Finally...

Minor League Baseball has given its approval for the Oneonta (N.Y.) Tigers to relocate to Norwich for the 2010 season, Connecticut Tigers General Manager Andrew Weber said Friday.

The Tigers announced their plan to move at a City Hall press conference in January. At the time, it was expected to take less than 30 days to be finalized.

Connecticut joins the short-season Single-A New York-Penn League six months after losing the Double-A Connecticut Defenders of the Eastern League to Richmond, Va.

An update

Had a talk with someone in the know. There has been a minor hiccup in the process -- not sure what -- but that the final stamp should touch paper next week. I know, I know....I've said this before. But I am reassured the deal will not/cannot fall through.

Rumor has it...

Thursday is the day.

That is all.

A fond farewell

Covering the Defenders has been a pleasure, and one of the reasons is people like Garrett Broshuis. He passed this along and asked that I share it because so many of you -- the fans -- made his career, which is no longer, memorable.

http://minorleaguelife.blogspot.com/2010/03/thank-you-blanket.html

Relax, folks

I can't tell you how many e-mails I've gotten about the status of the Tigers being approved to move. Chill...it's going to happen. MiLB and MLB don't allow these things to get this far unless they are foregone conclusions.

Everyone has baseball fever -- me too -- but just think how happy you'll feel when you have your season tickets in hand. I'll be looking forward to the draft in June.