While New Leagues Are Slow to Develop, Independent Roster in Majors Grows Rapidly
August 23, 2013 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
Independent Baseball is continuing to turn out major league players in impressive numbers—two more just this week—but operators are not finding it nearly as easy to start new leagues or even to nail down new franchises. A new league has not started and lasted since the Can-Am League launched in 2005, and even that was […]
Clearing The Bases
October 26, 2011 by George Kurtz · Leave a Comment
The 2011 World Series has certainly been memorable. Whether it’s Albert Pujols hitting three HRs in a single game or phone gate when Tony LaRussa couldn’t get Jason Motte warmed up in the bullpen during Game 5, not like we’re going to forget this series anytime soon. Let’s see what else is going on throughout […]
What To Do About Jerry Meals
July 27, 2011 by Andrew Martin · 7 Comments
I feel compelled to write a few thoughts about the controversial call made by 14 year umpire Jerry Meals in the 19th inning of the Braves and Pirates 19 inning game that concluded early in the morning on July 27th. Baseball has had an ongoing debate about the use of instant replay and the reliability […]
How About Those Pirates…
October 6, 2010 by Steve Lenox · Leave a Comment
The Pittsburgh Pirates endured another losing season in 2010 (18th straight and counting), fired yet another field manager in John Russell, tied the 1963 New York Mets for the worst road record for a single season, and drew 1,613,399 fans to P&C Park, the second lowest total in the National League, and still fashion themselves […]
