Minor League Baseball

In April, most the hype around the Giants farm system surrounded the Giants High A affiliate in San Jose. This month the spotlight has to be on Madison Bumgarner. The month that Bumgarner put together in low-A Augusta has to have Giants fans optimistic about the young lefty's future. Bumgarner. . . more

The Phillies top ten has been cut to eight with the trading of #7 Michael Bourn and #8 Mike Costanzo to Houston in the Brad Lidge deal. the Phils have had some success recently through their farm system, most notably with Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, but it appears now the well is beginning to run. . . more

The MLB owners meeting issued a release yesterday that base coaches will be required to wear protective head gear in the wake of the line drive accident that killed Tulsa Drillers third base coach Mike Coolbaugh in July. I wrote a piece back in July called "The Height of Cool" where I called for. . . more

Last month we did something pretty cool at MLN: We revived the old school art of the sports illustration that used to appear in newspapers across America. I have always thought that illustrations like these were a very cool kind of memorabilia: Illustrations became a vanishing art form by the. . . more

A look at the sports week's biggest losers…by Christof Welcome to another smoking edition of the Friday Fryer, where we take a look at who was the sports world's biggest idiot this week. This week, the world of sports was somewhat dull. Ya, wouldn’t you agree? Yet, there were. . . more

Phillip Wellman, manager of the minor league team the Mississippi Braves went absolutely nuts arguing a call with the umpires.. . . more