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  • This Day in Braves History: Andrelton Simmons signs 7-year extension with Atlanta
    • This Day in Braves History: Andrelton Simmons signs 7-year extension with Atlanta
    Daniel Shirey-USA TODAY Sports Braves Franchise History 1923 - Christy Mathewson leads a group that purchases the Boston Braves for a reported $300,000. 2001 - Andruw Jones is awarded an $8.2 million contract through arbitration breaking Mariano Rivera’s record for the highest single season salary in league history. 2014 - The Braves and shortstop Andrelton Simmons agree to a seven-year, ...2024
  • Thank you, Jenny Cavnar!
    • Thank you, Jenny Cavnar!
    Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images Cavnar has been a staple of Rockies broadcasts for the last 12 years, and now will be the first full-time In case you missed it, Colorado Rockies broadcaster Jenny Cavnar was named play-by-play voice of the Oakland Athletics — the first female full-time play-by-play announced in MLB history. Prior to this, Rockies fans have been able to watch Jenny serve as...2024
  • • Drew Gagnon, Eric Stout Sign With CPBL Teams
    Former big league pitchers Drew Gagnon and Eric Stout have both signed on with teams in Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League. Gagnon, the reigning CPBL MVP, re-signed with the Wei Chuan Dragons, per a team announcement. It’s a two-year deal for the former Mets righty, who’s repped by GSI. The left-handed Stout, who’s previously pitched…...2024
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  • There’s an auction for a Wrigley Field night game sign — from 1945
    • There’s an auction for a Wrigley Field night game sign — from 1945
    The Wrigley Field marquee before the first actual night game in 1988 | Getty Images Here are some details. Mears Auctions, which specializes in sports, pop culture and Americana memorabilia, has posted an auction titled: 1945 Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field 30” x 40” We Turn Night Into Day! Ladies Admitted Free Painted Wooden Stadium Sign Here’s what the sign looks like: Mears...2024
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  • • Manny Bañuelos Signs With CPBL’s Rakuten Monkeys
    Left-hander Manny Bañuelos has signed with the Rakuten Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan, per Kiley McDaniel of ESPN. It’s a one-year deal with a vesting option for the Beverly Hills Sports Council client. The details of the vesting option aren’t publicly known. Bañuelos, 33 in March, has 58 games of scattered…...2024
  • • Daniel Mengden, Kirk McCarty Sign With CPBL’s CTBC Brothers
    Pitchers Daniel Mengden and Kirk McCarty have signed with the CTBC Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan, according to CPBL Stats. The CTBC Brothers have also re-signed pitcher José De Paula, who has been playing in Taiwan since the 2020 season (per CPBL Stats). Mengden, 31 in February, played six seasons in…...2024
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Andrelton Simmons signs 7-year extension with Atlanta
    2024
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  • HBIC Summer Project: Ollie's Got An Arm
    • HBIC Summer Project: Ollie's Got An Arm
    After seeing all the great things that Evelyn "Evie" Wawryshyn Moroz did in her lifetime when it came to baseball and hockey, one might be wondering if the women featured and the stories of their achievements begin to lose some momentum. I can honestly say that the woman to the left has another incredible story about her sports achievements with a cool hockey tie-in, so buckle up for this one as w...2023
  • A big loss
    • A big loss
     Vida Blue died yesterday.For any kid who grew up following baseball in the 1970s, this is a big loss.Vida Blue had the name of a superhero, and he might as well have been one during the early-to-mid 1970s. A pure power pitcher in a golden uniform, no kid could ingore that. Blue had a colorful name, uniform and career. Maybe best of all, his cards are colorful, too.This is my favorite Vida Bl...2023
  • • Royals Rumblings - News for March 24, 2023
    Cardboard fans and robot drummers. 2020 was wild, guys. I don’t think we fully appreciate just how wild it was. | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Asian Baseball Preview, Part I: CPBL Daniel Lynch exited yesterday’s game with an injury: Lynch was pitching his third inning during Thursday’s game at Peoria Stadium when he felt discomfort in his left shoulder. By the time the next pitch lande...2023
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta locks up Andrelton Simmons with a seven-year extension
    Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1923 - Christy Mathewson leads a group that purchases the Boston Braves for a reported $300,000. 2001 - Andruw Jones is awarded an $8.2 million contract through arbitration breaking Mariano Rivera’s record for the highest single season salary in league history. 2014 - The Braves and shortstop Andrelton Simmons agree to a seven-y...2023
  • • Baseball history unpacked, February 20
    Happy birthday, Bob Kennedy | Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The end of the College of Coaches and other feel-good stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narrat...2023
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  • • Thursday Rockpile: Who could shine with Randal Grichuk temporarily shelved?
    Photo by Katharine Lotze/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, February 16th, 2023 Colorado Rockies beat reporter Thomas Harding broke some unfortunate news out of Salt River Fields at Talking Stick this Tuesday: outfielder Randal Grichuk would miss the start of the season. Grichuk, who played 140 games for the Rockies last season, underwent surgery to repair a bilat...2023
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  • • Hot Stove is cold as ice for White Sox, sizzling for others
    Rumors of White Sox interest proved about $10 million too light, as the cocky Cubs inked Cody Bellinger for nearly his estimated arb figure. | Ronald Martinez/Getty Images We wait for scraps as Phillies, Guardians and Cubs feast The biggest news out of Tuesday’s Winter Meetings was the MLB draft lottery. My fantastic teammate at South Side Sox, Allie Wesel, has the full draft coverage for ...2022
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  • • Hisashi Iwakuma to return to Japan
    Veteran right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma tells Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times that he will conclude his tenure with the Mariners and return to his native Japan. That does not mean, however, that he’s calling his playing career quits.Iwakuma had been trying to return from shoulder surgery, but only made it to a pair of rehab appearances. While he was not able to get all the way back to the big league...2018
  • • Japan's MVP will not pitch in WBC
    Japan’s “Babe Ruth” will not be pitching for the country in the upcoming World Baseball Classic.Shohei Otani plays for the Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan’s professional baseball league and is the country’s top MLB prospect. He is dealing with an ankle injury that will prevent him from pitching in the WBC, his Fighters manager said. MLB Network’s Jon Paul Morosi confirmed the report.The 2017 WBC will...2017

Professional Baseball League lifestyle

  • HBIC Summer Project: A Regina Peach
    • HBIC Summer Project: A Regina Peach
    While the first three entries in the HBIC Summer Project looked at three stars on the diamond from Manitoba, today we're heading west to discover a woman from Regina, Saskatchewan who had all sorts of ties to the hockey world despite never lacing up the hockey skates for a game on her own. While she was an incredible all-around athlete while growing up in Regina, Mildred "Millie" Warwick stood out...2023
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  • • The story of how the wedge between Art Modell and Paul Brown began: Part 2
    Modell was part of the third ownership group A group of investors hailing from New York City had bought the Cleveland Browns in 1961. The two main owners were the Schaefer Beer Company and advertising executive Arthur B. Modell. The highlight of the deal for Modell, who would become a hands-on owner, was that Paul Brown would remain the head coach. Without this stipulation, the deal may not have ...2023
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  • • HBIC Summer Project: Ollie's Got An Arm
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Timeline

  • 2024
    "Here’s the probable answer: There were games played with artificial light in Wrigley Field in 1943 and 1944, but these were not Cubs games — they were games played by players from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, one as an All-Star Game (1943), the other to raise money for the Red Cross (1944)."

  • 2023
    "Photo by: Diamond Images/Getty Images 1939 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC They played their home games at Griffith Stadium which was built in 1937 and was home to the Washington Senators of the American League, the Negro League’s Homestead Grays plus games in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League."

  • 2022
    "Genevieve Beacom Is First Woman to Pitch Professionally in Australia"

  • 2021
    "The CTBC Brothers of Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League announced agreements with left-hander Shawn Morimando and right-hander José Valdez last week (h/t to CPBL Stats)."

  • 2020
    "Manny Ramirez has his sights set on returning to baseball with the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan, where he briefly played in 2013."

  • 2019
    "The Uni-President Lions of the Taiwan-based Chinese Professional Baseball League have signed right-hander Austin Bibens-Dirkx to a contract for the 2019 season."

  • 2018
    "Pitching Notes: Uehara, Lincecum, Senzatela, Hoffman, Kohn"

  • 2017
    "The latest Rockford Peaches are another tribute to the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which was also re-created on film 25 years ago."

  • 2016
    "Mildred Meacham played ball in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League just after World War II ended."

  • 2015
    "The former American League Most Valuable Players (Pudge in 1999, Giambi in 2000) participated in the Chinese Professional Baseball League Home Run Derby on Sunday."

  • 2014
    "Hiroki Kuroda Plans To Return To Hiroshima Carp"

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Professional Baseball League trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • This Day in Braves History: Andrelton Simmons signs 7-year extension with Atlanta
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  • Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Former Teammate on New Dodgers Pitcher, ‘He’s Prepared His Whole Life For This Moment’
    • Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Former Teammate on New Dodgers Pitcher, ‘He’s Prepared His Whole Life For This Moment’
    The Los Angeles Dodgers have dominated the 2024 offseason. Although Shohei Ohtani was the most coveted prize, L.A. also grabbed the second-best free agent of this class in Japanese sensation Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Yamamoto, who is only 25 years old, has already accomplished so much playing in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league. He will look to …...2024
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  • Baseball history unpacked, October 23
    • Baseball history unpacked, October 23
    Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Quite a glare he had, Jack Coombs. He was a Cubs nemesis for a long time, way back in the day. Plus many other events in this episode. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centr...2023
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  • • Tzu-Wei Lin To Join CPBL’s TSG Hawks
    Infielder Tzu-Wei Lin has agreed to a deal with the TSG Hawks of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (hat tip to CPBL Stats on Twitter).  Lin had been playing with the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League, and the Ducks announced yesterday that the Hawks had purchased the 29-year-old’s contract. It’s a homecoming…...2023
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  • • The story of how the wedge between Art Modell and Paul Brown began: Part 2
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  • • HBIC Summer Project: Ollie's Got An Arm
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  • HBIC Summer Project: The Tyndall Tornado
    • HBIC Summer Project: The Tyndall Tornado
    Our first entry in the 2023 HBIC Summer Project series will be a woman whose three brothers got her into baseball, but it was her hockey prowess that gave her the unique nickname of "The Tyndall Tornado". That's Evelyn "Evie" Wawryshyn to the left as a member of the Fort Wayne Daisies, and she was born in Tyndall, Manitoba on November 11, 1924. She was the daughter of Mae and Ted Wawryshyn and she...2023
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  • FloSports to Broadcast Three MLB Partner Leagues in 2023
    • FloSports to Broadcast Three MLB Partner Leagues in 2023
    Last year, the Frontier League announced their partnership with the sports streaming service, FloSports. At that time, the Frontier League was the first and only professional baseball league to be featured on the streaming platform. “The Frontier League is fully committed to offering our fans exceptional experiences in our ballparks, in their homes, and on … Continue reading FloSports to Bro...2023

Professional Baseball League stats and results

  • • HBIC Summer Project: A Regina Peach
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  • • HBIC Summer Project: The Tyndall Tornado
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  • The 2023 HBIC Summer Project
    • The 2023 HBIC Summer Project
    I'm going to have a little fun this summer with a project that involves a number of things that I enjoy. As you may know, I am working this summer as an official scorekeeper for the local minor-pro baseball team, so you know I enjoy baseball. This blog regularly celebrates the achievements and accomplishments of women, so I'm going to add that into the summer project recipe as well. And because th...2023
  • • White Sox Minor League Update (March 31): Redbirds 9, Knights 1
    Carlos Pérez went deep, and now you know everything you need to know about tonight’s game | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports The little sub-headline should say something like, “It’s the Knights, alright” Box score link Oh shoot, it IS Opening Day for the Knights, I totally forgot they were starting so early. Dangit. Okay, hold ...2023
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for March 24, 2023
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, February 20
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  • • Lamigo Monkeys To Post Wang Po-Jung
    Taiwan’s Lamigo Monkeys will post top slugger Wang Po-Jung, as the CPBL Stats website has covered. He will become the first player posted from the Chinese Professional Baseball League, which is Taiwan’s top circuit. Wang, who recently turned 25, has generally posted outlandish stats even by the standards of the hitter-friendly CPBL. This year, he’s…...2018
  • • Pitching notes: How will the Rangers utilize Tim Lincecum?
    Reliever Koji Uehara says that he is open to considering offers from teams in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, as the Japan Times recently reported. That’s something of a reversal from the 42-year-old reliever, who had indicated he did not intend to play again in his homeland. After preparing for the MLB season, but finding interest scant, Uehara now says he has changed his mind and wo...2018
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  • • Thank you, Jenny Cavnar!
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  • • HBIC Summer Project: A Regina Peach
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  • • The story of how the wedge between Art Modell and Paul Brown began: Part 2
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  • • HBIC Summer Project: Ollie's Got An Arm
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  • • HBIC Summer Project: The Tyndall Tornado
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  • • A big loss
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  • • Austin Bibens-Dirkx Signs With Taiwan’s Uni-President Lions
    The Uni-President Lions of the Taiwan-based Chinese Professional Baseball League have signed right-hander Austin Bibens-Dirkx to a contract for the 2019 season.  NOWnews reported the signing last week (hat tip to CPBLStats.com) and Bibens-Dirkx confirmed the deal himself on his Instagram page (while also announcing that he and his wife Leah are expecting a baby…...2019
  • • How Should We View Ichiro Suzuki's 4,257 All-Time Professional Hits?
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  • • 2016 MLB Rookies Already Going Toe-to-Toe with Historic 2015 Class
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Top Professional Baseball League news

  • • Manny Ramirez, 48, hopeful for return in Taiwan
    2020
  • • Jason Giambi, Ivan Rodriguez Show They Still Have Power in CPBL Home Run Derby
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  • • Mary Pratt, pitcher on the original 1943 Rockford Peaches team, dies at 101
    Pratt played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...2020
  • Genevieve Beacom Is First Woman to Pitch Professionally in Australia
    • Genevieve Beacom Is First Woman to Pitch Professionally in Australia
    At 17, Genevieve Beacom became the first woman to play in Australia’s top professional baseball league. She hopes her next stop is college ball in the United States....2022
  • • Manny Ramirez Signs In Australia
    Manny Ramirez’s professional baseball career isn’t over yet. The 48-year-old has signed with the Sydney Blue Sox of the Australian Baseball League, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports. Last we heard from Ramirez, he was pursuing a comeback in Taiwan in May. However, no deal ever materialized for Ramirez in the Chinese Professional Baseball League.…...2020
  • • Actual baseball highlights: Chinese Professional Baseball League becomes first to play ball in 2020
    The league is playing without fans in the seats due to the coronavirus...2020
  • • Manny Ramirez Pursuing Taiwan Comeback
    Long-time MLB star Manny Ramirez is well past his prime, but he may yet have another act. He tells Mark Buckton of the Taiwan Times that he’s hoping to appear again in the Chinese Professional Baseball League. “My goal for 2020, is to find a roster spot in the CPBL,” Ramirez says. “I have been…...2020
  • • Alex Rodriguez Passes Barry Bonds for 2nd Place on MLB's All-Time RBI List
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  • • Thank you, Jenny Cavnar!
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, October 23
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  • • The story of how the wedge between Art Modell and Paul Brown began: Part 2
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  • • HBIC Summer Project: Ollie's Got An Arm
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  • • The 2023 HBIC Summer Project
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  • • White Sox Minor League Update (March 31): Redbirds 9, Knights 1
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Professional Baseball League rumors, scandals

  • • Baseball history unpacked, October 23
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  • • A big loss
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for March 24, 2023
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  • • How Should We View Ichiro Suzuki's 4,257 All-Time Professional Hits?
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  • • Dodgers close to signing ex-prospect banned for alleged game fixing
    Most minor league signings don’t generate much of a buzz during the hot stove season. They’re generally cheap, low risk signings made to ensure depth. Yet, the Los Angeles Dodgers are close to signing a player with an interesting background. Taiwanese pitcher Chin-hui Tsao was a four-time top 100 prospect during his years with the Rockies, but was unimpressive in 88 1/3 career innings. He hasn’t p...2014

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