We Dutch like to refer to the Dutch heritage of baseball players in the US. You can think of Bert Blyleven or Reinie Wolters (both born in the Netherlands but learned the game in the USA). You can also think of Win Remmerswaal, who learned the game in his country of birth. But there is…
The Tacoma Rainiers was the next Minor League team to rebrand. The script goes back to the original Rainiers when they were located in Seattle. In 1966 the team was renamed Seattle Angels after it was sold to the California Angels. After the 1969 season when MLB’s Seattle Pilots moved to Milwaukee, the city was…
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…
