Dodgers extend PDC with Dodgers…. Sounds strange, doesn’t it? But it is true. The Los Angeles Dodgers have extended the Player Development Contract with their AAA affiliate, the Oklahoma City Dodgers. After the Los Angeles Dodgers left Albuquerque after the 2014 season, the team moved its AAA farm team to Oklahoma City. Instead of keeping…
Thanks to his relatives I learned that Dutch pitcher Misja Harcksen was promoted by the Los Angeles Dodgers. But unlike earlier expectations, Misja has been promoted to the Ogden Raptors (high Rookie, Pioneer League). Just like last year, Misja spent most of the season in Glendale AZ with the AZL Dodgers. With the AZL Dodgers,…
Recently I went to the US for a month. Here are some baseball (related) photos of that trip. It is one of the rare photos only posts. Cashman Stadium, home of the Las Vegas 51s. The iconic light towers of Cashman Stadium David Dahl, shortly before he was promoted to the Colorado Rockies. The pitch…….
Even though his player page and the roster of the Billings Mustangs tell a different story, Baseball America announced today that the Cincinnati Reds have released Curacao born outfielder Jonathan Martijn. Jonathan Martijn was born in 1994 in Willemstad, Curacao. At the age of 19 he signed a deal with the Cincinnati Reds. Later that…
Stunning news. Through a press release, Dutch champion Curacao Neptunus announced that their 26-year old catcher Dashenko Ricardo will stop playing baseball immediately. Last week, Neptunus and Ricardo had several talks but the club could not convince the power hitting catcher to keep playing. According to the press release, Dashenko cannot motivate himself for the…
The other day Rob Manfred, Commissioner of Major League Baseball, held a press conference. Main issue was a possible expansion of Major League Baeball. Another issue was the stadium situation in Oakland and St. Petersburg. Manfred said that in the long term MLB will expand. He even hinted about a city as he said: “If we…
After the Chattanooga Lookouts joined the Los Angeles Dodgers organization in 2009 the team adopted uniforms that were leaning towards a Dodger look. They abandoned the traditional red cap and turned to Dodger blue. Now the team has joined the Twins organization in 2015 it was time to get a new look and to return…
As expected Shawn Zarraga was sent to Minor League camp by the Dodgers on Monday. Despite a good Spring Training in which he was mainly used as DH. But using a DH in the National League is like using skates on water. The Aruban catcher collected ten hits in ten games and nineteen at bats (.526). He served…
With Spring Training at full swing now, it is time to see how the players from the Kingdom of the Netherlands will do in the upcoming season. Of course there is no crystal ball and it is still up in the air, but in general you can make a decent prediction based on the performance of…
With Spring Training at full swing now, it is time to see how the players from the Kingdom of the Netherlands will do in the upcoming season. Of course there is no crystal ball and it is still up in the air, but in general you can make a decent prediction based on the performance of…
