The Hiring of Hsin Xiao

The Okinawa Shisa recently made a significant decision to appoint former player Hsin Xiao as the manager of their A club, the Magami Ako. This move has been met with enthusiasm and optimism within the organization and among fans. Hsin Xiao’s Playing Career Hsin Xiao, originally from Shanghai, had a fleeting playing career derailed by […]

Steve Hott Declares Spring Training a Waste of Time

CRYSTAL LAKE HERALD SPORTS – GNATS NOW Steve Hott Declares Spring Training a Waste of Time Updated: March 18th, 2041 – 8:25 PM By Howard Heskin, Gnats Beat Writer and ESPN PEBA Correspondent – Twitter @HowardHeskin1 In a surprising turn of events, Steve Hott, the renowned former PEBA baseball pitcher and current manager of the […]

The 2040-2041 PEBA All-Free Agent Team Part 3

In Part 3 of the 2040-2041 PEBA All-Free Agent Team we’ll dive into the pitching staff. Admittedly, this was the toughest area of the team to fill. Thankfully, this group won’t be facing simulated baseball competition, however I still do believe it isn’t the worst group in PEBA either. As mentioned in Part 2, the […]

The 2040-2041 PEBA All-Free Agent Team Part 2

In Part 2 of this series, we’ll begin to take a deeper look into how the roster was constructed specifically on the everyday fielders side of the roster. For projecting future performance, we’ll be using OOTP Calculator (if you haven’t used this before, I highly recommend checking it out) and Statslab (Thanks Frank) in addition […]

Daydreaming with Yamamato

Some time in March… far, far away on a minor league field… It’s so dark out there, a calm before the next clash. The Gamilons are hiding just outside of view. Earth is a hellscape after they dropped their bombs on the planet, but there is some hope out there after a strange message from […]

GD Field Expansion Moves Forward Despite Setbacks

04 March 2041; Tempe, Arizona – The Tempe Stadium Authority has begun their final inspection and certification of the most recent enlargement of Gisolo-Duppa Field in time for the start of the 2041 campaign despite a series of mysterious setbacks which were reported to have occurred throughout the construction process. Construction delays owing to faulty […]

Trendsetters Expand New Frontier Field to 55,000

New Orleans, LA – February 26, 2041 Construction continues on the 5,000 seat expansion at New Frontier Ballpark, the home of the New Orleans Trendsetters. The new expansion goes along with team ownership’s renewed attempts to draw fans. Improvements will include the new seats down the right and left field lines along with a new […]

Stranger in a Strange Land

The ball snapped into the catcher’s glove. Once, twice, three times. Each time the catcher rolled it to her right side where the ball girl picked it up and tossed it into a bucket of balls. Snap, two, three, four. More balls for the bucket. The man throwing the balls from behind the batting practice […]