The Amarillo Globe-News discovered an email that suggests that the Colorado Springs SkySox may move to San Antonio. At least that is what the newspaper says. The newspaper quoted the email, written by Amarillo councilman Randy Burkett: “He is working now with the San Antonio team owner to relocate their AAA team to San Antonio and also…
We already knew that there are some similarities between baseball and cricket, but besides the bat and the ball I can’t tell any. The way of throwing is completely different, so the approach of a cricket batsman is different than a baseball batter. But that doesn’t make Windy cricket player Kieran Powell shy away from…
The Coastal Plain League was a class D league between 1937 and 1952. It grew out of a semi-pro league that ran from 1935 through 1936 and that carried the same name. Through the years it appeared to be a rather stable league as no team moved during a season. Only in 1951, the Tarboro…
The class D Central Texas League was founded in 1914 and lasted four years. The league was also called Central Texas Trolley League. The league was organized around the interurban train line between Dallas and Waco, which explains the name Trolley. Cities represented: Corsicana, TX: Corsicana Athletics 1914; Corsicana A’s 1915; Corsicana Athletics 1917 Ennis,…
The Hartford Yard Goats will start their season on the road. Recently you could read here that the new stadium, Dunkin’ Donuts Park, will not be ready in time. It looks like that the delay will be about a month. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? Last season the stadium of the Biloxi Shuckers wasn’t ready in…
Today, Hoofdklasse club HCAW from Bussum, came with a press release in which they announced a new (co) sponsor. Stichting HELDER Gooise Meren has signed a deal which will give the club financial support. Stichting HELDER Gooise Meren is a foundation in the municipality Gooise Meren. This foundation gives information how to deal with addictions…
After it was announced that ASD Parma, and Nettuno were in financial problems, the Godo Knights announced that they would withdraw from the IBL. Godo was replaced by Novarra baseball. Yesterday, Nettuno announced to merge the two teams that are playing in the IBL. In 2014, Nettuno 2 filled the void that was left after…
This weekend in the Australian Baseball League showed some mixed results for the players from Europe. The Sydney Blue Sox lost the series vs the Brisbane Bandits 3-1. In the game that brought the sole victory for Sydney, Donald Lutz went 1 for 4 for Brisbane. For the first time in a few weeks, Lutz…
Just days after he was voted into the Hall of Fame, the Mariners announced that they will retire Ken Griffey Jr’s number. Griffey will be the first Mariner whose number will be retired. His nr. 24 will hang next to Jackie Robinson’s 42. The event of retiring his number will take place on August 6….
When you ask the average baseball fan what the first televised baseball game was, they will probably answer the one in which the Brooklyn Dodgers hosted the Cincinnati Reds. Wrong!!! The first televised baseball game took place in the same year, 1939, but not on August 26 but on May 17. The college teams of…
