Today, the Louisville Bats, International League (AAA) affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, has presented their new look. The club unveiled new logos, new caps and new uniforms. For years the club had one of the dullest logos and arguably the ugliest cap in the minors. The new logos and unis are still not something to…
As the name may indicate, the Big State League was home to Texas baseball teams. The league started in 1947 at the hight of a short lived minor league boom and lasted eleven seasons through 1957. Regarding the problems that minor league baseball faced in the fifties, you can say that this time span is…
There were two leagues that called themselves Bi-State League but except for the name they did not have any relationship. The first Bi-State League was the successor of the Wisconsin-Illinois League and lasted only a part of the 1915 season. The league had five teams from Illinois and one from Wisconsin. The cities that were…
In 1936 the Arkansas State League became the Arkansas-Missouri League. The league kept operating as a Class D league. During the crisis years in the 1930s only three leagues survived: the Northeast Arkansas League, the Cotton States League and the Arkansas-Missouri League. The league was a product of the farm system that the St. Louis…
In this edition the Arkansas State League is placed in the foot light. The Arkansas State League had several runs. The first Arkansas State League operated just one season in 1894 followed by a second edition in 1897. The league that started in 1908 was a Class D league and lasted two seasons before it dissolved. The…
The independent American Association will have a competition of twelve teams next year. Last season the league had thirteen clubs but that wasn’t really a problem as the league had an interleague competition with the CanAm League. But next season, the interleague competition with the CanAm League will not take place and thus the AA…
The last few days there have been a couple of PDC extensions between MLB clubs and their affiiates. Yesterday the news was announced that the Omaha Storm Chasers and the Kansas City Royals have extended their Player Development Contract with two more years through the 2018 season. It doesn’t come as a surprise because both…
Now the Dutch baseball season, the MiLB season and MLB season are over, I slowly start to realize that it is time for baseball hibernation. But the problem is that I don’t want to hibernate. I try to postpone that moment as long as possible. What can you do to get through the off season…
