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Minor league home plate umpire Richy Arredondo was apparently in a sour mood on Thursday night as the Quad Cities River Bandits took on the Great Lakes Loons in a Midwest League matchup. Things began to go off the rails in the top of the seventh …
The Norfolk Tides got dunked on this week by an unexpected foe — the weather. Norfolk (Triple-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles) faced off on Tuesday against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins) at VyStar …
A minor league pitcher in the New York Mets system was removed from a game Saturday despite being one out away from throwing a perfect game. Jonah Tong, a pitcher for the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies, retired the first 20 Reading Phillies …
Animal invasions are nothing new to baseball fans. But one minor league game Saturday saw its game crashed by an unexpected creature. The Single-A St. Lucie Mets held a 2-0 lead over the Bradenton Marauders in the top of the 2nd inning at LECOM Park …
A minor league baseball player had to go to some pretty ridiculous lengths to prove to an umpire that he was hit by a pitch. Jack Reinheimer, an infielder for the Gastonia Honey Hunters of the Atlantic League, was hit by a pitch on the arm during …
Major League Baseball has approved a significant change that will benefit minor leaguers players beginning next season. According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, MLB will begin requiring teams to provide housing for minor leaguers starting next season. …
The inevitable is now official: there will be no Minor League Baseball season in 2020. In a statement issued by MiLB, the organization confirmed the cancellation of the season for the first time in its history due to the coronavirus pandemic. …
Minor league baseball teams often come up with unique promotional ideas in order to attract fans, but it will be tough to top what the Myrtle Beach Pelicans plan to do for one of their home games next month. On Sunday, Aug. 19, the Pelicans — a …
The promotional department of the Binghamton Mets evidently does not know what “Netflix and chill” means. On Monday, the team – the AA affiliate of the New York Mets – unveiled some sort of “Netflix and Chill” …
If the goal of a minor league team is to find creative ways to sell tickets, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs may have knocked it out of the park. The team’s stadium, Coca-Cola Park, is set to become the first sports venue in the world to feature the …
If there’s one thing minor league baseball teams are good for (aside from developing prospects), it’s cool promotions. A few weeks ago we showed you the Harry Potter-themed jerseys worn by the Fresno Grizzlies. Now we have something that …
One of the best parts of Minor League Baseball games are the cool promotions teams hold. We saw one team give away Anthony Weiner boxers for a game. Another minor league team held a Jim Tressel rest the vest night. But one of the most distinguished …
We’re huge fans of Major League, which is easily one of the best sports movies ever made. Apparently so are the Vancouver Canadians, a minor league affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. They filmed this sweet Major League-style commercial to help …
At one time associated with unrivaled success and a five-star football school, the name Jim Tressel will now likely become permanently attached to what turned out to be a dirty program. You could certainly argue that most of what Tressel and his …
