The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB) is a professional baseball league based in the United States. It is an official Partner League of Major League Baseball. It is located in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States, especially the greater metropolitan areas of the Northeast megalopolis and the Piedmont Triad and Charlotte Metrolina regions of North Carolina. League offices are located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The Florida State League (FSL) was a Minor League Baseball league based in the state of Florida. It was one of three leagues classified as Class A-Advanced, the third-highest classification of minor leagues at the time. Each team that was in the league was affiliated with a Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and most played in their affiliate's spring training facility.
The Pioneer League is an independent baseball league that operates in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. Its teams are not directly affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB). It is designated as an MLB Partner League.
The Florida Complex League (FCL) is a rookie-level Minor League Baseball league that operates in Florida, United States. Before 2021, it was known as the Gulf Coast League (GCL). Together with the Arizona Complex League (ACL), it forms the lowest rung on the North American minor-league ladder.
In baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game, including beginning and ending the game, enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds, making judgment calls on plays, and handling the disciplinary actions. The term is often shortened to the colloquial form ump. They are also sometimes addressed as blue at lower levels due to the common color of the uniform worn by umpires. In professional baseball, the term blue is seldom used by players or managers, who instead call the umpire by name. Although games were often officiated by a sole umpire in the formative years of the sport, since the turn of the 20th century, officiating has been commonly divided among several umpires, who form the umpiring crew. The position is analogous to that of a referee in many other sports.
The Fresno Grizzlies are a Minor League Baseball team of the Low-A West and the Low-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. They are located in Fresno, California, and play their home games at Chukchansi Park, which opened in 2002. They previously played at Pete Beiden Field from 1998 to 2001.
Lawrence Patrick David Gillick is an American professional baseball executive. He previously served as the general manager of four MLB teams: the Toronto Blue Jays (1978–1994), Baltimore Orioles (1996–1998), Seattle Mariners (2000–2003), and Philadelphia Phillies (2006–2008). He guided the Blue Jays to World Series championships in 1992 and 1993, and later with the Phillies in 2008.
Jose Alexander Cora is a Puerto Rican baseball manager and former infielder who is the manager of the Boston Red Sox in Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for 14 seasons with the Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, and Washington Nationals. After retiring as a player, Cora served as the bench coach for the Houston Astros when they won their first World Series title in 2017. Cora was named Boston's manager the following season, where he won a franchise-best 108 games and led the team to victory in the 2018 World Series. He is the fifth MLB manager to win the World Series in his first season and the first Puerto Rican manager of a World Series-winning team.
Terry Lee Collins is an American former professional baseball manager, best known for leading the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) to the 2015 World Series. Before managing the Mets, Collins also managed the Houston Astros and Anaheim Angels. He currently serves as a baseball analyst for Mets programming on SNY.
Marquis Donnell "Bo" Porter is a former MLB player. He is also a coach who was most recently a special assistant to GM and former third base/outfield and base running coach for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball. Porter previously served as manager of the Houston Astros for two seasons until his termination on September 1, 2014. During spring training in 2018 he ran the Major League Baseball Players Association free agent camp. In 2019, he became a television broadcaster for the Washington Nationals on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network.
The most recent umpire strike in Minor League Baseball history was the strike of 2006. It involved primarily a monetary dispute between the Association of Minor League Umpires (AMLU), a trade union, and the Professional Baseball Umpire Corporation (PBUC), a management company. The dispute resulted in the hiring of replacement umpires for a number of games, followed by minor concessions by both parties, resulting in a slight wage increase for umpires employed in Minor League Baseball.
John Daniel Mallee is an American professional baseball coach, and former Minor League Baseball (MiLB) player. He is the assistant hitting coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). As a MiLB player, Mallee was a shortstop and second baseman. He has previously been the hitting coach of the Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies.
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos are a Minor League Baseball team of the Double-A South and the Double-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins. They are based in Pensacola, Florida, and play their home games at Admiral Fetterman Field. In 2012, the team relocated to Pensacola from Zebulon, North Carolina, where they were known as the Carolina Mudcats. They were previously members of the Southern League from 2012 to 2020.
Mark Stewart Appel is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies organization. Prior to joining the Phillies organization he also played in the Houston Astros organization.
Historic Dodgertown is a multi-sport facility in Vero Beach, Florida where athletes of all ages and skill levels have the opportunity to train, play, and stay together. The facility which includes the historic Holman Stadium was originally created as a Navy housing base, and was transformed into the home of spring training for Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, as well as the Vero Beach Dodgers from 1980 to 2006, and the Vero Beach Devil Rays from 2007 to 2008. It has since evolved into a multi-sport destination that includes an option of room and board via their on-site villas.
Kyle Daniel Tucker is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Astros selected Tucker with the fifth pick in the first round of the 2015 MLB draft, and he made his MLB debut in 2018.
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is a hierarchy of professional baseball minor leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball (MLB) and help prepare players to join major league teams. Those teams which are affiliated with MLB teams operate under the Commissioner of Baseball within the scope of organized baseball. Several leagues, known as independent baseball leagues, consist of teams with no affiliation to MLB teams.
Charles Forrest Whitley is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Patrick Jordan Sandoval is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Staten Island is a planned American professional baseball team based at Richmond County Bank Ballpark in Staten Island, New York. They will start play in 2022 as members of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an independent "partner league" of Major League Baseball.