The New York Times – Sports:
The Brooklyn Cyclones are leading their minor league division this summer, while New York’s major league teams sit at .500 or worse.
Category: Minor Leagues
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Eric Bach, an Openly Gay Baseball Broadcaster, Wishes There Were More
The New York Times – Sports:
Eric Bach is an openly gay broadcaster for the Fredericksburg Nationals. He has major league aspirations, but his path has been much lonelier than he would prefer.
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Chris Rowley’s Journey from West Point to the Toronto Blue Jays to Law School
The New York Times – Sports:
Chris Rowley was the first West Point graduate to make it to the majors. Now he’s getting a law degree on a union scholarship. His goal? Reform the minors.
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Is This Heaven? No, It’s Vancouver.
The New York Times – Sports:
Despite the relocation of other teams and the interest of American private equity firms, Canada’s last Minor League Baseball team still has a hold on Vancouver.
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White Sox Minor Leaguer Anderson Comas Announces He Is Gay
The New York Times – Sports:
Few players in professional baseball have revealed publicly that they are gay. Anderson Comás, a relief pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization, said he wanted to be “an inspiration” for people like him.
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Buck Showalter’s Formative Days with the 1985 Oneonta Yankees
The New York Times – Sports:
A reporter went to upstate New York in 1985 to learn about the minor leagues. He found a young manager whose work habits would become a thing of legend.
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Hector Lopez, Who Broke a Baseball Color Barrier, Dies at 93
The New York Times – Sports:
A utility player for the powerhouse Yankees of the 1960s, he was named manager of the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, becoming the first Black manager at minor league baseball’s highest level.
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M.L.B. Will Voluntarily Recognize Minor League Union
The New York Times – Sports:
The statement from Commissioner Rob Manfred indicated that the process of having minor leaguers represented by the M.L.B.P.A. would be fast tracked.