By Chet Murphy Minor League Columnist PEBA Weekly Aug. 13, 2029 Day Of The No-Hitter Insanity. Aug. 8, 2029 will go down in PEBA history as the day of the no-hitter: three in the Surf and Snow Amalgamation (specifically, three in the Alaska League) and one in the North American Farm Team Affiliation. That’s a […]
Is this the year of the no-hitter in the PEBA-verse? Well, here’s a shocking answer: it depends. If you’re looking at the major league level, the answer is a flat “no.” So far, at least, Amsterdam’s Salvador Cantú has thrown the lone PEBA no-hitter – against San Antonio on May 22, 2029. But if you […]
Because We Couldn’t Resist This will not be a weekly feature, we promise. But we couldn’t resist a little update because, well, stuff happened down on the farm last week, and we couldn’t help ourselves. So here’s an extra helping of Farm Fresh. — Chet Murphy, Minor League Columnist, PEBA Weekly Streak Over, Tough Series […]
By Way of Introduction This is the first in a series of periodic looks around PEBA’s minor leagues in search of extraordinary performances, interesting races, or just plain weird stuff. While most fans concentrate on what’s happening at the major league level, the minors have their own dramas just waiting to be discovered. Well, wait […]
By Hamish Campbell The Edinburgh News07-24-2028 EDINBURGH – The Scottish Claymores have traded for Duluth Warriors mega-slugger Don Mercer, adding significant firepower to a lineup that scores runs in bunches but struggles with inconsistency. In return for Mercer, who earns a breath-taking $33 million per year, the Claymores will send relief pitchers Eitoku Tamura and Jesús Guerra and second-baseman Yeong-hun Kim packing to Minnesota. “It’s tough to […]
By Hamish Campbell Evening News Staff Writer 2028-06-02 The Scottish Claymores have fired veteran pitching coach George Mooney for allowing SP Jorge Vázquez to start a game against San Juan on just one day’s rest, leading to what appears to be a season-ending forearm injury. Mooney was summoned to meet with Manager Hayato Sasaki on Friday morning at the team […]
By Hamish Campbell Evening News Staff Writer 2028-05-08 A Special News Investigation Edinburgh, Scotland – A curious trade between Scotland and the Aurora Borealis may have been spurred by a blackmail attempt to keep quiet details of a doping incident in the past of a Claymores team official. The transaction in question involved the April 17 exchange of the Claymores’13thround […]
By Hamish Campbell Special to Streit and Smythe PEBA Annual 2028-03-31 The only suspense in last season’s race for the Trans Atlantic Division crown was whether Havana could even pretend to sustain interest through the end of April. Turns out, no. As it was, the Leones won the division by a whopping 34 games over their […]
