I guess that you all have heard about the retirement of Chicago White Sox’ DH Adam Laroche. Some hazy stories surrounds this sudden retirement. Both parties, the White Sox and LaRoche tell a version of the story that doesn’t quite match the other. In 2015, Adam Laroche signed a two year deal with the White…
In a game that was close for the most part, Panama eventually stayed on the right side of the score as the French pitching staff had a hard time finding the strike zone at moments that mattered. Panama 7 – 4 France France took an early 2-0 lead as…
Both the Czech Republic and Nicaragua were in a must win situation. The Czechs advanced to this game by beating neighbour Germany and Nicaragua was sentenced to this game because of their loss vs Mexico. Nicaragua 7 – 6 Czech Republic The Czech Republic started the game well with…
This is old news by now, but the Pittsburgh Pirates will bring back the yellow jerseys and the black pants, fashioned after the “We are family” Pirates, the team that won the World Series in 1979. Together with this uniform comes the black pillbox cap. All I can say is “AWESOME!!!” Early February the team announced, what…
In the past few weeks, many MiLB clubs presented their promotional schedule. There will be a variety of promotions like giving away bobbleheads or refrigerator magnets. Also varioius themed jerseys will be part of these promotional nights. I think that the Fort Myers Miracle come up with the best themed jersey so far this season….
In the night cap of the World Baseball Classic, played at Rod Carew Stadium in Panama City, Colombia and Panama pulled up a nice game that wasn’t as lopsided as the night game in Mexicali. Colombia 6 – 3 Panama Both teams kept each other in check rather…
In the night cap of the World Baseball Classic Qualifier in Mexicali, Mexico took on Nicaragua and proved to be way too strong for the small neighbour. The fact that Mexico scored the first nine runs on only three hits, shows the balance of power in this game. Nicaragua 0 – …
Czech Republic 15 – 3 Germany Another surprising result in the game in the losers bracket, between the Czech Republic and Germany. In the first inning the Germans took a 1-0 lead when Kent Matthes scored on Donald Lutz’ sac fly to left field. But in the third inning…
France 5 – 3 Spain In the day game, the French team did the unexpected. The team cruised to a 5-3 victory to send the Spaniards home and to stay alive in the tournament. Already in the first inning the French lineup did not show any mercy for the Spanish pitching staff as…
The WBSC released the new World Rankings today. https://twitter.com/WBSCBaseball/status/710794210555854848 As expected Japan remained in first place as did the USA remained in second. Chinese Taipei moved up a spot and Korea moved up four due to their great performance during the inaugural Premier 12. Cuba dropped to fifth place. The biggest free fall made team…
