It has been announced for at least two weeks. The former Danville Braves of the Appalachian League, would unveil its new moniker today. After three decades, the team from Danville finally has its own identity. Today the club presented its new name after, like the complete Appalachian League, was pushed aside by MLB in order…
The World Baseball and Softball Confederation announced the dates of the two remaining Olympic Qualifiers. Both the Qualifier in the Americas and the and in Taiwan will start in June. Only the dates vary. The qualifier of the Americas will start early June in Florida. The one to be held in Taichung and Douliu City…
The Dodgers AA affiliiate Tulsa Drillers will wear a special patch during the month of May. A patch that remembers the 1921 Race Massacre that took place in Tulsa. The patch does have a small finesse as it shows the word “riot” struck through and being replaced by the word “massacre.” Back in the days,…
The ballpark of Junior Baseball Rimini, that was recently “promoted” to the Serie A, will be redeveloped. The refurbishment will cost around 200,000 Euros and it will affect the interior and the exterior. The main adaptions will be done to the premises under the central grandstand starting with the main locker rooms (‘home’ and ‘guests’),…
The Appalachian League’s Burlington Sock Puppets have found their 2021 manager. Former MLB pitcher Black Jack McDowell will be at the helm of the collegiate wood bat team. The 1993 Cy Young Award Winner, 3x All-Star, Former 5th Overall Draft Pick and College World Series Champion, has some experience as manager as he managed the…
In a press release, Dutch hoofdklasse club HCAW from Bussum announced that it has a new sponsor. Local broker Siewe has signed a multi-year deal with the club. The new sponsor deal is kind of curious. Next to putting its name on every seat of the Rob Hoffmann Vallei, the ballpark of HCAW, the broker…
The other day yours truly discovered a new cap of the Clearwater Threshers. At least I thought it was new. Today it appeared they are sporting this alternate cap since 2018 and I have never seen it before. The alternate look has a shade of blue that is between baby blue and royal blue. The…
A bit late but in this part of the world it is still Friday, so still time to post another Peanuts Baseball Comic on Friday to celebrate the weekend. Enjoy.
Almost three months after not being noticed by the Colorado Rockies about not being part of the former parent club’s farm system, the Lancaster JetHawks are still waiting for being contacted by MLB. After the club made a statement on December 10, 2021 about not being invited to any MLB club’s farm system, the club…
Two days ago you could read an article about the SK Wyverns changing names. The club now called the SSG Landers, after the e-commerce arm SSG of the Shinsegae Croup, presented its logos today. The logo of the “new” KBO club shows an unidentified flying object beaming down to the word baseball club. In the…
