Today, the International League announced that current hitting coach of the San Francisco Giants and current third base coach of the Tampa Bay Rays will be inducted to the Hall of Fame in the 2016 class. Meulens was an MVP in the International League in 1990 when playing for the Columbus Clippers. In 1992 Meulens…
Yesterday it was announced that Aruban Catcher, Shawn Zarraga, got an invitation for the Dodgers’ Spring Training camp at the Camelback Ranch in Arizona. Zarraga split the 2015 season between AA Tulsa and AAA Oklahoma City. In the 2014-2015 off season he was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers, where he played most of the time…
Dallasnews.com comes with a story about Dr. Pepper Ballpark. The home of the Frisco RoughRiders (AA Texas League affiliate of the Texas Rangers) will undergo a major upgrade that will add a new attraction in the outfield: The lazy river. Before the start of the 2015 season, the stadium was upgraded for about $5 million…
The Australia Baseball League finished the regular season today. With the Brisbane Bandits, the Adelaide Bite and the Canberra Cavalry, there is only one profitable team that has reached the post season. The other one, the Perth Heat, was out of contention weeks ago. This season’s attendance figures have not been published yet, but during…
The High Desert Mavericks, A Advanced affiliate of the Texas Rangers in the California League, held a Stadium Bazaar day in Stater Bros Stadium yesterday. In the visitors’ clubhouse, the club gave the residents of Adelanto and the surrounding cities the opportunity to add some unique memorabilia to their collections. Highlighted in the sale were autographed bats,…
Today the last games of the regular season in the ABL were played. None of them was of any significance as the play off teams already clinched a spot. The planned double header between the Blue Sox and the Aces was only played half. As the second game was cancelled. In a game in which…
The Sydney Blue Sox and the Melbourne Aces split a double header today. The first game went to Melbourne with a score of 6-3. The second game was won by Sydney with a 4-2 score. In a prologue of the upcoming of the preliminary final between the Canberra Cavalry and the Adelaide Bite, the Cavalry cherished…
Yesterday, it was announced in the podcast “The Show before the Show”, that the Venezuelan Summer League is no more. After 19 years the league shuts down due to several reasons. The league has been plagued by many teams pulling back due to the turmoil that the country faces. Many teams feared for the safety…
A lot of news about players from Curacao and Aruba came out today. First of all Xander Bogaerts received the MVP trophy of the Boston Red Sox. To me it doesn’t come as a surprise after I wrote about the possibility of Bogaerts being the AL MVP. The BWAA writers of the Boston region voted for…
It is no secret that the city of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Convention Center want to get rid of the 51s. Perhaps this is the reason that Cashman Field is heavily neglected. At the end of last season the sewage near the home team dugout broke down as the toilets started to bubble…
