by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ Three weeks into the 2019 Mexican League season, both Tijuana and Oaxaca have led their respective divisions most of the way in the early going and…
Category: Mexico Baseball
Baseball Mexico: Monday, April 15, 2019
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ WING OFF TO FLYING START FOR AGUASCALIENTES Former Los Angeles Angels minor leaguer Michael Wing was not one of the most publicized of Mexican League players…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, April 8, 2019
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ RUDY AMADOR SIZZLES AS MONCLOVA SWEEPS SALTILLO The Mexican League opened their 2019 season over the weekend with a full slate of games among its 16…
Baseball Mexico: Mexican League 2019 Directory
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ Mexican League Mexico City, D.F., Mexico Phone: 5 557 1007 Email: atencionalaficionadalmb@gmail.com Website: www.lmb.com.mx Facebook: #LigaMexicanadeBeisbol President: Javier Salinas Direction of Administration: Oscar Neri Salazar Academy…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, March 25, 2019
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ DIABLOS OPEN NEW BALLPARK WITH LOSS TO PADRES While it’s rarely fun to lose a lopsided exhibition baseball game to a team of prospects, players with…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, March 18, 2019
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ DIABLOS TO OPEN NEW BALLPARK VS. PADRES After a number of unexpected delays, the Mexico City Diablos Rojos are finally going to be able to inaugurate…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, March 4, 2019
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MEXICAN NATIONALS IN OSAKA FOR SAMURAI SERIES The Mexican National Team will be in Japan this week to prepare for the upcoming two-game Samurai Series of…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, February 25, 2019
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ NEW SALON DE LA FAMA OPENED IN MONTERREY A facility honoring the greats of Mexican baseball history opened amid great fanfare last week in Monterrey, with…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, February 18, 2019
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has already made his presence felt at the top levels of baseball in his country and is now embarking on…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, February 11, 2019
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ CHARROS FINISH 2-2, JUST MISS CARIBBEAN SERIES TITLE GAME The Jalisco Charros won two of their four double round-robin games at the Caribbean Series in Panama…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, February 4, 2019
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ JALISCO WINS FLAG, IN PANAMA FOR CARIBBEAN SERIES The Jalisco Charros broke up a tight Game Six with nine runs in the fifth inning and went…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, January 28, 2019
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ CHARROS NEARING FIRST FLAG; UNREST THREATENS CS The Jalisco Charros shut out the Obregon Yaquis, 7-0, Saturday night in Obregon to take a 3-games-to-2 lead in…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, January 22, 2019
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ YAQUIS TOP MOCHIS IN GAME 7, VS. JALISCO IN FINALS After dropping the first two games of their Mexican Pacific League playoff semifinal series in Los…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, January 14, 2019
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ JALISCO KAYOS DEFENDING CHAMPS WITH ONE BLOW Usually when you’re batting with two out in the top of the ninth inning and your team has yet…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, January 7, 2019
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ ALL THREE LMP FIRST ROUND SETS GO TO GAME SIX After the first week of the Mexican Pacific League postseason, all three first-round series have teams…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, December 31, 2018
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ CANEROS WIN 2ND HALF; LMP PLAYOFFS OPEN TUESDAY The Mexican Pacific League’s 2018-19 regular season came to an end Sunday and while the second-half standings were…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, December 24, 2018
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ JALISCO’S LEYVA NEARS LMP PITCHING TRIPLE CROWN With six games to go in the Mexican Pacific League regular season, Jalisco Charros pitcher Elian Leyva has put…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, December 17, 2018
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ REVERSAL: LIGA BACK TO 16 TEAMS FOR 2019 SEASON In a reversal of their decision at an Assembly of Presidents meeting last month in Morelia, the…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, December 10, 2018
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ VENADOS-UTILITY DISPUTE: EMPTY STANDS FOR GAMES A disagreement between the Mexican Pacific League Mazatlan Venados and a government utility led to drinking water and drainage being…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, December 3, 2018
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ FERMIN NAMED AGUILAS’ THIRD SKIPPER IN A MONTH The Mexicali Aguilas are on their third manager in a month’s time as the Mexican Pacific League fired…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, November 26, 2018
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ CULIACAN WINS FIRST-HALF TITLE, 8 PLAYOFF POINTS Although defending Mexican Pacific League champion Culiacan lost their final game of the first half, 5-3, at Hermosillo last…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, November 19, 2018
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MLB SIGNING BAN ON MEXICAN PROSPECTS TO END Major League Baseball and the Mexican League have reportedly worked out a new agreement that outlines how MLB…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, November 12, 2018
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MEXICAN LEAGUE EXPECTED TO CONTRACT TO 12 TEAMS FOR 2019 When the Mexican League opens its 95th season of play next spring, it’ll be with four…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, November 5, 2018
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ THE AXEMAN COMETH: THREE LMP SKIPPERS FIRED Baseball Mexico readers for any length of time are familiar with what we lovingly call the Mexican Managerial Merry-Go-Round,…
Baseball Mexico: Monday, October 29, 2018
by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ MEXICO SHOCKS JAPAN, 2-1, TO WIN U-23 BASEBAL WORLD CUP Fabricio Macias’ two-run single in the top of the tenth inning broke a scoreless tie and…