this is about right, and doesn't even mention the whole ripoff of publicly funded ballparks
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/how-minor-league-baseball-left-its-players-in-poverty-and-tried-to-save-itself-instead-185300079.html
― mookieproof, Thursday, 30 June 2016 19:12 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmOzbEJUcAAJDdz.jpg
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 July 2016 01:17 (eight years ago) link
weird that both these stories would come out on the same day!
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-is-backing-congress-members-trying-to-keep-minor-league-salaries-down-but-why
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-30/disney-said-to-buy-stake-in-mlb-s-video-arm-in-3-5-billion-deal
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 July 2016 01:19 (eight years ago) link
Due to a scheduling conflict, the Omaha Storm Chasers have announced the concert featuring Ratt, Saliva, and L.A. Guns at Werner Park on August 12 has been cancelled.
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 July 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link
friend offered me his extra Cyclones ticket tonight; alas that means witnessing Irish Night again, presumably with leprechaun and potato races.
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 July 2016 15:47 (eight years ago) link
ilx0r to throw first pitch at durham bulls game
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 July 2016 15:48 (eight years ago) link
ah, more leadtime and i wd've lingered in Miami longer so i could drop in!
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 July 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link
hoping that j.p. arencibia catches said first pitch, and that the ilx0r casually mentions 'you could afford to take a few pitches, you know'
in other news, the hartford stadium disaster is complete; the team will play no home games this year
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 July 2016 14:25 (eight years ago) link
welp
http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/07/22/minor-league-players-wage-suit-against-major-league-baseball-suffers-a-huge-setback
― mookieproof, Saturday, 23 July 2016 02:15 (eight years ago) link
Yard Goats Could Leave Hartford If Stadium Isn’t Done for 2017
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 15:46 (eight years ago) link
20yo indians prospect francisco mejia has a 39-game hitting streak -- second-longest in the minors since 2005 -- during which he's hit .395 and gone up a level
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 July 2016 15:11 (eight years ago) link
now at 45 games
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 August 2016 00:37 (eight years ago) link
46, longest hitting streak in the Minors since 1954 (probably)
― mookieproof, Friday, 5 August 2016 14:12 (eight years ago) link
do we have any ceremonial first-pitch footage from Durham's Merge Records night?
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 August 2016 16:29 (eight years ago) link
insane play
https://twitter.com/DragonsBaseball/status/763898972557631488
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 August 2016 04:40 (eight years ago) link
I have no clue who this dude is but this is a p crazy stat
How about @DanvilleBraves RHP Jacob Webb:1.00 ERA – 9 IP, 4H, 4BB, 25K (!!!)Only 2 outs he’s recorded have not been strikeouts. #Braves
― dynamicinterface, Friday, 12 August 2016 16:57 (eight years ago) link
mejia now at 50 games
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 August 2016 03:51 (eight years ago) link
xp that is indeed crazy
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 August 2016 03:52 (eight years ago) link
My ex-student Darren is pitching in Arizona. So far, in relief: 14.1 IP, 6 hits, 10 K, 13 walks (!), 2.51 ERA.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=shred-001dar
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 04:55 (eight years ago) link
(Sorry, missed mookie's link above--thanks.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 04:56 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqEjA6RWYAATw0U.jpg:small
senator aqua buddha
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
california league will contract bakersfield and high desert at the end of the season
carolina league will add two teams -- kinston for sure, perhaps fayetteville as the other
― mookieproof, Monday, 22 August 2016 17:53 (eight years ago) link
Baseball’s minor leaguers pursue their dreams below the poverty line
― mookieproof, Friday, 26 August 2016 23:31 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/richardgin/status/773944449462366208
*thinkfaceemoji*
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 8 September 2016 18:03 (eight years ago) link
there are some very very bad new team names being announced over the next few weeks
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 October 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwRLZipUIAIdla9.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 16:29 (seven years ago) link
let's hear some bad names.
the port angeles lefties of the west coast league is not an atrocious name, though somewhat puzzling, but is a little sad that they intended to call the team the marmots but they couldn't afford to pay off the clothing and equipment company
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 20:26 (seven years ago) link
double-a jacksonville has changed its name from the suns (in use since 1961) to the jumbo shrimp (see logo above)
new carolina league team in kinston, nc (which is not actually in the 'down east' region) announces its name:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwSQ4a5WQAElil0.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link
http://www.milb.com/assets/images/0/5/8/207929058/cuts/updated_bingamton_960_kxc5uowp_q88aoq1v.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 November 2016 15:20 (seven years ago) link
that menacing jumbo shrimp is hilarious... dry-humping the panhandle!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 3 November 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
http://www.milb.com/assets/images/6/7/2/208935672/cuts/Intro_wall_taqe5uuh_3xi5s5jh.jpg
a nadir has been reached
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 November 2016 15:03 (seven years ago) link
ugh
baby crabs maybe
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 November 2016 15:08 (seven years ago) link
http://www.milb.com/assets/images/3/1/0/209085310/cuts/Buies_Creek_960_o04o5l5r_9s5k9g0d.png
there's a party going on down around herebuies creek yeah
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 November 2016 18:11 (seven years ago) link
What really went on here we only have this logo
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 18 November 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link