Browsing: Participate

Image credit:
(Photo via Getty Images)

Winter ball began Wednesday in the Mexican Pacific League, Dominican Winter League and Venezuela. Those leagues did so with a new agreement in place with MLB that should open the door for more affiliated players to participate.

Over the weekend, MLB, the MLBPA and the Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del Caribe (which includes the Dominican Republicâ€s LIDOM, Puerto Ricoâ€s LBPRC, Venezuelaâ€s LVBP and Mexicoâ€s Mexican Pacific League) agreed to extend the Winter League Agreement through the 2027 season. The extension runs until July 31, 2027, with provisions covering minor league players lasting through July 31, 2028.

The new agreement reduces the number of players MLB teams can prohibit from playing winter ball without citing an injury, and it tightens the criteria MLB teams can use to cite extreme fatigue as a reason for prohibiting a player from participating.

The agreement also adjusts the way disputes are handled between MLB and winter ball teams, and adds a new deadline for MLB teams to submit which players are prohibited from winter ball because of injuries, extreme fatigue or other exempt statuses.

“The four winter leagues expressed their satisfaction with the content of the new clauses and officially informed MLB, through the Caribbean Baseball Commissioner, Mr. Juan Francisco Puello Herrera, of their agreement to proceed with the corresponding administrative procedures,” the CBPDC said in a statement.

The agreements could make up to 60 more players per organization eligible to play winter ball.

Source link

By: Ed Weaver  /  April 17, 2020  /  Photo: The Home Page Network

On Friday, April 17 Wellsboro
will begin honoring the Class of 2020 and supporting
the nurses, doctors, and first responders on the front line of COVID-19
by lighting up their high school stadiums at 8:20 p.m. (20:20) for 20
minutes as part of the national “Be the Light†Campaign.

On Friday at 8:20 p.m., our scoreboard will display the score as 20-20
in honor of this yearâ€s graduating class, while 4th Down and 19 Yards to
Go will be displayed as the down and distance signifying COVID-19 is on
its final down.

Please note that supporting residents are NOT permitted on stadium grounds during this time and should remain at home.
If you are compelled to support this initiative from your home, get
your favorite noisemaker (cowbells, horns, etc.) or rally towel, poms,
etc. and take a selfie picture or video, post it to your social media
site and tag the Wellsboro Hornets Facebook page and @wellsathletics Twitter account using the hashtag #PIAATogether.

We cannot stress this enough, supporters of this initiative should NOT travel onto school district property. Thank you!

Source link