Within 24 hours after the Dodgers decided to reject a deal with Hisashi Iwakuma, based on a failed physical. The Mariners, who claimed that signing Iwakuma was their top priority then acted quick and signed the 34-year old right hander to a one year contact of which the financial terms were not disclosed. After Iwakuma…
A while a go you could read an article about the city of Amarillo making a pitch to land an AA team. This would be the Texas League San Antonio Missions. There was a big if. It all depends on another team coming to San Antonio to take the place of the Missions. In an…
Korean outfielder Hyun-Soo Kim, reportedly signed a two year contract with the Baltimore Orioles. The Korean slugger is coming of a .326/.428/.541 with the new Korean champion Doosan Bears. Kim is a very patient hitter regarding his 101 walks and only 63 Ks in the past season. The Orioles are in need of corner infielders…
The European Cup for club teams will be played in Rimini (Italy ) in 2016. A second facility is still up in the air, but it is very likely that San Marino will be the second host because a second ball field is needed so all games can be played in time. The Rimini Pirates…
Yesterday team Europe played its last game in the Asia Winter Baseball League. Four weeks ago the team went to Chinese Taipei to go step into an unknown world. Never before a team from Europe had participated in this tournament with the biggest talents from Asia. What did they have to expect? They would find…
Team mate of Rick van den Hurk, Jason Standridge is drawing interest of the Chiba Lotte Marines. Standridge (37) has become free agent after winning the NPB title with the Fukuoka Sofbank Hawks. Standridge appeared in 23 regular season games and posted a 10-7 record with a 3.74 ERA. Standridge was kind of outperformed by…
Today not a Dutch pitcher as a starter, but one from the French competition. But nevertheless a solid outing. Owen Ozanich pitched through five innings in which he only gave up three hits and struck out four without surrendering a run. Europe on its turn scored three runs in the first two innings. With two…
Today, the annual All Star Game of the Australian Baseball League was played. Team Australia took on team World All Stars. It was one of those games in which the runs did not come cheap and in which both teams had the lead. Team World All Stars scored the opening run in the first inning…
The New York Mets and the city of Kingsport have extended their cooperation with each other for another five years. The cooperation between the two parties will last through the 2020 season. The Kingsport Mets are the New York Mets’ Appalachian League (rookie league) affiliation. The Mets landed in Kingsport in 1980 and have never left ever since. One tiny…
Another solid outing by a Dutch pitcher, but once again Europe stayed at the wrong side of the score. The European lineup was totally kept on a leash by the Japanese pitching staff. Ren Kajya was one of the two pitchers that surrendered hits as he allowed three, walked two and struck out six in five innings….
