About two months ago, I wrote a post about the Sugar Land Skeeters and a press release they sent out with the title, “Major League Pitcher Liriano Joins Skeeters.” The intent, of course, was to make people think that Francisco Liriano was the newest member of the Atlantic League. And, of course, he was not – that honor went to an unrelated Liriano named Pedro. Well played, Sugar Land. At the end, I tossed...
You may recall that last week, I posted a story about Wichita Wingnuts owner Nate Robertson, who is trying to win a roster spot with the Chicago Cubs this spring. The quotes in that story came from Nate’s brother, Josh, who happens to be the Wingnuts’ general manager. The conversation was really interesting in that he gave me a lot of information about the ownership situation and how it has evolved over the years,...
The other night, there was a brief conversation on Twitter about the upcoming team movement in the Southern and Carolina Leagues, specifically the franchise that will land in Pensacola, Florida next season. (Beginning in 2012, the Carolina Mudcats will move to Pensacola, taking the place of the independent franchise that played there from 2002 to 2009, and the Kinston Indians will move to Carolina. Kinston, sadly, will be left without a team, at least...
Picture: Reference.findtarget.com (my computer wouldn’t open the link, but the map was cool so I wanted to mention it) I was working on one of my many projects the other day when I started wondering about the classification history of the modern minor leagues. Perhaps one day I’ll delve into this in greater detail – I’d love to research and write a series of books about the history of each individual league – but...
Now after reading a book like The Bullpen Gospels, one could see how reading a chronicling of a season of a non-prospect might not be completely fair. But the fact of the matter? Steve Fireovid along with Mark Winegardner published their book about twenty years before. That’s right. I’m kicking it old school. The 26th Man is the story of Fireovid’s 1990 season with the Indianapolis Indians. It was back in the days of...
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Andrew approached me last week with a complaint: in compiling the list of nominees for the Bus Leagues Player of the Year award, I had neglected to include representatives from any of the independent leagues. You could argue that this was an inexcusable offense for someone with my background; I prefer to imagine that it was my way of protesting the likely death of independent baseball in Nashua (note: it was the first reason)....
What a week this has been! Alex Rodriguez has a dramatic return from his injury with a first pitch homer on 5/8/09 and Manny Ramirez shows his feminine side by being the latest superstar to test positive for PEDs. Still though, bobblehead promos are front and center on my end of this blog. Here’s the lineup this week: San Francisco Giants 5/12/09 Lou Seal (Chinese) (Mascot) – Part of a Chinese Heritage Night Promotion. ...
Barack Obama continued his dominance of Bobblection Week 2008, collecting nearly 60% of the vote on Sunday at Sioux Falls Stadium. Obama bobbleheads were selected over John McCain bobbleheads by a margin of 500 to 405, as Obama won for the fifth consecutive Bobblection. Obama has won all five states, and leads McCain 3,500 to 2,846 in total bobbleheads Bobblection Week 2008 began on Wednesday night in New York at the home of the...
When I read this article about the excellently named Kash Beauchamp (kudos to your parents, sir), the manager of the independent American Association’s Wichita Wingnuts who was ejected and later suspended following a profanity-laced on-field tirade on Wednesday, I was impressed with the man’s work. Read the story – that’s an impressive sounding display, is it not? Here’s the video: Call me crazy, but I expected more. Yes, Beauchamp was clearly pissed off (the Bobblehead...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
