Besides seeing the future of Major League Baseball, and besides the game’s casualness and coziness, one of best things about baseball in the Bus Leagues is promotions. Every year there are some great promotions throughout the Minors, from cannon-shot stuntmen to actors masquerading as former Mexican legends and of course dozens, if hundreds, of culinary exhibitions. Although I won’t be attending any minor league games this year, there are a several promotions I would...
There is rarely a minor league I have attended that did not feature a special group of fans in attendance. Being that I go to most of my games on the weekends, that usually means gaggles of kids from the local little league, a local retiree group, or perhaps even a company function of some sort. But last Friday in Bradenton I saw my first pre-wedding party. Enjoying the Florida State League game between...
There was an awesome interview this week with legendary broadcaster Vin Scully over at Yahoo! Sports. Now of course Vin Scully is one of the best announcers in the majors, but this interview made me think about who teams put on the radio. One of the biggest appeals of Scully and his peers – broadcasters such as Harry Kalas, Ernie Harwell, and Jack Buck is that they bring or brought a calm, story-telling aura...
Two weeks ago, I mentioned the news that an independent team in Missouri, the River City Rascals, were planning to hold a “Salute To Bill Veeck” on August 19, the 59th anniversary of Eddie Gaedel’s first and last major league appearance. The big draw: a recreation of Gaedel’s famous at-bat. The event was held on Thursday, with 16-year-old Nick Hagan, a sophomore in high school, wearing the number 1/8 and leading off the bottom...
Ladies and Gentlemen, as I did with Round 1 and Round 2, here are my favorites to win the 4th Annual Minors Moniker Madness Tournament. (I know, I missed Round 3. Sorry.)
Jordi shared something on Google Reader earlier today, and considering my longstanding love of Bill Veeck, I had to share it with the world. . . . . . . . On Aug. 19, the independent River City Rascals will recreate the famous moment as part of its “Salute to Bill Veeck and St. Louis Baseball History Night.” In honor of the 59th anniversary of the famous stunt where the St. Louis Browns owner...
Last week, I looked at the first round of the 4th Annual Minors Monikers Madness Tournament. Now that the first round has passed us by, let’s take a look at how I did and then try to handicap the 2nd round. In the Icicle Reader bracket I got three wrong. I thought number 11 Qualon Millender would upset number 6 Riaan Spanjer-Furstenburg. I also didn’t think 4 Chorye Spoone would lose to number 13...
I spend my mornings frantically writing about college basketball, so I usually don’t think about baseball until the afternoon. But I do keep my eye on Twitter, so I had to take note when mi amigo Kyle Whelliston posted this tidbit: “Ramdy Johnson performs exclusively for the Indianapolis Indians through a special agreement.” http://kyl.co/ul #zooperstars I filed the link away for later, and I wasn’t disappointed. Ramdy Johnson is one of those fantastic inflatible...
We here at Bus Leagues Baseball have a great affinity for amazing names. We oogle them, honor them, and basically think they should be held in higher regard than any statistic. After all, people will remember a good name much longer than they will remember how well a player did in high pressure situations on Tuesdays in July with Venus in line with Pluto. Our affinity for hearty handles has even made its way...
With all the talk in the sports world about the LeBron James Decision ™, we here at Bus Leagues Baseball would be remiss if we didn’t at least attempt to find some sort of link from LeBron to the minor leagues. Of course, there have been numerous LeBron-themed promotions. There was the “Please Stay LeBron Night“. There was the offer by the Oklahoma City RedHawks to petition the league for LeBron-hit homers to count...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
