The new commissioner of Major League Baseball, Rob Manfred has suggested a ban on defensive shifts in the infield during an interview. This kind of shifts are used against hitters that pull the ball. So banning a shift like this would be a major advantage for pulling hitters. Defensive shifts are not something new. Lou…
Even though the history of the Dodgers goes back to 1883 when the Brooklyn Grays were founded, the history of the illustreous Dodgers would start in the early 1900’s when Charlie Ebbets bought the team, then still playing at Washington Park. From 1905 Ebbets started to purchase pieces of land in Flatbush, then a slum…
The Baltimore Orioles have signed Sharlon Schoop to a minor league contract. Sharlon is the older brother of Orioles’ infielder Jonathan Schoop. Sharlon played for the Bowie Baysox in the Eastern League (O’s AA affiliate) last season. In 77 games and 267 at bats he collected 58 (.217)hits of which thirteen doubles and three homeruns….
Curacao native Jair Jurrjens who signed a Minor League deal with the Colorado Rockies in November, has received an invitation to the Rockies Spring Training Camp in Arizona. After a long absence he had a rocky start (sorry for the pun) with the Rockies. In two starts he went 0-1 with a 10.61 ERA. After…
Unless you have been living underneath a rock the past 24 hours, you must have heard or read that Earnie Banks has passed away at the age of 83 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Earnie Banks carried the nickname Mr. Cub, for he spent all of his career with the Cubs. Not a rare…
The Seattle Mariners have unveiled their new alternate Sunday uniform. The lettering and logo (on the sleeve) are the same than those at their home jersey. But the new uniform has the same colouring as the Mariners had in the seventies and eighties. The Mariners say that the past meets the present. If you see…
The Miami Marlins signed Ichiro Suzuki to a one-year deal worth around $2 million. Buster Olney expects that no kind of option will be added. Ichiro, 41 years old, will be the Marlins’ fourth outfielder. In that role he will probably not reach 3,000 hits this season, since the Marlins outfield is containing three young…
The Seattle Mariners are in the center of the attention this week. Not with things that have to do with baseball directly though. On Tuesday they announced that they will replace the common light bulbs that light the playing surface with LED lights. LED lights are more durable than regular light bulbs (a longevity of…
It was a day where two baseball clubs showed their new team colours. First of all, the Nashville Sounds of the AAA Pacific Coast League. They will move into a new ballpark at the start of this season, which is an excellent reason to rebrand. They had already shown their new logo, but at that…
A few months ago I wrote about a small club in the Netherlands that was forced to dissolve because the town it was situated tore down it’s ball field. Today I read a tweet from the Dutch hoofdklasse club AdoLakers from The Hague, about an upcoming special members meeting. The tweet said the following: Invitation…
