Christopher Hadorn and I will be adding notes and news throughout the week. -ed.
Smirk Not, Smug Major League Reporters - Rule 5 Shows Subtle Signs
Friday, December 7, 2007 at 12:33PM MAJOR BLOGS - www.majorblogs.net - A tea leaf reading for the minor-league-myopics amongst our major league media comrades. For those of you reporters who think the Rule 5 is a joke because you don't immediately get column inches out it on the major league side, and I heard several of you orating your opinions rather loudly in the Winter Meetings' media room, consider this: This Rule 5 Draft is really one of the best bellwethers of the performance of a farm system. Notice who got tagged yesterday for...
MLB Muffs the Minors at the 2007 Rule 5 Draft
Friday, December 7, 2007 at 11:51AM MAJOR BLOGS - www.majorblogs.net - The MLB Rule 5 Draft went off with a hitch. Two of them, actually. Well, let's be fair: Three. Sure, 99% of the people in the room could care less, but you and I have a passion for the minor league sport, so we can get a good chuckle over being dissed by MLB.com yet again. The Rule 5 is broken up into three "phases" with...
Will the Dark Tower of MLB.com Be All That's Left?
Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 12:59PM MAJOR BLOGS - www.majorblogs.net - NASHVILLE, TN - Segregation is back in Major League Baseball. This time, though, it is just the reporters. MLB.com, which is supposed to be...
MLB.com One Second for the Biggest 'Record' in Baseball - Signs of Bad Days to Come for Barry Bonds
Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 12:08PM MAJOR BLOGS - www.majorblogs.net - If anyone is wondering whether the Commissioner of Baseball, Bud Light, will now purge Barry Bonds home run chase from the record books, a hint from the Baseball Kremlin was released today by way of the always politically-correct highlights videos of MLB.com Played at the MLB Rule 5 Draft at the 2007 Winter Meetings today were two highlights reels. One was of...
Maxwell Made Quite an Impression on the Nationals
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 11:26PM MAJOR BLOGS - www.majorblogs.net - NASHVILLE, TENN. Prior to the 2007 season, Justin Maxwell was an obsure farm hand. Nobody doubted his tools, but his insipid statistical line in 2006 and a plethora of injuries in his past put him in the long-shot category. Entering the season, he had accumlated 58 at-bats above rookie ball.
Padres may give two rookies their chance in 2008
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 05:56PM MAJOR BLOGS - www.majorblogs.net - NASHVILLE, TENN. Pending a trade, the San Diego Padres are prepared to give Matt Antonelli and Chase Headley a shot at starting spots in 2008. The Padres have openings at second base and left field and general manager Kevin Towers confirmed on Wednesday night that both rookies will get long looks in spring training.
Casper and the Politically-Incorrect Pork Chop
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 01:31PM MAJOR BLOGS - www.majorblogs.net - It's no secret that logos and mascots are big money in baseball. One name disappears in Casper, while the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs new mascot has already experienced being politically incorrect for twelve hours. The Pioneer League meetings ended with the Casper, Wyoming team changing its name from the Rockies to the...
Back Together
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 01:20PM MAJOR BLOGS -www.majorblogs.net- The Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino are already reaping the benefits of their new affiliation with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Inland Empire Vice President Paul Stiritz says attendance was up 23% during the 2007 California League season.
Business Is Terry Kennedy the Next Big Name in Atantic League Baseball?
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 07:30AM MAJOR BLOGS - www.majorblogs.net - The Opryland hotel has been a mix of blue-haired and red-sweatered old ladies from the holiday craft show and baseball's power brokers, with a smattering of onlookers and Grand Ol'Opry faithful. Last night, Cal Ripken walked through the halls of the red-sweatered, who were swooning like a wave. "That was Cal Ripken, the baseball player, and I touched him!" one ecstatic...
Longoria Will Man the Hot Corner
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 04:16AM MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Evan Longoria, the MLN FAB50 2007 No. 1 prospect, enters the spring next season as the Tampa Bay Rays starter at third. Longoria was named the...