In today's edition of Baseball related songs, we pay attention to "Three blind mice." Even though this is a children's song, it has a clear relationship with baseball. Three blind mice is a nursery rhyme (a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term only dates …
Reds A-Advanced team in Daytona called Tortugas
After my rant about the far from original name of the new LA Dodgers AAA team in Oklahoma City, I read some relieving news about the new Florida State League (A-Advanced) team of the Cincinnati Reds. The new member of the Reds family will be called Daytona Tortugas. For those who do not speak Spanish …
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Oklahoma City Dodgerized
As soon as the news was spread around that the owner group of the Dodgers had bought the Oklahoma City RedHawks, I had a hunch that the team (the RedHawks) would adopt the parent club's identity somehow. Until this off season, most Dodgers farm teams adapted their parent's identity more or less. The Chattanooga Lookouts …
Origin of Minor League team names: D
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 …
Dutch Baseball Hangout 