Tucson Mexican Baseball Fiesta
This has been a banner season for traveling bards of baseball. We’ve been enjoying reports from Tug Haines and anthem singer Joe Price, both of whom are touring vast swaths of the country in their summer travels. Craig Wieczorkiewicz is also putting some miles on his car this season, but he’s focusing exclusively on the Midwest League, the Class A home of various Snappers, Hot Rods, Kernels, Lug Nuts and Loons. He’s chronicling his journey...
I’ll be taking a weekly look at the top performers in Class A ball, and today seems like as good a day as any. The Netherlands has not been a traditional baseball hotbed. Sure, we’ve had our share here and there – who could forget Sir Sidney Ponson? But there’s one Dutchman in particular who is burning up the Midwest league right now. Check out his line: AVG .409, 4 R, 3 HR, 8...
While we’re sure you’ve grown to love and cherish our higgledy-piggledy random posting style, this year we got together and decided to present minor-league baseball with a certain regard for structure. That means each guy got a classification or two to focus on throughout the season. That’s in addition to whatever higgledy-piggledy stuff each of us does, because we value our freedom. My focus will be on Low-A and Short-Season A ball. For starters,...
Every once in a while, a search term comes up often enough that I feel compelled to research the subject and “answer” the potential readers who are blindly wandering the back alleys of the internet searching for obscure facts about minor league baseball. This week, I’ve seen “Van Mil, Snappers” come up a few times, and it rang a bell with me immediately. I mentioned Dutch prospect Loek Van Mil in an early link...
In case you’ve ever wondered what makes for an ideal affiliate for an MLB franchise, here’s what the Detroit Tigers look for. It’s a nice look at the ins and outs of the Player Development Contract from a feature called “Baseball 101″ This next story is not technically about A-ball. It’s about the Venezuelan baseball academies, which have always seemed kind of sad to me. Probably because they’re out there snagging 16-year-olds. Nonetheless,...
With 300+ minor league teams in these United States, OMDQ and I will need some way to focus our energies, and this is one way we figured to do it. Monday is “A” ball day. That will include Rookie League and every form of A ball. Wednesday we’ll check out the AA clubs, and then on Friday on up to AAA. We’ll also develop a few weekly features to slot in on the other...
