Dodgertown in Vero Beach saved Dodgertown, the former spring training complex of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers was left alone by the team in 2008 when they moved to Arizona. The facility used to be a naval air station that was converted into a spring training camp with barracks, stadium, practice fields and a golf course…
Coming Friday, the Yankees will sign Bernie Williams to a minor league contract, after which he will retire as a Yankee. This will happen nine years after he played his final game with the American League team from New York. The Yankees will retire his number 51 one month later on May 24. The former…
Before the Marlins’ game in Citizens Bank Park, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria visited the office if Mike Redmond on Tuesday. Afterwards he expressed his feelings to reporters: “We’ve got to win games. Period.” What a brilliant mind this man has…. We’ve got to win games….. Duh!!! Isn’t that the goal of every team? But who…
The season is underway for two weeks now. The Yankees are 6-7 after last night’s close loss vs Detroit. Disappointing? Yes and no. Disappointing because as a fan you always want your team to do well. Not disappointing because the team is rebuilding and that takes time and Sabathia did a LOT better than I…
AAA Roger Bernadina was only used as an offensive substitution for pitcher Jorge Rondon in the eighth inning. He grounded out to first base but drove in Tim Wheeler from third base. The Isotopes eventually lost 5-4 from the Reno Aces. AA The Bowie BaySox beat the Erie SeaWolves 10-8. Sharlon Schoop saw the ball…
After a 4-1 home series loss vs the Chattanooga Lookouts, the Montgomery Biscuits headed to Jacksonville Florida to take on the Suns at beautiful Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, an AA ballpark that could easily serve as an AAA facility. In the first game the Biscuits lost 3-2, even though the got eight basehits and the…
Didi Gregorius had a good game despite leaving five runners at base. He went 2 for 4 as he legged out an infield hit and singled to right field. Michael Pineda earned the win even though he didn’t have his best stuff yesterday. In 5.2 innings he allowed three runs on seven hits. He also…
The following games were scheduled today: HCAW – Curacao Neptunus; Corendon Kinheim – Pronto DSS; Mampaey the Hawks – Vaessen Pioniers; UVV – L&D Amsterdam Pirates HCAW – Curacao Neptunus 2 – 14 Curacao Neptunus showed that yesterday’s loss vs HCAW was a mistake. Today they restored the order by beating HCAW in seven mercy…
AAA For the first time this season, Roger Bernadina reached .200 for a batting average. In yesterday’s game he went 2 for 5 with a double, a walk, two strikeouts and two runs scored. The Isotopes won the game in Reno 9-4. AA In the Texas League the Frisco RoughRIders fell to the Arkansas Travelers…
Dutchies in Japan Both Rick van den Hurk and Wladimir Balentien played a rehab game with the Ni-Gun teams (farm teams) of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. In a 7-0 win over the Orix Buffaloes, Rick van den Hurk pitched seven innings in which he allowed two hits, walked three and…
