After yesterday’s hail out, it was bad weather all day around the Australian capital, and ast some point hailstones fell out of the sky, there was a double header scheduled for today between the Cavalry and the Bite. In a very close game two (first game of the day), the Bite took a 2-0 lead…
The only affiliated minor league club in Canada, the Vancouver Canadians (A Short Season, Northwest League) has signed a PDC extension with the only MLB club in Canada, the Toronto Blue Jays through the 2018 season. In the past season, the Canadians set an attendance record with 215,595 fans that passed the turnstiles of Nat…
The South Dakota League and the Dakota League were one and the same league that changed names twice during its existence from 1920-1923. The South Dakota League was founded in 1920 as a class D league. In that first year, the league contained eight teams, all from South Dakota. Cities represented: Aberdeen, SD: Aberdeen Boosters…
This is far from Dutch baseball news, but it sure is worth mentioning because you hardly hear anything about Lithuanian baseball. Lithuanian right handed pitcher, Dovydas Neverauskas has received an invitation for the MLB Spring Training camp of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 23-year old will report at Bradenton, the Pirates ST facility and also home of…
In the first game of the best of three semi-final between the Adelaide Bite and the Canberra Cavalry, the Bite took off very well. After the Cavalry took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning on a two run jack hit by Ryan Miller, the Bite evened the score in the very…
In the course of history, there have been five editions of the Cotton States League. The first version of the league saw the light in 1902 and lasted twelve years with the exception of 1909 when the league was inactive. The second one was founded in 1922 and lasted through 1932. Four years later a third…
After the Columbia Fireflies presented their new caps (all glow in the dark), it took a while before they unveiled their new uniforms. But yesterday the moment was finally there. The home jersey will be white with navy piping and will be carrying the word Firefles in grey/silver and with a navy lining/background. Yellow curved…
The Boston Red Sox and their A Full Season affiliate, the Greenville Drive, have extended their player development contract through the 2020 season. The cooperation between the two clubs stated in 2005, when the South Atlantic League club moved from Columbia SC to Greenville to become the Drive (eventually). The last time that the Red Sox extended…
The Yard Goats stay in the center of the attention. And this time not because of the contruction delays of their new ballpark Dunkin’ Donuts Park. Even though they haven’t played a game yet and even though their new stadium is far from finished, the Hartford Yard Goats have extended the cooperation with their parent…
The Copper Country Soo League was a minor league that was situated in the area of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, an area that is better known for its hockey history than for its baseball history. The league contained teams from mining towns along the Soo Line Railroad. The league was first recognized by the the National Association of Professional…
