Good morning, Mets fans! MLB teams are closely monitoring Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and this Saturday, at least two general managers or heads of baseball operations will be in attendance to watch him pitch for the Orix Buffaloes. Among those in the crowd will be Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer, an unidentified GM, and Yankees vice president Tim Naehring, who is highly regarded by GM...
Thirty years after the release of Penny Marshall’s beloved baseball film “A League of Their Own” was released in theaters, a new adaptation has been created for Amazon Prime Video this year. The eight-episode series, which is familiarly titled “A League of Their Own,” takes a new spin on the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) which formed in...
This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of the film “A League of Their Own,” the period piece that depicts the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) that began in 1943 and ran through 1954. The league was formed by Chicago Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley, who wanted to continue promoting the game of baseball despite the number of men that were being...
