For those of you who have been going to Spring Training the last few years, you’re probably familiar with the Innings Festival, the concert series that has been put on by Major League Baseball since 2018. Well, the lineup for 2025 has been announced, and tickets are...
A new women’s professional baseball league was announced today, with plans to start play in 2026. The announcement, posted on the new league’s website, stated that the Women’s Professional Baseball League (WPBL) would start with six teams located in the northeastern...
Well, it’s the matchup that MLB – and maybe many fans – were hoping for: Yankees vs Dodgers. Which means baseball will get some of its biggest names on their biggest stage: Shohei, Betts, Freeman, Yamamoto, Judge, Soto, Rizzo, etc. While everyone loves a...
QUICK HITS The Athletic ($) -- two stories this week caught our eye: Online Gambling: An excellent story about the addictiveness of online gambling. With apps so readily available, it’s worth a read. Hoop Dreams turns 30: If you’re of a certain age, you...
The Tropicana Las Vegas was demolished this week, theoretically to make room for the new home of the potential Las Vegas Athletics (or whatever else they might be called). But now that the land is officially available, does that mean the A's will actually end up...
Banana Ball released its 2025 schedule today, and if you didn’t know better, you might think it was a professional baseball schedule – especially with stops including Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park. Starting on February 1, 2025,...
For those of you who love schedule release days – and planning sports travel – this was just about the biggest schedule release week we’ve ever seen. Within 24 hours, the PGA Tour announced its 2025 schedule, the NBA released its...
The tentative 2025 MLB schedule was released today, and amongst the many highlights was one that had been predicted by many for months: the Dodgers will play the Cubs in Tokyo to start the season. The selection of these two clubs is hardly a surprise, as they have a...
After what seems like several lifetimes of the Tampa Bay Rays trying to get a new stadium, the St. Pete City Council signed off on a new stadium deal this week, ensuring that the Rays will be staying in the Tampa/St. Pete area for the next 30 years. The details: ...
For those of you who thought that the Tampa Bay Rays getting a new stadium was a done deal, well... not quite yet. This week the Rays released updated designs of their proposed new stadium for St. Petersburg to replace their current home, Tropicana Field. And,...
