Mientkiewicz Returns for 2019; Hessman Joins Coaching Staff

December 13, 2018 - TOLEDO, OH- The defending IL West Division Champs manager, Doug Mientkiewicz, will return to lead the Toledo Mud Hens for the 2019 season. Mike Hessman, Mud Hens and Minor League Baseball's home run king will join the team as hitting coach. Completing the Hens coaching staff are Juan Nieves as pitching coach and Basilio Cabrera as third base coach. Doug Mientkiewicz, manager Mientkiewicz was born in Toledo and raised in Florida. 2018 was his first year with Toledo where he guided the Hens to the International League We... Full Story

Lance Parrish Returns as Whitecaps Manager

December 13, 2018 - COMSTOCK PARK, MI - Former Detroit Tigers catcher Lance Parrish will return as the Whitecaps Manager in 2019, the team announced in conjunction with the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. In Parrish's first season in West Michigan the team had a 69-70 overall record and made the playoffs as the second-half wild card with a win over Ft. Wayne on the last day of the season. The Whitecaps swept the Great Lakes Loons in the first round of the playoffs and fell the eventual league champions, the Bowling Green Hot Rods, in the Easter... Full Story

Boles to Manage Binghamton Rumble Ponies

December 12, 2018 - BINGHAMTON, NY - The Binghamton Rumble Ponies are proud to name Kevin Boles as the team's manager for the 2019 season. A veteran Minor League instructor with nearly two decades of managing experience, Boles joins the New York Mets organization after spending the last eleven seasons managing in the Boston Red Sox system. "It is an honor to join the organization and I'm very excited to get started," said Boles. "We will do our best to develop championship-quality players for the New York Mets." Boles, 43, will take the r... Full Story

Andrew Knapp and Phillie Phanatic Added to Phillies Caravan

December 12, 2018 - (Reading, PA) - Current Philadelphia Phillies catcher Andrew Knapp and the Phillie Phanatic will join current Phillies outfielder Dylan Cozens and pitcher Nick Pivetta for the Phillies Caravan on Tuesday, January 22nd at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Dr. Richard Kratz will be crowned the 2019 King of Baseballtown. More special guests from the Phillies are expected to be announced at a later date. Knapp has been with the Phillies for two seasons, making his major league debut at the age of 25 against the Cincinnati Reds on April... Full Story

• Midwest League Participates in 117th Annual Baseball Meetings in Las Vegas - (MWL) December 13
  
• Mientkiewicz Returns for 2019; Hessman Joins Coaching Staff - Toledo Mud Hens (IL) December 13
  
• Lance Parrish Returns as Whitecaps Manager - West Michigan Whitecaps (MWL) December 13
  
• Franco: South Texas Pro Player of the Year - Corpus Christi Hooks (TL) December 12
  
• Boles to Manage Binghamton Rumble Ponies - Binghamton Rumble Ponies (EL) December 12
  
• Andrew Knapp and Phillie Phanatic Added to Phillies Caravan - Reading Fightin Phils (EL) December 12
  
• Dell Diamond Named 2018 Baseball Field of the Year - Round Rock Express (PCL) December 11
  
• Javs & Isles Represented at Winter Banquet - Corpus Christi Hooks (TL) December 11
  
• Minor League Baseball and Lupus Foundation of America Partner to Raise Awareness of Lupus Among U.S. Hispanic/Latinx Fans - (IL) December 11
  
• Former Midland Cub Lee Smith Elected to Hall of Fame - Midland RockHounds (TL) December 11
  
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• Mientkiewicz back for 2019; ex-Mud Hen Hessman joins staff - IL Toledo Blade (December 13)
  
• Parney's postcard: Wrapping up the winter meetings - EL Richmond Times-Dispatch (December 13)
  
• Phillies catcher added as guest at Caravan - EL Reading Eagle/Reading Times (December 13)
  
• Boles to replace Rojas as Rumble Ponies' manager - EL Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (December 13)
  
• Parney's postcard from the winter meetings - EL Richmond Times-Dispatch (December 12)
  
• Light rail in downtown Durham: Blackwell Street changes - IL Durham Herald-Sun (December 12)
  
• Howard Hughes Corp. CEO Weinreb talks Summerlin real estate - PCL Las Vegas Review-Journal (December 12)
  
• Trade show remains a highlight of Baseball Winter Meetings - PCL Las Vegas Review-Journal (December 12)
  
• Bob Fitzsimmons Pierson - NWL KXLY (December 12)
  
• Zents, Dinicola named South Texas college baseball players of the year - TL Corpus Christi Caller-Times (December 12)
  
• Former Billings Mustangs manager Jim Hoff dies at 73 - PL Billings Gazette (December 12)
  
• Parney's postcard from baseball's winter meetings - EL Richmond Times-Dispatch (December 12)
  
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