Category: Mexico Baseball

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ NARANJEROS, GUASAVE GET HOT; CANEROS TAKE HEAT FROM FANS Any baseball player, manager or owner can tell you that life is different at opposite ends of…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MEXICAN LEAGUE ADDS 2 TEAMS, TO PLAY 66 GAMES IN ’21 At a press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City last week, the Mexican…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ CARRILLO, CASTILLA AMONG 7 NEW SALON MEMBERS The 2020 class of the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame was announced last Thursday at a virtual ceremony centered…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ OBREGON WINS MEX PAC FIRST HALF BY 4.5 GAMES Despite a 16-10 loss at home to Culiacan last Thursday in the final game of an abbreviated…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ LMP RESUMES GAMES; GUASAVE PLAYER HITS 3 HOMERS IN GAME After a self-imposed shutdown of eleven days due to increasing cases of the Wuhan virus among…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ 2021 CARIBBEAN SERIES SCHEDULE RELEASED The schedule for the 2021 Caribbean Series in Mazatlan was released last Tuesday. Six nations will be represented at the event,…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ LMP SHUTS DOWN FOR 11 DAYS TO BATTLE VIRUS SURGE Following an uptick of Wuhan virus cases that led to series delays and postponements or cancellations…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ YAQUIS AT 15 WINS IN 17 GAMES, SWING A PAIR OF DEALS Recent arrival Felix Perez socked a pair of homers, including a two-run bomb, while…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ OBREGON SIZZLES AS MEXICALI FIZZLES, MERE OUT AFTER 8 GAMES One week into the Mexican Pacific League season, the Obregon Yaquis and Mexicali Aguilas are off…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MEX PAC OPENS SEASON, FANS IGNORING PROTOCOLS The Mexican Pacific League opened its 2020-21 season last Thursday with a full slate of five games, four with…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ LMP TO OPEN PLAY THURSDAY AMID VIRUS CONCERNS Despite ongoing worries about possible effects the ongoing Wuhan virus pandemic might have on both the playing field…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MONTERREY, CULIACAN PLAYERS TEST POSITIVE FOR VIRUS IN CAMPS With less than two weeks remaining until the scheduled start of the Mexican Pacific League’s regular season,…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MEXICALI MAYOR GIVES AGUILAS GREEN LIGHT FOR FANS IN STANDS The number of Mexican Pacific League teams allowed to open their home ballparks to limited fans…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ TIGRES FOR SALE? PEREYRA SAYS YES, TEAM SAYS NO A Twitter entry by Proceso writer Beatriz Pereyra regarding rumors that former Cy Young Award winner Fernando…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ NEW STADIUM ON DRAWING BOARD FOR YUCATAN A new, privately-financed, solar-powered multipurpose stadium is being planned for Yucatan with a targeted opening of Spring in 2023….

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MEX PAC TEAMS START OPENING TRAINING CAMPS With the scheduled start of the 2020-21 regular season a little over a month away, Mexican Pacific League teams…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ PEGUERO TO REJOIN NARANJEROS THIS SEASON The Hermosillo Naranjeros last Friday announced their three allowable foreign-born players for the upcoming Mexican Pacific League season, including a…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ RIELEROS PLAYERS ASK LMB FOR FINANCIAL HELP Mexican baseball players are waiting out their summer of pandemic-induced inactivity due to the canceled Mexican league season until…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MEX PAC RELEASES 2020-21 SCHEDULE The Mexican Pacific League office has released its regular season schedule for the upcoming winterball season. The calendar has all ten…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ LMP 2020-21 SEASON REAFFIRMED, THREE TEAMS WORRIED The Mexican Pacific League held a Board of Presidents meeting last Thursday and while the LMP reaffirmed their intention…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ LMB PRESIDENT DE LA VEGA ACCUSED OF FRAUD The president of the Mexican League, Horacio de la Vega, is one of several people named in a…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ SALTILLO P MITRE CHARGED WITH RAPE, MURDER Saltillo Saraperos pitcher Sergio Mitre, a California native who spent all or part of eight seasons in Major League…

by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ PROBEIS IS NOT BEING GIVEN PROMISED MONEY Writer Beatriz Pereyra of Mexico City’s Proceso magazine recently produced a special report detailing the travails undergone with a…