Former Red Sock, White Sock and Yankee, Kevin Youkilis has joined the Chicago Cubs as special assistent. Youkilis who played for the Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan last year, announced his retirement in October 2014. Youkilis was drafted before Epstein was in charge but he got his call up in 2004 when he played 72…
Today the newest NY-Penn League member, the West Virginia Black Bears released its new logo. Of course the club itself is not new, it only moved form Jamestown NY to Morgantown WV where it will play at Monongalia County Ballpark which it shares with the West Virginia Mountaineers. The logo shows a black bear, the…
Newly acquired Dutch RHP, Rick van den Hurk made his debut with the Softbank Hawks during an intra-squad game yesterday (February 17). The 29-year old started the intra-squad game for the white team. His velocity reached 148 km/h (92 mph). The first three batters that he faced were retired by him. Van den Hurk threw …
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced yesterday that Curacao native Kenley Jansen will be out for 8 – 12 weeks due to surgery on his left foot. Jansen felt discomfort to his foot while running and a couple of tests revealed a growth on the fifth metatarsal. According to the club there is a chance that…
The World Baseball and Softball Confederation announced the roster of the European team that will take on Samurai Japan in a two game series on March 10 and 11 in the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The team is a mix of players from the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany and France. The series is all organized…
After I posted an article about the PCL yesterday in which I wrote that the league voted for becoming a Major League in 1946, it intrigued me a lot. My immediate thought, when I read this, was: “How did they not succeed in becoming a third Major League?” I found the answer in a 51-page…
Today, Samurai Japan released the roster with players that will participate in the two game series vs the European team. Biggest absentee is Shohei Otani, the 20-year old right handed pitcher of the Nippon Ham Fighters. His fastball reaches 100 MPH easily. The European roster is expected tomorrow (Tuesday February 17). I know the names…
The Pacific Coast League is one the oldest still existing minor leagues. The league was founded in 1903. Unlike the International League and the American Associaton, the Pacific Coast League ran its own business without the interference of MLB. Until 1958 there was no Major League baseball West of St. Louis, so the league was…
The Fresno Grizzlies will play in Fresno RaisinEaters themed jerseys on every Wednesday homegame.The RaisinEaters were the Pacific Coast League predecessor of the Grizzlies in 1906. The team played only one season in Fresno as member of the Pacific Coast League when the team came down from Tacoma, Washington. A large crowd of 2,500 (considered…
The farce that has been unfolding around A-Rod in the last couple of weeks makes me really think that the Yankees want to get rid of Alex Rodriguez. First of all, they still owe him another $61 million and they have a separate deal with him that will pay him a couple of millions more,…
