April 2, 2013 Canton, OH – The waiting is over; the time is finally here! After months of hot stove discussion and a less-than-optimistic spring training performance, the Kalamazoo Badgers opened the 2013 campaign on the road in Canton, facing the Longshoremen in less-than-ideal baseball conditions. With great anticipation and outerwear befitting a champion Iditarod […]
By Chiba Yumi, Niihama-shi Intelligencer April 6, 2013: Niihama City, Japan – In an unprecedented move, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment today fined the Niihama-shi Ghosts baseball club $1.2 million U.S. for dumping thousands of plastic bobblehead dolls in the Hiuchi-nada Sea. A spokesman for the Ministry issued a terse statement. “The Government takes […]
4/3/2013: London, England – The 2013 PEBA season began for the London Underground yesterday with their home opener against the Gloucester Fishermen. The Fishermen took a 7-3 victory in the game. 22-year-old SP Francisco “Yogi” Robles was given the ball by manager Sergio Manetti for the Opening Day start and did not disappoint. Outside of […]
By Scott Plack 4/1/2013: Charleston, SC – RF Tabito Matsushima stands 6’6” and smiles like a kid every time he steps onto the diamond. At age 31, Matsushima will be a well-seasoned rookie in the Trendsetter outfield. While virtually an unknown in PEBA circles, even after his solid year at Palm Springs’ AAA club last […]
3/31/2013: Arlington, VA – During the 2012 season, the Arlington Bureaucrats began planning stadium renovations to be conducted during the off-season. With owner Daniel J. Woods’s disappearance on October 1, 2012, the development plans were put on hold. As the calendar turned to December, it appeared that the construction plans would remain on ice until […]
Steve Youngblood, The Fargo Gazette March 31, 2013: Fargo, ND – The Fargo Dinosaurs have just wrapped up spring training and are preparing to begin the 2013 PEBA regular season. This is a squad with a lot of anticipation and its fair share of pressure to punch through into the playoffs after back-to-back seasons of […]
By Saruwatari Tsuyoshi, Kyoto Shimbun News March 25, 2013: Kyoto, Japan – The Topps Company recently released the first two official cards of their much-anticipated LRS baseball card set. In a bow to the 2012 Neo Tokyo Cup matchup, Edo LF Morihiro Nakamura and Neo-Tokyo 3B Nobuhito Hasegawa are featured. The cards feature vivid artists […]
March 31st, 2013 For the Florida Featherheads, the season opener is only a couple days away. The team is ready to host George Riley‘s former team, the West Virginia Coal Sox. Not only is the Tribe ready for the season opener, but apparently their fans are, too. We were recently tipped off that a Featherheads fan […]
Sunday, March 31, 2013 Arturo Bruto, Manchester Boutique [Ed. Note: The following is the first in a semi-regular series written by Manchester Maulers owner Arturo Bruto. The Maulers begin their defense of the Imperial League pennant at Arlington this week. New Maulers Jeff Cline, Brooks Erickson and Nathan Bolitho are expected to play important roles […]
3/31/2013: Fukuoka, Japan – The fans of the Fushigi Yugi Celestial Warriors weren’t happy when the team announced that unless closer Takeji Nakayama’s demands dropped drastically, he was free to go. Ever since late January, they’ve been even more unhappy with the current management. That’s when the C-Warriors announced that they traded Toyozo Okamoto to […]