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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies stop Trash Pandas 4-1

James Triantos | Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK The Smokies and Pelicans won today Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were not amazing against the Syracuse Mets, 4-3 in a game that ended after 5 1⁄2 innings because of rain. Thomas Pannone pitched a five-inning complete game and gave up four runs in five hits, two of which were home runs. Pannone struck out five and walked no one....2024
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• The NBC World Series

Top flight baseball in Wichita. From July 25 to August 3, the National Baseball Congress will hold and celebrate the 90th anniversary of the NBC World Series. The World Series used to be held at the old Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita, Kansas, and will feature the very best amateur teams from locales across this great country of ours. The NBC World Series is now played at Eck Stadium on the cam...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Smith-Shawver’s two starts and EJ Exposito’s hot streak

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images News, notes, and a preview of the upcoming week of Braves minor league baseball As part of our efforts to expand the minor league content we provide at Battery Power, my aim moving forward will be to fill the gap in minor league coverage that we have every Tuesday with sort of all-encompassing article covering the news of the past week ...2024
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• MLB and Roku agree on ‘Sunday Leadoff’ package — and there’s good news for MLB.TV subscribers

Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Details below — and you’ll likely be pleasantly surprised. Last Friday I posted here about a proposed deal between MLB and Roku for a package of games that would air in an exclusive window on Sunday late morning/early afternoon (depending on your time zone). Today, that deal was officially announced by MLB and R...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Adam Maier throws complete game

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Yes it was only six innings, and yes he took the loss. I don’t care it still counts Listen, it wasn’t a great Saturday if you like Atlanta Braves minor league baseball. I have to say I was thoroughly disappointed by these final scores on an 0-6 day. However we’re still seeing some good stuff, like Jhancarlos Lara making his second start since returning to Rome ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 10, 2024

I have no idea what year this is from. The only caption we have is “Diablos Rojos v Tecolotes Of Nuevo Laredo” These Rumblings were completed long before last night’s game Jeremy Guthrie is still pitching! Well, sort of. A few years ago, Max documented his baseball work in Nigeria. At MLB.com, David Venn writes about his travels to Spain: “I feel passionately about it because I lived ...2024
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• Braves Prospects Stock Watch: Owen Murphy turns in fabulous April

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Murphy’s arrow is pointing up after he finishes April with 37 strikeouts in 24 innings The first month of minor league baseball is in the books, and for the first time this season we’re going to take a look at the movers in the Atlanta Braves system. One month is a relatively short period time in regards to development and it’s hard to make ...2024
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• MLB Roundup Week 4: Win streaks, sweeps, and sausages, oh my!

Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli tries his best to sound sane during a press conference where he reveals the team’s good-luck charm is a wrapped summer sausage. The latest on news around baseball includes Seattle’s latest surge, top pitching performances, and ... a White Sox sweep? While it hasn’t been too long since our previous update, BOY has a lot happened over the last week. Jo...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Astro projection

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. Cubs take second game from the visitors on the strength of a Dansby Swanson long ball. We predict a need for brooms in Chicago. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, an...2024
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• This Week in Purple: Spring Snow

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies recap and discussion thread for Saturday, April 20 and Sunday, April 21, 2024 The weekend is a great time to kick back and reflect. This Week in Purple is the place to catch up on the news from our team at Purple Row. You’ll find links to Rockpiles and other content below as well as a platform for community discussion in the comments. ★ ★ ★ The...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The Yankees bid farewell to John Sterling

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images The iconic radio voice of the team announced his sudden departure this week. On Monday, with no preamble, the Yankees announced that their long-time radio play-by-play announcer John Sterling was calling it a career, and his last game in the booth was behind him. The 85-year-old called 5,420 regular season games over his long career. Sterling cited the s...2024
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Spokane Indians’ rotation is off to a special start

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 15th, 2024 While the Colorado Rockies starting rotation is still bad—mired in the muck of a rotten start in which their dead-last ranked combined ERA is almost a full point worse than the 29th ranked team—it’s important to look to the farm system and towards a hopeful future. Last week I p...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A very expected retirement

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images A Washington Nationals great has officially bowed out. With pitching injuries being a big topic of discussion this week (Shane Bieber, Spencer Strider, and Eury Perez are all out for 2024, and MLBPA is blaming the pitch clock), it seems fitting that Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg has announced his long-anticipated retirement. Injuries were...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 5, 2024

Monday is Eclipse Day | Set Number: X161331 TK1 Anne Rogers with a pair of stories about injuries. The first is about Frank Mozzicato’s injury last season: Frank Mozzicato’s 2023 season can be broken into two parts: Before the collision and after the collision... On June 2, a day after Mozzicato struck out 10 in five innings for the Fireflies, he was in shallow center field during battin...2024
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• It's Another Remarkable Day for Al Michaels, the Voice of Sports' Top Moments
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• Wendall Williams: The (Probably) Fastest Man in the NFL Draft
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• Brewers' David Denson Hopes Coming Out Paves Way to Achieving MLB Dream
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• Max Kepler, the German Baseball Player Who Spurned Soccer for MLB Dreams
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• Shady's Mission: LeSean McCoy Begins His Bills Career Looking for Vindication
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• The True Story of Tim Fortugno, the Man Once Traded for a Bucket of Baseballs
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"Braves’ Double-A Affiliate moving to Columbus, Georgia in 2025"

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"Braves top prospect AJ Smith-Shawver promoted to Triple-A"

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"Iowa Cubs Owner Surprises Workers With ‘Life-Changing Gesture’ After Sale"

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"LOOK: Bat dog Rookie interrupts minor league baseball game in adorable fashion"

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"Sources: Hundreds cut in minors; more expected"

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"MLB commissioner Rob Manfred threatens to cut ties with minor league baseball"

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"No baloney: Yanks' farm club takes new name"

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"LOOK: Minor-league baseball teams mock the Chargers' new logo"

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"Minor league baseball team hosting 'Keep Brady Suspended' night"

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"Again King of the East, LeBron's Conference Reign Faces Few Looming Threats"

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"Why Corey Seager Is the Most Jaw-Dropping Prospect in Minor League Baseball"

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• MLB and Roku agree on ‘Sunday Leadoff’ package — and there’s good news for MLB.TV subscribers
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Adam Maier throws complete game
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 10, 2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Keibert Ruiz still building; GM Mike Rizzo on 1-0 every day; + more...

Notes and quotes after an off-day yesterday ... so it’s sort of a hodgepodge of leftovers... KEIBERT RUIZ STILL BUILDING: Going into the second of two with the Baltimore Orioles in D.C. on Wednesday, Keibert Ruiz was 3 for 40 (.075/.119/.150) with one home run, a walk, and six Ks in 10 games and 42 plate appearances since he returned from a prolonged IL stint. Ruiz, 25, dealt with a rough bout of ...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Kyle Hendricks makes rehab start in Iowa

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports All four full-season teams lost—two in extra innings. Rookie ball got off to a winning start. Right-hander Cam Sanders has been demoted to Tennessee from Iowa. The Cubs Arizona Complex League team in Mesa (aka Rookie Ball) started play this evening. (Edit: Oops. It was on Saturday. I missed that.) They moved the season up this year as it didn’t used to start u...2024
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• Braves Prospects Stock Watch: Owen Murphy turns in fabulous April
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• MLB Roundup Week 4: Win streaks, sweeps, and sausages, oh my!
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy near perfect, strikes out 10

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Owen Murphy continues his tour of dominance through the South Atlantic League It was an exciting evening of Atlanta Braves minor league baseball, as the system took a sweep behind some marvelous pitching performances. None of those exceeded Owen Murphy, who has gotten better in every start this season and produced one of the most impressive ...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Adam Maier throws complete game
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Keibert Ruiz still building; GM Mike Rizzo on 1-0 every day; + more...
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• AJ Smith-Shawver, Hurston Waldrep tumble in updated Baseball America Top 100

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s been a rough start for Atlanta’s top two prospects, and BA reflected that in their May rankings update One month of minor league baseball is in the books, and the good folks over at Baseball America rolled out an updated look at their top 100 prospects. For the Atlanta Braves it was the same two names as preseason, but both of thei...2024
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• Braves Prospects Stock Watch: Owen Murphy turns in fabulous April
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: Chicago White Sox games 27-29

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Rays fall to 13-16 after three game series at Guarantee Rate Field. Wow. “Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This edition will be coverin...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy near perfect, strikes out 10
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 6, 2024

The Knights were trounced again on Saturday, but nonetheless were winners with their Negro Leagues tribute to the Charlotte Black Hornets. Knights bench coach Pat Listach, whose grandfather Nora played in the Negro Leagues, brought out the lineup card pregame. | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights Three wins! A starter with 10 Ks! A leadoff man with five hits! A starter with five no-hit innings...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 5, 2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Breaking down the minor league Opening Day rosters

Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Are you burdened with the overhanging dread that is a 162 MLB season in Colorado? Do you have a gaping hole in your life begging to be filled with a love of baseball again? Do you suffer from IRS (Irritable Rockies Syndrom)? Well, lucky for you there is a solut...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 10, 2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Keibert Ruiz still building; GM Mike Rizzo on 1-0 every day; + more...
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• MLB Roundup Week 4: Win streaks, sweeps, and sausages, oh my!
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• Colorado Rockies Minor League game thread: April 26th, 2024

Jordan Beck (no. 6 PuRP) hits a home run wearing a Mariachis de Nuevo Mexico | Photo courtesy of the Albuquerque Isotopes Los Rockies are headed to Mexico City and we turn our eyes to the minor league affiliates. The first game starts at 2:05 PM MDT. Los Rockies de Colorado are off today as they travel to beautiful Ciudad de México for the Mexico City Series against the Houston Astros this...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The Yankees bid farewell to John Sterling
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• Outside The Confines: A very expected retirement
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 6, 2024
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• In search of the next bullpen guy: Manuel Rodriguez

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports The Rays are known for finding gold among otherwise forgotten bullpen arms. I’m going to make a prediction here: this year’s surprising bullpen arm will be Manuel Rodriguez. Rodriguez was acquired from the Chicago Cubs at the 2023 trade deadline. He came with a reputation of decent stuff and poor command, just the kind of challenge that the Rays pitchi...2024
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• Again King of the East, LeBron's Conference Reign Faces Few Looming Threats
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• Houston Astros Will Sell a Chicken-and-Waffle Cone with Mashed Potatoes
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• 'I'm Back!': Untold Tales of Michael Jordan's 1st Return to the NBA 20 Years Ago
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• Iowa Cubs Owner Surprises Workers With ‘Life-Changing Gesture’ After Sale
The owner of the Iowa Cubs gave employees $2,000 for every year they had been with the minor league baseball team, for a total of $600,000. “My jaw dropped,” one worker said....2022
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• Miami Marlins Plan to Sell a Pulled Pork Mac 'N' Cheese Sandwich
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• Minor league baseball team hosting 'Keep Brady Suspended' night
Fans with un-destroyed cell phones and fully inflated balls are welcome!...2016
• Sources: Hundreds cut in minors; more expected
With the minor league baseball season nearly certain to be canceled, hundreds of players were cut from their teams, with hundreds more expected, sources told ESPN....2020
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• MLB Roundup Week 4: Win streaks, sweeps, and sausages, oh my!
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 19, 2024

Juan Carela pitched five innings of one-hit ball for Winston-Salem. | Salina Rae Silver/South Side Sox Danny Mendick cannot be stopped, Juan Carela’s offspeed baffles, and Ryan Galanie locks in Charlotte Knights 5, Syracuse Mets 1 (Gameday box) (Statcast box)For the second straight night, the Charlotte Knights posted five runs en route to a win against the Syracuse Mets. And for the fourt...2024
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• Jeremy Pena, 2022 Fantasy Outlook
And thus ends our 2022 fantasy baseball rookies series. Next up, sleepers. You can hardly wait! No, you! Hope you enjoyed our 2022 fantasy baseball rookies series. It was brought to you by me! And The Bachelorette. Kidding on the last part, but I'm obviously a huge Bachelorette fan now that one of our own was on the show. In case you missed it when I said something a month ago: One of our Razzbal...2021
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• Josiah Gray Prepped To Raise The Barn Roof On Expectations
Dodgers announced their top pitching prospect Josiah Gray will make his major league debut today. There's gonna be so many Grays/Greys in the majors, it's gonna be like 50 Shades of Grey, and you're gonna be pouring candle wax on your nips while drafting your fantasy teams. "Ow, Grey, please let me just type up this memo to HR without you tweaking my areolae!" That's gonna be you wishing you could...2021
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• 2021 Prospect Stash List Week 1: Kelenic, Kirilloff, Wander and Witt
This list is about being about a week ahead. It’s about other things, too—like overall fantasy impact from current minor league baseball players—the key purpose is to shine a blinking light on the top names. By the time a player gets to the front of this line, you risk missing out on the early adopters discount if you don’t faab him during the next run. As you’ll see here, it’s mostly too late fo...2021
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• Shady's Mission: LeSean McCoy Begins His Bills Career Looking for Vindication
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• MLB and Roku agree on ‘Sunday Leadoff’ package — and there’s good news for MLB.TV subscribers
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 10, 2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Keibert Ruiz still building; GM Mike Rizzo on 1-0 every day; + more...
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• Boxing Insider Promotion’s May 11th Card Continues Long History Of Atlantic City Boxing
By: Sean Crose After numerous successful cards held in the heart of midtown Manhattan, Boxing Insider Promotions is now moving south to another legendary boxing hotbed for it's May 11th card. For, on that night, Boxing Insider will host a full night of rising talent and popular ring regulars at Atlantic City's famed Tropicana Hotel and Casino. Fittingly, one of main attractions that evening will...2024
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: Chicago White Sox games 27-29
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• Noah Davis works to contribute despite roster uncertainty

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Davis made his first appearance of 2024 as the 27th player of a doubleheader, 24 hours after being recalled and subsequently optioned When snow blanketed the Denver area on April 19, it caused the postponement of the Colorado Rockies’ scheduled opener of a three-game series with the Seattle Mariners at Coors Field. The game was postponed and rescheduled as part ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The Yankees bid farewell to John Sterling
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• Outside The Confines: Opening Week is here!

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The pre-season ends this week, real baseball is almost here! Well, friends, we have officially made it. This is the last Monday without baseball! (Well, regular season baseball. that is.) It’s so thrilling to realize that this is the week baseball begins in earnest and we can switch from saying “Spring training doesn’t count” to “it’s ...2024
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• Meet the ‘Dairy Daddies,’ the sexy baseball cow that’s a total beefcake

A new baseball team with THE GREATEST HAT EVER. There’s just something magical about Minor League Baseball. Small communities rallying around their home team, the stars of tomorrow rising from humble beginnings, the sexy anthropomorphic cow mascot challenging your preconceived notions of your turns ons, making you question whether you had a fetish you never knew existed until this moment. Uhh... I...2024
• After a season this bad, the front office still needs shaking up

Nov 3, 2022; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals general manager J.J. Picollo talks with media during a press conference at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports No new talent in the front office is bad news There were a lot of things about the 2013-2015 Kansas City Royals that were wonderful. Yes, there was the American League Pennant, the World Series Championsh...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: South Bend proves to River Bandits that crime does not pay, 6-1
Max Bain | Max Thoma/South Bend Cubs Myrtle Beach wins in a walkoff. South Bend just wins. The Cubs released right-handed pitcher Rowan Wick today. Outfielder Cristian More was promoted back to Myrtle Beach. He started this season with the Birds but was demoted to the complex league at the end of May. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were raided and boarded by the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), ...2023
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• Braves prospects weekly spring training recap
Photo Credit: Mills Fitzner Dylan Dodd has impressed in two fantastic performances this spring My front garden is starting to stir and that means it must be spring training time, and that means it’s almost my favorite time of the year: Minor League baseball season. We are a few weeks away from minor league opening day, but many of the Atlanta Braves’s top prospects have been active so far ...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Baseball has a catch
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A second Field of Dreams game was played. Why the Yankees are struggling and where the Padres go from here. And other news from around the league. Just because I don’t like the movie Field of Dreams, that doesn’t mean I didn’t like the “Field of Dreams” game. I love baseball games played in unusual locations and that field in Dyersville is one of the be...2022
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• Michael Jordan: ‘People Got Bored With My Skills’
People had “got bored” with Michael Jordan‘s sustained excellence when he shockingly left the NBA, at the height of his powers in 1993, to go chase curveballs in minor league baseball. Or so believed His Airness. Jordan said he had grown tired of “the drama, the jealousy, the infighting” in the League, which he triumphantly […] The post Michael Jordan: ‘Pe...2020
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