Callum on May 28th, 2009

Checking In On Adam Loewen

Okay, so I don’t even want to talk about the Baltimore series because it was just straight up ridiculous.  If it is any consolation, we can harken back to when the Jays f’d over the O’s by stealing Adam Loewen.  Or did they f themselves? Let’s find out.
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Callum on May 23rd, 2009

Mop Up’s Spill of the Day

El Dominicano/Canadiense Connecion
My boy Jorge Arangure Jr. over at ESPN has a pretty awesome blog called “La Esquina” that I have mentioned before.  It covers all of the goings on in Caribbean baseball.  A few days ago he penned a post that discussed how, in an effort to ramp up [...]

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Callum on April 15th, 2009

Mike Johnson Released

Former Montreal Expos’ RHP Mike Johnson from Sherwood Park, Alta. was released by SK Wyverns in South Korea yesterday. Johnson started for Team Canada against Team USA in the WBC and left a pseudo-hero despite trailing 4-3. Johnson was released by Wyverns after facing only nine hitters.
I witnessed Mike Johnson’s start in person [...]

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Callum on January 16th, 2009

International Baseball Links
We at Mop Up Duty have written fairly extensively on International Baseball and with the World Baseball Classic on the not-too-distant horizon, links pertaining to this subject are beginning to pop up around teh interwebz.
The other day I was talking to my immigrant friend from the former Yugoslavia who was telling me they actually [...]

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Early on October 1st, 2008

Ottawa Rapidz Fold

After one year in the Indy Can-Am League Ottawa is left without professional baseball.

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