Curacao born Juan Carlos Sulbaran comes off his best Spring Training ever. In three game appearances, Sulbaran retired three of the twelve batters he faced during his tenure at the MLB Spring Training Camp. This resulted in a spot in the rotation of the Memphis Redbirds, the Cardinals’ AAA farm team. The 26-year old signed…
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…
With Spring Training in full swing 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 previous…
Through the decades there have been six editions of the East Texas League. The first edition was founded in 1916 and lasted only a part of the 1916 season. The second run lasted from 1923 through 1926. The 1931 edition was very short lived as it lasted only one week. The fourth edition lasted five…
A lot of news about players from Curacao and Aruba came out today. First of all Xander Bogaerts received the MVP trophy of the Boston Red Sox. To me it doesn’t come as a surprise after I wrote about the possibility of Bogaerts being the AL MVP. The BWAA writers of the Boston region voted for…
You may know by now that I am a jersey and cap nut. In previous top tens, I posted my favorite MLB, MiLB and retro caps. This time I’d like to show you my top ten of MLB jerseys. It will be a mix of current jerseys and retro jerseys. 10. Houston Astros 1975-1986 jersey…
After becoming a minor league free agent after the 2015 season, Juan Carlos Sulbaran from Curacao signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, the cross state rivals of his former MLB organization, the Kansas City Royals. Last season, Sulbaran played most part for the Royals’ AA farm team, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals…
The other day, the Chicago Cubs announced that they had signed RHP John Lackey to a two-year deal worth $32 million. Lackey played the 2014 and 2015 season for the Cardinals, who made him a qualifying offer in the off season. In parts of two seasons with the Cards, Lackey went 16-13 with a 3.11…
About a year ago, I posted an article about my 10 favorite Minor League Caps. Since I have never posted something similar about MLB caps, I thought it would be time doing so. I will start this article with number 10 and count down to one. 10: Miami Marlins Road Cap I am not a…
In today’s edition of “Summing up the Dutchies per MLB organization” I will turn to: Number of Dutchies: 1 Darren Seferina: Darren Seferina is the sole Dutchie in the organization of the Cardinals. The 21-year old shortstop from Curacao signed a deal with the Cards in 2014 after he was drafted as 165th player. Apparently…
