damn, RIP burlington bees. that's where my grandma and a couple of my relatives lived. there is very little going on in burlington, and now that the bees are leaving, truly nothing.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 9 December 2020 17:50 (three years ago) link
i guess there's a railroad that goes through town, some freight passes by every once in a while and blows the dust around a bit
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 9 December 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
Burlington Bees GM Kim Parker tells me they are leaning towards entering a collegiate wood bat league. No official announcement at this point.— Tommy Birch (@TommyBirch) December 9, 2020
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 December 2020 19:32 (three years ago) link
vancouver and brooklyn and portland, oregon going full-season is cool, at least
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 December 2020 22:57 (three years ago) link
yeah a full season cyclones team is super dope
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 10 December 2020 14:52 (three years ago) link
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/12/monsters-of-2020-the-people-who-gutted-minor-league-baseball/
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 12:36 (three years ago) link
― mookieproof, Wednesday, December 9, 2020 2:57 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
this had escaped my attention until now. glad about this.
― Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Friday, 5 February 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
i don't have a subscription and the preview doesn't go into the meaty bits, but this *sounds* pretty bad
Minor League teams have learned in recent days they will not receive proceeds from 2020 national merchandise sales.The reason?MiLB's league office used that money to stay afloat over the past year.@jjcoop36 has the latest details: https://t.co/m0UBlywWFA— Baseball America (@BaseballAmerica) February 9, 2021
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 22:37 (three years ago) link
Officially officialThis is the new Minor League Baseball landscape pic.twitter.com/UvyOAkWPcB— Benjamin Hill (@bensbiz) February 12, 2021
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 February 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
@mookieproof how's your Spanish?
Organization Name: Advocates for Minor LeaguersWebsite: advocatesforminorleaguers.comJob Post Date: 19 Apr 2021Job Terms: Full Time
Job Description
- Assisting Executive Director in facilitating a relationship of trust between Advocates for Minor Leaguers and each of more than 5,000 Minor League baseball players - Fielding and responding to questions and requests from Minor League baseball players - Organizing frequent meetings with the Advocates for Minor Leaguers player leaders - Traveling to Minor League stadiums and Spring Training facilities to meet with Minor League players - Supporting Grassroots Coordinator in execution of his or her job responsibilities
Qualifications
Skills: - Passionate about the mistreatment of Minor League baseball players - Fluent in Spanish - Experience with grassroots and/or union organizing - Strong verbal communication skills - Demonstrated leadership ability - A willingness to travel and work irregular hours, including nights and weekends
Organization Description
Advocates for Minor Leaguers is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we encourage diverse candidates to apply.
How to Apply
This position is remote but will require significant travel. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Please send both a cover letter explaining your interest in the position and a resume to ha✧✧✧@milbadvoca✧✧✧.c✧✧.
Contact: Harry MarinoEmail: h a r r y @ m i l b a d v o c a t e s . c o m
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 09:39 (three years ago) link
Here is the full release on the Pioneer League going to Home Run Derby instead of extra innings pic.twitter.com/0p30e84hYK— Shaun Rainey (@ShaunRainey) April 27, 2021
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 April 2021 21:58 (three years ago) link
The theme of this thread: Holy shit, minor league starters are working way, way less hard. Remember when 100 pitches was normal? In the last five days, four minor league pitchers have reached 100 pitches. Not four per level, not four per day, four *total* (all AAA vets)— Brendan Gawlowski (@GawlowskiB) May 25, 2021
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 14:29 (three years ago) link
Seems like an overreaction to a pretty obvious development... teams know a lot more now about how fragile pitchers' arms are while their bodies are still growing. I would rather have more starting pitchers making it to the majors in one piece and then throwing deeper into games instead of everyone constantly getting TJs all the time
― ✖, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link
Not of general interest, but: I've posted before about Darren Shred, I guy I coached in middle school who was drafted by the Reds. That didn't work out, then he was playing for Barrie in the Intercounty League, then the pandemic happened...so I checked around, and it looks like he's moved on to something pretty good:
https://www.objbaseball.com/news/shred-jumps-into-new-role-with-obj
Actually, that happened just before the pandemic; hope he managed to hold on to this.
― clemenza, Monday, 14 June 2021 22:11 (three years ago) link
Very cool.
― Andy K, Saturday, 4 September 2021 15:29 (three years ago) link
Single A Lakeland beat Clearwater yesterday, 10-5 -- on three hits. Correct: 10 runs on three hits. In what might or might not be a shocking revelation, Clearwater walked 16 Flying Tigers batters. Repeat: 16 walks. Clearwater's pitching coach remains under observation ...— Lynn G. Henning (@Lynn_Henning) September 4, 2021
BREAKING: Major League Baseball teams will provide housing for minor league baseball players starting in 2022, sources tell ESPN.Details on the monumental change @espn: https://t.co/Wzw2pWU55i— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 17, 2021
― Andy K, Sunday, 17 October 2021 22:33 (two years ago) link
how about that
― mookieproof, Sunday, 17 October 2021 23:32 (two years ago) link
thumbs up
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 18 October 2021 02:35 (two years ago) link
getting out in front of the CBA? or are the minors excluded from that?
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 18 October 2021 09:53 (two years ago) link
this should go well ($)
Sports and entertainment agency Endeavor, and its private equity investor Silver Lake, is in talks to buy up to a dozen minor league teams, with aspirations of potentially owning 40 or more of Minor League Baseball’s 120 teams over time, sources said. Endeavor is already a force in sports, in part through ownership of UFC, talent agency WME, and a host of marketing, licensing, and agent divisions. The pursuit of so many teams doesn’t amount to a fait accompli, but Endeavor is making attractive offers.Endeavor declined to comment, as did Major League Baseball, which has to approve any minor league ownership transfer.The potential sales could bring concerns for both minor league owners and municipalities, and may also create an issue for the Major League Baseball Players Association to address, as Endeavor also represents baseball players. If successful, Endeavor’s purchases would be the most significant financial development since MLB restructured MiLB this year, reducing the number of teams by 40 — or 25 percent — and centralizing MLB control.One little-noticed change in the overhaul greased the path for Endeavor: The elimination of the prohibition on an entity owning more than one team per league.
Endeavor declined to comment, as did Major League Baseball, which has to approve any minor league ownership transfer.
The potential sales could bring concerns for both minor league owners and municipalities, and may also create an issue for the Major League Baseball Players Association to address, as Endeavor also represents baseball players. If successful, Endeavor’s purchases would be the most significant financial development since MLB restructured MiLB this year, reducing the number of teams by 40 — or 25 percent — and centralizing MLB control.
One little-noticed change in the overhaul greased the path for Endeavor: The elimination of the prohibition on an entity owning more than one team per league.
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 16:11 (two years ago) link
wtf
― John Stockton buying a used car from (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link
baseball never met a cartel it didn’t like
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
This sounds like a complete cluster fuck of conflicts of interest
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 20:17 (two years ago) link
what they should do is integrate betting to the whole operation
― John Stockton buying a used car from (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 21:04 (two years ago) link
Sources: Rachel Balkovec, who joined the Yankees organization as a minor-league hitting coach in 2019, will serve as the manager for the Low A Tampa Tarpons next season.— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) January 9, 2022
― mookieproof, Sunday, 9 January 2022 23:38 (two years ago) link
I misread that as the Tampa Tampons and then laughed and then immediately felt horrible about myself
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 9 January 2022 23:41 (two years ago) link
The @FLProBaseball has announced it will use "sudden death baseball" to settle tie games. After one extra inning if game remains tied, the home team chooses to hit or pitch. The hitting team puts a runner on 1st. 3 outs. Run scores? Hitting team wins. No runs? Pitching team wins.— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) January 24, 2022
― mookieproof, Monday, 24 January 2022 23:43 (two years ago) link
run scores in that situation only about 43% of the time, so
― mookieproof, Monday, 24 January 2022 23:49 (two years ago) link
dumb as hell imo
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 24 January 2022 23:57 (two years ago) link
honestly i don't think i care
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 02:27 (two years ago) link
i don't care either, i just find it amusing to see a pro sport admit that game outcomes don't matter as much as simply ending
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 03:32 (two years ago) link
clearly minor leaguers should skip spring training, sparing their clubs this horrible financial burden, and just show up for regular-season games. everybody’s happy!
MLB argues for minor leaguers to stay unpaid in spring training: "It is the players that obtain the greater benefit from the training opportunities that they are afforded than the clubs, who actually just incur the cost of having to provide that training” https://t.co/md2BqNjr0X— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) February 12, 2022
― mookieproof, Saturday, 12 February 2022 14:29 (two years ago) link
wow.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 12 February 2022 14:30 (two years ago) link
i'm glad people are presumably going to get paid, but i really wish some lawsuit would force these pro leagues to open their books
Minor league players, MLB reach settlement in minimum wage lawsuit
NEW YORK -- Minor league players and Major League Baseball have reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging teams violated minimum wage laws.Terms of the settlement were not filed with the court Tuesday and details were not released. Two people familiar with the negotiations, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the release of details was not authorized, said the sides in recent weeks had been discussing a possible settlement in the $200 million range.
Terms of the settlement were not filed with the court Tuesday and details were not released. Two people familiar with the negotiations, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the release of details was not authorized, said the sides in recent weeks had been discussing a possible settlement in the $200 million range.
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 21:31 (two years ago) link
all very healthy behavior
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 22:08 (two years ago) link
springfield’s chandler redmond hit a solo homer, two-run homer, three-run homer and grand slam tonight
second time that’s ever been done in pro baseball (that anyone knows of, at least); the other was tyrone horne for arkansas (then also a cardinals double-a team) in 1998
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 August 2022 04:11 (two years ago) link
that's weird; last night, just before you posted that, i was perusing the stats of Springfield's team. Mainly checking in on Jordan Walker, Masyn Winn, and Malcom Nuñez, who have 61 years of life experience between the three of them, and also Moisés Gómez, who is a relatively ancient 23 year old with 23 home runs and a 1.106 OPS. didn't even see Chandler Raymond! he's 25. i'll probably never see him in a big league uniform but it's warming to see someone have an insane, career accomplishment kind of night
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 11 August 2022 16:23 (two years ago) link
(shit, i forgot nunez was just traded to the bucs)
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 11 August 2022 16:25 (two years ago) link
The Major League Baseball Players Association has launched a campaign to unionize Minor League Players across the country #1u #FairBall pic.twitter.com/DDq4Q8NOXI— MLBPA Communications (@MLBPA_News) August 29, 2022
possibly a big deal?
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 03:49 (two years ago) link
also it is amusing that milb.com, the official website of minor league baseball, doesn't mention this in any way
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 03:55 (two years ago) link
and, the campaign is pretty much done? they got >50% to sign the union cards
And just like that, minor league baseball players are on the verge of unionizing.More than 50 percent of minor leaguers signed authorization cards in support of unionization under the guidance of the Major League Baseball Players Association, the organization announced Tuesday. As such, the players union has asked MLB to voluntarily recognize it as the representative for minor league players. The league had yet to comment as of early Tuesday afternoon.The announcement came just one week after the union made the surprising move to send out the cards to gauge interest, a move made to seize the momentum created by two-plus years of advocacy that pushed the low pay and challenging working conditions of the minors into a brighter spotlight than ever before. That minor leaguers would unionize never seemed imminent. That the MLBPA would serve as the organizing force behind their unionization was never obvious.But as of Tuesday morning, their combined efforts had hurtled minor leaguers one step closer to unionization.“Minor league Players have made it unmistakably clear they want the MLBPA to represent them and are ready to begin collective bargaining in order to positively affect the upcoming season,” Tony Clark, executive director of the players union, said in a statement.
More than 50 percent of minor leaguers signed authorization cards in support of unionization under the guidance of the Major League Baseball Players Association, the organization announced Tuesday. As such, the players union has asked MLB to voluntarily recognize it as the representative for minor league players. The league had yet to comment as of early Tuesday afternoon.
The announcement came just one week after the union made the surprising move to send out the cards to gauge interest, a move made to seize the momentum created by two-plus years of advocacy that pushed the low pay and challenging working conditions of the minors into a brighter spotlight than ever before. That minor leaguers would unionize never seemed imminent. That the MLBPA would serve as the organizing force behind their unionization was never obvious.
But as of Tuesday morning, their combined efforts had hurtled minor leaguers one step closer to unionization.
“Minor league Players have made it unmistakably clear they want the MLBPA to represent them and are ready to begin collective bargaining in order to positively affect the upcoming season,” Tony Clark, executive director of the players union, said in a statement.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/09/06/minor-league-unionization-mlbpa-authorization-cards/
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 6 September 2022 19:38 (two years ago) link
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 01:51 (two years ago) link
That's an F7 on your scorecard, but a home run in Delvin Pérez's heart 🤣 pic.twitter.com/05EIE3gH1R— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) September 23, 2022
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 01:30 (two years ago) link
In 2002, 186 MiLB pitchers threw 150+ innings. This year, five MiLB pitchers threw 150+ innings. We want to honor great pitching seasons (and Painter's is a great season). So that has led to the BA MiLB Pitcher of the Year award.— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) September 29, 2022
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 September 2022 02:28 (two years ago) link
When we said “World’s Largest Horseshoe,” we really meant it. pic.twitter.com/FfgZGCdKmZ— Springfield Lucky Horseshoes (@ShoesBaseball) October 16, 2022
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 16 October 2022 13:47 (one year ago) link
there once was a minor league team called the Fargo Divorcees
it was way back when. also, i just learned that Fargo used to be well known as a particularly easy and quick place to get a divorce
― z_tbd, Monday, 27 February 2023 00:22 (one year ago) link
nice
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35998626/minor-leaguers-mlb-reach-tentative-deal-historic-1st-cba
― mookieproof, Thursday, 30 March 2023 07:24 (one year ago) link
4-HR game for Eduardo De Oleo of the Intercounty League's London Majors:
https://lfpress.com/sports/local-sports/london-majors-slugger-rips-four-home-runs-in-one-game#:~:text=De%20Oleo's%20historic%20four%2Dhomer,London%20Free%20Press
Not an important league anymore, but many major leaguers have passed through there, including Fergie Jenkins and Denny McClain.
https://www.theibl.ca/mlb-alumni
― clemenza, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 17:03 (one year ago) link
(Actually, come to think of it, some of these guys, including Fergie, played there after retirement.)_
― clemenza, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 17:17 (one year ago) link