Lollygaggers: Minor League Baseball reporting 2016

http://content.sportslogos.net/news/2016/02/2016-Minor-League-Baseball-Colour-Wheel-590x612.jpg

is there a spreadsheet of affiliate changes?

there weren't any this year (deals have a two-year minimum; next round of musical chairs will be this coming fall)

only changes are
- new britain (CT) rock cats becoming hartford (CT) yard goats, though their stadium probably won't be ready until june
- savannah (GA) sand gnats becoming columbia (SC) fireflies

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reba mcentire won the inaugural nashville sounds country music legends race

10-year minor league veteran matt buschmann (good grantland story on him from last summer) had his contract purchased by arizona yesterday, with any luck will get into a game or two before they dfa him

modesto beat bakersfield 13-3 last night; all 13 modesto runs were unearned

are they gonna mail that Reba head to DC so the nats can use it for Hil next year?

(it wd hafta be throwback HRC)

congrats Sicnarf Loopstok

http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2016/04/08/170852370/the-top-100-minor-league-player-names-of-2016

remind me to thank my father for not naming me Salgoud

'catcher's balk' called

@mikemcdermott76
PawSox release statement that they are canceling plan to have fans sit in seats corresponding with favored presidential candidate.

riot averted

Warwick Saupold, Preston Guilmet, Logan Kensing, and Bobby Parnell have thrown a no-hitter for the Toledo Mud Hens.

hope noah syndergaard sent parnell a congratulatory gift certificate to steak 'n' shake

http://www.sbnation.com/2016/4/25/11502620/minor-league-baseball-franchise-generator

SI Yanks hold analytics promo

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/staten-island-yankees-sabermetric-day-event-on-june-19th/

juan ciriaco is playing 2b and batting eighth for sacramento at albuquerque

juan ciriaco is playing 2b and batting eighth for albuquerque vs sacramento

they are brothers

is their dad a George Foreman fan?

Slate excerpt from the Lindbergh-Miller book (published today) about running the Sonoma Stompers' baseball ops last summer, and unknowingly signing the first out gay pro player, Sean Conroy.

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2016/05/sean_conroy_the_first_openly_gay_player_in_pro_baseball_history_was_signed.html

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Fresno Grizzlies mascot Parker becomes ordained minister, will perform in-ballpark marriages

looks like Willians Astudillo can't save himself for marriage

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Wind: 21 mph, Out to RF.

Question for Mookie: any way of finding out where the Reds have stationed Darren Shred right now? His Twitter page and Google aren't very helpful.

can't tell just yet, but most likely he's in extended spring training, which for the reds is in arizona.

short-season leagues start in three weeks, at which point he'd probably stay in the arizona rookie league or go to billings, montana in the pioneer league.

Thanks. He did post a couple of Twitter photos out of Arizona.

the last tie in the pacific coast league was in august 29, 1996 . . . until yesterday, when there were two

rain halted tacoma at new orleans at 2-2 in the sixth
travel curfew on getaway day halted colorado springs at fresno at 6-6 after 10 innings

(teams do not play each other again this year)

Buffalo Bisons to host 'Keep Brady Suspended' Night on doubleheader, Saturday, June 11

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20160601&content_id=181453154&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t422&sid=t422

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who's pumped for the draft 2nite? this year i hope my fav team picks good players and all the other teams pick bad ones

@BenLindbergh
Openly gay @SonomaStompers pitcher/The Only Rule hero Sean Conroy just threw a 3-hit gem on Pride Night for the second, uh, straight season.

http://www.stompersbaseball.com/news/2016/6/17/offense-backs-up-conroy-in-11-1-stomper-win-over-admirals

Friday night was a p good opener in Coney... Staten Island won in 20 innings.

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20160618&content_id=184783132&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t586&sid=t586

D. Shred, AZL Reds

pro players born in '97... eerie

Cyclones lost in 17 innings last night, have played 56 frames in opening four games.

In alphabetical order, the seven finalists are:

New Orleans Baby Cakes: A tribute to the Mardi Gras king cakes where small plastic babies are sought after, the Baby Cakes celebrates a unique Louisiana tradition.

New Orleans Cajun Crawfish: Pays tribute to those lovable and tasty critters we hold festivals for, and who call New Orleans home.

New Orleans King Cakes: The King Cake tradition bring families and community members together to celebrate the joyous season of Mardi Gras, just like Minor League Baseball draws families together.

New Orleans Night Owls: Both a play on words and an alliteration, Night Owls celebrates the New Orleans nightlife and a night out at the ballpark.

New Orleans Po'boys: A tribute to the culinary capital of the Gulf Cost, this fun name falls in line with other wacky names Minor League Baseball is known for.

New Orleans Red Eyes: New Orleans Red Eyes honors Louisiana's crawfish festivals, and the bright red crawfish New Orleans love.

New Orleans Tailgators: Alligators are synonymous with Louisiana, and tailgating is synonymous with baseball.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywi8iW5eTLU

smh

stay classy everyone

H.R.5580 - Save America's Pastime Act

The legislation would amend the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to clarify that Minor League Baseball players are not subject to a law that was intended to protect workers in traditional hourly-rate jobs.

Sonoma adds two female players

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/sports/5789822-181/sonoma-stompers-adding-2-women

Rep. Cheri Bustos
‏@RepCheri
After hearing from you & learning more in the last 24 hours, I've immediately withdrawn my support from H.R. 5580

‏@keithlaw
Good news. Kill this legislation with fire.

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

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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

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.

friend offered me his extra Cyclones ticket tonight; alas that means witnessing Irish Night again, presumably with leprechaun and potato races.

ilx0r to throw first pitch at durham bulls game

ah, more leadtime and i wd've lingered in Miami longer so i could drop in!

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

welp

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/07/22/minor-league-players-wage-suit-against-major-league-baseball-suffers-a-huge-setback

Yard Goats Could Leave Hartford If Stadium Isn’t Done for 2017

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

now at 45 games

46, longest hitting streak in the Minors since 1954 (probably)

do we have any ceremonial first-pitch footage from Durham's Merge Records night?

insane play

https://twitter.com/DragonsBaseball/status/763898972557631488

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

mejia now at 50 games

xp that is indeed crazy

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

(Sorry, missed mookie's link above--thanks.)

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senator aqua buddha

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

Baseball’s minor leaguers pursue their dreams below the poverty line

https://twitter.com/richardgin/status/773944449462366208

*thinkfaceemoji*

there are some very very bad new team names being announced over the next few weeks

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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

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:

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that menacing jumbo shrimp is hilarious... dry-humping the panhandle!

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a nadir has been reached

ugh

baby crabs maybe

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there's a party going on down around here
buies creek yeah

What really went on here we only have this logo