Apologies for the lack of “Offseason Baseball View Listings” today, for the very good reason that….. I forgot. Sorry about that. I’ll make sure to try and avoid this problem tomorrow.
As a consolation, here’s Randy Johnson’s perfect game:
So @JakePeavy_44 is fired up because he bought this boat. Yup, the whole thing. This is our Ducking City! http://t.co/EQqhwpiDcE
— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) November 2, 2013
Something I found on my hard drive today: a picture I took from the “Red Seat” in Fenway, where it is said Ted Williams hit the longest home run in the stadium’s history:
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)
Today, I went up to Frontier Field to see the Rochester Red Wings unveil their new logo. They’d had their previous logo since the late ’90s, and I was curious to see what they’d do. Would they go retro and go fully to the ball-and-wings logo that they’d introduced as an alternate the past few years? Would it be something completely different, perhaps something with talons?
Well, it turned out to be like this:
Not bad. Keeps the old logo’s main theme while changing it up a bit, with other logos for home, road and alternate caps. The alternate cap logo “R”, in particular, serves as a retro touch that brings to mind Specs Toporcer and Rip Collins, while also serving to make the wordmark look classy.
(JUMP… note that this is an image-intensive post)
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.
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:
The Mr. Octobers for the final game of the 2013 World Series are Shane Victorino (who had 4 RBIs) and John Lackey (who threw 6.2 innings of 1-run ball).
And so, after the final tally, the Baseball Continuum hereby dubs David Ortiz and Jon Lester as the Mr. Octobers of the 2013 Postseason. They get, uhm… nothing. Still, congratulations!
Standings (PP= Position Player, P= Pitcher):
PP David Ortiz– 38
P Jon Lester– 23
PP Shane Victorino– 21
PP Matt Holliday– 18
PP Carlos Beltran– 16
P Koji Uehara– 16
P John Lackey– 15
P Justin Verlander– 14
P Michael Wacha– 13
P Clayton Kershaw– 11
P Max Scherzer– 11
P Zack Greinke– 10
P Carlos Martinez– 10
PP Yadier Molina– 10
PP Jonny Gomes – 10
P Felix Doubront– 10
P Adam Wainwright– 9
PP Jhonny Peralta – 8
PP Adrian Gonzalez– 8
PP David Freese – 6
PP Miguel Cabrera– 6
P Anibal Sanchez – 5
P Hyun-jin Ryu– 5
PP Yasiel Puig– 5
P Carlos Martinez– 5
PP Austin Jackson– 5
P Doug Fister– 5
PP Mike Napoli– 5
P Sonny Gray-3
P Gerrit Cole– 3
PP Pedro Alvarez– 3
P Mike Minor– 3
PP Hanley Ramirez– 3
PP Yoenis Cespedes– 3
P Jason Grilli– 3
PP Carl Crawford– 3
P Chris Capuano– 3
PP Seth Smith– 3
P Dan Otero– 3
PP Jose Lobaton-3
P Jake McGee-3
PP Juan Uribe-3
PP (Position Player) Russell Martin– 1
P (Pitcher) Francisco Liriano– 1
PP Desmond Jennings– 1
P Alex Cobb– 1
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)
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.
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