Tonight:
6 PM: SIlver Slugger Awards announced, MLB Network
9 PM: Arizona Fall League. Salt River Rafters (Prospects from D-Backs, Rockies, Cardinals, Rays, Blue Jays ) at Scottsdale Scorpions (Braves, Mets, Yankees, Pirates, Giants)
Stuff today to view:
6 PM: Finalists for BBWAA awards revealed on MLB Network.
7:30 PM: Dominican League Baseball (Tigres del Licey vs. Toros del Este) on the WatchESPN app.
9 PM: Arizona Fall League: Mesa Solar Sox (prospects from Cubs, Tigers, Angels, A’s and Nationals) at Salt River Rafters (prospects from Diamondbacks, Rockies, Cardinals, Rays and Blue Jays). MLB Network.
Here are some random links and stories that may interest you:
Among the 12 finalists for the “Expansion Era” ballot of the Hall of Fame Veterans’ Committee: Bobby Cox, Joe Torre, Tony LaRussa, Marvin Miller, Billy Martin, Tommy John and George Steinbrenner. I have to think that at the very least Cox, Torre and LaRussa will get in, and Miller SHOULD too (possibly others), although he should have years ago…
Brad Ausmus is now the Manager of the Detroit Tigers.
The Rakuten Eagles won the Japan Series in 7, beating out the mighty Yomiuri GIants. Masahiro Tanaka, the ace who will likely come to America this winter and who had lost in Game 6 for the first time after 30 straight starts without a loss, got the save.
However, the season isn’t over yet for Rakuten, as the Asia Series is coming up in Taiwan. The Asia Series is, as the name suggests, a tournament of the best teams in Asia, although an Australian and now a European team are also involved, partly because Mainland China’s league no longer is professional. However, the Asian Series is often treated as something of an exhibition, at least by the Japanese (Yakyu Baka notes that the Eagles won’t send Tanaka or the foreign players like Andruw Jones to it, for example), and in previous years crowds haven’t been good, especially for games not featuring the “home” team. The teams taking part in the tournament are the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions (CPBL champions), Samsung Lions (KBO champions), Fortitudo Bologna (European Cup champions, from Italy), Canberra Cavalry (last season’s Australian champions), EDA Rhinos (CPBL runners-up), and the aforementioned Rakuten Eagles (NPB champions).
Finally, there will be more Arizona Fall League on TV this week!
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!)
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.
The Baseball Continuum 
