Two years after the club was cut from affiliated ball by MLB, the Lexington Legends have adopted a new identity. Currently playing in the Atlantic League (Indy), the team has named itself the Lexington Counter Clocks. Just like the name Legends, the new moniker relates to the horse racing, which Lexington is (world) famous for. …
Lexington Legends Joins Atlantic League, MLB shows its hypocrite side
The word is out. Yesterday the Lexington Legends tweeted about big news that was to be announced today. Of course the baseball fan knew it was about the future of the team. Today, in another (noisy) tweet, the club announced the league it will join. https://twitter.com/LexingtonLegend/status/1362469364935622663 With an uncertain future after the Kansas City Royals …
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Overview of Teams That Have Been Kicked out of MiLB So Far
It all started with a list of 42 teams that should be kicked out of affiliated ball. Now a year later, what is the status? How many of these 42 teams have really been kicked out of Minor League Baseball? The following leagues and their teams are not affiliated anymore. They have been demoted to …
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Origin of Minor League Team Names, a Reprise: L
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. We continue with the letter L: …
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2018 Minor League Champions overview
The minor league season came to an end yesterday as the Bowling Green HotRods beat the Peoria Chiefs in the fourth game of the Midwest League championship series. Here is an overview of the winners of each affiliated minor league. AAA Both in the International League and the Pacific Coast League last year's champions repeated. …
PDC news
In the past few days, there have been several extensions of Player Development Contracts. The Kansas City Royals extended their PDC with two clubs, so did the Astros and the Nationals and the Yankees extended their PDC with their AAA farm team. The Kansas City Royals extended the PDC with their Advanced Rookie affiliate, the …
Origin of Minor League team names: L
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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