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Back in 2014, I wrote a series of blog posts about the origin of minor league team names. Since then, the minor league landscape has changed a lot. Clubs moved, adopted new names. All reasons to have a new series in which the new names are added and explained. This time the letter B. B: …
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A special piece of Minor League history today. Since this is a blog, mainly about Dutch baseball, the club in today's limelight is a perfect fit for this blog: the Oswego Netherlands of the Canadian-American League. The Oswego Netherlands was named after the local Netherlands Milk and Ice Cream Company. The team was one of …
The Toronto Blue Jays and the Buffalo Bisons have extended their player development contract with two more years. The extension runs through the 2020 season. The Blue Jays and the Bisons (AAA, International League) have been partners since 2013 after the Blue Jays fled Las Vegas as the team was not happy with the distance …
At the end of last season, Dutch pitcher, Loek van Mil returned to the USA as the Minnesota Twins signed the tall right hander to a contract and placed him at their AAA farm team. In three games his performance was promising as he posted a 0.00 ERA with one strike out and a hit. …
The season is far from over yet but the news about the extension of Player Development Contracts keeps coming. This time the Buffalo Bisons announced the extension of the PDC with the Toronto Blue Jays. Unlike the announcements of the past few weeks, this extension will be only for two years, through the 2018 season. …
The Minor League is known for its weird promotions. Quite often teams sport some weird special themed jerseys that are sold after the games by auction to raise money for charity. The Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates AA affiliate in the Eastern League) have presented four special jerseys that they will wear at specific nights during …
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After the original American Association, which was considered a Major League, folded in 1891, it lasted until 1902 before a new league with the same name was founded. Only this time it would be a minor league. The league started as an outlaw circuit with teams from the Midwest. The charter members were the Kansas …
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Since 2004 I am addicted to Minor League baseball. Not that it is easy to attend a game when you live in the Netherlands, but I love the way those clubs are more focused on families, children and the related entertainment. In 2008 I attended my first Minor League game at Adelanto, CA. The High …
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