates to reach the Holland Series. Even though HCAW did not win, they made Curaçao Neptunus work hard for their money. Hoofddorp Pioniers 0 – 12 L&D Amsterdam Pirates In a game that…
Cashman Field in Las Vegas will host the first-ever Mexican Baseball Fiesta. Earlier this month, the Las Vegas 51s featured MiLB’s “It’s fun to be a fan campaign” in which the AAA teams sported Spanish names on their jerseys. In Las Vegas’ case, the 51s were named Reyes de la Plata for one day. Now…
On the first day of playoff round one, Hoofddorp Pioniers hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates and Curaçao Neptunus hosted HCAW. Even though it wasn’t a blowout score, the Amsterdam victory never was in danger as was the victory of Neptunus over HCAW. L&D Amsterdam Pirates 4 – 1 Hoofddorp Pioniers L&D Amsterdam Pirates took an early…
About a month and a half after Curaçao Neptunus’ Urvin Kemp was suspended because of alleged PED use. Earlier this week, strong rumors about a second player swirled around. And indeed a second player of Curaçao Neptunus has been suspended. In this case Christian Diaz. After I was informed about the rumors, I did some research and…
He may end up in the history books as one of the worst owners in Major League Baseball: Jeffrey Loria, soon, former owner of the Miami Marlins. An owner that hijacked and blackmailed a city into paying 80% of the costs of a ballpark. A former owner who hijacked a Canadian team and was responsible…
After months, if not years, of talk about possible locations for a new 51s ballpark, there is some positive news to announce as the 51s are “cautiously optimistic about a new stadium deal.” This is what the Las Vegas Review-Journal headed. After years of insecurity, the owners of the 51s seem to be optimistic to…
In this edition of Minor League History, I pay attention to the Kansas State League. The league had several runs of which the first was in 1887. The last started in 1909 and would last three seasons. After the league folded for the final time, the Central Kansas League adopted the vacant name in 1913….
In one of the Pony League World Series elimination games, the Netherlands took on Brownsville from Texas. Just like yesterday, the game didn’t go well for the Dutch. The pitching was hit hard and had to allow twelve runs on fourteen hits. Eventually, the Dutch fell to Brownsville 12-4. After Texas took a 4-0 lead…
