Baseballeurope.com points us to a section of the travel website www.virtualtravel.cz, where you can visit the ballpark of the Prague Eagles virtually. Besides hosting Extraleague games, the stadium also saw the 2009 IBAF Baseball World Cup and the ISF Softball Youth World Cup this year.
Jeff Pearlman chatted about the mundane interviews that happen throughout a baseball season. Pearlman had the following to say at his blog:
I couldn’t take it. I could. Not. Take. It.
I enjoyed the games and dug the travel and loved the banter with my fellow sports writers. But after roughly five years on the beat, I [...]Hardcore Yankees fans don’t need me to tell them about Bald Vinny Milano. He is one of the members of the “Bleacher Creatures” at Yankee Stadium. Vinny was actually on the show earlier this year as we discussed the culture of the bleachers and had him as a guest.
Today Vinny has made it to the [...]So Tony Bernazard is about to join the Scott Boras Corporation. Apparently Boras is going to elicit Bernazard’s help in stealing Latin clients away from the competition. Knowing Bernazard’s history of how he poisoned the Mets organization I wonder if he will do the same with Boras clients that are interested in playing in Queens.
I would [...]As many, I have had my fill of the “Joba Rules’’ discussion and what it means to Joba Chamberlain himself.
If his work in this year’s postseason doesn’t demonstrate why he belongs in the bullpen – and the top in-house option to succeed Mariano Rivera as Yankees closer in a few years – what will?
Joba is [...]Maybe this is coincidence, but I was wondering if the extra day of rest CC Sabathia received in September has helped him this postseason.
Sept 2007
3 days – 1
4 days – 2
5 days – 1
6+days – 1
Sept 2008
3 days – 3
4 days – 2
5 days- 1
Sept 2009
4 days – 2
5 days- 3
6 days – 1
If you [...]According to Ken Davidoff Matt Holliday’s top two choices this offseason are 1) Yankees and 2) Mets.
An anonymous agent told Jon Heyman that Holliday would command 7 years and $150 million dollars last month. That is a lot of dough for someone who spent a large part of his career in Colorado and has a [...]Darren Oliver pitched a scoreless tenth inning last night. He might not be the most memorable former Met, heck he probably isn’t the first name that comes up when discussing the Angels bullpen, but it got me into remembering how important he was during his one year in New York. He also might be one [...]Thoughts on the Game
- Coming into the series I predicted the Yankees would win it in six. Brian Fuentes, the long ball, and better starting pitching were the crux of my analysis. Last night we saw all three on display in full force.
- Anaheim needs to win close one run games to pull out this [...]Adam Rubin believes the Mets are thinking along the lines of what I wrote earlier in the week. Rather than block Ike Davis with a long term first base solution they are, writes Rubin, “likely to trade for a righty-hitting first baseman with a short-term commitment to pair with Daniel Murphy in 2010.”
The most realistic [...]So why did Yankee Stadium, despite officially being a sellout, look like a mid-May game against Kansas City? Jeff Passan answers that question over at Yahoo. As of 11:30 this morning there still were tickets available for Game 2. Could the baseball bubble be about to burst here in New York? If the Yankees, owners [...]I am sure you were as entertained by Mike and the Mad Dog yesterday as I was. They still were silly, out of touch, and lacked factual depth, but that is what made them an institution in this town. Reading through the lines you could tell they miss each other and that it’s the incompetent [...]Final Score Yankees 4, Anaheim 1
4 wins down, 7 more to go for “Girardi’s Minions.”
It was a great night for the Yankees last night at the “New House,” as they opened up the ALCS with a 4-1 win over their arch nemesis. CC Sabathia was just superb, allowing just 4 hits in 8 innings of [...]It wasn’t completely vintage Pedro Martinez from 1999, but it wasn’t far off as he racked up 7 shutout innings last night. If Pedro were a decade younger we might never have seen Chan Ho Park in the eighth inning. What a shame the Phillies bullpen, predictably, ruined a night that would have put them [...]We are nearing game time, but why not get some more analysis from the experts. Rick Peterson over at 3p Sports provided the below analysis on on both teams pitching. You can also listen to Rick talk pitching on my show by downloading his appearance here.
Both Mike Silva and Rob Neyer raise interesting points about Bobby Abreu’s Hall of Fame candidacy. As Mike points out, Abreu consistently topped a 120 OPS+, and his career OPS+ is 132. Meanwhile, Neyer correctly asserts that Abreu never finished higher than 14th in MVP voting. Such a lack of regard usually means one thing: [...]
For the seventh time the German Softball-Bundesliga club Hamburg Knights will organize the Lisa Fernandez Junior Challenge this weekend. Four teams take part in the Junior Softball tournament. Besides host Knights, Germany and the Netherlands will send their national teams. Also coming to Hamburg is a Taiwanese team. Great Britain withdrew its participation a few [...]
Like every year at this time Honkbalsite.com is looking to crown the 2009 Hoofdklasse All Stars. You can go to the website and cast your vote. The categories are left- and right-handed pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, left fielder, center fielder, right fielder, designated hitter and most valuable player. The elusive [...]
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Former MLB manager Jim Lefebvre to speak at Brussels’ 2009 EBCA Convention
Jim Lefebvre is the latest addition to an already prestigious group of speakers for the 2010 EBCA Convention that will take place in Brussels from the 20th to the 22nd of November.
Jim Lefebvre:
Jim Lefebvre played 8 seasons for the LA Dodgers. He won [...]
Press Release Hungarian Baseball and Softball Federation, www.baseball.hu
Game One of the Hungarian Championship Series – Földessy homers, Sleepwalkers beat Zalabai in series opener
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Every streak comes to an end sooner or later, but it happened at the worst moment for Zsolt Zalabai, who finished the regular season with a 7-0 record.
Miklós Földessy hit a three-run homer, [...]
View from backstop into center field
Built: Will open in spring 2010
Distances (Left Field/Center Field/Right Field): 97m, 111m, 97m (318ft, 364ft, 318ft)
Capacity: 500
Teams, which play(ed) there: Zurich Barracudas, Zurich Challengers, Zurich Lions
Tournament History: none
Specials: floodlight, electronically operated scoreboard, batter’s eye in center field, two batting cages in left and right field territory, two bullpens, both dugouts [...]