In the heart of downtown Birmingham, Alabama rests Railroad Park. It’s a sprawling area that the government of Birmingham has brought about to highlight the past, present, and future of the city. Key to Railroad Park is the presence of Regions Field, home of the Birmingham Barons of Minor League Baseball’s Southern League. Nestled next […]
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The BBWAA Loves Them Some Curt Schilling
It’s become a yearly tradition for Baseball Writers Association of America members to release their National Baseball Hall of Fame ballots and hold their noses over voting for Curt Schilling. The initial reaction I have is similar to others, “why do they keep voting for him? Don’t they care about the victims of his hatred?” […]
Transaction Analysis: The Bears Add Another Pitcher
Doosan Bears signed LHP Aríel Miranda to a 1-year, $550,000 contract The Bears lost in game 6 of the 2020 Korean Series. As soon as the game was over the Bears were well aware that they were more than likely to lose their staff ace, Chris Flexen, to the big leagues. Even without losing Flexen, […]
The Sudden Rise of Damek Tomscha
Four times in a five-year span Damek Tomscha found himself selected by a big-league club in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft. Every time his standing moved up a little bit until finally he was selected in the 17th round of the 2014 draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. He would spend the next six seasons in […]
Three Batter Minimum: A Good Stadium
I was driving the other day, I do a lot of driving during the week for many reasons, and boring my fiancée with some sort of baseball talk. At one point we were talking about the various professional stadiums we’ve seen a game at together. At some point, I’ll probably start a running list on […]