Highjacked to the Suds City Six days prior to the 1970 baseball season opener, the second-year Seattle Pilots were awarded by a bankruptcy judge to a Milwaukee ownership group headed by car dealer Allan “Bud” Selig. The Pilots were re-christened the Brewers and headed to “Suds City” to open the season. The broken heart of…
DetailsHandling of teen girl’s alleged Dodgers assault haunting Phillies’ Gabe Kapler Gabe Kapler’s time with the Dodgers could spell his end as Phillies manager. Kapler, as LA’s director of player development in 2015, is at the center of a scandal, in which the current Phillies manager has been cited as shielding and mishandling the details…
DetailsIs Aaron Judge back with his ex-girlfriend? It appears Aaron Judge didn’t fly solo at the Super Bowl. The Yankees slugger, who was in Atlanta over the weekend for the big game, was spotted with a mystery woman, later identified as ex Samantha Bracksieck, according to SportsGossip.com. The site reported Judge and Bracksieck were together a…
DetailsNY Post: John Malone planning to battle MLB over Fox’s regional sports networks Billionaire media mogul John Malone is cobbling together a team to bid for the Fox-owned regional sports networks being sold by Disney — and his roster will be going head-to-head against Major League Baseball, The Post has learned. … The Liberty mogul’s…
Details2019 CBD TOP 100 COUNTDOWN: 5. NICK LODOLO (TCU) He may have put up the numbers his first two seasons, but there is a reason the Pittsburgh Pirates… Visit College Baseball Daily for the Full Story Source: http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2019/02/07/2019-cbd-top-100-countdown-5-nick-lodolo-tcu/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CollegeBaseballDaily+%28College+Baseball+Daily%29
DetailsThe Royals Make a Bad Bullpen Better Late Wednesday afternoon, word broke that the Royals were “closing in” on a one-year contract with 30-year-old reliever Brad Boxberger. Jon Heyman reported the deal will be for $2.2 million guaranteed, plus $1 million in incentives. Boxberger wasn’t one of our Top 50 Free Agents here at FanGraphs,…
DetailsSource: Realmuto to Phillies gaining steam A potential trade that would send All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto from the Marlins to the Phillies is “gaining momentum,” a source told MLB.com insider Jon Paul Morosi on Thursday. Source: https://www.mlb.com/news/c-303603116
DetailsBatting Around: New and improved for 2019 In Batting Around, MiLB.com’s Ben Hill takes a look at ballpark improvements throughout Minor League Baseball in advance of the 2019 season. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190207&content_id=303542732&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 2-7-2019 Jackson County [North Carolina] Journal, February 7, 1919:[Cubs manager] Fred Mitchell wants the majors to make a rule abolishing an out on a foul fly. … The franchises of the Washington and St. Louis clubs haven’t been transferred in several days now. … Branch Rickey will probably…
DetailsAmbassadors for Change: Vince Pierson Welcome to “Ambassadors for Change,” a content series running throughout Black History Month and spotlighting the people and programs that champion diversity and inclusion in our industry. This edition features Vince Pierson, Minor League Baseball’s Director of Diversity and Inclusion. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190207&content_id=303585278&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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