Former MLB player Delmon Young has signed a deal with the Melbourne Aces for the upcoming 2017/2018 season. Last season the Aces caught a big fish when they signed Jeremy Guthry, who eventually pitched only a few games due to MLB contract issues. But apparently, the Aces liked to have an MLB player in their…
Baseball Australia is looking to expand the Australian Baseball League as early as next year. Not only is the league looking to expand in Australia but also beyond the borders. It appears that negotiations are going on with Taiwan. Baseball Australia is negotiating with Asian interests to expand the six-team Australian Baseball League as early…
In the seventh round of the Australian BaseballLeague, the Melbourne Aces and the Canberra Cavalry walked away from the rest of the league as both teams won three out of four games. The only black mark for Melbourne was the 19-4 loss vs Brisbane. The Melbourne Aces hosted the Brisbane Bandits. The Bandits salvaged the series by clubbing…
In a close ABL All Star Game, the World All Stars took a lead but eventually lost in the ninth as Stefan Welch singled home Trent D’Antonio from second base. The World All Stars had taken a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth. With the bases loaded, Kevin Padlo hit a sac fly…
No, it ain’t April Fools Day. On their website the Melbourne Aces confirmed the signing of 12-year MLB veteran and 2015 World Series starter Jeremy Guthrie. The 37-year old will join the club for the second half of the season. Also 10-year MLB veteran Peter Moylan will be added to the Aces’ roster. In his twelve…
Roger Bernadia former outfielder of the Washington Nationals and now playing for the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Colorado Rockies organization was prepared to do an interview with me for this blog. First of all I would like to thank Roger for the fact that he has taken the time to answer my questions. Because of…
The last couple of days the Yankees showed some uninspired baseball, sloppy defense and dormant bats. A couple of times they lost with big numbers.Especially at bat they looked like Pedro Cerrano from the movie Major League. Apparently they have given up on Jobu 😉 . All of a sudden they knew how to hit…
A great performance by the Samurai Japan team. Jeremy Guthrie pitched five innings for the MLB All-Stars. In those five innings he allowed four runs on five hits (two homeruns). Guthrie struck out three and walked two. After a 1-2-3 first inning, he gave up a two run homerun to Hayato Sakamoto of the Yomiuri…
vs Yesterday I wrote that this years’ World Series end in a way how every World Series should end: With a game seven. I can say that every game seven should be like this years’ game seven. Once again it was a nailbiter. Jeremy Guthrie started very well by retiring the first three batters…
vs Where game one and two were rather one sided, game three was a nailbiter from the start. Tim Hudson who started for the Giants allowed one run in the first inning when Alcides Escobar, who had hit a double and had advanced to third on a ground out by Alex Gordon…
