Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 12, 2004
Winter Ball

It's snowing in Western Massachusetts today, and that can only mean that winter ball is around the corner. Gabrielle Paese rounds up who will be staying warm in Puerto Rico this season. Roberto Alomar will be playing for Carlos Baerga, who owns the Santurce Crabbers. Alomar and Baerga were both 2nd base prospects for the Padres in the late 1980's. Looks like there will be a good mix of veterans and prospects on the island. Seems like a good place to escape the snow and catch a ball game.

Update: Gabrielle writes with some links to Winter Ball web sites.


You might also want to alert your readers who follow winter ball that former player and Triple A coach Edwin Rodriguez has a website, www.ebaseballpr.com that keeps the day-to-day statistics updated. The website is in Spanish, but the numbers need no translation. Also for stats (of all four winter leagues), you can access (for free) www.baseballamerica.com and click on statistics and the winter leagues. All of the league's stats are done by SportsTicker (formerly Howe).

Also, the Manati Athenians, owned by former Chicago White Sox infielder Jose "Tony" Valentin, have their own website, www.atenienses.com (also in Spanish).


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