Rickwood Field is the oldest still standing ballpark in the US where professional baseball is played. The ballpark opened its doors in 1910 and was home for the Birmingham Barons and Birmingham Black Barons. Industrialist and owner of the Barons ordered to build the stadium. Allen Harvey “Rick” Woodward, chairman of Woodward Iron Company and…
The baseball off season is a time for teams to rebrand. I mentioned the rebranding of several Minor League clubs already (Oklahoma City, South Bend, Daytona, Biloxi and San Antonio). Yesterday another Minor League club unveiled a new look: The Pawtucket Red Sox, AAA affiliate of the Beantown ballclub. Here is a broad variety of…
Today was a good day for a Dutch Yankee fan. My day was already made by the news that the Yankees acquired Dutch shortstop Didi Gregorius in a trade. But it did get even better when I read that they signed Andrew Miller to a four year $36 million contract. I won’t say that $36…
The New York Yankees have acquired Dutch shortstop Didi Gregorius in a three-way trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Detroit Tigers. In this trade RHP Shane Greene will head to Detroit and LHP Robbie Ray will go to Arizona. Mariekson “Didi” Gregorius was born in Amsterdam. His father also nicknamed Didi pitched for Amsterdam…
It starts to look like a trend. Parent clubs naming their farm teams after themselves. Instead of keeping the old name that the team had during the liaison with the Arizona Diamondbacks (Sout Bend SilverHawks), the new parent opted for the name Cubs. The Cubs have named more teams after themselves. Until last season, they…
After the posts “Van den Hurk to Japan?“, “Yomiuri Giants also interested in Van den Hurk” and “Despite having signed Matsuzaka, Van den Hurk still on Hawks’ radar“, I can finally tell that according to sponichi.co.jp, Rick van den Hurk has signed a two year deal with the Softbank Hawks from Fukuoka. According to the…
After my rant about the far from original name of the new LA Dodgers AAA team in Oklahoma City, I read some relieving news about the new Florida State League (A-Advanced) team of the Cincinnati Reds. The new member of the Reds family will be called Daytona Tortugas. For those who do not speak Spanish…
As soon as the news was spread around that the owner group of the Dodgers had bought the Oklahoma City RedHawks, I had a hunch that the team (the RedHawks) would adopt the parent club’s identity somehow. Until this off season, most Dodgers farm teams adapted their parent’s identity more or less. The Chattanooga Lookouts…
After Jeffrey Loria signed face of the franchise Giancarlo Stanton to a ridiculous thirteen year $325 million deal, the Marlins have hammered out the frameworks of offers to Jose Fernandez, Adeiny Hechavarria and Christian Yelich. An offer for Marcell Ozuna is still in the making. Jose Fernandez is a RHP, a very talented guy. Over…
Since the final pitch was thrown in the Holland Series, on October 12, Dutch fans have been waiting for the transfer period to close. Today was the day. At 17.00 (5.00 PM), the deadline ended. Not every transfer is known yet, but right now we can say that HCAW from Bussum is the big loser…
