It’s been 20 years since the peaceful little town of Yuma, Arizona was rocked by riots. In September of 2020, the cause was diminishing hope that the Yuma Bulldozers (the team’s name back then) would make the playoffs. The youth of Yuma started fires in recycling bins all over Old Town, vandalized local businesses and, […]
It’s been nearly a decade since we’ve made an attempt to rank PEBA players, but it’s time to go ahead and give it another go. Back by popular demand (one or two people?), here is the 2040 edition of the PEBA‘s Most Valuable Players. For those who are new and haven’t read one of […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mike Robinson: From Okinawa Shisa Rising Star Pitcher to Wagga Wagga Crows’ New Pitching Coach Wagga Wagga, April 16, 2040 – The Wagga Wagga Crows are thrilled to announce the appointment of Mike Robinson as their new pitching coach. Robinson, a former standout rising star pitcher for the Okinawa Shisa, brings a […]
16 April 2040–Rioting has broken out in the small desert town of Yuma, Arizona. The local baseball team, the Arroyos, have won 8 of their first 12 games giving them the lead in the Sovereign League of the Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance. No one knows at this early date the precise cause of the rioting, […]
Henry Carter felt the misting December rain drip off the frayed brim of his Bakersfield Bears hat and onto his stiffening fingers as he re-lit his cigarette. He wanted to be chain smoking, but his muscle memory was too faded, and his thoughts were too disarrayed to accomplish the task. A fifth attempt to light […]
The Final Cliffhanger Toyama Wind Dancers Blog Ivan Juarez, the Toyama icon, has hung up his glove after 18 years, all of which were with the Toyama/Lupin organization. Juarez retires as the last player to have ever played for the Lupin Cliffhangers before the team rebranded to the Wind Dancers. Juarez joined the organization in 2022 as […]
By Francis Ferry, NLN beat writer April 2, 2040: Bakersfield, California – When the players arrived at The Ballpark Formerly-Known as YUM! – The Oaks at Aera Field, it was a late-, lingering, winter moning in the California Central Valley as tule fog hung close and tight to the ground, keeping the air temps hovering […]
Heading into the offseason GM Rob Sullivan had hoped to see a budget increase after a flurry of moves at the 2039 trade deadline saw the Codgers become a competitive team. Instead, the notoriously cheap owner of the Codgers Hopkins Reginald Bunner set the teams budget at $142MM, the same as the previous two seasons. […]
The dust appears to have finally settled on what has been one of the stranger episodes in PEBA history. The Amsterdam Lions have been purchased, for the second time in less than five months. The Lions pushed Florida to the brink in the 2039 Divisional Series, but the Farstriders sent them home after 10 innings […]
Former Rising Sun 3B Takeshi Hayashi has been busy since his playing days. Since retiring in 2023, he’s started his own hitting academy in Fujisawa. Young hitters come from all across the country to spend time with one of the top power hitting 3B during his playing days. With this success, Hayashi was at a […]
