The Shocking True Story Behind the Trade of a Legend!by Susan Morales, The National Enquirer June 21, 2013: CHARLESTON, WV – Everything you know about baseball legend George Riley is wrong. His trade to Florida had nothing to do with baseball. It had everything to do with sex, money and spurned love. An interview with […]
By Nakashima Kaito, ESPN-Japan.com June 21, 2013: Tokyo, Japan – Never, perhaps, has a ballplayer’s nickname been as appropriate than the moniker of Eisuke “Big House” Koizumi, the catcher out of Tennoji High School who is widely considered the top position player in tonight’s League of the Rising Sun amateur draft. Koizumi, only 18, tells […]
Duluth Warriors Press ReleaseFriday, June 21, 2013 The Duluth Warriors would like to announce the second promotional date of the 2013 season and celebrate the great first half of right fielder Ronald Elmore. “Ronald the Bomber” is currently tied for the Sovereign League lead with 22 home runs, and his three-homer game against Fargo this […]
Friday, June 21, 2013 The Bluefish Brew House has been located at the corner of Grand and Wallace in Bridgeport’s The Hollow district since the mid-1980s, and it wasn’t long before it became a local favorite. The pub’s famous Bluefish Blitz* wa s even featured on WTNH’s weekly Dining Delights segment during the local newscast. […]
6/21/2013: Kawaguchi, Japan – A late-breaking transmission from the States reports that the Kawaguchi LRS franchise has found their new General Manager, and it’s American corporate mover Ron Collins. The announcement comes just as the team is preparing to host the Neo-Tokyo Akira, and on the eve of the ever-important amateur draft. “I don’t know […]
By Chiba Yumi, Niihama-shi Intelligencer 6/19/2013: Niihama City, Japan – An upraised finger. That was the simple message of veteran LF Toshiro Suzuki to the Ghosts organization after they demoted him yet again to the AAA Nakumo Puckmen. Suzuki, 26, has spent much of the last few seasons bouncing back and forth between the Puckmen […]
Tricia Takanawa, Takanawa Times 6/13/2013: Kawaguchi, Japan – The League of the Rising Sun has many great teams. It also has many not-so-great teams. The Seoul Crushers began the season with a new owner: former GM Mark Kierstead. Kierstead has the team at 11-21 so far this year. Sure, it’s a sad .364 winning percentage […]
Flashback to October 1, 2012 (2:03 a.m.)… Their job was simple enough: show up at the ex-Senator’s mansion and scare him. Maybe rough him up a little. Even a little property damage, if they felt like it. The contract had come in yesterday and Frankie jumped on it. He’d done hundreds of jobs like this, […]
June 13, 2013: Yuma, Arizona – In sports, it is easy (and often times expected) that we praise the powerhouse. All fans revere those teams that slash through the season, leaving the emaciated corpses of their would-be competitors lying in the wake of their destruction. All players dream of achieving the perfect or near-perfect season, […]
June 12, 2013: Kalamazoo, MI – John Collins became the 21st player in PEBA history, and the first Kalamazoo Badger, to reach 1,000 base hits. Collins reached this milestone tonight in a game against the Bakersfield Bears at Portage Park. The memorable hit was achieved on a 1-0 pitch from Roberto Alonso in the bottom […]