A new Chinese Professional Baseball League season hasn’t truly kicked off until this site has written about one specific player. This isn’t the only time I, or the site, will write about this player, but until I’ve published an article on Mike Loree everything else is eyewash. We’re now 30 games into the 2021 CPBL […]
Three Batter Minimum: A Regular Toss to First
As a long-time Chicago Cubs fan I was able to witness both of Jon Lester’s famous throw his glove to first base plays live as they happened. When the first happened I thought to myself, “Wow, how crazy is that.” When the second took place I wondered how many more times such a play has […]
Minor Leaguers Need Homes
Lost amid all the ruckus of Major League Baseball restructuring Minor League Baseball into a soulless monstrosity of the owner’s opulence has been the treatment of the players. It’s not that people stopped caring about how minor leaguers are being treated, but with a virus raging throughout the country and communities losing their baseball teams […]
Transaction Analysis: Brigham to the Heroes, Again!
Kiwoom Heroes signed RHP Jake Brigham to a 1-year, $480,000 contract This signing shouldn’t come as much of a surprise for a few reasons. First, Brigham has been dominant in the early going of the 2021 Chinese Professional Baseball League season. Second, the right-hander had been playing under monthly contracts with the Wei Chuan Dragons. […]
Three Batter Minimum: A Cuban Collision
Top of the 7th, game five of the Serie Nacional de Béisbol finals. Alazanes de Granma is up to bat, they are down 3-2 in the game, but lead the series against Cocodrilos de Matanzas 3-1. They have the bases loaded and Carlos Benítez has just singled to right field. Darién Palma scores, the game […]