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 […]
Tag: chinese professional baseball league
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 […]
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. […]
Baseball Beyond MLB: Peng Cheng-min
We’re almost deep enough into the latest Chinese Professional Baseball League season for there to have been enough games played to actually write meaningfully about the season. We’re not quite there yet though and I figured what way to scratch that always-present CPBL itch than with an article about an all-time CPBL great. Not just […]
CPBL TV is the Streaming Service to Beat
I spend a lot of time writing about the negative side of the baseball world. I can’t help it, those who pay attention know that there is a lot of negative stuff that happens on a near-daily basis. Even with me not writing about Major League Baseball as much, there’s no reprieve. Unaffiliated leagues suffer […]