Slightly Better than Replacement Level
The 2020 Chinese Professional Baseball League season is starting off in much the same fashion as the 2019 season. Two teammates are battling it out to be the face of the league. One of those two, Chu Yu-Hsien has probably cemented his place as the heir to Wang Po-Jung as the player most associated with […]
We’re in the middle of week three of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. As a longtime fan of the league, it has been wonderful to see so many new fans hop on board. I genuinely love the league and want as many people as possible to be exposed to what makes baseball in Taiwan so […]
Baseball is slowly coming back and that means it’s time to prime up the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). History The KBO first saw action in 1982. For the most part, the KBO has had an uneventful history. Teams have come and gone, superstars have been made while others haven’t panned out. Korea’s premier league has […]
J.J. Cooper – Baseball America ($): We’ve known all along that The Houston Plan would become reality. It’s still sad to reach the point where reports are signaling that 42 Minor League Baseball teams are about to be contracted. It’s sad because baseball is part of the fabric of our lives. Not Major League Baseball […]
The crack of the bat minus the sound of the crowd. It’s something most of us have never experienced. Even in struggling leagues with franchises near death, there are some fans in attendance. They still make noise, not as much as in a packed house, but the noise is still there. We hear bat make […]