Over the past few seasons Roger Bernadina struggled at bat. After a career year with the Nationals in 2012, in which he batted .291 with a .372 OBP, 66 hits (of which eleven doubles and five homeruns). After that season his numbers went down, In 2013 he hit .178 with the Nationals before they released…
On day two of round seven the following games were scheduled: Pronto DSS @ HCAW; Vaessen Pioniers @ Corendon Kinheim; L&D Amsterdam Pirates @ Curacao Neptunus and Mampaey the Hawks @ UVV This is the final round of the first half of the season. Three teams were still in the race to clinch a play…
Two weeks ago, fraud Jeffrey Loria decided to fire manager Jim Redmond and to replace him with GM Dan Jennings, even though the latter had no experience as a professional manager and never played a regular season professional game. Now two weeks further, can we say that this move will backfire on the Marlins? When…
They have been away for a while, but they are back. The players from the Netherlands, Curacao, Aruba and other Caribbean islands. Didi Gregorius is having his ups and downs. He plays games in which he gets his basehits, but there are also games in which he goes 0 for 3 or 0 for 4. Last night…
The other day, I wrote about the ongoing road game farce of the Biloxi Shuckers. Only a few hours later it was announced by the Mayor of Biloxi, Andrew Gilich, the he/the town of Biloxi was able to reach an agreement with the construction company that is building MGM Park. The construction of the stadium started…
Former professional and Dutch team member Sharnol Adriana has been appointed manager of the Mexican League club Rojos del Águila de Veracruz. Adriana has a year of experience as a hitting coach with the club under his belt. In previous years he got experience as manager of Chileros de Xalapa in the Liga Invernal Veracruzana, one of the winter…
On day one of round seven, the following games were scheduled: Curacao Neptunus @ L&D Amsterdam Pirates; Mampaey the Hawks @ UVV; Vaessen Pioniers @ Corendon Kinheim and Pronto DSS @ HCAW. Of the four scheduled games, only one lasted the full nine innings. The others had to be stopped because of the curfew rule…
The Biloxi Shuckers started the season with a 55-game road trip. Why? Because their stadium (MGM Park) wasn’t ready before the start of the season. The Shuckers (AA affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers) used to be the Huntsville Stars until the end of the 2014 season. The construction of the $36 million ballpark started with…
Yesterday, Masahiro Tanaka had his second rehab start with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. In Pawtucket, home of the AAA Red Sox, Tanaka threw three innings in which he allowed three earned runs on four hits. He walked two and fanned four. Four strikouts sounds good, but giving up three runs in only three innings of work…
According to Agence France Presse, a Cuban official told Cuban state radio “a clash with the Orioles is planned. According to the official, the game will be played later this year. MLB and the Orioles have not confirmed the game yet according to a tweet: Despite announcement from INDER president in Cuba, MLB says MLB and the…
