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Your Offseason Baseball Viewing Listings for November 4, 2013

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I remembered this time! Also, I’m including some specials that will be on either internet or TV, in case you are interested:

First off, a reminder that ALL OF THESE TIMES ARE EASTERN:

11:30 PM (of Sunday): JWBL “Japan Cup”, streaming here.

2:00 AM (Monday): JWBL “Japan Cup”, streaming here.

5:00 AM: JWBL “Japan Cup”, streaming here.

7 PM: “MLB Comeback Player of the Year”, ESPN2 and WatchESPN website and apps.

8 PM: “Players’ Choice Awards”, MLB Network

 

(DO YOU KNOW ANY LEGAL AND/OR SPONSORED/ENDORSED FEEDS FOR BASEBALL DURING THE OFFSEASON? LET ME KNOW!)

Your Offseason Baseball Viewing Listings for November 2, 2013

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On internet and TV, here’s some games to keep the fire burning… all times are Eastern (note that they might bet screwed up by the daylight savings switch):

1:30 AM– JWBL “Japan Cup” Dione (JWBL) vs. Shobi University (College Team), will be streamed here.

Various Australian League Baseball Games, which can be accessed here. There are several doubleheaders and are on at various times from 1 AM all the way to 7:20 AM.

8 PM–  Arizona Fall League All-Star Game on MLB Network.

8 PM- JWBL “Japan Cup” Saitama Sakae (High School Team) vs. “The Lady Hornets”, will be streamed here.

10 PM– JWBL “Japan Cup” Participants TBD, will be streamed here.

 

(In addition, the Boston victory parade will be tomorrow starting at 9 and will no doubt receive coverage on MLB Network and ESPN)

Your Offseason Baseball Viewing Listings for November 1, 2013

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With games in Korea, Australia and Women’s Games from Japan, it’s a fun and eclectic mix of baseball for anybody looking for a fix of baseball as the North American off-season begins… or, in some cases, simply suffering from insomnia.

Do you know of any legal (whether they be sponsored or endorsed by a league or run by the league itself) streams? Let me know!

(All times Eastern)

4 AM: Australian Baseball League, Melbourne Aces at Canberra Calvary, will be streamed here, and will have a radio broadcast here.

4:30 AM: Australian Baseball League, Adelaide Bite at Brisbane Bandits, will be streamed here.

5 AM: Korean Series Game 7. Doosan Bears (Yu-Hui Kwan) at Samsung Lions (Jang Won-Sam). Winner wins the series. Will be streamed here.

7:20 AM: Australian Baseball League, Sydney Blue Sox at Perth Heat. Will be streamed here.

9 PM: Japan Women’s Baseball League “Japan Cup”. Astraia (JWBL) vs. Heisei International University (College team). Will be streaming here.

11 PM: JWBL “Japan Cup” Flora (JWBL) vs. Asahi Trust (Corporate Club Team). Will be streaming here.

What to expect during the off-season on the Baseball Continuum

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Well, now that the World Series is done, you probably are wondering what I’ll be doing to waste away the winter, especially since I won’t have any World Baseball Classic news to fill time with?

Well, here’s a run-down of what’s going to be happening:

  • Whenever possible, I’m going to have listings of places to watch or listen to offseason baseball, whether it be domestic (Arizona Fall League) or foreign (Caribbean, Australia, Asia, etc.). As I’ve mentioned before, I’d like to keep it to either official and/or legal sources- this is not a bootlegging pirate blog. Also, as an aside, the phrase “bootlegging pirate blog” is awesome. If you know of such games or sites, let me know. Video can be in any language, but radio-only stuff needs to be in English.
  • Bizarre Baseball Culture will become more frequent, preferably with maybe one or two a month, sometimes three, if I come across something that is total gold and/or fits current events well (for example, I had a Cardinals-related comic ready to be covered if St. Louis had won the World Series).
  • You’ll see the return of the Baseball Card Haiku Project that you may remember from July and August.
  • Out of the Park Baseball posts! What if certain points of baseball history had gone differently (earlier integration, for example)? What if there was a “Real” World Series? Stuff like that.
  • And, of course, there are always things nobody is expecting, and much of that will probably follow from what happens this off-season.

Headlines from around the Continuum: October 31, 2013

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Baseball-related headlines from the Newseum:

(Note that I try to copy the style of the paper as well, hence why some are in ALL CAPS while others aren’t. Also, I ignored extremely basic headlines like “World Series Preview” or “Cardinals Win”. I’ll occasionally make an exception for the team’s “home” newspapers)

Headline: Red Sox win 2013 World Series with Game 6 rout of Cardinals

Boston Globe: TESTED AND TRIUMPHANT

Boston Herald: PAPI PARTY! (Another cover on Twitter, possibly for a special section or whatever, says HOME FREE!)

Metro-Boston Edition: BOSTON STRONGEST

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: IT’S OVER

Bakersfield (CA) Californian: SOX IN SIX

La Opinión (Spanish-language Los Angeles): !REYES DEL BEISBOL! (KINGS OF BASEBALL!)

The Gazette (Colorado Springs): BOSTON REIGNS

Hartford (CT) Courant: Boston’s Redemption Song

New Haven (CT) Register: BOSTON THREE PARTY

Fort Myers (FL) News-Press: CHAMPIONS! (Fort Myers is the spring training home of the Red Sox)

Tampa Tribune: FRENZY IN FENWAY

Honolulu Star-Tribune: ‘FLYIN’ HAWAIIAN’ SOARS

Belleville (IL) News-Democrat: Cards go out with a whimper

News-Gazette (Champaign, IL): END OF THE ROAD

Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine): SO GOOD, SO GOOD!

The Enterprise (Brockton, Mass.): SOX STRONG

Herald News (Fall River, Mass.): WORLD DOMINATION

Metro West Daily News (Framingham, Mass.): TRIPLE CROWNED

Cape Cod Times: One more time!

Milford (Mass.) Daily News: Believe It!

Standard-Times (New Bedford, Mass.): RAGS to RICHES

Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.): FEN-TASTIC

News Tribune (Jefferson City, MO): WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY

Concord (NH) Monitor: REDEMPTION

Union Leader (Manchester, NH): Finally, Fenway!

The Telegraph (Nashua, NH): REDEEMED

Providence (RI) Journal: CHUMPS TO CHAMPS

Salt Lake Tribune: BOSTON 3 PARTY

Burlington (VT) Free Press: FENWAY MAGIC!

USA TODAY: SOX BRING IT HOME

Edmonton Sun: RED SOX ROCK

Waterloo Region Record (Kitchener, Canada): Party like it’s 1918

Toronto Metro: SOX SOAK IN THE GLORY

Toronto Star: BOSTON STRONGEST

Imagen de Veracruz (Boca del Rio, Mexico): !Solo Boston! (“Only Boston!”)

Reforma (Mexico City): !Con toda la barba! (Roughly “With full beards!” or “In full beards!”)

(Headlines from other countries were more-or-less Spanish translations of some of the more cliche headlines)

Your Offseason Baseball Listings (October 31, 2013)

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Crud. Now the MLB season is over. But wait! Don’t worry, here’s a list of baseball games to watch today. Don’t worry, I’m not going to watch all of these. Maybe. (NOTE: I am ONLY using official streams or TV showings, no bootlegs or illegal streams).

ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN

4 AM: Australian Baseball League Season Opener- Melbourne Aces (John Hussey) at Canberra Cavalry (Brian Grening), radio feed. Link for radio coverage will be posted here when it goes active. May also be available with video streaming here (click the game).

5 AM: Korean Series Game 6, Doosan Bears (Dustin Nippert starting) at Samsung Lions (Rick Vandenhurk). Doosan leads 3-2 in Best of 7 series. Video Stream can be found here.

And that’s it for today. HOWEVER, this is a CALL FOR ACTION: if you know of a LEGAL, TEAM-RUN and/or BROADCASTER-RUN place for baseball during these offseason months, let me know on my twitter feed. It can be a video of any language, OR a radio feed of English language.

Famous for Something Else (sort of): Mark Gilbert

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The Obama administration’s nominee for new ambassador to New Zealand is Mark Gilbert. While his role at Barclays Wealth (banking and management) and his previous roles in fundraising for the 2012 campaign are likely the main reasons he was nominated, Gilbert is also a former MLB player, having had a cup of coffee with the White Sox in 1985:

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos
1985 28 CHW AL 7 26 22 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 5 .273 .385 .318 .703 93 7 1 0 0 0 0 /879
1 Yr 7 26 22 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 5 .273 .385 .318 .703 93 7 1 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 602 509 69 139 23 0 0 69 0 0 93 116 .273 .385 .318 .703 93 162 23 0 0 0 0
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/30/2013.

In addition, here are his minor league stats:

Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB HBP SH SF IBB
1978 21 Geneva NYPL A- CHC 65 319 263 83 89 14 2 0 37 35 7 48 36 .338 .444 .407 .851 107 3 4 1
1979 22 Quad Cities MIDW A CHC 117 487 407 80 128 12 7 0 55 50 22 65 51 .314 .416 .378 .795 154 8 4 3
1980 23 Waterbury EL AA CIN 49 172 154 12 31 2 0 0 6 3 4 14 13 .201 .276 .214 .491 33 2 2 0
1981 24 Waterbury EL AA CIN 105 442 360 60 89 15 5 5 31 26 8 71 47 .247 .374 .358 .732 129 3 6 2 5
1982 25 Waterbury EL AA CIN 109 453 380 65 114 17 1 5 41 41 10 64 78 .300 .403 .389 .793 148 3 4 2 1
1983 26 Indianapolis AA AAA CIN 117 509 445 73 124 16 1 1 62 18 5 55 57 .279 .362 .326 .688 145 3 6 0 2
1984 27 Wichita AA AAA CIN 137 572 486 84 136 18 7 6 46 55 18 77 86 .280 .382 .383 .765 186 4 4 1 3
1985 28 Buffalo AA AAA CHW 119 498 428 67 114 20 5 3 33 14 8 54 78 .266 .350 .357 .708 153 4 7 5 3
8 Seasons 818 3452 2923 524 825 114 28 20 311 242 82 448 446 .282 .382 .361 .742 1055 30 37 14 14
A- (1 season) A- 65 319 263 83 89 14 2 0 37 35 7 48 36 .338 .444 .407 .851 107 3 4 1
A (1 season) A 117 487 407 80 128 12 7 0 55 50 22 65 51 .314 .416 .378 .795 154 8 4 3
AA (3 seasons) AA 263 1067 894 137 234 34 6 10 78 70 22 149 138 .262 .371 .347 .717 310 8 12 4 6
AAA (3 seasons) AAA 373 1579 1359 224 374 54 13 10 141 87 31 186 221 .275 .366 .356 .722 484 11 17 6 8
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/30/2013.

Headlines from around the Continuum: October 28, 2013

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Baseball-related headlines from the Newseum:

(Note that I try to copy the style of the paper as well, hence why some are in ALL CAPS while others aren’t. Also, I ignored extremely basic headlines like “World Series Preview” or “Cardinals Win”. I’ll occasionally make an exception for the team’s “home” newspapers)

Headline: Red Sox tie series at 2 on Gomes’ HR and wild walk-off pick-off

Boston Globe: Resilient Red Sox tie it up

Boston Herald: JONNY ROCKET!

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: CARDS’ TURN TO CRY

La Opinión (Spanish-Language Los Angeles): BOSTON VOLVERA A CASA (Boston will return home)

San Mateo (CA) Daily Journal: ON TO GAME FIVE

Hartford (CT) Courant: GO… JONNY… GONE

Stuart (FL) News: IT’S A BEST-OF-3

Press Journal (Vero Beach, FL): DOWN TO THE WIRE

News-Gazette (Champaign, IL): ROOKIE MISTAKE (on Kolten Wong)

Journal Star (Peoria, IL): RED SOX GET EVEN

Herald News (Fall River, Mass.): GETTING EVEN

Cape Cod Times: JONNY ON THE SPOT

Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, Mass.): Homer high-fives all around

Joplin (MO) Globe: TWO APIECE

Springfield (MO) News-Ledger: FIT TO BE TIED

New York Times: No obstruction for Boston

The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City): A BIG HIT (Image of Gomes)

The Citizens’ Voice (Wikes-Barre, PA): DEUCES WILD

El Norte (Monterrey, Mexico): !Cañonazo! (Roughly “GUNSHOT!” or “CANNON SHOT!”)

Vanguardia (Saltillo, Mexico): !Boston reacciona y empata! (“Boston reacts and ties!”)

El Expreso de Campeche (San Francisco de Campeche, Mexico): NO SE RINDE (“NO SURRENDER”)

Mi Diario (Panama City, Panama): Serie pareja (roughly “Series even” or “Series level”)

 

Headlines from around the Continuum: October 25, 2013

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Baseball-related headlines from the Newseum:

(Note that I try to copy the style of the paper as well, hence why some are in ALL CAPS while others aren’t. Also, I ignored extremely basic headlines like “World Series Preview” or “Cardinals Win”)

Story: Cardinals even up series with 4-2 win in Game 2

News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.): TURNING THE TABLES

The Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa): A big pick-me-up

Portland (Maine) Press Herald: One for the birds: Cardinals pull even

Boston Globe: Reversal of fortune at Fenway

Boston Herald: HOUSE OF CARDS

Herald News (Fall River, Mass.): OUTGUNNED

Cape Cod Times: Fall in Fenway

Joplin (Mo.) Globe: YOUNG GUNS

Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader: CARDINAL WAY

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: SAFELY HOME (this was the Sports Page headline, shown on ESPN this morning)

Providence Journal: Not enough this time

El Expreso de Campeche (San Francisco de Campeche, Mexico): PICOTAZO (roughly translates as “PECK” or “PECKED”)

 

(The rest are rather generic)

Headlines from around the Continuum: October 24, 2013

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(Note that I try to copy the style of the paper as well, hence why some are in ALL CAPS while others aren’t. Also, I ignored extremely basic headlines like “World Series Preview”)

Story: Red Sox beat Cardinals in Game 1, 8-1

Hartford (CT) Courant: Hot Start On A Cold Night

Belleville (IL) News-Democrat: Rough start for Wainwright, Cardinals

The News-Gazette (Champaign, IL): FOR PETE’S SAKE (with image of Pete Kozma’s error)

Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Ky.): RED SOCKED

Boston Globe: Red Sox are the whole show

The Herald News (Fall River, Mass.): Coming out swinging

Cape Cod Times: Red Sox bring it

Taunton (Mass.) Daily Gazette: STRIKING EARLY

News Tribune (Jefferson City, Mo.): CARDS SOCKED

News-Leader (Springfield, Mo.): FENWAY FIASCO

(The St. Louis Post-Dispatch had a large ad at the top talking about a poster giveaway tomorrow, and a small cartoon at the bottom depicting a Cardinal having a ball hit it’s head with the caption “Beantown Bash”.)

Concord (NH) Monitor: Strong opening statement

Texarkana Gazette: LIVING THE DREAM (on how Texarkana natives Will Middlebrooks and Michael Wacha are both in the World Series)

El Universal (Cartagena, Colombia): Los Medias Rojas pegaron primero (roughly “The Red Sox strike first”)

Vanguardia (Saltillo, Mexico): !PEGA BOSTON PRIMERO! (Roughly translates as “Boston hits first!”)

(Most others, including those from other countries, are either extremely similar to the above ones or are extremely boring.)