When the Arizona Diamondbacks signed a deal with the Maricopa County Board about their new stadium, part of the deal was that the county would upgrade and maintain the BOB or Chase Field as it is called now, in a regular fashion. I guess you can guess what has happened. Maricopa County has not upgraded…
With Spring Training around the corner it is time to see how the players from the Kingdom of the Netherlands will do in the upcoming season. Of course there is no crystal ball and it is still up in the air, but in general you can make a decent prediction based on the performance of…
The New York Yankees and shortstop Didi Gregorius have come together to avoid salary arbitration. Both parties have reached agreement on a $2.425 million one-year salary for 2016. Didi was part of a three team trade that sent Shane Greene to the Tigers, and LHP Robbie Ray and infielder Domingo Leyba Diamondbacks. Gregorius had to replace Derek Jeter, who hung…
After the Hiroshima Toyo Carp listened to the wish of their starting pitcher, Kenta Maeda, they said that they would carefully weigh the options. In the past week they announced that they would likely post him but today the word came out. Major League Baseball on Wednesday morning that the Hiroshima Carp of the Japan Central…
The Arizona Diamondbacks unveiled the much anticipated new uniforms. Normally when a team comes up with new unis, it is about three or four new jerseys and caps that come with it, but in the case of the D-Backs it is about eight (!) new uniforms. Quite an overload. Except for the script and the…
Hiroshima Toyo Carp RHP Kenta Maeda wants to be posted by his team. But the Carp have not directly agreed with this request. In the Japanese press the club is saying that it is carefully weighing the options. Maeda, born on April 11 1988, has pitched his entire career for the Carp. In 2010 he…
I have been looking forward to do this one. Not only because it is about my favorite team but most of all because it is about my favorite player on that team by far. Today in “Summing up the Dutchies per MLB organization”: Number of Dutchies: 1 Didi Gregorius: Didi Gregorius has the very same…
One doesn’t need to be a great player to become a good manager…. Damon Berryhill proved this yesterday as he was voted the best manager of the Pacific Coast League. Atlanta Braves fans will remember Berryhill as the catcher that caught for the Braves during the 1992 World Series vs the Toronto Blue Jays in…
Curacaoan infielder Gianfranco Wawoe has been promoted by the Seattle Mariners. I realize that this is a bit old news, but since I focused on the European Cup, I have totally missed this news. Wawoe, who played a variable season at A Full Season level with the Clinton LumberKings of the Midwest League, has been promoted…
I have written posts about silly promotions in the Minor Leagues, about the silly jerseys that they will sport this season and about the food that they offer. It is all nice, but those are not the promotions that get me excited. No, the promotions that I like will be at MLB ballparks this year….
