Latino Exhibit Unveiled at the HOF
Last August I took a trip to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. We at Mop Up Duty (okay, maybe just me) have a great affinity for Latino baseball (especially the way it influenced the Toronto Blue Jays teams of the 80’s). Above, you can see I [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Warm Thoughts On a Cold Opening Day
So Opening Day is upon us. This morning, to usher in the baseball season I was greeted with ice pellets to my face. It doesn’t really feel like baseball season at all, especially after returning from Dunedin to see the last few Jays Spring Training Games. My spirits were lifted [...]
Ariel Pestano Bio
Harkening back to the last incarnation of the WBC in 2006, there was one player who really caught my attention. This was Cuban catcher Ariel Pestano, mostly for his antics rather than his actual playing skill (though that is not to say he is not a highly skilled player). When I learned that [...]
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