September 3rd, 2008
Minor League Baseball is rarely boring. Mostly because of the entertainment in between innings at ballparks around the country. But fans at the Durham Bulls game on August 29 were treated to an unbelievable show during the third inning as Fernando Perez eluded a tag by the Charlotte Knights catcher not once, but […]
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September 2nd, 2008
You’ve probably never heard of Mike Prochaska. He’s a minor league baseball player (well, was) for the Montgomery Biscuits. Prochaska was making the final appearance of his career on the mound Monday. In his final appearance, the 28-year-old left-hander unveiled a new pitch. Prochaska threw got the OK from the coaching […]
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August 20th, 2008
If the season ended today, is there a chance that Cliff Lee, ace of one of the worst teams in the American League, could win the Cy Young Award? Not only could this happen, but it should.
Lee, if you remember, had a horrible blow-up season with the Cleveland Indians in 2007. There was […]
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August 6th, 2008
It’s another preview of some great upcoming promotions in the world of Minor League Baseball. This week Jay Buhner’s Everett AquaSox and the Vero Beach Devil Rays top the list of some of the interesting happenings this week.
Buhner is the co-owner for the AquaSox, so he is bringing back one of the Seattle Mariners […]
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July 30th, 2008
File this under ‘things you don’t see every day.’ Two men won an Ebay auction to be the play-by-play broadcasters for three innings of a recent Auburn Doubledays game. Well - apparently the two men didn’t want to do it the normal way, so they wore masks.
The description on the YouTube video reads: […]
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July 26th, 2008
Minor League Baseball games are still one of the best places to catch some very interesting acts and characters. Here’s another one for you. A few weeks ago, Dancing Christopher (from Las Vegas) performed at the Northwest Arkansas Naturals game in Springdale.
This is one video that you just have to see. Why? […]
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June 20th, 2008
If you were brought in by the title it really says it all. In Thursday night’s Brooklyn Cyclones vs. Staten Island Yankees game something happen that I have never seen before. A switch hitter steps up against a pitcher that is ambidextrous. You have to see the video below.
The hitter for the […]
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June 17th, 2008
It’s another great week for Minor League Baseball promotions. This week, I’ve come across three that are outstanding to say the least. If you happen to attend one of these great events, I’d love to hear how it went. Here are the top three MiLB promotions for this week.
You know it’s going […]
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June 16th, 2008
The dizzy bat race is one of the greatest staples that Minor League Baseball teams have at their disposal for in-game promotions. Check out the video from Sunday’s Class AA Arkansas Travelers game in Little Rock where two lucky participants competed in the dizzy bat race.
The winner of the race rolls across the finish […]
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June 3rd, 2008
You will notice that I am intrigued by some of the promotions that these Minor League Baseball clubs can come up with and pull off. So why not just bring you a post every week dedicated to the top promotions of the week. And you really can’t make this stuff up… these promotions […]
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