Owner of the Miami Marlins, Jeffrey Loria, has put the club into the shopping window. Forbes announced the news on Thursday, noting that Loria has quite a steep asking price: $1,7 billion. The Marlins will host its very first All Star Game next summer and according to Loria this will put the club into the spotlights….
In a press release, the organizing committee of the Haarlem Baseball Week has announced that there will be no 29th edition in 2018. This institution of Dutch Baseball was world renowned. The 2016 appeared to be its swan song. In a press release the organizing committee explained that the financial buffer was gone after the…
About a month after the Binghamton Mets announced their name change, the team has unveiled their new uniforms. The new uniforms of the Binghamton Rumble Ponies lack creativity and originality. The club presented four different uniforms. Of course the home jersey that sports the name Rumble Ponies across the chest. The letters are scarlet with a silver…
According to the Duch American sports magazine Sport America, the Texas Rangers are opposed to the participation in the World Baseball Classic of four of their star players. The Arlington based club will send an appeal to Major League Baseball. The Rangers had to deal with the invitation of eight of their players by their national…
After planning an independent ballpark in Boston suburb Malden first, developer Alex Bok has shifted towards affiliated baseball. The Field of Dreams project was first projected to become a Atlantic Association ballpark, even though there never was a deal with the league. After negotiating in the past months, MiLB has granted permission to Bok to…
In the 51st (rainouts included) of the tournament, Europe faced the CPBL representatives. In a game that was rather close, Europe showed some resilience as the team managed to stay in the lead after every rally of the Taiwanese. A solid outing by Marc Habeck was the foundation for the 7-6 win. With France’s Marc Habeck on the mound,…
Wednesday the news spread quickly. The Cleveland Indians would get rid of the Chief Wahoo logo. Instead of the navy home cap, the team would sport the red cap which sports the blue C. But according to ABC news, the club is not getting rid of the Chief Wahoo logo. Team officials announced that the…
The Australian Baseball League announced the rosters for the upcoming All Star Game today. Two Europeans and a few players that used to play in the Dutch hoofdklasse are added to the World All Star Roster or to the roster of team Australia. BlueSox player Craig Anderson, former player for Curacao Neptunus of the Dutch…
After a surprising rout of the KBO, team Europe wasn’t quite a match for the CPBL representatives. The foundation of the loss was built in the first two innings when the CPBL scored seven runs. Eventually Europe lost 14-4. Starting pitcher Taylor Clemensia recorded two quick outs in the first inning but then could not…
After opting for free agency, Curacaoan star closer Kenley Jansen has signed a 5-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The deal is reportedly worth $80MM. During the season, Jansen did not want to talk about a contract extension but as the end of the season neared, the Dodgers didn’t hide their intentions to go…
