Ara Pumpernilly, Chief Baseball Correspondant (The Times), December 6, 2022 The much anticipated announcement has finally arrived. The London Underground will begin the 2023 season with a new GM, their third in as many years. Somewhat surprisingly, owner Sir John Fowler Jr. has opted to go with another unknown entity – a yank by the […]
I’m not a fan of either description that the pundits here in London give me. And I guess I can’t blame the reaction. The only people who really know me are those back home. The truth of the matter is simple: I, Noah Tong, have never stepped onto a baseball diamond nor into a baseball […]
November 19th, 2021 Before I could answer his question he continued on “I find it very funny though that I haven’t heard any protests about my relocation plans? I had you pegged as one of the PEBA’s traditionalist GM’s?” “You probably could say I am, I’m a great supporter of the PEBA because of […]
November 19th, 2021 Having breakfasted to my heart’s content I headed down to the front of the hotel. It wasn’t hard to spot the Black Limo as it really was all black including all the windows. And when I slipped into it I discovered it was black inside as well as out, the heavily […]
November 18th, 2021 It was late evening now and I had retired to my room still wading through the documents that the beautiful woman ( HM’s secretary? Partner? Wife?) had delivered. It was looking less and less likely that I was going to look around Boston, sure I could have dumped the paperwork and gone […]
November 18th, 2021 The plane touched down on time and I grabbed a taxi to the Boston Harbour Hotel. I had decided overnight as I flew to America that I might as well use this as a short break, after all I had nothing but time now and it was a long time since […]
November 17th, 2021 Sat in the kitchen of my flat it was time for some contemplation. Was it really time to leave the PEBA? Had I given my all to the league? I knew that Sir John had done me a favour in some ways, I would never have had the heart to trade […]
Sunday, November 7th 2021 I was most surprised to get a call from Sir John’s office asking me to come to his Hawaiian home for a face to face meeting. In my five years at London I had rarely seen the London Underground’s owner, normally he restricted himself to a conference call in October to […]
Spring Training Preview March 8th, 2021 2020 might have been one of London’s best ever years but now in 2021 the world of the Underground has all changed. The PEBA has merged with The LRS only to see a new LRS spring up to fill the void in Japan and the Underground will leave the […]
November 18th, 2019 The clubhouse was quiet when he stepped in, drinking in the familiar sights, not bothering to switch on the full lighting. He sat at his locker breathing deeply, remembering the memories. It was 12 years ago that he was first given this locker, he was a raw rookie then, they all […]