On the second day of the final round of the regular ABL season, the bad weather in Sydney continued, so the game was cancelled again. It is expected that both on Saturday and on Sunday double headers will be played. With the play off landscape set, the remaining games were rather meaningless. The Adelaide Bite…
The Hagerstown Suns (A Full Season, South Atlantic League affiliate of the Washington Nationals) have tried to get out of town in the past few years. Several attempts to move to Celebrate Virginia South, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania, but in all cases the plans fell through somehow. In Fredericksburg, the stadium plan was balked when it…
Kalian Sams, outfielder of team Kingdom of the Netherlands will not return to the Quebec Capitales in the upcoming season. On the day of the press conference of team Netherlands in preparation on the Premier 12 tournament, he told me that he liked it in Quebec but that he was looking for something different. This…
The new stadium of the new Hartford Yard Goats, will open later than planned. A lot later. But at least the city of Hartford and the contractor have picked an opening date: May 31. A couple of weeks ago, it was announced that the stadium would open later than the planned April 7. But when…
Today the final round of the regular season started in the ABL. The game between the Sydney Blue Sox and the Melbourne Aces was cancelled due to bad weather. Perth Heat 2 – 5 Brisbane Bandits The Brisbane Bandits took an important step towards clinching a spot in the championship series by beating the Perth…
The Connecticut League started as the Connecticut State League in 1884. In 1902 classifications were given to minor leagues for the first time. The Connecticut League, as it was renamed in 1901, got a class D classification but it was upgraded to class B in 1905. At the start the league was an independent league…
This year the Visalia Rawhide will celebrate seventy years of professional baseball in the city of Visalia. Visalia is located a bit Southeast of Fresno and Northwest of Sequoia National Park. In fact the team is celebrating that Visalia saw professional baseball for the first time in 1946 because it has not been a 70-year…
The New York Yankees and shortstop Didi Gregorius have come together to avoid salary arbitration. Both parties have reached agreement on a $2.425 million one-year salary for 2016. Didi was part of a three team trade that sent Shane Greene to the Tigers, and LHP Robbie Ray and infielder Domingo Leyba Diamondbacks. Gregorius had to replace Derek Jeter, who hung…
The Colorado State League had four editions, all in the 19th century. During those four editions, the league operated as an independent league. The first run of the Colorado State League was in 1885. The league contained only three teams: the Leadville Blues, the Pueblo Pastimes and the Denver Browns. Bud Fowler, the first black professional ballplayer…
Recently you could read here that there are strong rumors that the High Desert Mavericks and the Bakersfield Blaze will switch leagues in the near future. With the news that was announced Friday, that moment may come sooner than later. On Thursday the city council of Adelanto has voted unanimously to terminate the stadium deal with…
