Dec
17
Hawaii Winter Baseball says aloha
ByThere’s been some rumblings about this for a couple of weeks now, but Kevin Goldstein says it’s now official: Hawaii Winter Baseball is kaput. Major League GM’s voted to consolidate off-season leagues to Arizona, so HWB’s second tour of duty comes to a close after three seasons (the league previously operated from 1993-1997). Rumor has it that a second Arizona Fall League will be established, but it’ll be a “junior league” for lower level players, similar to HWB. At least now we won’t have to be jealous of the players assigned to play in Hawaii each fall.
Nice cost cutting measure
No big deal as long as there indeed is a second AFL season. HWB in 2009 would’ve been ideal for kids like Higashioka and Brett Marshall.
I wonder what made them change their minds.
Too bad. The Japan Major Leagues would not participate in the AFL. That’s a big loss. HWB is the only league I heard of that both Japan and MLB are playing together.