One doesn’t need to be a great player to become a good manager…. Damon Berryhill proved this yesterday as he was voted the best manager of the Pacific Coast League. Atlanta Braves fans will remember Berryhill as the catcher that caught for the Braves during the 1992 World Series vs the Toronto Blue Jays in…
The city of San Antonio, home to the AA (Texas League) Missions, wants to be home of a AAA team. This isn’t something new. With the 2012 Baseball Winter Meetings, this was discussed already. But like always, there are some problems that block the way to get a new team to town. First of all…
The Pacific Coast League is one the oldest still existing minor leagues. The league was founded in 1903. Unlike the International League and the American Associaton, the Pacific Coast League ran its own business without the interference of MLB. Until 1958 there was no Major League baseball West of St. Louis, so the league was…
The Fresno Grizzlies will play in Fresno RaisinEaters themed jerseys on every Wednesday homegame.The RaisinEaters were the Pacific Coast League predecessor of the Grizzlies in 1906. The team played only one season in Fresno as member of the Pacific Coast League when the team came down from Tacoma, Washington. A large crowd of 2,500 (considered…
When the Portland Beavers left Portland for Spokane at the end of the 1972 season, ex minor leaguer and tv actor Bing Russell, father of Kurt Russell, jumped in with an independent team. This was not a coincidence. Russell starred for years in the TV series Bonanza, which was cancelled in 1972. The team joined…
After the previous article on the PDC extension between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New Hampshire FisherCats there is more to tell about PDC extensions. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (gawd I hate that name), have extended the Player Development Contract with the Salt Lake Bees through 2018. The teams have been in…
