This off season, the Red Sox’ front office has been far more active than the front office of the Yankees. As we all know, Ben Cherington lured two of the biggest fishes of the free agent pond yesterday. The funny thing is that when the Yankees are making moves like this Boston is shouting that…
The Red Sox have signed shortstop Hanley Ramirez to a five year deal worth around $90 million. According to the reports on MLB.com they are close to sign Pablo Sandoval as well. A third baseman and a shortstop, the positions that Xander Bogaerts can play as well. The experts (which I am not. I am…
Since yesterday this blog is mentioned on the Bleeding Yankee Blue blog. Bleeding Yankee Blue is a blog about the New York Yankees and it has some very good content, not ony about the Yankees. This blog gives other blogs a chance to get more attention by showing a link. If you go to their…
The eighties and nineties will be bad decades for many baseball clubs. In 1986, Charles Urbanus jr. decided that it would be his last season. In the long run (2 years) this was a huge blow for his club, Amstel Tijgers. Urbanus was a magnet for players. It was an honour to play with him….
You may call me a big kid, but this is the kind of news that I like. A minor league team rebranding or restyling. In case of the San Antonio Missions, they will have a new look in 2015. In cases like this, I am always looking forward to check out the caps. I am…
Once again the Japanese pitching was magical and kept the MLB All-Stars in check rather well. Shota Takeda pitched three innings in which he allowed only one unearned run on four hits. He walked four and fanned three. The only run that Takeda (Softbank Hawks) allowed came when Alcides Escobar reached first base in…
The baseball season in the US is really over now. Last weekend, the Arizona Fall League final was played. None of the teams of Spencer Kieboom and Shawn Zarraga was represented. This time I would like to pay attention to the Dutch and Antillian players that I ignored all season. I didn’t ignore them because…
Matt Shoemaker recovered from his loss in game one of this series in Japan. In the first game he took the loss after five innings of work and two runs allowed. This time Shoemaker lasted five innings again but he allowed only two hits and struck out two. Jose Altuve was smoking again. In…
Originally, I wrote this article for the Cuban baseball magazine Universo Beisbol. The reason I post it on my blog is that I think it is interesting to see how a team could fail so miserably. The Seattle Pilots: The one-year mishap Seattle always had been one of the cornerstones of the Pacific Coast League…
On the final day of the U21 World Cup, several finale like games were played. First the game for the fifth and sixth spot in the final standings. Australia took on the Czech Republic. After four innings the Australians were leading 4-0 and the game seemed to be played. But not with this Czech team….
