Single Time Zone but Varying Weather for American Association Teams
The 12-team American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) on-field talent consists of former major league and former minor league players and undrafted college players. As the map below shows, the six Northern Division teams include three in the Chicagoland metroplex, Milwaukee, Fargo, and Winnipeg. The Southern division teams include four members along the I-29 corridor […]
Three Helps to Savor the Long Days — Northwoods League Weather
Recently, I’ve been taking you on a tour of minor leagues that play in the northern parts of the Nation, with an eye on the types of weather seen in April and May. I have demonstrated that AAA teams in the Northeast may well benefit from a delayed start to the baseball season while Pacific […]
Spring Weather Tour – Northwest League
In an earlier article, I looked at the benefits of “missing out” on chilly April weather (and in turn enjoying games into mild September) in the northeast United States for a 2021 baseball season delayed by pandemic realities. I gave weather details from last year when there was no spring baseball — using the April […]
Baseball Under Review – Where to Attend Games in 2021
In the pandemic season of 2020, it seemed that everything about the game was under review and subject to change – often on short notice. To get safely through the 2020 season changes were made to the length of games (7-inning doubleheaders), the number and timing of off days, and game sites. In 2021, we […]
Baseball Shortens Minor League Player Pipeline
The pace of change in baseball has not been slowed by the pandemic and a new whirlwind of activity is expected early this winter as realignment of Minor League Baseball is finalized between major league teams and partners. Because of necessary steps taken to help the 2020 season progress as safely as possible, we saw […]