The other week, the Ontario baseball club unveiled the name of their new ballpark. Yesterday, the club unveiled the name and look for the 2026 season. The Ontario baseball announced at a unveiling event on Thursday night, the club adopts the name Ontario Tower Buzzers. The name comes from the movie Top Gun in which…
This series is inspired by the must read book “All Caps, Stories That Justify an Outrageous Hat Collection” by Craig Colby. Craig wrote this book about the many caps he has and the stories behind it. Anyhow, this series will be about the caps I own and the stories behind them. In this episode of…
This series is inspired by the must read book “All Caps, Stories That Justify an Outrageous Hat Collection” by Craig Colby. Craig wrote this book about the many caps he has and the stories behind it. Anyhow, this series will be about the caps I own and the stories behind them. This story is about…
In the past year, the various leagues in Minor League Baseball had sterile names like AAA-West, and AAA-East) after MLB took over in a money grab move. Today, MiLB/MLB announced that the old names will return for the 2022 season. At the same time, a new logo for the Pacific Coast League was presented. In…
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…
According to local newspaper the Fresno Bee, MLB has given the Fresno Grizzlies more time to find a solution for the stalemate the club is in right now. How much time the club will get is not clear. Major League Baseball has given the Fresno Grizzlies more time to work out the fate of the…
MLB showed its true colors, if it had not done that already, by putting Fresno in the stocks. According to the Fresno Bee, MLB has told the city of Fresno and the local (former) AAA team Grizzlies to accept a demotion to Low A or not having affiliated ball at all. Understandably, both the Grizzlies…
Slowly more things become clear regarding the 2021 Minor League landscape. Here is an update on the matter. Something that has struck my mind is that there won’t be any A Full Season circuit anymore, at least not for 2021. The two A Full Season leagues, the Midwest League and the South Atlantic League (or…
The minor league landscape is slowly changing. After the agreement between MLB and MiLB expired, MLB has taken controle and it shows. The other day, the Yankees announced to adopt two new MiLB franchises, leaving their former farm teams in Staten Island , Charleston and Trenton behind. Now it is the turn for the Minnesota…
Most baseball fans will know the poem by Wallack Thayer “Casey at the Bat” in which the local hero Casey strikes out in the final at-bat of the Mudville Nine. Now it appears that the town that is called Stockton nowadays, was called Mudville before its incorporation. Ernest Thayer moved west after he graduated from…
